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Article: Facility Security
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- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
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Facility Security
Facility security is the protection, and the measures taken toward the protection, of a building or other physical location. Among the components of facility security are access control, or the protection against entry by unauthorized persons, fire detection and suppression, and emergency-response planning. Facility security planning involves both the use of personnel and technology, but though both are important, the quality, training, and trustworthiness of personnel is of greater significance ultimately than the sophistication of the equipment used to protect a facility.
Personnel.
Facility security is the business both of government agencies and of private ...