In this study, a security survey is defined as an onsite examination and analysis of a facility to ascertain its current security status, identify deficiencies or excesses, determine the protection needed, and make recommendations to improve the security. The various tasks, conditions, and assumptions that underlie security survey programs will constitute the substantive framework of the Phase I research. As a means of ordering and more clearly defining these program components, however, it is necessary to identify the key issues associated with survey operations. It is on the basis of these issues, which will provide a structured frame of reference for the research, that each of the succeeding activities will be designed and undertaken. Key issues associated with planning a security survey are (1) how a security survey project is staffed, (2) the population to be served by the survey, (3) whether inspections are undertaken as a result of citizen request or are initiated by agencies irrespective of whether requests are received, (4) the local conditions that influence the decision to establish a security survey and whether such factors have an effect on program implementation, and (5) the goals and objectives for surveys. Issues to be addressed in the implementation phase include the technical scope and content of the security survey, what constitutes survey compliance, and what strategies should be used to promote compliance. In the evaluation phase, the issue to be considered is what indicators can be used to assess the success or failure of the survey. Forty-seven bibliographic entries are provided.