Critical infrastructure security
Providing security for facilities and networks crucial to national wellbeing.
Critical Infrastructure Security
Providing security for facilities and networks crucial to national wellbeing.
Critical Infrastructure security
Critical infrastructure security involves strategies aimed at mitigating threats to facilities, supply chains, or networks prioritized for their potential to cause significant negative impacts on national security, economic security, or public health and safety.
Critical Infrastructure security
Critical infrastructure security involves strategies aimed at mitigating threats to facilities, supply chains, or networks prioritized for their potential to cause significant negative impacts on national security, economic security, or public health and safety.
It encompasses prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery across a spectrum of threats such as natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, criminal activity, and terrorism.
Key components of these strategies include:
- Deployment of Security Officers
- Utilization of Emergency Services Officers
- Implementation of Mobile/Virtual Patrols and Alarm Response Services
- Integration of Electronic Surveillance, Access Control, and Alarm Systems
- Incorporation of Environmental Design principles
- Provision of Risk Management and Consultation services
Critical infrastructure sectors typically include:
- Communications
- Financial services and markets
- Data storage or processing
- Defence industry
- Higher education and research
- Energy
- Food and grocery
- Health care and medical
- Space technology
- Transport
- Water and sewerage
These sectors are essential for the functioning of society and the economy, making their security and resilience crucial for national well-being.
The National Guidelines for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure mandate that governments require owners and operators of critical infrastructure to:
- Maintain awareness of their operational environment
- Provide adequate security for their assets, aligning with identified threats and risks
- Actively apply risk management techniques in their planning processes
- Conduct regular reviews of risk assessments, security measures, and emergency and contingency plans
- Report any incidents or suspicious activities to State or Territory police
- Develop and regularly update business continuity plans, identifying interdependencies
- Conduct training and exercises to test their security, emergency, and contingency plans
- Participate in government exercises to align prevention, response, and recovery efforts with relevant controlling agencies
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In a Critical Infrastructure setting, GippsSAFE Security Officers are dedicated to controlling site access, monitoring material movements, detecting and deterring criminal activities, and ensuring a safe environment for our clients, their workers, contractors, and the public.
Specific responsibilities of GippsSAFE Security Officers in Critical Infrastructure include:
- Controlling site access
- Conducting site inductions for drivers, visitors, and contractors
- Managing material movement and maintaining tonnage records
- Implementing traffic control measures
- Monitoring and overseeing electronic surveillance systems
- Management and monitoring of access control systems
- Providing first response to security or first aid incidents
- Playing a key role in the client’s Emergency Management Plan
- Monitoring and enforcing COVID-19 infection control measures
These duties are crucial in safeguarding critical infrastructure, maintaining operational continuity, and ensuring the safety of all stakeholders involved.
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