This guide is intended to aid in the selection of effective physical security measures to deter or detect an attack on a protected facility. Consideration is made for the skill of the attacker and the type of facility that is being protected.

Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee F12 on Security Systems and Equipment, this guide was withdrawn in April 2004 in accordance with section 10.6.3.1 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

1.1 This guide is intended to aid in the selection of effective physical security measures to deter or detect an attack on a protected facility. Consideration is made for the skill of the attacker and the type of facility that is being protected. A threat/physical security matrix given in Table 1 identifies typical protective measures and instrumentation applicable for protecting several types of facilities from several identified levels of threat.