In the maritime domain activities to enhance the security against terrorist threats were initiated in consequence of the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001. Since the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) was released in 2004 by the European Union ship owners, harbor operators as well as designated authorities are required to implement the measures according to this regulation. VESPER, a collaborative project (2008- 2011) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), investigated the security standards in the maritime domain concerning the international ferry shipping. Among others, VESPER reviewed the sea- and landside measures and processes to identify optimization recommendations to enhance the security for passengers and personal in the ferry shipping domain. One result of the investigations is that the current representation of information in required security plans for ships and port facilities are insufficient. Thus, on the one hand a prompt and complete implementation of relevant measures in time-critical situations is difficult to achieve. On the other hand, a generation and audit of security measures for ships and port facilities is very time-consuming. Therefore, the Security Modeling Technique (SMT) was developed based on information and design requirements using the Applied Cognitive Work Analysis (ACWA). SMT intends to support the decision making of security officers as well as the generation and audit of measures to be established in security plans. In this paper, background, design method and concept of SMT are presented.
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