From Reactive Measures to Strategy: Physical Security Under Pressure

PROTEKT LEIPZIG – 2ND SPECIAL EPISODE | FILL THE GAP

In the 2nd Protekt special episode “From Reactive Measures to Strategy: Physical Security Under Pressure,” Holger Berens (BSKI) speaks with Sascha Puppel, the publicly appointed and sworn expert for security technology as well as Deputy Chairman of the Federal Association for Security Technology (BHE). The focus is on the current challenges of physical security: changing offender methods, more capable tools and a growing professionalization of attacks. Drawing on decades of practice, Sascha Puppel shows why security breaches are a reality today – and why many companies are not prepared for them. The core problem is missing or outdated security concepts. Without a clear structure, measures remain ineffective. Puppel explains how modern security concepts must be designed – from threat and risk analysis to structural, technical, organizational and personnel measures – and why physical and information security are inseparably connected.

🔍 About our guest: Sascha Puppel combines his practical work as an expert in security technology with normative work: as Deputy Chairman of the Federal Association for Security Technology (BHE) and of the technical committee for fire alarm technology, he knows the gap between theory and practice – and names it clearly.

⚙️ Why this matters: Rising threats from sabotage, burglary and hybrid attacks require holistic, continuously updated security concepts. This episode shows why outdated approaches are risky – and how security is effectively organized today.

🎙️ PROTEKT LEIPZIG As the leading conference for critical infrastructure, Protekt unites public authorities, operators, security leaders, technology and academia – and creates a setting for exactly the conversations that rarely take place elsewhere. Every year, Protekt impressively demonstrates what becomes possible when experts from critical infrastructure, security and public institutions come together in one place:

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