How Safety and Security Evolved with Technology - SSD Directives - Era 1980 to 2010 in Saudi Arabia

This is part of a series to propagate the new MOI - HCIS released 2017, (SEC) Security Directives and (SAF) Safety & Fire Protection Directives from the Ministry of Interior - High Commission for Industrial Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

As all Industrial Facility Operators and Project Contractors should know, that MOI HCIS Directives supersedes all internal security standards of companies. Meaning they should know how to integrated company designs for physical and process areas to comply with HCIS Standards. These are just additional guidance how to conduct industrial projects for physical security systems and safety & fire protection systems in the Kingdom.

COVID-19 or Corona Virus is causing World-wide Community Lock downs, providing us free time to reminisce the times in the 1940's, after a century of Industrial Revolution from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 when industrial security can be handled by a few security guards at the gate.

Then there's 'Electronics’ with the invention of vacuum diode by J.A. Fleming, in 1897; and, after that, a vacuum triode was implemented by Lee De Forest to amplify electrical signals. This led to the introduction of tetrode and pentode tubes that dominated the world until the World War II that change security to a different level, with radars.

With technology came the 1960's Labor Unions with Organize Crime Syndicates in USA in response to the social and economic impact, then security issues were focused on Personnel Intrusion locally. Yet life was simple and most everyone can still be trusted.

Then came the 1980's where technology marked the introduction of (IC) Integrated Circuit with enlarged capabilities of over several thousand components on a single chip such as small-scale integration, medium-large scale and very-large scale integration ICs. Along comes the Security Surveillance Systems simply called CCTV Cameras in black and white video including Vehicle Drop Arm Barriers with fast technology computers.

But still, the physical security systems around industrial areas were concentrated for Personnel Security perimeter fence to prevent and delay illegal intrusions including checkpoints with CCTV Monitoring inside buildings.

Fast forward Today, HCIS Security Consultants not only need to think out of the box but must be in-tune with technology because today's Integrated Security Systems need to combat Drones and Vehicle Borne Explosive Improvise Devices (VBEID), Human bombing coupled with Cyber Security, which makes the expensive decorative anti-climb and anti-intrusion perimeter / wire mesh fences as defenseless and almost useless from explosives impact and non-containment of gas - chemical leaks and after shocks.

TECHNOLOGY IS A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD:

Imagine ILLEGAL INTRUDERS through perimeter fences:

• What is the WORST they can do carrying so much explosive in their backpacks piercing through layers of Physical Security?
• But why carry backpacks when Terrorist now use portable flying Drones to deliver missiles undetected?
• If Drones can be remotely controlled, can VBEID be far behind to be driven remotely?
• Can Cyber Security be assured of personnel's affiliation aside from out of kingdom political hackers or simple Get Rich Quick hackers?

Below is a list of security and safety requirements for industrial facilities 1980 to 2010 SSD that were upgraded to HCIS Version 1 released year 2010 and Version 2 released 2017.

HCIS SSD WITH REFERENCE TO ARAMCO SECURITY STANDARDS SAES-O

• SSD/1 Standard Security Fence SAES-O-101
• SSD/2 Category II Fence SAES-O-102
• SSD/3 Category II Fence SAES-O-103
• SSD/4 Category II Fence Alternate SAES-O-104
• SSD/5 Gates in Perimeter Fence SAES-O-105
• SSD/5A Gates in Woven Wire Fabric Fences
• SSD/6 Barbed S Wire Concertina SAES-O-106
• SSD/7 Security and Emergency Exit Doors SAES-O-107
• SSD/8 Minimum Standards for Locks Used on Security Doors, Perimeter Fences and Emergency Exits SAES-O-108
• SSD/9 Minimum Standards for Buildings Housing Sensitive or Vital Equipment SAES-O-109
• SSD/10 Protection of Vital Equipment SAES-O-110
• SSD/11 Communications SAES-O-111
• SSD/12 Communications SAES-O-112
• SSD/13 Security Lighting Systems SAES-O-113
• SSD/14 Check Point Lighting SAES-O-114
• SSD/15 Intruder Detection Systems SAES-O-115
• SSD/16 Automatic Control of Entry (ACE) Systems SAES-O-116
• SSD/17 Gate House and Vehicle Lock SAES-O-117
• SSD/18 Fire Fighting Equipment SAES-O-118
• SSD/19 Work Permit Procedures SAES-O-119
• SSD/20 Expanded Steel Mesh Dimensions SAES-O-120
• SSD/21 The Protection of Diesel Engines Fitted to Sanitary and Mobile Equipment Operating in Hazardous Areas SAES-O-121
• SSD/22 Gasoline Filling Stations Constructed in Industrial Sites SAES-O-122
• SSD/23 Automatic Control of Entry SAES-O-123
• SSD/24 Turnstile Used in Control of Entry SAES-O-124
• SSD/25 Internal Cleaning of Storage Tanks SAES-O-125
• SSD/26 Blast Resistant Control Rooms SAES-O-126
• SSD/27 Spacing / Dikes and Drainage SAES-O-127
• SSD/28 Offshore Requirements SAES-O-128
• SSD/29 Safe Design, Construction, Operation & Maintenance of Hydrocarbon Carrying P/Ls SAES-O-129
• ANNEX 1 Directive for Automatic Access Control Systems
• ANNEX 2 Directive for Electro-mechanical Intruder Detection Systems, Electro-mechanical Fence Disturbance System
• ANNEX 2A Directives for Ported Coaxial Cable (Leaky Cables), Perimeter Intruder Detection System
• ANNEX 3 Directives for the CCTV Monitoring System
• ANNEX 4 Directives for Computer Managed Monitoring Systems
• ANNEX 5 Directives for Security Control Systems

NOTE: I heard chatters that HCIS upgrade 2020 Version is now in process. I hope the new version will consider comments from local contractors and suppliers to minimize dependence on international technology materials to be imported but are available or can be produced locally in Saudi Arabia. We must trust Saudi manufacturers to be involve in the process of a new HCIS version 2020 to minimize corruption and import commercialization of the standards requirement.