Intrusion detection - Case studies
µltraWave is Senstar's newest generation of volumetric microwave perimeter intrusion detection system Senstar’s latest product launch, µltraWave, the most advanced digital microwave perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS) on the market, has been installed for the first time in Europe, at a prison in Denmark. When asked about the decision to use the µltraWave, versus older technologies, Mr. Hansen, CEO of Sikom, the main contractor for the sec...
Travelodge plans to deploy Identicom devices in over 500 hotels The UK's fastest growing budget hotel chain, Travelodge, has underlined its commitment of care to its staff by adopting the market leading lone worker security device, Identicom. Implemented to replace Travelodge's existing hand held solution, Connexion2's award-winning Identicom is supplied as part of a managed lone worker solution complete with a host of support services. The solution comprises of fixed and i...
All intruder alarms are equipped with grade 3 signal responses for automatic notification to emergency services ADT Fire & Security, Europe’s leading provider of electronic fire and security solutions is providing the security systems for a one-of-a-kind UK tourist attraction – the National Motor Museum, at Beaulieu. Set in the heart of the New Forest National Park, Beaulieu is one of the South of England’s top day visitor attractions, comprising of world...
Today's harsh security environments demand uncompromising, robust intrusion detection to protect property against increasingly sophisticated and difficult to-counter threats. TOWER-10AM (PIR) and TOWER-12AM (dual-technology) industrial intrusion detectors from Visonic meet the challenge by employing several revolutionary patented technologies along with groundbreaking design and construction. They introduce unprecedented detection sensitivity with an extremely large coverage area, anti-vandalis...
The new FastTrace 2 can also be linked to a building's fire detection control panelCorps Security has announced that it has incorporated the latest ADPRO by Xtralis video and audio transmitter/recorder technology into its state-of-the-art Corps Monitoring Centre (CMC). This announcement further enhances the longstanding relationship between the two organizations and allows Corps Security to provide a service that detects, assesses and responds to threats quickly, with minimal false alarms....
BoundaryGard detectors use different tones to indicate activity in different areasBoundaryGard Detectors from Optex Europe are being installed by a home automation company to switch lights on and off, draw or close blinds and trigger CCTV cameras to start recording - all as part of an innovative security installation that gives the impression that someone is home. Finite Solutions, based in Leeds, designs and installs top of the range home cinema and home automation systems,...
ADT has a fully redundant IT infrastructure in place to ensure there is no single point of failure of its systems August 2011 shockingly witnessed the sudden onset of widespread riots across the UK which resulted in the destruction of retail outlets and property, and looting of goods. This level of anarchical behaviour heavily restricted resources able to be distributed by local emergency services to problematic areas, one of which was Manchester. In the heart of Manchester city centre's shoppi...
Airport security managers would agree that while 100% security at their airports is not realistic, it is critical to close the gaps in the total security environment at their facility as much as possible.The following case study illustrates how a major US airport re-engineered perimeter security to avoid the issue of excessive false alarms while maintaining high levels of detection for intruders entering from the waterfront. This design will better integrate with existing fixed and Pan-Tilt-Zoom...
Using the RDAS GPRS system with Optex detectors has proved to be far more reliable than previous solutionsA security company that previously relied upon traditional manned guarding services has discovered the benefits of electronic systems after using BoundaryGard external PIR detectors from Optex Europe, the leading detector business. LRSS, a Sheffield-based independent provider of security solutions, was contracted to supply perimeter sensors to protect 19 buildings on an outdoor constr...
The CEM system will safeguard the new Concourse 3 at Terminal 3 in Dubai International AirportCEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, is pleased to announce they have been awarded the contract to secure the new Concourse 3 at Terminal 3 in Dubai International Airport. The industry-renowned CEM AC2000 security management system will be installed to ensure the highest level of security. Concourse 3, which will take a similar shape to Concourse 2, is predicted to handle 15 million p...
Four BX80NR and two VX402RVP BoundaryGard detectors were deployed to secure the property A problem site blighted by false alarms has had its issues resolved with the installation of a number of BoundaryGard detectors from Optex Europe, the leading detector business. The high-end residential property has a busy footpath around its perimeter that meant passing pedestrians, dogs or children playing too near the fence would trigger an alarm. James Poulton, Managing Directo...
IPSS installed MOBOTIX cameras and software at the Aldeburgh Yacht Club to provide video feeds of the waterwaysMOBOTIX AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has released details of an installation at Aldeburgh Yacht Club, a prestigious and high profile facility that is helping to power new online services to help members plan their sailing trips, protect the site and assist with the racing events. Founded in 1897, the Aldeburgh Yacht Cl...
The detectors use Quad Zone Logic technology to minimize false alarmsA security installer is now specifying OPTiMAL series detectors from Optex Europe as his core detector on all future projects following successful trials on two sites where other technology had been generating unacceptable levels of false alarms.James Poulton, Managing Director of J&F Poulton, switched to Optex OPTiMAL detectors after a customer that owns a large Jamaican store in Birmingham was unhappy with...
Securitas-Milestone partnership a "win-win" for customers, tooAfter having used Milestone software in their alarm command center for a year, video surveillance manager Andreas Sparrenblad at Securitas Alert Services in Malmö, Sweden, gives an inside look at their operations including integration with analytics.A comprehensive solutionSecuritas Alert Services, a division of Securitas, provides central alarm services for companies and government authorities in Sweden. They have a complete cha...
The sensor detects large animals and locates the position of the intrusion within three feetThe Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has put into operation and continues to test the first-in-the-USA intrusion detection system that alerts drivers in real time of wildlife on highways that cause risk to motorists. The system should replace the existing, widely used, but ineffective method of static signs that inform drivers of the potential wildlife "statistic" risk, ra...
Prisons and correctional facilities are frequently regarded as an anomaly within the perimeter security sector. The primary focus at such locations is the need to keep inmates inside an enclosed area as opposed to detecting intruders from the outside. But these institutions should not be regarded as a one-way street since responsibility for keeping drugs, contraband and would-be escape collaborators out of the area are also important tasks for prison autho...
Accrington Academy, located in Lancashire, has installed a video surveillance system from Genetec Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, is proud to announce that Accrington Academy, located in Lancashire, England, has installed Genetec’s state-of-the-art Omnicast video surveillance system to protect its students and staff.Accrington Academy, a secondary school providing education for 1150 studen...
Operators use "Control Center", IndigoVision's Video Management Software (VMS) to view live videoIn 2008, the North Star Mohican Casino in Wisconsin upgraded their surveillance capability with an innovative integrated solution using IndigoVision's IP Video technology. The system integrates CCTV, access control, intrusion detection, panic alarms and Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) into a single unified system that transformed the casino's operation. The surveillance system has be...
Smart Reporting is achieved through constant end to end communications between ARC and alarm systemCorps Security has become the latest company to partner with WebWayOne in order to enhance the security offering of its Glasgow based Monitoring Centre. Corps Security's use of Webway's Smart Reporting architecture negates false alarm, user error and faulty signaling issues."When purchasing a monitored alarm system, customers are buying the confidence that a confirmed alarm will be rece...
SSS has upgraded its monitoring option in Bristol to Chiron's IRIS Secure Apps system to enhance its remote monitoring servicesSSS Management Services Ltd (SSS) is achieving a significant increase in its remote alarm monitoring business with Chiron's market leading IRIS secure alarm signaling technology.The award-winning company, which delivers a wide range of independent facilities management services, has secured orders to remotely monitor more than 700 new sites over the next nine...
Magal S3 masters sub-terrain intrusion detection in MexicoMagal Security Systems, Ltd. has received official notification from Pemex, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, that PipeGuard™, Magal's sub-terrain intrusion detection sensor used for underground asset protection, has successfully detected 12 excavations out of 12 attempts with no false alarms, in a recently completed trial.The trial involved actual excavation operations near a buried pipe and conducted manua...
Magal's DTR solution will be integrated with a complementary dual technology sensor and control unitMagal Security Systems, Ltd. signed a US$ 4.6 million contract to supply and install intrusion detection systems at 20 power facilities in an Eastern European country.Execution is planned over the next 18 months, the first 10 sites will be implemented immediately and the last 10 sites will be implemented at the customer's notice. The delivered turnkey solution is based on Magal's...
Doors will be secured with Convexs Mifare readers, providing access for employees and contractors After successfully securing the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Nedap Security Management announced recently that it will also secure the new Lviv stadium which is to be used in the UEFA 2012 European Championship. The Lviv stadium, which is still under construction, covers an area of 9 hectares and will have a gross capacity of 33,000 seats. It will consist of VIP-clubs, ga...
March Networks & Campus have been selected to provide their VMS and advanced video analytics in Italy March Networks®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, today announced that it has been selected along with local partner Campus s.r.l to provide its Video Management System (VMS) platform and advanced video analytics for the protection of 50 remote solar farms across southern Italy. Italy currently represents the second largest market in the world for sol...
Magal has won a security contract for the African Football Cup 2012Magal Security Systems, Ltd. announced that it has signed a $35.5 Million contract for a turnkey project, to provide a fully integrated security system, covering multiple sites, for the African Cup of Nations Football Championship to be held in January 2012 in West Africa. The vulnerability of sport games, as experienced by the Togo football team terror attack in the 2010 African Cup of Nations, was definitely in...
Optex Europe's latest AX-TF detectorsA storage yard that houses specialist vehicles and stock for market traders and that has been targeted by thieves in the past is now being protected by a security system using the very latest AX-TF detectors from Optex Europe's BoundaryGard range. In June this year burglars broke into the storage area of the company's yard near Evesham, Worcestershire, where they stole goods from the freezers and attempted to damage the lorries in the compoun...
Optex Europe provides energy - saving intruder detectors for JW Marriott hotel in Mayfair Optex Europe, one of the world’s leading detector manufacturers, has been selected to provide energy-saving detectors in all of the guest rooms of the prestigious Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel in Mayfair.The planned power management system, specified and installed by Guestkey, will comprise some 500 MX40QZ and 500 FX-360 devices from Optex Europe. The system has been designed t...
Interface Security Systems installed Cooper Security's hybrid intruder alarm system, the i-on160EX at the Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway, a prominent railway preservation site visited annually by thousands of keen enthusiasts, sought to improve security at its working Engine Shed, Oil Store and Boiler Shop. Having recently lost a large quantity of high-grade copper, used uniquely in the manufacture of the boilers, equally high quality security was essential to prevent fur...
AeroExpress has implemented NICE Situator to improve overall security operationsNICE Systems Ltd. the worldwide leader of intent-based solutions that extract insight to impact business performance, reduce financial risk and ensure safety and security, announced that AeroExpress, a provider of rail transportation services between Moscow's rail terminals and its three airports, will implement NICE Situator to improve overall security operations. AeroExpress will also be implementing NiceVisi...
Cadbury Kraft Food site in India will be getting the security services of CEM Systems enhancing its security level CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that it has secured Kraft Food's sites in India. Kraft Foods India has been secured with CEM AC2000 Lite security management system which was installed by CEM Approved Resellers, Neural Integrated Systems.Kraft Foods is the world's largest confectionary company with factories located worldwide. "As CEM approved partne...
