Definition
Best practice in physical security is the professional use of a systems approach, comprising accurate threat and risk assessments (diagnosis), an aligned protection strategy based on sound theory and security principles (inference), and a mitigation system (treatment) that fulfils operational requirements accordant with legislation, standards, and engineering practice to manage the protection of assets, information, and personnel from damage, loss, or unauthorized access against internal and external threats.
Introduction
It is the duty, as a standard of care, for professionals to exercise diligence in their application of standardized expertise when carrying out work, where professional competence (duty) is judged against the state of knowledge that exists in the form of published methodologies, standards, codes, and research. Consequently, professionals should exercise their professional duty accordant with best practice in order to meet their duty of care obligations in...
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Coole, M.P., Brooks, D.J. (2019). Physical Security: Best Practices. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_220-1
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