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Physical Security and Safety
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Physical Security and Safety

by Truett A. Ricks, Bobby E. Ricks, Jeffrey Dingle
October 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
179 pages
4h 21m
English
CRC Press
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overall phySical
protection program
JEFF DINGLE AND BOBBY E. RICKS
Generally, we can break security down into five levels: minimum, low,
medium, high, and maximum. As levels increase, everything from
the lower level is included in the higher level. For example, the poli-
cies, equipment, and procedures in the low and minimum levels are
included in the medium level.
At the lowest level—minimum—are simple physical barriers
designed to impede unauthorized external activity. e key word is
impede. At this level, we are not trying to stop everything, but to dis-
courage criminal activity. e second key term is external activity. At
this level we are only going to worry about external activity—internal
issues are not a concern at this level. e m
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