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Overview

This ebook to do with Process Plant Security has its roots in the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. On September 25th, just days after the 9/11 attacks, the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote,

The World Trade Center is not the place where our intelligence agencies failed. It is the place where our imaginations failed.

Prior to that attack no one had even conceived that terrorists could take over airplanes and use them to hit large buildings. Now we know.

The discussions to do with risk and risk management in our other books and ebooks are all based on the assumption that we all want to do a good job, and that accidents really are accidents.

Unfortunately, this mental paradigm of “general goodwill” does not always hold. Malicious persons will attempt to deliberately create incidents. Given that process facilities typically store and process large quantities of toxic and/or flammable chemicals, a breach of their security could lead to a catastrophic event. These facilities are a natural target.

Malicious attacks can be divided into the following categories:

  • Members of the public
    • Vandalism
    • Theft
    • Activists
  • Sabotage
  • Terrorism

Table of Contents

Introduction
Regulations and Standards 
Types of Attack
   Members of the Public
      Vandalism
      Theft 
      Activists 
   Sabotage 
   Terrorism 
      Visible Security 
      Population Density
      High Profile
Security Vulnerability Analyses
   Rings of Protection
   Cybersecurity
Managing Security 
   Culture 
   Inherent Safety
   Access Security 
   Personnel Screening 
   Offshore
   TWIC (United States)
   Equipment Modifications 
Response to a Threatening Call

Security in the process and energy industries