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Despite its importance, the “field” of physical security is scarcely a field at all. This has not changed since September 11. There is a severe shortage of meaningful standards, metrics, fundamental principles, rigor, studies, and theories. Unlike cyber security, it is difficult to get a degree in physical security from a major 4-year university, and young people (especially females) ignore the field in droves. Vendors and manufacturers of security devices and systems often make exaggerated or fraudulent “snake oil” claims. There are virtually no conferences where research & development results are presented, and until just recently, no peer-reviewed research journals devoted to physical security. The VAT has attempted to contribute to the development of the field by founding a new research journal for physical security. The Journal of Physical Security is the first scholarly, peer-review journal devoted to physical security R&D.
Volume 3(1), 2009 NOW AVAILABLE!
The
first issue of The Journal of Physical Security (JPS) hosted by Argonne National
Laboratory is there!
This issue contains an eclectic mixture of topics. The first two papers are
about the emerging issue of Open Sourcing for physical security. Open Sourcing
has long been a common practice for software, but is relatively rare for
security hardware. The remaining papers discuss a design basis threat approach
to protecting a radiological source in a hospital, when and how to disclose
physical security vulnerabilities, and a discussion about business
confidentiality and protecting sensitive information.
Read more at the Journal of Physical
Security
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Contact:
Roger Johnston, Section
Manager
National
Security and Non-proliferation Department
Vulnerability Assessments Section
Fax: +1 630-252-7323
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