Physical Security Systems

Physical security is defined as a system of barriers, entry and search controls, intrusion detection, alarm assessment, and testing and maintenance. Collectively this system, along with practices and procedures specific to each DOE site, is intended to deter, delay, detect, assess and appropriately respond to an unauthorized activity. Examples of these activities include attempts to gain unauthorized access, remove or tamper with classified matter or steal/divert special nuclear material.

The following are the principal baseline documents used by the inspectors:

• Physical Security Inspectors Guide

• DOE O 452.4, Security and Control of Nuclear Explosives and Nuclear Weapons

• DOE M 470.4-4 Information Security
• DOE M 470.4-2, chg 1 Physical Protection
• DOE M 470.4-1, chg 1 Safeguards and Security Program Planning and Management
• DOE O 470.4 Safeguards and Security program
• DOE P 470.1, Integrated Safeguards and Security Management (ISSM) Policy

• DOE O 470.2B, Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance Program