"A risk assessment of the Piql Services" by FFI

go to great lengths to gain access to.

The climate zone is an arctic climate. It is winter, in the beginning of January. The local weather conditions are cold and dry: -23° Celsius with a relative humidity of 62 %. The attack is mounted at night. It is during the period of the polar night, but the timing is not due to the cover of darkness, but rather fewer people present in the piqlVault. The scenario takes place while the piqlFilm is in storage in the piqlVault. The piqlVault system is located in a mountain repository, deep in the permafrost. The vault is regulated through ventilation to uphold the ISO standards governing levels of humidity and temperature. All safety measures required by Piql AS are in place, see section 5.5.1 for details. Additional safety measures are in place, as befitting a mountain repository: Multiple backup generators, fortified walls with additional protection against nuclear blast, radiation, electromagnetic pulses and CBR agents. All security measures required by Piql AS are in place. Additional security measures are in place, as befitting a high-demanding user: Access control: Protective barriers in the form of (i) gate monitored by security personnel for admittance, and (ii) doors/sluices inside the facility which opens with authorised ID verification solutions. Alarm systems: Alarm systems (i) installed in connection with authorisation devices, and (ii) triggered by motion sensors at strategic points. Summons security personnel. Camera surveillance: CCTV coverage of outside entrance area, all access points and all critical points inside the facility. Recorded and monitored 24/7. Security personnel: Two (2) guards onsite during office hours, one (1) onsite outside office hours. Sound vetting procedures for all personnel (either security clearance or criminal record and credit check depending on sector).

Environment description

Vault description

Local safety measures

Local security measures

Consequences

The perimeter barriers around the entrance of the mountain hall are breached. They did not stand a chance against the direct military attack by state actor with formidable military powers. The use of EMWs cause all electronic barriers to fail, some even manipulated the signals in the system to allow access, and controlled explosions are used to force entry through doors which cannot be opened otherwise. This opens the facility

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FFI-RAPPORT 16/00707