Define Access Points

Step 3d - Identify Access Points and Perimeters

There are two food security strategies to protect your food products:

PERIMETER-Based
Secure groups of TARGETS within a food security PERIMETER.
Group or consolidate TARGETS into areas that can be protected with a food security PERIMETER thereby creating a secured environment.

TARGET-Based
Secure individual food TARGETS. Eliminate, harden, or restrict exposure of individual food TARGETS

In this step you will consider both security strategy approaches as you devise your overall food security strategy. Consider the assistance of a security expert at this step.

TARGET or PERIMETER Strategy – RULES of THUMB

Examine the quantity, type, and distribution of TARGETS and the physical attributes of the facility.

Individual or discrete TARGETS – May require discrete TARGET solutions.
Clusters of TARGETS – Look for physical features of the facility (walls, doors, etc) that allow you to create a securable inner facility PERIMETER.
Small facilities or evenly distributed TARGET areas – Consider creating a securable facility PERIMETER.

In Step 3c, food security TARGETS were placed on the facility diagram. Look for orientation patterns of TARGETS. Are the TARGETS clustered in one, or more area(s) or are they uniformly distributed throughout the facility? Using the ACCESS point drag and drop tool, place ACCESS points on all of the entries around the TARGET areas. The ACCESS points identify the pathways that THREATS will take to ACCESS your TARGETS. As ACCESS points are placed on the diagram, you will be prompted to define and characterize them. The objective of this step is to examine the location of all TARGET and ACCESS points and decide on a security strategy to protect your TARGETS.

After you’ve mapped all of the TARGETS and proximal ACCESS points, and evaluated their distribution in the facility, enclose as many TARGETS as possible in a food security PERIMETER that uses existing or proposed physical facility attributes (walls and ACCESS points). You may create several inner facility food security PERIMETERS to accommodate multiple clusters of TARGETS, or a single facility-wide PERIMETER. TARGETS contained in a food security PERIMETER will be collectively protected by securing the PERIMETER with ACCESS point restrictions.

TARGETS that are not contained in a food security PERIMETER will need to be secured with individual countermeasures. These TARGETS might include outside bulk storage areas or individual TARGETS in isolated areas of your facility. You may find that one, or both, of the security strategies can be used to secure your food TARGETS. The TRAP-ITÔ PLANNER is flexible and will allow you to try different options until you select a strategy that works best for your situation.

When am I done with this step?

This section is complete when you have placed all the ACCESS points and PERIMETERS on the facility diagram necessary to develop a food security strategy. The security strategy you choose is complete if it effectively secures all of your food TARGETS.

Creating Access Points

Selecting 'Identify Access and Perimeters' displays a screen containing tools for creating access points and perimeters, and entering the information that describes them.


	Click the down arrow to select a diagram to work with.
	Checking and unchecking this option will show and hide the background image. Hiding the image does not destroy it, and simply checking the box again will once again show the image.
	Grid lines assist in drawing and lining up objects. Checking and unchecking this option will show and hide the gridlines.
	Targets can be shown or hidden by checking and unchecking this option.
	To zoom in or out on the drawing, click on the corresponding zoom button. Each additional click will zoom the drawing again until the maximum or minimum zoom level has been reached.
	To add an access point, click the access point button, drag to the place on the diagram where it should be located, and release it.
	When an access point is selected, the Selected Access Point panel turns yellow, and its corresponding information is displayed. Select 'Edit' to enter the defining information for the currently selected access point. To delete the selected access point, click the delete button. Click 'Show associated' to highlight the perimeter and all of the access points associated with the selected access point.
	When a series of access points are created, and then some number of them are subsequently deleted, there will be gaps in the numbering of the remaining access points. Clicking Renumber, will sequentially number the access points again.

Edit Access Point Once access points have been created, a collection of required and optional information can be entered by selecting 'Edit Access Point'.

	The text displayed at the top of the panel indicates the ID number assigned to the selected access point.
	All access points require a name. Providing a meaningful name will make it easier to identify the access point later.
	Click the down arrow to see the list of types that can be associated with an access point, and select the one that most accurately describes the current selection.
	Indicate whether the selected access point represents one access point or a collection of access points.
	A description can optionally be entered to further document important details about the access point.
	The Save button stores any information that has been entered.
	To abandon editing the access point, click the Cancel button.
	The photograph panel displays up to three photographs that can be associated with an access point. The Import button opens a window that allows existing photographs to be associated with an access point. The 'Use Camera' button provides the ability to use the built-in camera to acquire photographs. Just click the button and follow the on-screen instructions.
	Clicking a photograph will zoom it out to a larger size. Clicking the Remove button deletes the association of the photograph to the access point. To use that photo later, you'd need to either import it again or use the camera to recreate it. The Close button puts the zoom window away.

Drawing Security Perimeters

Drawing a perimeter is easy; just select the 'Draw Perimeter' tool to begin. Multiple perimeters can be drawn on a single diagram, and perimeters that fully enclose other perimeters can also be created.

The 'Edit', 'Delete', and 'Show associated' buttons work exactly the same as they do for access points.

	The perimeter tool is used to draw multisided perimeters on a diagram. Click the button, click on the diagram where you would like the perimeter to start, and continue clicking at each subsequent point to which you would like the perimeter to extend. Double-click to complete the perimeter.
Provide a meaningful name to simplify the task of associating access points or targets to a perimeter. The Description is optional. Use the Save button to preserve your changes, or the Cancel button to discard them.