Protection of critical homeland assets: Using a proactive, adaptive security management driven process

Authors/Creators

William J. Bailey

Abstract

The protection of critical infrastructure assets is vital to every government, organisation, business and person. If the asset forms part of the vital critical infrastructure, the loss could be catastrophic and far reaching with considerable knock-on effects. To avoid such negative outcomes requires a wide range of in-built resilient security structures, plans and operating procedures. A more adaptive, proactive, comprehensive security management process needs to be embraced to: prevent, detect, deter, respond and defeat potential damaging events and incidents. Core to security planning is a full understanding of the potential consequences of worst case scenarios. Adopting a process driven model is a proactive approach and grounded upon current operational procedures used by major international companies in hostile and dangerous environments. By utilizing a clearly defined comprehensive risk management tool, a more systematic Security, Threat, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (STRVA), process can be developed. This process uses a multi-layered intelligence gathering capabilities.

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

2017

Location of the Work

Pennsylvania

Publication Title

Developing next-generation countermeasures for homeland security threat prevention

Publisher

IGI Global

School

School of Science

RAS ID

21968

Comments

Bailey, W. (2017). Protection of critical homeland assets: Using a proactive, adaptive security management driven process. In M. Dawson, D. Kisku, P. Gupta, J. Sing, W. Li (Eds), Developing next-generation countermeasures for homeland security threat prevention (pp. 17-50). Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.4018/978-1-5225-0703-1.ch002