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UTILITY SECURITY:
THE NEW PARADIGM
by Karl A. Seger, Ph.D.

“The paradigm shifted radically on 9/11, pushing utility security to priority status. UTILITY
SECURITY:
THE NEW PARADIGM addresses the real threats to utility systems and provides a
step-by-step
approach to assessing vulnerabilities and developing and implementing security
countermeasures.
Included in the book are threat assessment and security checklists, as well as a
vulnerability/countermeasure matrix and sample security and workplace violence prevention
policies.”

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- Evaluate security threats to most utility systems

- Conduct a vulnerability/“criticality” security survey of system assets

- Develop a security program to manage vulnerabilities

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CONTENTS

SECTION 1: NEW PARADIGM THREATS
1. Sept. 11, 2001
2. The Threat from Extremists
3. Conventional Threats

SECTION 2: MANAGING THREATS
4. Risk Management Process
5. Protecting Information and Information Systems
6. Physical Security and Access Control
7. Protecting Employees and Physical Assets
8. Special Threats
9. Threat Response Plan
10. Crisis Management

APPENDICES
A. Threat Alert Levels and Physical Response Guidelines
B. Threat Alert System and Cyber Response Guidelines for the Electricity Sector
C. Facility Vulnerability Determining System
D. Computer and Internet Use Policies
E. Personal Protection Checklist
F. Bomb Threat Checklist
G. Executive Crisis Response File
H. Sample Theft of Service Policy
I. Physical Security Plan
J. Security Survey Checklist

Helpful Website Addresses
About the Author

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“KARL A. SEGER, Ph.D., has provided anti-terrorism consulting and training for all branches
of the U.S.
military, the Departments of Justice and Treasury, and for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
He received a grant prior to the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee to conduct a
terrorism threat
assessment for the event and to train local police in preparation for it.

“Dr. Seger assisted in the development of the Army’s terrorism counteraction program in the
1980s and
he was the contract writer for TC19-16, Countering Terrorism on U.S. Army Installations.

“Seger is also the author of the Anti-terrorism Handbook and co-author of Computer Crime:
An
Investigator’s Handbook. Dr. Seger provides security training and consulting services for
government
and corporate clients around the world.”

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2003, 238 Pages. Order #DR715.
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