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Geographic location
of the operational area and the 
facilities (vulnerability from outside and within, distance from 
factory fence, visibility from outside, internal and external 
traffic routing, proximity to industrial areas or critical 
infrastructures, geological [e.g. risk or earthquakes] and 
geographic [e.g. proximity to rivers, topography] aspects)
─ 
Importance of the facilities 
to up- and down-stream 
production processes and services (e.g. economic damage, 
production and delivery shortfalls) 
─ 
Symbolic character 
of the enterprise and/or facilities 
(type of production and storage of materials, product range, 
economic/strategic importance of the company) 
3
Modified acc. to the Hazard Commission, Maßnahmen gegen Eingriffe Unbefugter, 
(measures to prevent unauthorised interference), 
2002. 

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Interdependencies
, i.e. interaction with other 
infrastructures 
─ 
Type, typology and cooperative relationships of the risk 
management structures 
implemented by the operator 
─ 
Structural nature of the cooperation between public 
facilities and operators, both with regard to emergency 
planning and crisis management and in terms of technical 
prevention. 
─ 
In analysing these aspects, secondary effects are to be 
considered, as well as primary damage resulting from 
incidents (cf. p. 31). 
Figure 2: Analysis steps 
Security Concept 
Definition of 
protection 
Evaluation of 
dangers 
Review 
Identification of 
points of danger 
General risk 
assessment 
 
Source: Störfallkommission (German Hazard Commission), Maßnahmen 
gegen Eingriffe Unbefugter, 2002, p. 20