Defence Barriers

Physical barriers are the first defence systems for physical securities (Prevention of any physical attacks like theft, robbery terrorism and all). The considered subject can be divided into two categories namely environmental barrier and human-made barriers (Fennelly, 2016). Environmental barriers are those barriers that are offered by nature whereas human-made barriers fall under the category of human-made barriers.

Environmental barriers like mountains, cliff, rivers or canyons are very helpful in large productive plants (B2B-Bussiness to business). Environmental barriers for large plants (especially power plants) makes the trespassing tricky along with protecting the civilians in case of any radiative leakage from the station (Martinez-Medina et al., 2016). Non-profitable services like prisons and research labs also earn a massive boost from the former and hence they are adopted throughout the world. Though these barriers can be of great disadvantageous for the facilities that are offering B2C (Business to customer) services. Hence, depending upon the type of facility the plants should choose their location that offers environmental barriers.

Human-made barriers (like fences, walls, security system, lighting and others), unlike environmental barriers, can be adopted at any facility. The former is the most prominent mode of the physical barrier as it offers barrier protection depending upon the requirement. Ordinary fencing or walls can provide barrier protection to homes and moderate industries (Fennelly, 2016). On the other hand, barbed wire and electrified fences can be equipped for the defences of the high-security bases like prisons, research labs, government offices and others. An additional offering of human-made barriers is that it gets an upgrade with the arrival of new technologies making the facility more secure.

References

1. Fennelly, L. (2016). Effective physical security. Butterworth-Heinemann.

2. Martinez-Medina, A., Flors, V., Heil, M., Mauch-Mani, B., Pieterse, C. M., Pozo, M. J., & Conrath, U. (2016). Recognizing plant defense priming. Trends in plant science, 21(10), 818-822.