Those responsible for the Physical Safety and Security of facilities, cities, and countries are facing increasing challenges today. Most current physical safety and security programs were designed to defend against relatively minor crime and harassment. But more and more organizations are realizing that in order to effectively protect people and property, they need Physical Safety and Security programs designed to address not only at traditional crime and workplace violence, but also sophisticated terrorist attacks, and natural disasters.

There are five major functions required to deliver effective Physical Safety and Security:

• Prepare: Establish continuity and response plans, train employees, share information between organizations, review forensic evidence from previous incidents to improve processes and optimize systems
• Prevent: Employ prevention techniques including physical barriers, access control systems, cameras, and guards that can be used to prevent, deter, or delay security incidents.
• Detect: Minimize the security incident impact through rapid identification and notification of security breaches and other threatening events
• Assess: Determine the scope of the incident and what needs to be done next
• Respond: Coordinated, real-time communication between incident commanders, first responders, the public, and other organizations during an emergency