Railway security response system

Clients may not always understand the safety and security implications of their project, but they must understand that today’s decisions may have an impact for years to come. So many variables need to be analyzed when working in safety and security. Hazards may be accidental, natural, criminal or terrorist in nature. In fact, anything that can affect transport systems should be treated as a potential threat, be analyzed, and acted upon if needed. Finding the Approach to Mitigate all Hazards With our knowledge and experience, our teams at WSP provide an approach where safety, security, and emergency management meet to mitigate all potential hazards. We offer assistance to develop System Safety Program Plans, System Security Programs and Plans, and Security Emergency Management Program Plans. This includes the development of preliminary hazard analyses, threats and vulnerability assessments, safety and security certification and emergency preparedness and finally system safety program development and implementation. Our objective is to cover all bases when it comes to safety and security, which means we offer prevention, protection, and in the occurrence of any event, response and recovery. Our services include: • Strategic risk management • Security technology evaluation • Risk analytics • Crisis management and security operations Innovative Solutions for Tunnel Safety Even though eliminating 100% of the risk is impossible, our teams at WSP understand that tunnels and stati...

On December 2, 2021, the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) The December Security Directives, which become effective on December 31, 2021, impose significant requirements on owners and operators of “higher-risk freight railroads, passenger rail, and rail transit.” TSA’s announcement also explained that it has extended certain requirements of the December Security Directives to airport and airline operators and has recommended that “all other lower-risk surface transportation owners and operators voluntarily implement” the requirements of the December Security Directives. Freight and Passenger Rail. Specifically, the December Security Directives require freight rail carriers identified in 49 C.F.R. § 1580.101 and owners and operators of a passenger railroad carrier or rail transit system identified in 49 C.F.R. § 1582.101 to undertake, among other things, “four critical actions”: • Designate a cybersecurity coordinator who is “available to” TSA and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “at all times” and provide the name, title, phone number, and email address of the cybersecurity coordinator and at least one alternate cybersecurity coordinator by email to TSA within seven days of the effective date of the December Security Directives, upon commencement of new operations, or in the event of changes to this information; • Report a cybersecurity incident—which is defined to include “an event that is und...

Recent attacks in railway systems have shown that these critical infrastructures are often the target of terrorist and cyberattacks compared to other public transportation modes due to their "open" built environment. Railway networks need to be made as secure and resilient as possible by adopting adequate security measures while maintaining their openness and easiness. This chapter summarizes the various security issues such as armed attacks, bombings, infrastructure attacks, to name a few, along with their characteristics. It provides a clear picture of the present scenario, illustrating the most relevant attacks, the security breaches targeting high-speed rails, best methods, and countermeasures that can be adopted to ensure safety. Furthermore, a critical analysis of the current status of railway security, its relevance for the high-speed railway network, and various policy frameworks adopted to ensure safety are discussed. Keywords • Railways • Security • High-speed railways • Indian railways • Aradau C (2010) Security that matters: Critical infrastructure and objects of protection. Secur Dialogue 41(5):491–514. • BBC News: belarus: explosion at minsk metro system. • BBC News: brussels attacks: zaventem and maelbeek bombs kill many. • Carlson AH, Frincke D, Laude MJ (2003) Railway security issues: a survey of developing railway technology. In: Proceedings of the international conference computer communication control technology, vol. 1, pp 1–6 • CEIC: India Length of R...

This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation assets have always been vulnerable to natural disasters, but in the current environment these assets are also a preferred target of human-caused disruption, especially in the form of terrorism, as the events in many other parts of the world have underscored. Railways are not a homogeneous mode of transportation given their various roles in intercity and commuter passenger movement, as well as beinga major portion of the freight ton-miles upon which the U.S. economy is highly dependent. Designed to provide advice for railway owners and first responders, this text discusses how to secure hazardous material transport and how to establish guidelines for rail freight operations and rail passenger operations. The book aims to develop an understanding of the unique operating characteristics of railways, the nature and the range of vulnerabilities, the present means for protecting the infrastructure, and the public policy initiativesthat areprerequisite for developing a comprehensive appreciation of the magnitude of this issue. The book utilizes case studies of transport disasters to illustrate lessons learned and to provide critical insight into preventative measures. This book will be o...

Today's biggest and most expensive weakness for transit electronic safety and security system operators is false alarms. False alarms are a hassle and expensive to manage. They lead to alarm fatigue, a heightened risk of security breaches, and affect safety operations. Addressing these deficiencies requires modernizing the underlying detection systems and an appropriate automatic or manual control response so that these railway track and infrastructure security systems can accurately and proactively detect real threats. LIDAR-based railway track security systems are deployed at transit stations and inside train tunnels to enhance passenger safety and provide infrastructure security. The systems are designed to automatically transmit the necessary information to: • The automatic train safety control systems • The train drivers for visual confirmation and response • Rail control center for overall supervision and response co-ordination. The TIDS and SIDS systems have been developed exclusively for rail transit solutions that combine current 3D digital LIDAR technology with the operational requirements gained from over 400 transit installations of 2D LIDAR technology at rail transit stations and tunnels across North America. Molinari & Associates Inc. is a private Canadian corporation operating in Canada and the USA. Our business is focused on developing unique sensor-based solutions to solve our clients' needs and non-standard, customized requirements. We continuously strive...

Open Access is an initiative that aims to make scientific research freely available to all. To date our community has made over 100 million downloads. It’s based on principles of collaboration, unobstructed discovery, and, most importantly, scientific progression. As PhD students, we found it difficult to access the research we needed, so we decided to create a new Open Access publisher that levels the playing field for scientists across the world. How? By making research easy to access, and puts the academic needs of the researchers before the business interests of publishers. We are a community of more than 103,000 authors and editors from 3,291 institutions spanning 160 countries, including Nobel Prize winners and some of the world’s most-cited researchers. Publishing on IntechOpen allows authors to earn citations and find new collaborators, meaning more people see your work not only from your own field of study, but from other related fields too. This chapter approaches the concerns over safety and security of modern mainline and light railways from a systems perspective. It addresses the two key concerns from the view point of systemic emergence arising from the interaction between all the principal constituents of the railway system, namely infrastructure, rolling stock, energy and human element comprising workers, passengers and the neighbours of the railways. 1. Introduction Modern railways have moved a long way from the slow, noisy, polluting and poor safety recor...

Recent attacks in railway systems have shown that these critical infrastructures are often the target of terrorist and cyberattacks compared to other public transportation modes due to their "open" built environment. Railway networks need to be made as secure and resilient as possible by adopting adequate security measures while maintaining their openness and easiness. This chapter summarizes the various security issues such as armed attacks, bombings, infrastructure attacks, to name a few, along with their characteristics. It provides a clear picture of the present scenario, illustrating the most relevant attacks, the security breaches targeting high-speed rails, best methods, and countermeasures that can be adopted to ensure safety. Furthermore, a critical analysis of the current status of railway security, its relevance for the high-speed railway network, and various policy frameworks adopted to ensure safety are discussed. Keywords • Railways • Security • High-speed railways • Indian railways • Aradau C (2010) Security that matters: Critical infrastructure and objects of protection. Secur Dialogue 41(5):491–514. • BBC News: belarus: explosion at minsk metro system. • BBC News: brussels attacks: zaventem and maelbeek bombs kill many. • Carlson AH, Frincke D, Laude MJ (2003) Railway security issues: a survey of developing railway technology. In: Proceedings of the international conference computer communication control technology, vol. 1, pp 1–6 • CEIC: India Length of R...

On December 2, 2021, the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) The December Security Directives, which become effective on December 31, 2021, impose significant requirements on owners and operators of “higher-risk freight railroads, passenger rail, and rail transit.” TSA’s announcement also explained that it has extended certain requirements of the December Security Directives to airport and airline operators and has recommended that “all other lower-risk surface transportation owners and operators voluntarily implement” the requirements of the December Security Directives. Freight and Passenger Rail. Specifically, the December Security Directives require freight rail carriers identified in 49 C.F.R. § 1580.101 and owners and operators of a passenger railroad carrier or rail transit system identified in 49 C.F.R. § 1582.101 to undertake, among other things, “four critical actions”: • Designate a cybersecurity coordinator who is “available to” TSA and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “at all times” and provide the name, title, phone number, and email address of the cybersecurity coordinator and at least one alternate cybersecurity coordinator by email to TSA within seven days of the effective date of the December Security Directives, upon commencement of new operations, or in the event of changes to this information; • Report a cybersecurity incident—which is defined to include “an event that is und...

This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation assets have always been vulnerable to natural disasters, but in the current environment these assets are also a preferred target of human-caused disruption, especially in the form of terrorism, as the events in many other parts of the world have underscored. Railways are not a homogeneous mode of transportation given their various roles in intercity and commuter passenger movement, as well as beinga major portion of the freight ton-miles upon which the U.S. economy is highly dependent. Designed to provide advice for railway owners and first responders, this text discusses how to secure hazardous material transport and how to establish guidelines for rail freight operations and rail passenger operations. The book aims to develop an understanding of the unique operating characteristics of railways, the nature and the range of vulnerabilities, the present means for protecting the infrastructure, and the public policy initiativesthat areprerequisite for developing a comprehensive appreciation of the magnitude of this issue. The book utilizes case studies of transport disasters to illustrate lessons learned and to provide critical insight into preventative measures. This book will be o...

Clients may not always understand the safety and security implications of their project, but they must understand that today’s decisions may have an impact for years to come. So many variables need to be analyzed when working in safety and security. Hazards may be accidental, natural, criminal or terrorist in nature. In fact, anything that can affect transport systems should be treated as a potential threat, be analyzed, and acted upon if needed. Finding the Approach to Mitigate all Hazards With our knowledge and experience, our teams at WSP provide an approach where safety, security, and emergency management meet to mitigate all potential hazards. We offer assistance to develop System Safety Program Plans, System Security Programs and Plans, and Security Emergency Management Program Plans. This includes the development of preliminary hazard analyses, threats and vulnerability assessments, safety and security certification and emergency preparedness and finally system safety program development and implementation. Our objective is to cover all bases when it comes to safety and security, which means we offer prevention, protection, and in the occurrence of any event, response and recovery. Our services include: • Strategic risk management • Security technology evaluation • Risk analytics • Crisis management and security operations Innovative Solutions for Tunnel Safety Even though eliminating 100% of the risk is impossible, our teams at WSP understand that tunnels and stati...