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Development of an economic model for the allocation of preventive security measures against environmental and ecological terrorism in chemical facilities
- Source :
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Process safety and environmental protection
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- Several recent events raised the attention toward possible major accidents triggered by external acts of interference in industrial facilities. In particular, a growing concern is present with respect to the intentional release of dangerous substances resulting in environmental and eco-terroristic attacks. Therefore, optimal selection and allocation of preventive security measures is becoming more important for decision-makers. Despite the existence of economic models supporting the decision-making process, their applications within the chemical industry security context are relatively limited. This study describes a specific model for economic analysis and selection of physical security measures, with respect to potential environmental and eco-terroristic attacks in chemical facilities. An example of application to a relevant case study is presented to show the model capabilities. Site-specific analysis of the baseline physical security system performance allows comparing the costs of different security upgrades with the benefits related to either prospective or retrospective losses, meanwhile accounting the uncertainties related to the threat probability. Selection of the most profitable security measures within budget constraints and definition of economic indicators are the main outputs of the model, in order to support decision-making processes for allocation of security barriers. © 2017. This is the authors’ accepted and refereed manuscript to the article. LOCKED until 24.3.2019 due to copyright restrictions. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Subjects :
- Environmental Engineering
Economics
020209 energy
General Chemical Engineering
0211 other engineering and technologies
Security cost-benefit analysi
02 engineering and technology
Asset (computer security)
Security information and event management
Threat
Security engineering
Environmental accident
Security decision-making
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Security management
Security cost-effectiveness analysi
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Physical security measure
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
business.industry
Environmental resource management
Risk factor (computing)
Risk analysis (engineering)
Business
Physical security
Countermeasure (computer)
Chemical industry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09575820
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Process safety and environmental protection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fab349b6a36bd9cdaa21511d72f14016