INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC/ INFORMATION SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00390R000500530004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 16, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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t.Pli American Eagle Security
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DATE: 1 November 1988
ORGANIZATION:
CIA
LOCATION: Box 1325
ATTENTION: Mr. Robert Gates. .DOCI
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SUBJECT: Integrated Electronic/Information Security
Dear Mr. Gates:
- May I take this opportunity to gratefully "Thank You'
granting me a few moments of your valuable time.
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an, honor that I will never forget..
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1700 Wyatt Drive, Suite 1
Santa Clara, CA 95054
;408) 496-1256
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Eagle Security has previously submitted 'material, through
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FIBER OPTIC SENSING AS APPLIED TO INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS
Fiber optics as a viable technology is relatively new, being
approximately thirteen years old.
Fiber optic sensing of physical effects ?has been pursued by a
number of different groups over the past ten years. The appeal
for this technology is drawn from the inherent properties of
light guided in fiber. The light is completely immune to electro-
magnetic interference and can travel greater distances with
negligible power loss. Technical advances in fiber manufacturing
allows fiber to be configured to meet almost any form factor
while maintaining strength, durability, and long life.
Fiber interferometric sensors developed for vibration, acoustic,
thermal, rotational, and frequency detection have shown superior
performance to conventional technologies in recent years. Efforts
by a number of manufacturers to produce sensors for industry
applications have been hampered for the following reasons:
1- High cost of fiber.
2- Short lifespan and high cost-of fiber components,
i.e. power splitters, interconnects, and
semiconductor light sources.
3- The complexity of fiber configuration to produce
superior performance.
The recent "boom" in the telecommunications industry utilizing
fiber for information distribution has eliminated the first two
areas of concern through refined designs and mass production. In
most cases, the third item still exist due to requirements for
specialized fiber components for high performance interferometric
sensors. These specialized components are required to maintain a
constant state of polarization of light traveling through the
fiber components. Current polarization preserving components have
marginal reliability and life expectancies and are significantly
higher in cost (up to 50 times more expensive) than their
telecommunications counterparts. As a result, most fiber
interferometric sensors remain research laboratory experiments.
In January of 1988, a corporation utilizing a group of fiber
optic engineers developed a fiber configuration for
interferometric(acoustic, vibration and motion) sensors which
could utilize standard telecommunications grade_ fiber and
components with no requirements for optical polarization
preservation. This technique has a patent pending through this
corporation. This corporation is currently developing a number of
products in the security and telecommunications industry
utilizing this technique and has initiated production of one such
product.
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A by-product of this research and product development addresses
the utilization of this technology as an Intrusion Detection
Sensor for perimeter systems.
A fiber optic sensor system deployed for this purpose has many
advantages over the current available technologies utilized in
today's perimeter detection systems. These advantages include,
but are not limited to the following:
1- Remote deployment - up to 30 km distance per zone.
2- EMI - sensitivity adjustable.
3- Tamper proof - generates a distance adjustable
signal prior to physical contact with the fiber cable.
4- Single-line sensor - can be installed as an open
cable or in conduit with the ability to interrogate
point of intrusion within 1 cm.
5- Commercially available - all components except the
transducer(sensing element) are off-the-self.
6- Programmable - sensitivity both during construction
and after deployment is programmable, up to two
orders of magnitude which may be used to fine tune
the sensing with respect to false/nuisance alarms.
7- Multiple sensing - acoustic, thermal,
vibration/seismic, frequency, etc.
8- Environmental - virtually unaffected by wind, rain,
snow, hail, soil conditions, lightening, salt,
water, vegetation, etc.
9- Application - single-line sensor(up to 30 km) or a
mat configuration(300ft x 15/30ft).
10- System interfaces - RS 232, RS 485, 20 mil, etc.
11- Cost effective - considerable cost savings in
product cost, installation cost, training cost,
maintenance cost, spare parts cost, etc,.
12- Transportable - when used in conjunction with a RF
device, this system can be moved easily from site to
site(land, air or sea).
Proceeding with these advantages in mind, the current development
program involves the utilization of this technology to provide
intrusion detection sensors on and around perimeters that
maintain a NAR/FAR of zero and a probability of detection of 100.
The development involved is only relevant to the criteria
specified for the transducer verses development of an entire
system. While the fiber optic cable itself provides specific
sensing qualities to circumvent tampering of the cable, the
transducer unit(s) actually identifies the parameters to which
the sensor will respond; i.e. the sensitivity level for
detection, the distance of that detection, the types of
detection, and those parameters which are undesirable to detect.
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There are two products currently available for perimeter
intrusion detection. The first is a single-line sensor that
utilizes a fiber optic cable and a transducer per zone which can
be installed on a fence in conduit, PVC, or a special jacketed
configuration. This single-line sensor can-also be installed
on/in the ground and inside or outside the protected area.
The second product is a mat configuration that is designed to
premanufactured lengths and widths to facilitate ease of
installation. The mat is constructed in a porous chicken wire
type pattern with a special outer fabric over fiber optic
cabling. For applications on a fence, the mat would be installed
on the inside of the fence with conventional fasteners to secure
the mat to the fence on a zone by zone basis. For applications on
the ground either side of the fence, the mat can be constructed
such that is could be rolled-off the back of a truck directly
onto the ground. In this particular application, the mat is
extremely conducive to high security applications where non-
stationary and transportability are issues.
Beyond the perimeter usage, research and development continues
for product use in areas where the identification of emissions is
critical. Additional development addresses the use of this
technology as a viable biometric device in the security industry.
The furtherance of sensor technology research required to respond
to the rapidly changing and growing demands of the security
community coupled with improved manufacturing capabilities will
produce a more cost effective and flexible product.
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