Security Challenges for High Hazard BioSafety Level 4 Laboratories
Robert Boden, Schneider Electric
This presentation will discuss the unique challenges of designing and installing security systems to protect biosafety level (BSL) 4 laboratories. Because BSL 4 facilities house the most dangerous diseases on the planet, stealing these diseases from these laboratories would give terrorists access to deadly bio-weapons. This discussion will include the systems used to protect the people that work in the laboratories as well as the methods to safeguard the pathogens from theft or misuse.
- Learn what threats must be countered by a BSL 4 security system.
- Define and discuss the unique threats to BSL 4 laboratories that other buildings and laboratories do not share.
- Learn about the layered security approach.
- The most critical and sensitive items to be protected should be behind many layers of physical security systems.
- Learn about the unique complexities of security systems in BSL 4 laboratories.
- Define and discuss the unique challenges of installation for various security devices. The BSL 4 laboratory construction adds a level of complexity and cost in constructing and installing the many layers of security required.
Biography:
Robert Boden holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland. Mr. Boden has been in the security field for more than 15 years. Mr. Boden has been involved in programming, designing, and managing projects of all sizes. Projects have included access control, closed-circuit television (CCTV), intercom, and personnel duress and perimeter intrusion systems.