Physical Barriers: Business Development Report - Security and Defense

This report delves into the realm of physical barriers, crucial for security and business development. It distinguishes between environmental barriers, such as natural formations like mountains and rivers, and human-made barriers, including fences, walls, and advanced security systems. Environmental barriers are particularly beneficial for large facilities like power plants, providing both security and protection against potential hazards. However, human-made barriers offer versatility and can be adapted to various settings. The report also highlights the importance of choosing the right type of barrier based on the facility's specific needs, whether it's a B2B or B2C business. Furthermore, it emphasizes the continuous upgrades possible with human-made barriers through technological advancements, ensuring enhanced security for high-security facilities like prisons and research labs. The report references key literature in the field, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject.

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Physical barriers are the first defence systems for physical securities (Prevention of
any physical attacks like theft, robbery terrorism and all). The considered subject can be
divided into two categories namely environmental barrier and human-made barriers
(Fennelly, 2016). Environmental barriers are those barriers that are offered by nature whereas
human-made barriers fall under the category of human-made barriers.
Environmental barriers like mountains, cliff, rivers or canyons are very helpful in
large productive plants (B2B-Bussiness to business). Environmental barriers for large plants
(especially power plants) makes the trespassing tricky along with protecting the civilians in
case of any radiative leakage from the station (Martinez-Medina et al., 2016). Non-profitable
services like prisons and research labs also earn a massive boost from the former and hence
they are adopted throughout the world. Though these barriers can be of great disadvantageous
for the facilities that are offering B2C (Business to customer) services. Hence, depending
upon the type of facility the plants should choose their location that offers environmental
barriers.
Human-made barriers (like fences, walls, security system, lighting and others), unlike
environmental barriers, can be adopted at any facility. The former is the most prominent mode
of the physical barrier as it offers barrier protection depending upon the requirement.
Ordinary fencing or walls can provide barrier protection to homes and moderate industries
(Fennelly, 2016). On the other hand, barbed wire and electrified fences can be equipped for
the defences of the high-security bases like prisons, research labs, government offices and
others. An additional offering of human-made barriers is that it gets an upgrade with the
arrival of new technologies making the facility more secure.

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References:
Fennelly, L. (2016). Effective physical security. Butterworth-Heinemann.
Martinez-Medina, A., Flors, V., Heil, M., Mauch-Mani, B., Pieterse, C. M., Pozo, M. J., ... &
Conrath, U. (2016). Recognizing plant defense priming. Trends in plant
science, 21(10), 818-822.