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critical infrastructures 
to natural events, incidents resulting 
from technical failure or human error and to terrorist attacks 
or criminal acts. The baseline protection concept is to 
incorporate structural, organisational, personal and technical 
standard safety measures. 
Aim: Reduction of 
vulnerability

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Notwithstanding the fact that environmental hazards can also 
constitute a serious threat, in the interests of a pragmatic 
approach this concept does not specifically cover 
consequences limited to impact on the environment
.  
The same approach can be applied accordingly with regard 
to such consequences, however. Criminal attacks on 
companies which first and foremost damage the latters’ 
competitive capacity, such as industrial espionage, are also 
excluded from the purview of this concept. 
What is not covered 
by the baseline 
protection concept
Finally, the off-premises transportation of hazardous 
goods 
is also excluded from the scope of the points 
discussed below. In principle, however, similar security 
considerations apply to the transportation of hazardous 
goods as are presented here for stationary facilities. 
Entrance and exit routes and, in particular, security for these 
routes must be examined in each individual case with regard 
to interfaces with the transport system and dealt with 
accordingly. The theft and/or intentional misuse of hazardous 
substances also require special consideration. 
Attacks via companies’ electronic networks (“cyber attacks”) 
are also of importance. However, as the focus of this 
baseline protection concept is on averting physical dangers, 
with regard to IT security reference is made to existing 
concepts such as ISO standard 17799, the IT Baseline