Design and Evaluation of Physical Security Systems, Second Edition, includes updated references to security expectations and changes since 9/11. The threat chapter includes references to new threat capabilities in Weapons of Mass Destruction, and a new figure on hate crime groups in the US. All the technology chapters have been reviewed and updated to include technology in use since 2001, when the first edition was published. Garcia has also added a new chapter that shows how the methodology described in the book is applied in transportation systems. College faculty who have adopted this text have suggested improvements and these have been incorporated as well. This second edition also includes some references to the author's recent book on Vulnerability Assessment, to link the two volumes at a high level.

Authoritative and thorough update of the book referred to as the "bible" of Physical Security!

About the Author
Ms. Garcia is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Labs. She has over 20 years experience in Science and Engineering research, development, application, teaching, and project management experience of security systems and technology. She has been a certified Protection Professional since 1997.

Reviews
"Personally, I consider the first edition of this book to be a classic. For anyone who really knows security, this book is the bible. It is just the way it has to be done." --Dennis Giever, PhD, Dept. of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania



Book Information
ISBN 9780750683524
Author Mary Lynn Garcia
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
Weight(grams) 810g