Design for denial, delay, and detection
Make your site work against an attacker, not for them.
Most facilities don’t fail because they lack cameras or card readers—they fail in the seams between design, operations, and real-world behavior. We look at your buildings, grounds, and supporting infrastructure the same way an adversary would, then rebuild them around your threat profile and business reality.
Archer Knox blends CPTED principles, layered access control, surveillance, and contingency engineering into a single, coherent plan. The result is a site that quietly resists intrusion, minimizes single points of failure, and supports safe, repeatable operations on your worst day—not just your best.
Whether you’re hardening a headquarters, distribution hub, healthcare campus, or data-heavy environment, we translate complex risk into practical design and implementation steps your teams can actually execute.
Core Capabilities
- Comprehensive site, perimeter, and envelope assessments
- CPTED-informed layouts and layered access architecture
- Visitor, vendor, and contractor control frameworks
- Critical systems mapping & continuity engineering
- Emergency egress, muster, and shelter-in-place design
Operational Outcomes
- Measurable reduction in attack surface and blind spots
- Fewer single points of failure in critical operations
- Aligned life safety, security, and facilities objectives
- Consistent compliance and audit/inspection readiness
- Faster incident containment and post-event recovery
Scope of work
From perimeter fencing to critical infrastructure.
We go beyond a checklist inspection. Each engagement is built around how people, vehicles, information, and utilities actually move through your environment—and where that creates leverage for a motivated attacker.
Perimeter & Site Lines
- Fencing, gates, barriers, and bollard strategy
- Approach routes, chokepoints, and stand-off distances
- Lighting plans and natural surveillance optimization
- Parking, loading, and back-of-house access control
Building Envelope & Access
- Doors, glazing, and hardware selection & placement
- Lobby, reception, and mailroom protection concepts
- Badging, visitor management, and vendor workflows
- Vertical circulation (stairs, elevators, corridors)
Detection, Monitoring & Response
- CCTV coverage, fields of view, and recording policies
- Alarm points, intrusion detection, and duress systems
- Guard-post placement and patrol route design
- Integration with SOC, GSOC, or third-party monitoring
Life Safety & Resilience
- Egress routes, muster points, and accountability
- Fire, medical, active threat, and severe weather overlays
- Critical utilities (power, comms, HVAC) risk mapping
- Redundancy, failover, and recovery considerations
Operational Integration
- Policies and SOPs that match the built environment
- Guard force post orders and escalation paths
- Shift, contractor, and after-hours access models
- Training plans aligned to your threat scenarios
Engagement model
Structured, defensible, and built for execution.
Our methodology is designed to stand up to internal scrutiny, regulatory review, and post-incident analysis. You get documentation and artifacts you can hand to leadership, facilities, and legal without translation.
01. Discovery & Threat Framing
We start with your operating reality: assets, workforce, visitors, partners, and adversaries. That includes incident history, local crime patterns, and any existing threat intelligence.
02. On-Site Assessment
Fieldwork across perimeter, building envelope, and interior zones. We map vulnerabilities against your critical operations, not just against a generic standard.
03. Design & Roadmap
You receive a prioritized roadmap—quick wins, mid-term upgrades, and capital projects—tied to risk reduction, budget, and disruption tolerance.
04. Implementation & Validation
We support implementation with design reviews, vendor coordination, and, where appropriate, red-teaming or tabletop exercises to validate performance.
Where this matters
High-consequence environments, everyday operations.
Our work is built for organizations where downtime, compromise, or reputational damage carries real weight. We routinely support:
- Corporate headquarters and executive offices
- Critical operations, control rooms, and data-heavy sites
- Manufacturing, logistics, and distribution facilities
- Healthcare, education, and campus-style environments
- Faith, non-profit, and public-facing community spaces
- Mixed-use and shared-tenant facilities with complex access needs
Engagements can focus on a single flagship location or scale to a full portfolio, with standards that local teams can reliably implement.
What you leave with
- Written assessment with visual mapping of key risks
- Tiered recommendations aligned to budget and timelines
- Updated post orders, procedures, and escalation paths
- Design guidance for any planned renovations or new builds
- Clear metrics to track risk reduction over time
Connected Security Disciplines
Facility hardening lands best when it’s wired into intelligence, operations, and crisis response.
