Method and system for analyzing the security of a facility
View Patent ↗A method and system for analyzing the security of a facility. The security system evaluates whether the elements of a facility comply with security requirements and provides a graphical representation of the facility with the results of the evaluation displayed. The security system provides a user interface through which security personnel can provide information describing the characteristics of each element of a facility. The security system then applies a rule for each security requirement to determine whether each element complies with the security requirement. The security system then displays a map of the facility with elements highlighted to indicate whether they comply with the security requirements.
1. A method in a computer system for evaluating security of a facility having buildings, the method comprising:
for each building of the facility, providing information describing characteristics of the building;
providing calculation rules that indicate how to calculate values for a building based on the characteristics of a building;
providing compliance rules for security requirements for determining, based on the calculated values, whether a building complies with the security requirements;
for each building of the facility,
applying the calculation rules to calculate values, based on the characteristics of the building; and
applying the compliance rules to determine, based on the calculated values, whether the building complies with the security requirements; and displaying to a user a map of the facility along with an indication of whether a building complies with the security requirements.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein each building that complies the security requirements is highlighted when displayed.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the highlighting is the displaying of the building in green.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the building complies the security requirements when it meets each security requirement.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the applying of the compliance rules indicates whether each security requirement for a building is adequate or inadequate.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the applying of the provided rules also indicates whether a security requirement for the building that is inadequate has been mitigated.
7. The method of claim 1 including receiving from a user a selection of a building and displaying to the user provided information for the selected building.
8. The method of claim 1 including receiving from a user a selection of a building and displaying to the user an indication as to whether the building complies with each security requirement.
9. The method of claim 1 including receiving from the user additional information on a building and reapplying the provided rules to determine, based on the provided information, and the additional information whether the building complies with the security requirements.
10. The method of claim 1 including receiving from the user an indication of whether a security requirement of building that is inadequate has been mitigated.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein characteristics of a building relate to windows, doors, and walls of the building.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the characteristics of a building relate to use of the building.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein provided information is derived from map information of the facility.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the facility is a military installation.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the facility is a campus of a nonmilitary organization.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the nonmilitary organization is a company.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayed map includes road information.
18. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayed map includes parking information.
19. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayed map includes facility perimeter information.
20. The method of claim 1 wherein the displayed map includes mitigation information.
21. The method of claim 1 including allowing a user to relax a security requirement to assist in evaluating the benefit of complying with the nonrelaxed security requirement.