Mexico Virtual Fundamentals of Physical Protection Systems

This workshop will illustrate the need for a strong physical protection system.  The goal of the workshop is to help ensure that the entire physical protection system will accomplish its function of preventing, detecting, delaying, and responding to theft, sabotage, unauthorized access, illegal transfer, or other malicious acts involving radioactive and nuclear material and associated facilities.

Participants will be introduced to the fundamental concepts of physical security for nuclear facilities as defined in IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 13. At the conclusion of the course participants should recognize the importance of physical security, the key drivers that establish the level of protection required and how to test and evaluate physical protection systems (PPS). It will also include a brief introduction to key concepts in computer security which are part of a comprehensive nuclear security regime.