Security Lessons Learned Center

The Office of Defense Nuclear Security established the Security Lessons Learned Center (SEC-LLC) at Los Alamos National Laboratory to encourage and facilitate the sharing of lessons-learned data on physical security-related issues. This center will help users from across the NNSA complex identify and implement effective solutions to various security issues.

The center provides a repository and forum for sharing innovative new tools and practices to address common security issues, improve the efficiency of the security program, and help prevent security incidents. To better develop and implement policies, procedures, and systems that will better manage security risk, the center provides security experts with access to information about real-world security successes.

What's New!

•  Often aspects of safety-related lessons learned have applicability to the Safeguards and Security program. For example, a recent event at the BBWI / Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project dealing with an inadvertent contact with an energized system without adequate lock-out/tag-out controls in place demonstrates the need for management awareness of employees’ personal issues that could potentially cause a distraction when performing work and make adjustments in work assignments as necessary.
  
  The resultant lessons learned suggests that employees should be cognizant of their own limitations/distractions and should discuss those situations with their supervisors. If a supervisor is aware of any employee who is dealing with significant personal issues, those issues should be considered when determining the suitability for that individual to be working alone. Even if a task only requires one employee, or if the employee has performed the work many times before, it may be appropriate to provide some additional support until these distractions can be eased.
  
  This mindset should be ever present as we head into the upcoming holiday season. Click here to read the full operating experience.(11/18/09)
  

Lessons Learned Data

• Search DOE Corporate Database
• Search SEC-LLC Synopsis
• Search DOE Complex-Wide Security Policy - FAQs
• Security Communications

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