Security Plan Guidance:
Appendix III: Intrusion Detection Systems

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Appendix III: Intrusion Detection Systems
Systems
Definition
Possible Uses
Questionable Uses
Dependencies
Infrared Motion Detector A device that detects a change in ambient temperature (heat sensor)
  • Inside registered areas
  • Along a hall that leads to registered areas
  • Doors that lead to registered areas
  • Storage freezers
  • Areas where things are heated (warming)
  • Very large areas
 Ensure that system is focused at key areas and not ‘randomly’ located throughout entity
Contact Switches Devices that alarm when a circuit is broken (door or window opened)
  • Inside registered areas
  • Along a hall that leads to registered areas
  • Doors that lead to registered areas
  • Storage freezers
  • Areas with glass windows or doors that provide direct access to registered area
 Ensure the emergency exit has an alarm and windows have  sensors
Broken Glass Sensors A device that detects the sound frequencies generated by breaking glass.
  • Laboratories with glass windows which provide access to registered space
  • Entities where there are frequent severe storms
  • Entities with synthetic windows
 Ensure all the doors also have a sensor.
Acoustic Motion Sensor (emits sounds) An active device that detects motion by transmitting sounds that reflects off objects
  • Inside registered areas
  • Along a hall that leads to registered areas
  • Doors that lead to registered areas
  • Storage freezers
  • Animal rooms
  • Rooms where equipment is continuously left on or after work hours (i.e., shakers, incubators)
  • Very large areas
 Ensure that system is focused at key areas and not ‘randomly’ located throughout entity
Acoustic Sensor (listens for sounds) A passive device that monitors the sounds to determine when an intrusion occurs and/or to determine the nature of the intrusion
  • Inside registered areas
  • Along a hall that leads to registered areas
  • Animal rooms
  • Rooms where equipment is continuously left on or after work hours (i.e., shakers, incubators)
  • Entities without exterior sound dampening
 Ensure exterior noises do not set the alarm off (i.e., animals in the laboratory next door)
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