U.S. Department of Defense Guidance for Security Engineering

摘要

Prior to September 11, 2001, the Department of Defense and other agencies ofrnthe U.S. Government had developed a number of engineering design documents thatrnprovided guidance for protection of government assets against terrorist and criminalrnacts. Almost all of those manuals were exempt from public disclosure under thernFreedom of Information Act. Historically, that was not a serious concern becausernthere was relatively little interest in such design guidance outside the government.rnIn a new initiative, DoD is updating and expanding a number of its manuals asrnUnified Facilities Criteria, combining the design guidance used by the Army, AirrnForce, Navy, and Marines into a coordinated series of Security Engineering Manuals.rnThose manuals are being developed through the inter-service DoD SecurityrnEngineering Working Group. The current plan is to exclude distribution limitationsrnfrom those manuals so they can be made available to the public.rnThis paper will describe the Security Engineering series of Unified Facilities Criteriarnmanuals and the DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings, which thernmanuals are being designed to support and supplement. This paper will also describernother support publications such as Unified Facilities Guide Specifications and relatedrninitiatives to develop state of the art tools for designing to protect people and propertyrnagainst terrorist and criminal acts.