Assignment

Approaches to physical security (APS) is embedded with measurable technique to protect buildings, property, assets and resources against intruders. Effective execution of physical security approach in private and public organizations and facilities involves multiple levels of protection such as outer perimeter, inner perimeter, and interior of the facility.

Scenario

* Dr. Armbruster, a pediatrician signed a lease agreement to establish his clinic in the heart of the city of Saint Louis, Missouri. He is very concerned about the security of the facility. You have been retained a physical security analyst, which of these security perimeters will you consider suitable for Dr. Armbruster’s new clinic.

1. Outer Perimeter Security

The outer perimeter often controls persons who walk and drive of the grounds of the facility. Do not forget that outer perimeter security includes high-security fence, high-security doors, high-security windows, high-security gate and remotely operated garaged.

OR

1. Natural Access Control

Natural access control utilizes the building and landscaping features to guide people entering and exiting the property, lessened perpetrator’s unnoticed access into the facility. Natural access control often measures interfere, and lowered sense of risk preventing intruders’ willingness to come closer to the property.