{"id":4688,"date":"2015-08-07T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=4688"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T11:13:41","slug":"white-house-security","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/white-house-security\/","title":{"rendered":"White House ups security after security breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26723 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/media\/2015\/08\/White-House-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"White House Security Breach\" width=\"348\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/media\/2015\/08\/White-House-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/media\/2015\/08\/White-House-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/media\/2015\/08\/White-House-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/media\/2015\/08\/White-House.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/>The US Secret Service has announced it is stepping up security efforts at the White House after a series of high-profile security breaches.<\/p>\n<p>Although encircled by perimeter fencing, the recent breaches in security have prompted the Secret Service to up its game by adding large, &#8216;anti-climb,&#8217; metal spikes to the top of the fence as a temporary measure. The announcement came via Twitter when the federal law enforcement agency tweeted, &#8220;White House fence anti-climb install began today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/products\/temporary-fencing\/\">Temporary security<\/a> enhancement until long term solution implemented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The changes come after an intrusion last September when a man &#8211; later found to be an Iraq war veteran &#8211; scaled the fence wielding a knife. The intruder made it across the North Lawn and even into the building itself before being tackled to the ground by a <a title=\"Three questions to consider before buying security fencing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/buying-security-fencing-2\/\">security<\/a> officer.<\/p>\n<p>This was just one in a string of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-breaches\/\" title=\"Learning from previous security breaches\">breaches<\/a> for the agency responsible for President Barack Obama&#8217;s protection, which ultimately led to the resignation of the agency&#8217;s director.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures released to the public show a close up of the added <a title=\"Why you should source all your security measures from a single supplier\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/supplier-of-security-fencing\/\">security measure<\/a>. Described as &#8216;pencil point spikes&#8217;, they will be bolted to the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/perimeter-fencing\/\" title=\"Busting the myths about perimeter fencing\">perimeter fence<\/a> and placed pointing outward at a five-degree angle, with the work expected to take around six weeks to complete.<\/p>\n<p>They have been described as a temporary measure while the service designs a new <a title=\"High Security Perimeter Fences\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/high-security-fencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-security fence<\/a> for the premises. The final design for a permanent added <a title=\"Integrating security measures with architectural features\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/integrating-security-measures\/\">security feature<\/a> will be submitted to the US Commission of Fine Arts and National Planning Commission in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service is also discussing <a title=\"Austria plans security fence\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/austria-plans-security-fence\/\">plans to add vehicle checkpoints to the fence<\/a> and replace the current concrete barriers with steel plate barriers that can be raised and lowered as needed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Keeping your hockey pitches safe with security fencing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/hockey-pitches\/\">Security fencing<\/a> at the White House has been around in one form or another since Thomas Jefferson was in residence. According to the White House Historical Association, Jefferson ordered the first post and <a title=\"Railings Vs Mesh Fencing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/railings-vs-mesh-fencing\/\">rail fence<\/a> in around 1801, and there has been perimeter fencing in place ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Secret Service has announced it is stepping up security efforts at the White House after a series of high-profile security breaches. 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