Security software - Case studies

HID’s VertX V1000 offers a centralized, web-based access control to monitor all stations in real time In operation since the end of December 2010, the Fangshan Line of the Beijing metro is 24.79 km long with 11 stations (9 surface; 2 underground). The line runs north and east from Suzhuang Dajie in the Fangshan District to Guogongzhuang in the Fengtai District, with an average of 2.3 km between metro stations. A backup control center is located at the Yan Village line....

CEM S3020 portable readers enable airport security staff to validate access control cards at remote parts of the site CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, is pleased to announce that it worked together with long-standing customer Belfast International Airport to increase security during the G8 Summit. Already having CEM S3020 portable access control readers on site as part of the existing CEM AC2000 access control system, the Airport chose to increase the number of po...

The Omnicast platform integrates with a number of other systems to streamline the CTrain's operations In 1981, the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada opened the first leg of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line for the city’s visitors and residents. Today, the LRT has more than doubled the number of stations, added two additional legs, and boasts around 95 million passengers per year. The system is now commonly referred to as the “CTrain” and includes 38 station...

Grippon installed 40 Avigilon HD 1 MP and 2 MP cameras to monitor the interior and exterior of the store Challenge Secure over 21,500 square feet of brand new retail space, reduce theft, minimize accidents, safeguard the store’s perimeter and parking lot. Solution The IT staff at Grippon, a popular retail chain in Brazil, manages the system from their desktops using Avigilon Control Center (ACC) with High-Definition Stream Management™ (HDSM). The company install...

MediaSolv was selected to design, install and configure the new digital video system Coastal Carolina University (CCU) had a fast-growing student population and a video system that was not keeping pace. Its goal was to keep the campus safe during a period of rapid growth and manage the volume of video being generated. Nestled in the quaint community of Conway, South Carolina, in the shadows of Myrtle Beach, Coastal Carolina University, is the fastest growing public university...

Omnicast is managing almost 500 fixed Panasonic cameras Over a hundred years ago, eight independent elementary schools in the city of Raytown, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, consolidated to offer the best education for their community. Today, their commitment to academic and social excellence continues to be the foundation of the school district known as Raytown Quality Schools. With enrollment reaching almost 9000 students, Raytown Quality Schools comprises ten elementary...

Genetec Omnicast manages video feeds from over 35 pole-mounted Axis network cameras Located just 5 km west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Footscray is a small suburb which is home to a diverse and multicultural population of over 75,000. As part of the City of Maribyrnong, Central Footscray is bustling with a myriad of shops and restaurants, and its easy transportation via bus or train to Melbourne continues to spur growth in the area. Footscray’s convenient location...

Nedap Locker Management system allows for dynamic locker management In October 2010, Getronics BeLux relocated and introduced a radical improvement in working conditions. From then on, employees could work whenever they wanted to, and wherever was most convenient, as long as they delivered results. The new approach clearly had consequences for security and access. When the clean desk policy went into action and all drawer units were eliminated, employees needed a new place to...

Omnicast provides full flexibility for the end-user to configure and setup the system As one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, Mexico City suffers from major traffic congestion. In an effort to alleviate the problem, construction of the Arco Norte began in 2006 (translated: Northern Arch), a 223 km road that arcs around the suburbs of the capital city. The road skirts around the northeast of the metropolis through four states, and allows pass-through travelers to...

BAPS integrated SightLogix and Genetec's Security Center software to create a comprehensive video solution BAPS is a non-profit, socio-spiritual Hindu organization that provides guidance and inspiration to people to lead more enriched lives, morally, culturally and spiritually, through youth activities and educational opportunities; precipitating and participating in charities; and promoting family values. The organization began in 1907 in a small village in India and has sinc...

Genetec's Omnicast is an open software that supports the addition of new cameras to the ADP network Background ADP, founded in 1945, is most famous for its large international airports serving the Paris area: Roissy, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orly. It also manages the 14 aerodromes in the Île-de France region and jointly manages many other airport sites in Mexico, Egypt, Cambodia, Belgium, Jordan, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Guinea. ADP accommodates nearly 88 million p...

ACTpro-X 1040 readers have been positioned at all staff entrances where employees swipe in When The Ritz made the decision to enhance its security by installing an access control system for staff and contractors, they chose R&D Security to advise on and carry out the project. The result is an easy-to-use yet highly effective system that can be expanded in line with the hotel’s on-going plans to provide the best facilities and service in the industry. The Ritz London...

The access management system ensured that the keys were monitored and returned on time As one of the UK’s leading rail companies, Southeastern covers over 1,000 miles of railway infrastructure and carries around 570,000 passengers every weekday in the south east of England. The company serves commuter belt Britain, with 1,400 daily train journeys into London, and as such is under constant pressure to ensure passengers are reaching their destinations on-time and in comfo...

Genesys2 can integrate multiple systems across multiple sites using just the single software platform ISM, in conjunction with systems integration partner, Active Intelligence, has been awarded the first phase of a nationwide contract that will help secure key national infrastructure in Nigeria, West Africa. The government project, which will secure a network of Data Centres, will initially be rolled out in capital city Abuja, Minna followed by Lagos. Keeping data safe and me...

Traka asset management solutions helped police to control keys and manage access to equipments Just as Police Forces across the country take pride in serving their communities, so too Traka takes pride in serving the Police with asset management solutions that can control keys and access to everything from police vehicles to lockers; used for managing access to equipment such as radio terminals, gas, breathalysers, dragon lights and even firearms. Here we look at how these in...

Guildford BC uses an independent Fleet Management system and a separate Fuel Management system “It’s about risk management. We accept that occasionally accidents do happen.” says Mick Tuffs, Fleet Administrator, at Guildford Borough Council. “Even our best drivers will occasionally clip a wall, gate post or a wing mirror – it is almost inevitable from time to time. But, we need every driver to understand that now they can be identified with Traka...

Quantum Secure’s SAFE solution manages and streamlines security identities, compliance and events Electrosoft Services, Inc., a small business located in Reston, Virginia, is proud to announce it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement their Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS). As an enterprise implementation, ePACS is targeted for deployment across VA’s worldwide facilities. The solution is based on the SAFE sof...

ACT units cover 60 doors and the equipment works with intruder alarms, CCTV and perimeter intrusion French retail chain Hyper U is using an access control solution from ACT at one of its largest stores, a 20,000-square-meter property with 200 full-time personnel at the western town of Savenay in the Loire Estuary. The integrator is 2ACOM who have installed the equipment in two phases after the end-user found the ACT solution to be robust, reliable and with the functionality n...

The integrated solution comprised of over 200 Axis cameras, and automated number plate recognition systems of Security Center The National Exhibition Centre (NEC), the UK’s largest and Europe’s busiest exhibition centre has chosen Axis cameras and Genetec’s unified security platform, Security Center, to help it improve the effectiveness of its security and traffic teams, ensuring it becomes the UK’s venue of choice. The venue is located on a 610-acre s...

Latitude delivered an operating system that enabled users to view, capture, record, analyze and report video and audio Background The first Commonwealth Games (then known as the British Empire Games) were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, with 11 nations represented. A total of 400 athletes participated. The Common-wealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states comprising 1.7 billion people - almost one third of the world’s population. The Games a...

The AC2000 system integrated fully into the care centre's CCTV, intruder detection and lift control systems ADT Fire & Security, the UK’s leading provider of electronic fire and security solutions, recently announced its selection as the security provider for the new Aberdeen Emergency Care Center. ADT won the competitive tender with a CEM AC2000 integrated access control, security management system (SMS); custom designed to secure the 400 doors throughout the premis...

Over 650 doors at the Trust have been secured using ACT’s ACTpro 4000 two-door controllers Meridian Surveillance Systems are securing the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with door controllers, proximity readers and management software from Access Control Technology (ACT) as part of an IP-addressable system. The Royal Sussex County Hospital provides general, specialist and tertiary services as part of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) which is an a...

Bosch MIC400 and MIC400IR cameras give visitors a complete view of the internal workings of the submarine Bosch’s rugged MIC Series, or “Metal Mickey” cameras as they are commonly known, have found an unusual application. Installed in a Second World War U-boat docked in Liverpool, the cameras give visitors an up-close look at the internal workings of an old German submarine. Located at the Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead, and operated by Merseytravel, Th...

On March 27, 2012, St. Petersburg was witness to a riveting event: a treasure trove was uncovered! Just how the treasures were found at the Naryshkin Mansion at 29 Chaikovsky St. was a bit murky: persons unknown had attempted to remove the treasures piecemeal, in bags filled with construction debris. Thievery was clearly afoot. But the wrongdoers were thwarted and the valuables were quickly put under careful watch. Historical Significance Found in a hidden compartment, the treasures in the Nar...

The SafeCity implementation included over 26,000 CCTV cameras in Moscow, controlling over 10,000 doorways About SafeCity Today's municipal security goes far beyond the monitoring of selected sites. Modern integrated security systems must not only record and stream video but also analyze it intelligently, monitor all types of sensors, and provide automatic responses to problems. SafeCity combines hardware, software and operational measures to provide video security, technica...

At the exit from the exhibition titled "We care about your quality of life", the visitors at the Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia, located at the Principe Felipe Science Museum in Valencia receive a detailed printed report about the exhibition booths that they have visited. If they have tested any devices displayed at the exhibition, the report will also contain information about the results of device testing. This was made possible by integrating the FACE-Intellect system and the sof...

Founded in 1935, Gormost State Unitary Enterprise has designed, constructed and maintained many of Russia 's public facilities. The company is responsible for 1,370 properties, including bridges, tunnels, embankments, fountains, municipal engineering facilities, and special installations such as memorials and monuments. With 2,300 employees, Gormost supervises over 2.0-million square meters of land and facilities. Daily activities include maintenance, repair, and cleaning, as well as ongoing ca...

Axxon Enterprise helps enforce fire safety throughout the port and detects smoke and fire The publicly traded Murmansk Sea Commercial Port (MSCP) was founded in 1994 as a state enterprise and is the forth-largest port in Russia - the second-largest port in all of North-Western Russia. With seventeen berths and a total of 120,000 square meters of outdoor storage space, more “black gold” is exported through the Murmansk port than through the ports of Saint-Petersburg...

In the aim of increasing the effectiveness of the response capabilities of the CIAD (Central internal affairs directorate - head office of regional or city police) of Chelyabinsk Region as well as with the goal of recording video information from main points and critical facilities in Chelyabinsk, AxxonSoft Auto-Intellect was chosen through a tender organized under the SafeCity project. This is a scalable security ANPR system that incorporates license plate recognition capabilities and various d...