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3. The security and emergency management plans are
an integrated system program, including regional
coordination with other agencies, security design
criteria in procurements and organizational charts
for incident command and management systems.
SECURITY DESIGN CRITERIA
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Security Risk Assessment Framework
Federal Transit Administration
May 2003
This document describes the threat and vulnerability
assessment process as applied to the development of design
and technology countermeasures. It includes graphics and
worksheets available to support transportation personnel in
the performance of this activity. |
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TCRP 86-4: Intrusion Detection for
Public Transportation Facilities Handbook
Transit Cooperative Research Program,
Transportation Research Board
November 2003
The Intrusion Detection for Public
Transportation Facilities Handbook addresses transit
agencies’ needs for evaluating and upgrading the intrusion
detection systems applicable to the spectrum of their
facilities including tunnels, bridges, buildings, power
stations, transfer stations, rail yards, bus yards, and
parking lots, as well as transit vehicles such as buses,
trains, support vehicles, and special purpose vehicles. The
Handbook provides guidance on assessing system needs;
developing system designs; and estimating system costs,
benefits, and risks. The systems discussed in the Handbook
range from low-technology to more complex high-technology
systems, and directly support the deterrence and detection
of intrusion into secure areas. |
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The National Capital Urban Design
and Security Plan
National Capital Planning Commission
October 2002
With the assistance of nationally recognized urban
designers, landscape architects, and security experts, the
National Capital Planning Commission has prepared a design
framework and an implementation strategy entitled, The
National Capital Urban Design and Security Plan (the Plan)
for Washington's Monumental Core and the Downtown. The Plan
focuses exclusively on perimeter building security designed
to protect employees, visitors, and federal functions and
property from threats generated by unauthorized vehicles
approaching or entering sensitive buildings. It does not
address other kinds of security measures, such as building
hardening, operational procedures, or surveillance. This
Plan demonstrates how architectural and landscaping features
can be used both to enhance security and maintain the
integrity of historic landmarks. |
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Security Facility
Standards for the Public Building Service
General Service Administration
November 2000
This document provides specific recommendations for
assessing the vulnerability of facilities to crime and
terrorism, and offers design recommendations and
considerations to address the results of the assessment.
Though intended for the protection of Federal buildings,
many of the recommendations in this guide are applicable to
transit stations and facilities. |
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Acquisition of New Technology: A
Best Practices Guide
International Association of Chiefs of Police
2000
This guide has been prepared to support the efforts of
smaller police departments and other organizations to manage
and evaluate security technology acquisitions. Useful
recommendations and planning tips applicable to public
transit agencies are also provided. |
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Guide for the Use of CCTV
International Association of Chiefs of Police
March 2001
The International Association of Chiefs of Police surveyed
law enforcement agencies across the nation to ascertain
current applications of CCTV/video cameras and assess its
impact in the field. Results of the survey are presented to
enable agencies to share information on CCTV use; assist the
field in understanding best practices for CCTV/video;
determine how CCTV/video usage can be employed by agencies
in the future; and focus future research efforts. |
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Guide for the Selection of
Communication Equipment for Emergency First Responders
National Institute of Justice
February 2002
This guide focuses on communication equipment and was
developed to assist the emergency first responder community
in the evaluation and purchase of communication equipment
that can be used in conjunction with chemical and biological
protective clothing and respiratory equipment. This guide
does not make recommendations about which equipment should
be purchased, but rather organizes available information so
commercially available equipment can be compared and
contrasted, based on the needs of individual agency
investing their applicability. |
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An Introduction to
Biological Agent
Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders
National Institute of Justice
December 2001
This guide focuses specifically on assisting the emergency
first responder community in the understanding of biological
agent detection equipment. It provides an overview of
biological agents and the challenges to agent
identification, then offers a description of available
technology and testing procedures to support biological
agent identification. |
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Handbook for Information Security
Technology – Bureau of Census
Bureau of Census
November 1997
This handbook provides an easy-to-follow overview of how an
organization can build a program to protect information and
the resources that process and maintain it. It provides
special emphasis on controls and safeguards to offset
possible threats as well as controls to ensure timeliness,
availability, integrity, and confidentiality. The handbook
addresses all elements of information technology security,
including physical computer hardware, supporting equipment,
communication systems, and logical processes defined by
software, procedures, and policies. |
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Protecting Building Environments
from Airborne Contaminant
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and
Centers for Disease Control
May 2002
This document identifies actions that a facility manager can
implement to enhance occupant protection from an airborne
chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) attack. The
intended audience includes building owners, managers, and
maintenance personnel of public, private, and governmental
buildings, including offices, laboratories, hospitals,
retail facilities, schools, transportation terminals, and
public venues (for example, sports arenas, malls,
coliseums). Useful advice, diagrams and checklists are
provided for evaluating ventilation security. |
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Safety and Security
Certification
Guidelines
Federal Transit Administration
November 2002
The Joint Task Force on Safety and Security Certification,
established between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA),
prepared this handbook to support the efforts of the transit
industry to achieve continuous improvement in safety and
security performance. This Handbook provides a guide for
establishing a certification program to address safety and
security that identifies the key activities; incorporates
safety and security more fully into transit projects;
highlights resources necessary to develop and implement a
certification program for safety and security; and provides
tools and sample forms to promote implementation of the
safety and security certification process. |
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