Security professionals know that a visible defense strategy can delay — or completely deter — an attack on a facility. From anti-theft devices to armed patrols, a variety of target hardening techniques can aid you with crime prevention efforts at your site.
Military, law enforcement and other security professionals use target hardening measures to improve safety and security in a range of settings. With the right environmental design features, target hardening can significantly reduce the chances of an attack or breach of your facility.
What Is Target Hardening?
What does target hardening mean? The target hardening definition includes various measures that can discourage or disrupt attacks on your site. When you incorporate target hardening techniques into your overall security strategy, you create additional barriers to stop intruders from defeating safety measures and entering your location.
Kontek Industries offers comprehensive target hardening solutions to strengthen your buildings and site against physical incursions. By using Kontek solutions, you reduce the risks of vehicle, blast or ballistic threats.
Organizations that work with Kontek for target hardening experience a variety of benefits, including protection of your team members, buildings and other physical assets from physical assaults. Our custom solutions include both visible and concealed protection measures, providing your organization with an environment of safety and security.
After reviewing your overall security goals, Kontek team members can provide you with a customized plan for target hardening at your site.
Target Hardening Examples
What are some examples of how target hardening measures work? Target hardening techniques are best understood as they relate to various types of attacks.
For example, measures that may reduce the risk of a destructive attack include fixtures constructed of steel or high-impact plastic, tamper-proof fasteners and hardware for signs, steel or concrete fixtures such as benches and bleachers, and fire-resistant paints.
Solutions like window screens, bullet-proof or reinforced glass, metal door and window shutters, tamper-resistant screws, non-removable pins in door anchor hinges, and vertical or small-mesh fencing can discourage would-be burglars who might attempt forced entry at your facility.
Appropriate filtering systems, air vents that close, alternative ventilation intakes, and emergency air circulation reduce the risk of airborne agents and other toxins. Dividing types of traffic flow — such as pedestrians and motorcycles — can help stop violent acts such as snatch thefts. Target hardening techniques like creating zones to limit unauthorized access can strengthen a facility against explosives threats.
Contact Kontek Industries
If your school, law enforcement organization, correctional facility, nuclear power plant or other site can benefit from implementing target hardening techniques, Kontek Industries can assist you. The first step is conducting a threat and vulnerability assessment.
By partnering with Kontek Industries, you’ll benefit from an inspection, review and assessment of your current security environment by a team of highly skilled experts. Following our assessment, you will receive a comprehensive report including our findings along with our recommendations regarding your existing procedures, vulnerabilities, and actions you can take to improve your safety and security.
As part of our reporting process, we provide you with cost-effective solutions to address any vulnerabilities in your infrastructure, processes and procedures. As a result, you increase situational awareness for your organization and discover new methods for bolstering the security of your facility. To learn more about how Kontek Industries can assist you with target hardening methods, please contact us.
