Integrated Security Systems Design: Concepts, Specifications, and Implementation (v. 1)

By
Thomas Norman, Executive Vice President, Protection Partners International – Houston, TX, USA and Beirut, Lebanon

Description
Integrated Security Systems Design is a one–stop resource for security directors, consultants, engineers and installation managers who are interested in providing enterprise–class security in goverment and corporate installations worldwide. An integrated security system is a system that has been incorporated into other programs (such as Access Control, Private Branch Exchanges, Human Relations, Security Video, and Intercommunications) to perform tasks in a manner consistent with corporate or agency policies and procedures. This book explains how to accomplish such integration, thereby saving a company both time and money. Integrated Security Systems Design is arranged to go from the strategic to the technical to the tactical. The strategic section covers the why of design, the technical section explains how it’s done, and the tactical section provides the cultural knowledge that leads to project success. Norman also offers guidance in avoiding pitfalls out of which lawsuits have arisen. Many of the subjects covered, such as how to make a security system invisible on an Information Technology System network, include material not available in any other book.

Audience:
Security directors and security managers, security consultants, security engineers and installation managers, and other security professionals.



About the Author:

Thomas L. Norman, CPP/CSC is an internationally acclaimed security and anti–terrorism consultant. Mr. Norman‘s expertise ranges from risk management consulting to security program development consulting to security technology consulting, to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) consulting. Mr. Norman is a prolific author and his ideas have affected the design on numerous security technologies. Mr. Norman works in very high security areas and teaches how to evaluate the correct mix of technology and non–technology approaches for each case. Mr. Norman‘s pleasant writing style makes learning interesting and helps you retain more of what is taught.