TABLE OF CONTENTS Security is a critical element of the management of a process facility. Security management is required for protecting the assets (including employees) of the facility, maintaining the ongoing integrity of the operation and preserving value of the investment. Process security and process safety have many parallels, and make use of many common programmes and systems for achieving their ends. Process security requires a management systems approach to develop a comprehensive security programme, which shares many common elements to process safety management.
The foundation of the security management system is a security vulnerability assessment (SVA), which is intended to identify security vulnerabilities from a wide range of threats ranging from vandalism to terrorism. With the recognition of threats, consequences, vulnerabilities and the evaluation of the risk of security events, a security management system can be organized that will effectively mitigate the risks.
The world of safety and security in the chemical process industries has certainly changed since the terrorist attack on the United States on 11 September 2001. This and other violent acts pose a new risk paradigm for chemical security. The design and operation of a facility must now consider extreme acts of violence rather than only less severe threats.
A comprehensive process security management system must include management programme elements that integrate and work in concert to control security risks. The thirteen management practices shown in Figure 35.1 are an example of a management system developed for the chemical industry:
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