SAIC Terrorism Protection Manual Awarded GOVSEC Profiles in Innovation Award
(MCLEAN, VA) Aug 2, 2004 – Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that it has been selected by the Government Security Expo & Conference (GOVSEC) to be a recipient of a "2004 Profiles in Innovation Award." SAIC was chosen for the award based upon the submission of its Terrorism Protection Manual (TPM), prepared while under contract to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
SAIC's Integrated Security Strategies Division submitted the TPM as an entry in the Product/Service Impact Award Physical Security Excellence category. This award recognizes a vendor organization for implementing a cutting-edge product/service and achieving physical security excellence.
“Our entry was recognized for demonstrating outstanding methodological or technical innovation,” said Matt Branigan, SAIC manager, Integrated Security Strategies Division. “We're honored to have been selected for the award and feel that the TPM will contribute significantly to people's safety and security.”
The Profiles in Innovation Awards are presented at the GOVSEC, U.S. LAW and READY joint exposition/conference held annually in Washington D.C. This year's awards ceremony took place at the Washington D.C. Convention Center on July 29. The conference addressed a variety of security needs for federal, state and local governments, including discussion on physical security, information security, cyber security as well as topics ranging from fencing and barricades to innovative applications and identification systems.
SAIC's TPM and accompanying Protective Measures Database were developed to provide state and local governments and the private sector a basis to determine their vulnerabilities and risks, based on today's national terrorist threat and implement recommended security best practices. The manual is designed for facility managers, security directors, and anyone responsible for the security of specific types of facilities. The Protective Measures Database contains and combines public, private and special venue facilities with security risk levels, threat levels and over 300 recommended protective measures into a matrix.
The 300-page TPM incorporates over 300 recommended security measures for conducting vulnerability assessments. Measures include physical security, population and workforce protection, security guard force management and procedures for fences/barriers and lighting. The TPM addresses security requirements for more than 96 different categories of facilities, and is aligned for protective measures in response to the three higher national threat levels established by the Department of Homeland Security for facilities rated as low, medium and high risk.
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