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Risk-based Planning of Security Measures for the Protection of the Swiss Defence Infrastructure

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Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management

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The Swiss defence infrastructure must be protected in both normal and special situations. A risk-based security concept helps the authorities to identify threats, estimate possible damage and evaluate counter-measures on a cost/benefit basis. The conceptual framework, the methodology and aspects of implementation are described in this paper.

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Niederhaeuser, F., Christen, P., Holenstein, M. (2004). Risk-based Planning of Security Measures for the Protection of the Swiss Defence Infrastructure. In: Spitzer, C., Schmocker, U., Dang, V.N. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_213

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