LECTURE IN LEA 3

MARCH 21, 2020

SATURDAY CLASS
BSCRIM 2G (7:00-10:00)
BSCRIM 2F (10:00-1:00)
BSCRIM 2E (1:00-4:00)
BSCRIM 2H (4:00-7:00)

INSTRUCTOR:
RENAN A. ABU
REGISTERED CRIMINOLOGIST
Chapter II
Physical
Security
Physical Security

 Physical security is the protection of

personnel, hardware, software,
networks and data from physical actions
and events that could cause serious
loss or damage to an enterprise, agency
or institution.

 This includes protection from fire, flood,

natural disasters, burglary, theft,
vandalism and terrorism.
Physical Security:
 Is the broadest branch of
security.
 It is defined as a system
of barriers placed
between the matters
protected and the
potential intruder.
Physical Security:

It is concerned utilization of

physical measures to prevent
unauthorized access to facilities,
plants, equipment and safeguard
them against man-made and
natural hazards.
Physical security has
three important
components:

1.access control
2.surveillance
3.testing
 Three Lines of
Physical Defense:
1.Perimeter Defense
2.Inside Perimeter
Defense
3.Storage System
1.Perimeter Defense:
Barriers
Perimeter fences
Guards at the gate
Considered as the first
line of defense
2. Inside Perimeter Defense:
Doors
Floors
Windows
Walls
Roofs
Grills
Other entries to a building
Considered as the second line
of defense
3. Storage System:

Safes
Vaults
Considered as the third
line of defense
First Line of
Defense
Barriers:
 Is any structure or physical device
capable of deterring, delaying
illegal access into an installation.
 If placed to supplement the
protection of an inside or outside
perimeter.
 It is used to define limits to said
installation.
 They may be referred as perimeter
barrier.
 Kinds of Barriers:
1.Natural
2.Structural
3.Human
4.Animal
5.Energy Barriers
1.Natural Barriers:
Are those natural topographic
features that lend themselves to
denying or hindering entry to an
installation.
Rivers
Seas
Cliffs
Canyons
Other terrain difficult to traverse
2. Structural Barriers:
A permanent and semi- permanent
structure that lends itself to
hindering access to an installation it
is primarily constructed for two main
purposes:
1. To deny access
2. To protect from exposure to
natural elements
3. Human Barriers:
Is a systematic employment of humans
as barriers between the potential intruder
and the matters to be protected.
It would give:
A. Alarm in the event of threat to security
B. Apprehend the unauthorized person
C. Identify the person entering and
leaving the facility
D. or any combination of the three.
4. Animal Barriers:
An animal is used in
partially providing a
guarding system or in
augmentation thereto.
Gees
Sentry dogs
German Shepard dogs
5. Energy Barriers:
Popularly utilized is the employment
of electrical, mechanical, electronic
energy to impose a deterrent to
entry of the potential intruder and to
advertise his presence.
Protective lightning system and
protective alarms are commonly
used.
 Principles of Physical
Security:

1.There is no impenetrable barrier.

If an unfriendly organization is
willing to devote attention, time,
money, personnel, and devised
passing any type of barrier is
conceivable.
2. Physical security must be built upon
a system of defense in depth. The
accumulation of several barriers or
depth after depth will provide
measurable time delay to intrusion into
a facility and it will allow control of any
foreseeable penetration.
3. Each installation is different
variable factors such as location,
type of plant, personnel would
make every installation distinct
even through similar security
measures are adopted.
Inside Perimeter:

A line protection adjacent to a

protected area and passing
thru points of possible entry,
such as doors, windows, and
tunnels.
Outside Perimeter:

A line protection
surrounding and removed
from a protected area such
as fence and walls.
Types of Perimeter Barrier
Openings:

1.Gates and doors

2.Sidewalk or utility elevator
3.Utility Openings
Types of Perimeter
Barriers:

1.Fence
2.Building Walls
3.Bodies of water
Types of perimeter barrier:

1.Fence: is an independent
structure designed to control
physical and / or visual access
between outside areas and are
classified into two types :
Solid and Full View
Solid Fence:

 Is constructed of opaque material to

deny visual access.

Full View Fence:

 Is constructed to permit visual access

but primarily designed for control or
physical access into a facility.
Chain Link Fence with mesh opening of
not larger than two square inches and
made of nine gauge wire or heavier is ideal

The minimum acceptable overall height for

a fence used as security barrier is at least
eight feet.

Multiple fences must be nine feet apart to

prevent from jumping from the top of one
fence to another.
Additional Protection
Barriers:
1.Top Guard :
2. Towers
3. Guard Control System
Top Guard:
Additional outwardly inclined fixed
structure made of barbed wires placed
above a vertical fence at 45 degrees
angel will increase protection from
intruders to a certain area.
The minimum breaking system should
be at least 500 lbs., the overall width of
the material should be at least ¾ inch
and the tape should have at least 7/15
inch barbs spaced ½ inch intervals
along each side.
Towers:
Are house like structures placed above
the fence installed to provide additional
view to human guards around the
perimeter.

Guard Control System:

Normally installed at main entrance and
manned by the guards at all times to
secure areas located near the immediate
inside perimeter.
2. Building Walls:
Masonry wall commonly made
of stones slabs, concrete when
employed as a security
barriers should have same
height prescribed in fences
and surmounted by barbed
wires and top guard.
3. Bodies of Water:
These are natural barriers such as
streams, creeks, rivers, marsh, pond it
must always be augmented by walls in
areas prone to entry and is not
considered adequate in terms of
security.
The installation of flood lights at the
perimeter should be considered in the
security plan.
Second Line of
Defense
1.Specification of Windows:
When constructed less than 18
feet from the ground and 14 feet
away from the adjacent
structures, it should be reinforced
with street grills.
Screens should be installed to
prevent petty thievery and
pilferage of small items.
2. Specification of Doors:
Hinges should be constructed in such a
way it is not exposed but rather concealed
and welded inside to prevent tampering
and removal.
It should be heavily constructed with a
wide frame
If constructed with glass panels, it should
be protected by screens or wire grills.
The jamb must be as strong as the door
itself and the locking bolt must be at least
1 inch to the lamb.
Specification of Roofs:
If there is a possibility of gaining
access from the roofs, it should be
protected by barbed wires or chain
like fences, particularly if it is adjacent
from other buildings, trees, pipe lines,
etc.

Skylights should be installed with

fencing materials, screens or grills.
Third Line of
Defense
Third Lines of
Defense:
1. Locks
2. Keys
3. Safes and Vaults
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point presentation for your
Activity
Good Luck
God bless
And Keep Safe…