Vulnerability assessment and target hardening encompass very important components of the crime and loss prevention field. "Effective Physical Security, 2nd edition" is written by specialists in this field and contains a wealth of practical, immediately-useful information. Material for this book was selected from an earlier Butterworth-Heinemann publication, "Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, Third Edition", and includes two completely new chapters on computer security and access control. Designed for easy reference, the text is divided into three major parts: Design, Equipment, and Operations. In addition to the two new chapters, important coverage of environmental design, security surveys, lock, lighting, and CCTV is included. Lawrence J. Fennelly is an independent security consultant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A graduate of the National Crime Prevention Institute, Mr. Fennelly is a member of the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners and the American Society of Industrial Security, He is the author of numerous books on security and crime prevention. This is the best teaching/reference book available to the security professional.
It includes two new chapters on computer security and access control. Each chapter is written by a specialist in the field.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'With checklists, definitions and fully annotated drawings rather than photographs, the book offers a wealth of practical and immediately useful information.' International Security Review
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Elsevier Science & Technology
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
security professionals
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 255 mm
Breite: 180 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-9873-3 (9780750698733)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Larry Fennelly was a crime prevention specialist at the Harvard University Police Department. His responsibilities ranged from identifying vulnerabilities and conducting security surveys to working with architects to design and implement security systems to developing guard-training programs. A graduate of the National Crime Prevention Institute, Mr. Fennelly is a member of the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners and the American Society of Industrial Security. He is the author of 150 Things You Should Know About Security and Effective Physical Security.
Design; Designing Security with the Architects; Security Surveys; Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Strategies and Applications; Approaches to Physical Security; Equipment; Physical Barriers; The Use of Locks in physical Crime PRevention; Safes, Vaults and Accessories; Security Lighting; Alarms: Intrusion Detection Systems; CCTV Surveillance; Electronic Surveillance and Wiretapping; Physical Access Control for Computer Areas; Electronic Access Control and System Integration; Operations; Guard Service in the Twenty-first Century; Bomb and Physical Security Planning; Public Relations and the Media.
