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  2. Physical security - Wikipedia

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    deter potential intruders (e.g. warning signs, security lighting); detect intrusions, and identify, monitor and record intruders (e.g. security alarms, access control and CCTV systems); trigger appropriate incident responses (e.g. by security guards and police); delay or prevent hostile movements (e.g. door reinforcements, grilles);

  3. Active Denial System - Wikipedia

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    The system is operated and aimed with a joystick and aiming screen. The device can be used for targets over 250 metres (820 ft) away, [14] and the beam has a power of 30 kilowatts. [55] The Los Angeles County Jail installed the smaller-sized unit, under the name Assault Intervention Device, on the ceiling of the Pitchess Detention Center in ...

  4. Perimeter intrusion detection - Wikipedia

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    A fence-mounted perimeter intrusion detection system installed on a chain link fence. A perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS) is a device or sensor that detects the presence of an intruder attempting to breach the physical perimeter of a property, building, or other secured area.

  5. Security controls - Wikipedia

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    Security controls or security measures are safeguards or countermeasures to avoid, detect, counteract, or minimize security risks to physical property, information, computer systems, or other assets. [1] In the field of information security, such controls protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

  6. Protective distribution system - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of a PDS is to deter, detect and/or make difficult physical access to the communication lines carrying national security information. A specification called the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction (NSTISSI) 7003 was issued in December 1996 by the Committee on National Security Systems. [1]

  7. Panic button - Wikipedia

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    The volume varies from model to model, with some models having 130 decibels. Some personal alarms are also outfitted with an LED light for normal lighting purposes or to help deter an assailant. Due attention must be given to the fact that these devices can give a 'false sense of security' and therefore place the individual in danger.

  8. Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System

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    IBCS engagement stations will be able to control Army air-defense systems such as Patriot and THAAD, directing radar positioning and suggesting recommended launchers. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps systems will be able only to share radar tracks or raw radar data. [15] The Army requires all new missiles and air-defense systems to support ...

  9. M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition - Wikipedia

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    The remaining trip-lines may be hindered due to their proximity to the resting surface. After an additional 10-second electronic time delay, allowing the munition to return to equilibrium, the mine is fully armed electronically. Disturbance of a trip-line, or the mine itself, now triggers a switch which completes an electronic firing circuit.