Examining metrics and methods for determining critical facility system effectiveness. (2nd June 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hester, Patrick T.; Adams, Kevin MacG.; Mahadevan, Sankaran
• Is Part Of: International journal of critical infrastructures. Volume 6:Number 3(2010)
• Page Start: 211
• Page End: 224
• Publication Date: 2010-06-02
• Subjects: facility protection -- system effectiveness -- critical infrastructures -- security systems -- critical facilities -- performance measurement -- metrics -- security system performance; Infrastructure (Economics) -- Security measures -- Periodicals; Risk assessment -- Periodicals; Emergency management -- Periodicals; 363.05
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-3219

Abstract

Approaches for quantifying security system performance vary for different critical facilities, ranging from in-depth quantitative analyses to heuristics-based rules of thumb. Since there is no single accepted definition for what constitutes an effective security system for a critical facility and how best to design and analyse these systems, this technical note is a survey of potential metrics and methods for critical facility system effectiveness. Recommendations are made for which metric is best suited for critical facility system effectiveness and a new method is recommended for evaluating system effectiveness.