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The Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems

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The recent tragedy of New York and Washington has emphasised the considerable need for this excellent book on physical security. Mary Lynn Garcia is to be congratulated on producing a book on physical protection systems that is design-based and is driven by principle rather than application. As a senior member of the technical staff at Sandia National laboratories, Mary Lynn Garcia is well placed to have knowledge of best practice in design of systems, and the development of principles of asset protection. This book is markedly unique from other security publications on the market as it provides a well-structured and rigorous discussion of the major components of the principles of the protection of assets. The book entitled The Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems by Mary Lynn Garcia has raised the standard of security references and texts to new quantum levels of quality and detail.

The design and evaluation process for physical protection systems is presented early in the book and provides astructured approach to the protection of assets. I am personally pleased to see that the defence in depth strategy of detection, delay and response has been applied as the foundation for the structured approaches to asset protection. The chosen approach features the major components of System Objectives, Design of Physical Protection Systems, and Analysis and Evaluation. This structure has the capacity to direct the readerr in a systematic and logical manner to the desired outcomes of the defence in depth strategy. A detailed account of the systematics of asset protection allows a well=balanced account of theory and application to be presented. An attractive feature of the book is the discussion on the computer analytical models for analysis, and the relationship of risk assessment to asst protection outcomes. The book contains review questions at the conclusion of each chapter, a glossary of terms for the unfamiliar reader, and several appendices of useful information relating to threat and analysis of risk.

...This book will prove to be most valuable for a range of academic, managerial, and practitionar personnel who have responsibility for asset protection, and should be in all major libraries and acquired by everyone with an interest in physical security.

Dr Clifton Smith
Associate Professor
Edith Cowan University
Perth, Western Australia

This book is one of the better overall references I have seen for persons dealing with physical protective security systems. The Threat Definition and Target Identification sections are of particular interest, as is the general overview of physical protection systems which are broken into the Detection-Delay-Response areas for ease of reading. Mary Garcia presents a systematic process for identifying objectives of the physical protective system through design and evaluation.

Whilst the practicality of the EASI Computer Model for analysis is questionable for many organisations, it is worth being aware of the methodology as an extra tool for the evaluation of physical systems.

Despite this, the book is an excellent reference that will be continually pulled off the shelf and used.

This book not only gives you a broad idea of what security is, but is very practical using it in your work, e.g. risk analysis. It is helping me a lot.
Best Buy!

I requested the book to be expedite and it arrived as expected. The book was in great condition. I am very satisfied with this purchase.