Community Security Best Practice

Security starts with prevention requiring the implementation of structured cooperation between all agencies to help ensure the highest levels of security in our transport networks (e.g., airports, seaports, etc.), public open spaces (e, g., rail transportation hubs, bus and coach stations, etc.) and other mass public environments, such as shopping malls, office and workplace hubs, and concerts. The vulnerability of all these domains has been tragically demonstrated over recent years through the impact of serious crime (e.g., marauding terrorist attacks, etc.) and are cause for significant security challenges.

This best practice guidance offers low cost, effective, and evidenced-based security practices which include methods such as the Port Protective Security Management System (PSeMS) approach to provide a framework and methodology to support your organization’s security assurance and resilience. Guidance on support technologies for enhanced organizational communication and collaboration are also provided.

The CSBP/PSeMS document shares information and best practices to help keep people safe and secure by ensuring a sustainable transportation and critical infrastructure framework. The guidance is equally applicable to public open spaces and venues where many of the lessons learned can be implemented.

• Joint Intelligence to collaborate, and share resources & technology

• Training & exercises for a coordinated and prepared response

• Community security & policing to effectively gather intelligence to support risk mitigation based on a range of threat vectors such as insider threat, criminal activities and terrorist identification

• Technology to support security

• Communication to ensure continuity, resilient communication and dynamic collaboration

• Documented policies and procedures to establish action plans for organizations to implement required procedures

• Human requirements to provide effective risk mitigation

• Crisis response to meet challenges faced in large scale incidents

• Risk assessment to include all agencies

• Protective Port Security Management Systems Integration