| Building security doesn't involve only electronic gear, software and guards, nor
is it just for specific building types. Buildings for all purposes should likely
address security concerns during design.
Threats to building occupants can be lone individuals, acting from
opportunity and using simple tools to enter and sometimes harm victims, but more
often to steal their possessions to later sell. Some are lone perpetrators
seeking notoriety or significance, through publicity of their planned and
attempted mass murders. At the extreme end of security threats are organized
mobs, trained terrorists and armed militia with advanced weaponry.
The last group will be a bit hard to resist, without excessive expense or
an equally armed group to repel them. But for most potential threats, there are
things we can do to identify that danger before it reaches us, delay entry until
help can arrive or completely deny threats entry into our facilities and our
lives.
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