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Yes
No
Plan-
ned
Action required/ 
measures
Are thermal-imaging cameras/night-vision 
devices used? 
Are critical points/buildings (parts of buildings) 
subject to additional patrols? 
Is there a sufficient distance between greenery 
on the site (in particular trees, high bushes) and 
doors, steps, first floor and cellar windows? 
Protection of buildings 
Is there external screening of sensitive parts of 
the buildings? 
Do you avoid indicating parts of buildings which 
require protection (e.g. signposts, door plates)? 
Are special security areas required within the 
facility? 
Are these areas sufficiently protected by 
electronic and mechanical means? 
Have special access rights been defined for 
these areas (locking concept, technical access 
control)? 
Are persons entering or leaving sensitive areas 
monitored separately? 
Have external doors, accessible windows and 
light wells been integrated into an intrusion 
detection system? 
Are cellar windows equipped with certified 
security grids (corresponding to resistance class 
5 at least in accordance with DIN 18106)? 

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Yes
No
Plan-
ned
Action required/ 
measures
Are light shafts equipped with robust covering 
grid plates and lockable or firmly bolted devices 
to prevent lifting? 
Are the openings of supply and waste disposal 
shafts whose diameters exceed 30 cm provided 
with grids? 
Are roof domes/dome lights protected by 
mechanical and electronic means? 
Do the buildings have certified intrusion-resistant 
windows (in accordance with DIN ENV 1627)? 
Do windows in lavatories and other rooms where 
windows are typically often in a tilted position 
fitted with protective bars? 
Are the windows made of safety glass 
(projectile-resistant A glazing, intrusion-resistant 
B glazing, bullet-proof C glazing or explosives-
proof D glazing)? 
Are windows without bars equipped (where 
technically feasible) with intrusion-resistant 
fittings of at least resistance class WK 5, 
projectile-resistant laminated safety glass (in 
accordance with DIN EN 356, resistance class P 
6 A), lockable window handles and screwed-on 
glazing retaining strips? 
Are the doors leading outside limited to an 
expedient number? 
Do all external doors comply with resistance 
class WK 5 in accordance with DIN ENV 1627 at 
least? 

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