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Indicators of Terrorist Activity
Handbook
US Coast Guard Headquarters
Port Security
Evaluation Division
(CG-3PCP-4)
Background & Context
• Protecting High Consequence CI/KR has led to Higher
Physical Security since 9/11
– Heightened Physical Security means that Terrorists must plan
more to overcome these security measures
– Effective attack plans require information about the current
security posture (they must know what they have to defeat in
order to be successful)
• Terrorist Training and Planning can take years to unfold
• Port Security Terrorist Operations Assessments used
Navy SEALs to provide the adversary perspective
– Identified a growing requirement for better “outside the fence”
awareness
Physical Security Posture
• Improved security attributed to:
– MTSA
– Industry Associations
– LEA
– Government Grants
– Corporate Capital Investment
– Security Officer Equipment & Training
– Best Practices Dissemination
Physical Security Posture
• What to protect?
– Critical Components
• From what?
– Plausible Threat Scenarios that result in high
consequences
– Review all threats (e.g., car/truck bomb, boat
bomb, commercial vessels, swimmers, etc.)
in context of consequence
Threat Vectors
• Assets that are not high-consequence
themselves (e.g., pilot vessels, fuel barges,
tugs, etc.), but whose routine access to critical
assets might be exploited
• Lower security procedures regarding the less
critical asset may be overcome and used as a
means to threaten the high consequence asset
Physical Security Posture:
How Protected?
• What physical security measures are in place to
address the plausible threats?
• The Four ‘G’s
– Guards, Gates, Guns, and Gadgets
– Catchy phrase to address the many aspects of
physical security to include: Barriers, Access Control,
CCTV, IDS, PPE, Security Training, etc.
• Role of facility, local, state and federal
resources
• Terrorists need “eyes on” the intended target to
gather this type of information; it’s critical to a
successful plan of attack
Indicators of Terrorist Activity
• Terrorist information gathering and
planning, and our ability to impact their
planning cycle, is addressed through the
following topics:
– Observation Points and Surveillance Areas
– Staging Areas and Ingress Routes
– Probing Security
– Recognizing and Reporting Suspicious
Activity
Observation Points
and Surveillance Areas
• What are they?
– Usually outside the perimeter
– Provide view of critical components or key
security measures
• How are they determined or identified?
– Elevation, concealment, access
• What to do once they are identified?
– Security Forces tend to focus inside the fence
– Countermeasures can be identified
Observation Points
and Surveillance Areas
Staging Areas
and Ingress Routes
• What are they?
– Usually outside or approaching the perimeter
– Provide access or route to critical components or key
security measures to be defeated
• How are they determined or identified?
– Staging of vessel, vehicle, equipment, explosives
– Ingress providing most effective access to CI/KR
• What to do once they are identified?
– Awareness programs at nearby potential staging
areas
– Monitor potential ingress routes and choke points to
give early warning of attack in progress
Staging Areas
and Ingress Routes
Probing Security
• A higher security
posture may require
probing activity by
terrorists to elicit a
security response that
can be measured or
evaluated
• May be related to site
security, LEA, USCG,
etc.
Reporting of Suspicious Activity
• How are suspicious activities
recognized and reported?
• What information is collected
and reported?
• How are reports
investigated?
• Is information collected in a
database? Shared with other
LEA?
• Are programs that educate
the public in use?
Summary
• Handbook Objectives
– Define Current Security Posture
• Identify Critical Components, Plausible Threats,
Threat Vectors, Physical Security Measures, etc.
– Identify Potential Indicators:
• Observation Points or Surveillance Areas
• Staging Areas and Ingress Routes
• Probing Activities
– Identify Awareness Programs and Training
– Identify Actions to be Taken
Next Steps
• Training and guidance for Sector Port
Security Specialists
• Industry volunteers identified (5-10 sites)
• Industry Handbook use coordinated with
Port Security Specialist
• Industry feedback consolidated by Sector
and provided to HQ
• Incorporate improvements and publish
final version of Handbook