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Topic:
Protecting Critical Infrastructures

Security is a global issue, so its
importance cannot be over emphasized, no wonder the book of life stated that Except
the LORD watch over city, the watchman but in vain Ps. 127 vs 1, so it is not
co incidental when God who is our chief security officer also take delight in
our security arrangement to be put in place and order. The recent attack that
took place at French office of satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo, the recent breach by Omar
Gonzalez 42 who scaled a fence where he
ran across the lawn and entered an unlocked door and was tackled inside the
white house, recent attack on a shopping mall at Abuja and recent stowaway
incidents at benin and lagos airport just to mention but few tell it all about
security lapses which underscored
the risks associated with physical security breaches and the potentially
disastrous consequences in critical
infrastructures such hotels, banks, shopping malls, airports, seaports,
refinery and petrochemical factories courthouses, stadium, schools, Prisons,
embassies, conference centers, factories etc. While the threat of terrorist or insurgence activity to
disrupt critical Infrastructure remains ever-present, other hazards such as
theft and vandalism are more common and represent an additional challenge.

This message is intended for critical infrastructure owners
and security professionals who manage and implement security solutions
addresses these difficulties and offers commonsense advice to protect their
infrastructures effectively and affordably while meeting several key requirements
of the acceptable standard, so the need for reliable intrusion detection
systems to protect these assets has never been higher, so these critical
infrastructure will need to perform a security analysis to evaluate potential
threats and vulnerabilities of physical attacks on these targets , verify this
risk assessment with an unaffiliated third party, and then deploy and implement
physical security plans to cover these assets. These requirements from the risk
assessment can be implemented in phases, giving clients time to prepare for and
implement physical security upgrades while the team does not prescribe specific
solutions that the infrastructure should deploy; instead, it provides suggested
guidance and practices that can help mitigate risks. The concepts as outlined
in their recommendation should represent a sound and effective security
practice that suits all facilities tasked with protecting key critical assets.

While different infrastructure require
different approach, for example Safeguarding any outdoor assets, whether
airport perimeters, oil refineries, chemical plants or electrical generating
station etc often comes down to the same thing, accurate detection and timely
information about the unfolding event suggests implementing a “systems
approach” comprising six specific concepts, which are summarized as Detect, Deter , Delay, Assess, Communicate, and Respond, also
suggests a “Defense in Depth” approach that attempts to “prevent the advance of
an attacker” using zones of protection over a larger area, which creates an
opportunity to respond to an event over time, rather than setting up a “single,
strong defensive line. These layers of protection can start with the perimeter
fence, surveillance cameras with infrared ray illuminator for night
capabilities, effective Under Vehicle Scanning System integretable with Road
Blocker or Bollard System at each entrance and exit route with tire killers,
Luggage and Body scanners at each entrance of the building. But in our country
today, you may see conventional and HD cameras in some key assets which is not
the best recommended systems for these infrastructure has prompted me to look
into brief details about camera surveillance system for securing our critical
assets. While video surveillance cameras based on visible light have long been
established as an effective forensic tool for analyzing what happened after an
event, there are limitations to what video surveillance can do. Historically,
it has only provided passive recording of events for future use. Critical asset
protection demands that intruders are detected as soon as they enter a secured
area. Such real-time awareness is critical to ensuring a timely response and
preventing an incident from escalating. As a result, thermal technology has
become a top choice for detecting intrusions outdoors. These systems, which
combine thermal sensors with video analytics, are known as smart thermal
cameras because they never tire, can cover large areas, and see what the human
eye would miss and also create buffer zones, when provided with accurate alerts
that thermal cameras generate that can
make appropriate response decisions accordingly. Using smart thermal cameras
for perimeter security applications was once seen as a more costly solution
better suited for government or military applications. Recent developments in
thermal camera technology provide a new level of detection accuracy while
making them available at commercial prices. Smart thermal cameras have benefited
from the same processing advancements that make all modern computing devices so
powerful, and use this processing to amplify small differences between the
temperature of a person and the background, accurately detecting intruders even
in less than ideal conditions. They ignore headlights, reflections off water,
or other lighting issues that cause false detections with conventional and HD
cameras. The combination of higher performance and lower costs is rapidly
expanding the use of thermal cameras for 24/7 security applications

In conclusion the goal for protecting
critical substation assets is to employ technology that can provide situational
awareness of activity about potential threat so that the facilities can initiate
an appropriate and timely response to prevent wanton destruction of lives and
properties while we look into other systems next time.

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Onaghise Kelly – Security Systems
& ELV Specialist writes from Megatronix Technology Ltd