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  Road Infrastructure Security Manual - SecMan

  The road transport network in Europe is one of the most important systems for European’s economy and society. The network plays a vital role in delivering goods over the whole continent, supplying its population. In this respect, critical road infrastructures like bridges, tunnels, control centres, etc. present a possible bottle-neck within network function. Any disturbance to these structures can lead to negative consequences for the population and the economy as a whole. Project SecMan – Security Manual – is a simple four-step procedure for: the identification of critical road infrastructures, the assessment of these infrastructures regarding various man-made threats, the determination of effective protection measures. These methodologies are summarised and combined into a comprehensive best-practice trans-national holistic security risk-management manual for owners and operators of road infrastructures in Europe. With the abolishment of border controls between European Union (EU) countries, most goods, services and people can freely move throughout the continent, which serves the European economic engine. Therefore, one of the key objectives is to develop a reliable transport system. However, at the moment, this internationally high-important issue is a national prerogative. Currently no common processes, methodologies or standards exist in Europe regarding the consideration of security relevant events for critical road transport infrastructures. This has a very high economic and social risk potential for other EU Member States in the case of negative events in particular locations on transit routes or corridors (TEN-T). In this respect, critical road infrastructures like bridges and/or tunnels can present as a bottleneck function. Thus, the goal is a harmonised, trans-national risk-management approach for road infrastructure security assessment and protection on the EU level. The main objective of the project is to develop a practical process for the identification of critical road infrastructures, based on generally accepted security aspects. The assessment of these infrastructures can be carried out in a structured and traceable way regarding security relevant risks and the determination of effective protection measures for prevention and mitigation. This paper presents SecMan – Security Manual (SecMan, 2013) best practice manual with a focus on tunnels, as an infrastructure, with security-related issues, organisation and provision. This paper presents the developed methodology starting from the assessment procedures of network’s criticality over an object’s attractiveness and vulnerability to the selection process of appropriate protection measures. Manual, accompanying software and user’s guide are public and available on the website:

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