How to Develop an Integrated Security Strategy to Protect Industrial Assets?

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It is no secret that many kinds of industrial facilities have been identified as potential targets for malicious attacks, including oil and gas production sites, refineries, gas distribution sites, chemical plants, pulp and paper mills, and power-generation stations.

As such, there is a need for a comprehensive security strategy for these facilities and other critical infrastructure.

To help safeguard physical and human assets, production plants and other vulnerable operations require an integrated security system that brings together multiple security technologies. These technologies must be able to communicate in real time, merging data to create new, more robust knowledge for faster, more efficient actions with fewer resources. Physical security measures represent important considerations in an asset protection scheme that includes cybersecurity and information security. It is impossible to completely separate the different aspects of an overall plant security posture. Preventing attackers from gaining access to the site may also bar them from access to critical process control networks.

Current physical security requirements include:

• Identifying and controlling individuals who enter and exit the facility
• Tracking movements of building occupants and assets
• Controlling access to restricted areas
• Tracking and locating equipment, products, and other resources
• Tracking the location of personnel on site in the event of an incident
• Integrating control and security systems for greater speed and efficiency
• Protecting process automation networks and systems from potential intrusion
• Responding quickly to alarms and events

The U.S. Department of Justice has determined that an effective plant security system serves three vital functions: detection (discovering or sensing adversary action), delay (impediment to adversary progress), and response by security personnel to ensure a threat is neutralized. Examples of traditional protective tactics include increasing security patrols, strengthening fences, installing better locks on doors, relocating sensitive processes within the facility, installing intruder detection systems and alarms, and performing background checks on employees.

At all times, industrial organizations are charged with protecting their people, assets, and the environment. At its core, physical security helps achieve this objective by keeping the wrong people on the right side of the fence to prevent vandalism, theft, and malicious acts. The current threat environment, however, requires a more comprehensive strategy for dealing with security issues.

As an industry best practice, many firms are unifying the diverse aspects of plant physical security. This approach integrates the process and security environments to address security concerns from the control room to the plant perimeter—and protects all assets of a production operation. Security programs are employing robust tools, such as video surveillance, access control, perimeter intrusion detection, and command centers, that work together for an effective method of protection for industrial facilities. Although many of the tools have been in use as stand-alone capabilities for some time, the ability to merge them in a unified system adds substantial synergies and benefits.

Having such an integrated physical security solution allows plant managers and operators to ensure their top safety priorities are met while concentrating on other components of the safe, secure operation of a facility. With this strategy, certain layers of protection can deter incidents in the first place, while others can provide detection, alerting, and associated guidance. The approach enhances important security functions, such as access control for real-time mustering during an emergency. Plants are no longer faced with checking names off a paper list, but rather use solutions like automated badge readers to confirm workers have reached safe haven.

Source: Automation

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