Effective Physical Security

Effective Physical Security, Fifth Edition is a best-practices compendium that details the essential elements and latest developments in physical security protection. This new edition is completely updated, with new chapters carefully selected from the author's work that set the standard.

This book contains important coverage of environmental design, security surveys, locks, lighting, and CCTV, the latest ISO standards for risk assessment and risk management, physical security planning, network systems infrastructure, and environmental design.

• Provides detailed coverage of physical security in an easily accessible format
• Presents information that should be required reading for ASIS International's Physical Security Professional (PSP) certification
• Incorporates expert contributors in the field of physical security, while maintaining a consistent flow and style
• Serves the needs of multiple audiences, as both a textbook and professional desk reference
• Blends theory and practice, with a specific focus on today's global business and societal environment, and the associated security, safety, and asset protection challenges
• Includes useful information on the various and many aids appearing in the book
• Features terminology, references, websites, appendices to chapters, and checklists

Mr. Fennelly was previously employed with Apollo Security, Computershare, Inc., as well as a sergeant at Harvard College, employed by the Harvard University Police Department in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was trained as a crime prevention specialist and served in this capacity for over 21 years at Harvard. He was also the department's training officer and assistant court officer. As part of his role as an officer at Harvard, Larry also was a deputy sheriff in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties (Massachusetts).

Mr. Fennelly is a frequent speaker and lecturer on CPTED, physical security, school crime, and other issues. He serves as an expert witness who works closely with attorneys in defense as well as plaintiff cases, assisting in case preparation, offering knowledgeable questions to ask the opposing side, etc. He has also done a considerable amount of consultant work throughout the United States. His experience ranges from identifying vulnerabilities to conducting security and lighting surveys, working with architects to design and implement security, and developing long range guard training programs and risk assessments of various facilities.

He is also a prolific author. His titles include such well-known security books as 'Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design,' 'Effective Physical Security,' and 'Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention.'