The Interagency Security Committee has just released the 2010 Physical Security Criteria for Federal Facilities (FOUO) and the 2010 Design-Basis Threat Report (FOUO). These documents supersede the 2004 Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects (FOUO), the 2005 Security Standards for Leased Spaces (FOUO) and the 1995 DoJ Vulnerability Assessment of Federal Facilities (aka the ‘DoJ Report’). These new documents, in conjunction with the 2008 Facility Security Level Determinations for Federal Facilities (FOUO), establish the new design and construction security requirements that are applicable for all civilian Federal Facilities.

There are major updates in the new criteria document which will translate to changes in the design and design approach for Federal Buildings. Some of the more significant updates include:

• The new 2010 Physical Security Criteria provides guidance for all non-DoD federal buildings (without the exclusions, such as ports of entry, border patrol facilities and ‘unique facilities’, from the previous document) and it also covers leased space in existing buildings.

• The new 2010 Physical Security Criteria is presented in a completely new format

• The 2008 Facility Security Level Determinations for Federal Facilities (FOUO) and the 2010 Physical Security Criteria (FOUO) will provide a baseline for a facility specific risk assessment on which countermeasures will be based upon.

Past experience with new and updated security design criteria has shown that there is an often painful learning curve associated with the government and the private sector applying these new standards. Stone Security Engineering will soon be offering training sessions on the criteria. Please contact us at training@StoneSecurityEngineering.com if you are interested in these sessions.