Category: Case Study
Vicon Campus-Wide Surveillance
Vicon Industries, Inc., designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware and components has completed installation of an end-to-end Vicon surveillance solution for Shelbyville, Indiana’s new Major Health Partners (MHP) medical complex and surrounding campus. The enterprise solution combines video management capabilities for cameras throughout the main hospital, oncology center, orthopedic center and administrative data services building. Indianapolis-based systems integrator Open Control Systems (OCS) worked with hospital administrators to install Valerus VMS software, several NVRs with high storage capacity and close to 200 indoor and outdoor Vicon IP cameras. The Valerus solution is completely browser-based, providing credentialed MHP staff with the flexibility to use web-enabled devices of their choice, including desktops, laptops, tablets and phones, for all system monitoring and administrative functions. Placement of cameras was carefully considered to balance the needs for patient privacy with necessary security coverage of all critical areas, including lobbies, waiting areas, certain corridors, the pharmacy, all drug cabinets, walkways, parking lots and surrounding grounds. Jeff Williams, MHP’s Vice President of Facility Operations said, “The centralized management, remote access and customizable user interface helps our team use the system to its maximum potential and function more efficiently.” Jeff Birchler, Senior Estimator at Open Control Systems, adds “Valerus licensing was less expensive than all the other VMS systems we looked at, and it does everything the hospital needs.”
Hartford Crime Center Expands City Surveillance
Milestone open platform IP video management software (VMS) is combined with network cameras from Axis Communications to provide ongoing security upgrades for the City of Hartford, Connecticut. The police can prevent and respond fast to incidents throughout the city, as well as manage the swell of activities during public events. The Milestone open architecture has enabled integrations with third-party analytics software from BriefCam, The Hawkeye Effect and ShotSpotter that help the police department save time and maximize efficiency. The City of Hartford first began expanding and upgrading its surveillance capabilities in 2013 when its new public safety complex and police headquarters opened. The city enlisted Vulcan Security Technologies to help select and implement a new IP camera system that could expand to include hundreds of cameras and ongoing upgrades with new innovations. Due to its reliability and ability to operate with third-party systems, Milestone XProtect Corporate video management software (VMS) was selected, along with various models of Axis network cameras. The system steadily expanded as Axis cameras were added to monitor City Hall, public parks and city streets. “We’re very happy with our system. The images are crystal clear, and our system is seamless and so responsive,” said Sgt. Johnmichael O’Hare, Hartford Police Department, “I could cite a million examples of how we’ve used it to save time and assist officers to stop crimes in progress.” In 2015, the Hartford Police Department established its Real-Time Crime Center and Data Intelligence Center, which includes a Milestone XProtect Smart Wall with thirty 55-inch, 4K video monitors. Analysts view video and other data feeds from the emergency 9-1-1 dispatch system and social media mining tools to monitor potentially violent or hostile events. With hundreds of cameras now in place, the police watch video from nearly the entire city. Sgt. O’Hare worked with Tyler Cullen, Director of Information Technology at Vulcan Security Technologies, to select the Milestone VMS solution. Its open platform gave the city much-needed flexibility and allows them to integrate with several analytics and software platforms. Cullen and his team have integrated a system called The HawkEye Effect, which ties the Milestone VMS to the city’s existing ShotSpotter system. ShotSpotter acoustically detects gunshots, and when a shot is detected, HawkEye Effect takes the exact coordinates from ShotSpotter and drives all positional cameras in the vicinity either to predefined escape routes or right onto the location where the shooting occurred. The VMS integration with this gunshot detection system was key for the police department, which expanded coverage to include every residential zone in the city limits. In addition to other forensics, the city uses real-time analytics on cameras at public works buildings to detect objects left behind and other potential threats or to track theft. The crime center also integrated BriefCam video synopsis into the system, which helps extract valuable, actionable information from the video. BriefCam gives rapid video review, search and analysis of video data for locating events of interest more quickly than ever before. “BriefCam has been a game changer for us. It’s helped us take our system to the next level,” said O’Hare, “We can do things with BriefCam we couldn’t do before: to take large volumes of video data, examine it very quickly and share that information with our officers.”
Dahua Safeguards BRICS Summit
Building on its success in providing a comprehensive security solution for the G20 Hangzhou Summit in 2016, the 9th BRICS Summit has been another accomplishment for Dahua. The Summit was held during 3-5 September 2017 in Xiamen, China, where national leaders from the five member countries made their points for their brighter future. In partnership with the Summit’s security team, Dahua constructed a robust security barrier and guaranteed a smooth opening for the summit. Main meeting venue and surrounding areas Dahua installed their visual emergency dispatch and command system at the BRICS command center which is normally administered by the Public Security Department of Xiamen. The Center’s large display wall was stitched together with the Dahua edgeless HD LED panels that enabled complete pictures of all units during the meeting under command center control, which simplified the control and responses to great extent. A full range of video surveillance and display solutions from Dahua was deployed around the Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center as well as the security command center. Police cars A fleet of 228 patrol cars and 72 special cars from the Xiamen Public Security Bureau was used to clear the way for Summit leaders. A customized Dahua mobile solution with GPS positioning and in-vehicle wireless image transmission system was installed on each vehicle to provide the command center continuous live overview of all areas which helped handling of various emergencies. The ‘Four Bridges and One Tunnel’ – the various road access points to Xiamen Island – was deployed with Dahua’s advanced technologies such as intelligent analysis, big data, and video analysis centers to significantly increase the efficiency of emergency command and information technology management capabilities, providing uninterrupted HD video surveillance and smart road event monitoring on bridges and tunnels. This ensured smooth operation of each component in the ‘Four Bridges and One Tunnel’ during the BRICS Summit. In addition, Dahua also contributed to the security of other key areas including the Xiamen Airport, train station, ferry piers, and police checkpoints. Hotel Areas In surrounding districts such as Haicang and Jimei, Dahua installed video surveillance on key routes and sites where key activities of the city held. This helped achieving full coverage of places such as guarded routes, main roads, key sites, as well as surrounding areas and regions of elevated-risk. Dahua also took on surveillance of the practices of catering, accommodations and traveling of the leaders. The hotels and surrounding areas were upgraded to HD systems in a short time. The mobile law enforcement surveillance system assisted the Xiamen Market Supervision Commission in guaranteeing the provision of safe food during the Summit. The Dahua Smart Healthcare Solution covered various grade-A hospitals in Xiamen, enabling them to be ready for possible emergencies at any time. Dahua also participated in logistics services during the Summit. Dahua was actively engaged in the Summit’s surveillance operations since January. Dahua assisted public security and traffic police departments in accomplishing almost 300 security tasks. They ensure zero device malfunctions during the Summit. Summit security units have spoken high about Dahua’s attitude, standardized operations, and intelligent video surveillance solutions.
Raytec IP Lighting Combats Crime at Manor House
Raytec Network Illuminators have been deployed as a key element of a bespoke IP security solution for a Grade II listed Manor House in Shropshire, UK to deliver outstanding night-time surveillance images and actively combat crime. Previously a target of crime, the estate had no professional CCTV system, relying only on halogen lighting with inbuilt PIR detectors. The security team needed a solution which would allow 24/7 monitoring over the property, particularly at night, with the ability to respond instantly to any security breaches. SMC who were made responsible for designing the solution, designed a state-of-the-art IP surveillance system, fully integrated with Raytec. White-light IP illuminators were installed around the estate perimeter and the Manor House. IP addressability and connectivity was crucial to the system design, ensuring that the IP lighting could be automatically triggered by any network device to provide an instant, visual response to any incident in real-time. A bespoke integration with Crestron Control System also allowed remote control over the lighting at any time and was designed in house by SMC using Raytec’s network lighting API. OPTEX PIR’s were installed to detect the first signs of an intruder and automatically trigger the Raytec network lighting as a first line of response to deter any potential intruders. Simultaneously the system sounds an internal alarm in the estate office and the manager’s apartment. The powerful LED lighting enables new Samsung PTZ network cameras to deliver high quality images during the hours of darkness, providing reliable information to the staff as to who or what is on-site. The security team are able to use the Crestron system via a simple touch screen interface to take live control over any individual illuminator or group of illuminators. Selecting them via a simple map view, they can flash key zones of illuminators in the exact place an incident is occurring as a further warning signal to deter crime. Sean Gill, SMC Security Manager comments, “We selected the Raytec IP lighting as it could be easily integrated with the wider system and enables us to respond instantly to any potential break-ins, even if they occur out of hours. The high quality LED lighting is also crucial to helping our CCTV operate at night. We know that our PTZ cameras can zoom in on any incident anywhere in the grounds and capture exceptionally detailed images in the dark. In fact, the new IP system has already allowed us to prevent a potential break-in and helped us to clearly identify the intruders.” “This is a fantastic example showing the endless integration possibilities with network lighting,” comments David Lambert, Managing Director – Joint, Raytec, “IP lighting is fully customisable to any requirement and represents a leap in the performance capability of security systems. We’re pleased that SMC have been able to use our API to create a bespoke lighting integration with their Crestron Control System which puts them firmly in control of their security at all times.” The installation has been an incredible success with proven results and the estate is extremely pleased with the final outcome. Both SMC and Raytec are pleased that their collaboration of intelligent system design and IP surveillance lighting has significantly improved security, actively prevented crime, whilst creating a flexible system that can adapt and evolve with the needs of the site.
VIVOTEK Protects Gran Marquise
In a yet another crowning stoke, VIVOTEK successfully commissioned a hospitality project for Gran Marquise, a 5 Star, Brazilian property with a history of 23 years. Executed in association with Genetec as its VMS partners, VIVOTEK enabled Gran Marquise to reinvent and convert its analog technology to IP surveillance. Post the project accomplishment, the property now has 250 VIVOTEK network cameras installed, integrated and linked with all other hotel devices under Genetec’s cloud-based video-surveillance-as-a-service (VSaaS) solution, Stratocast™. Elaborating on the importance of the upgrade in security, William Ku, Vice President, Brand Business Division for VIVOTEK Inc. commented, “Gran Marquise has been on the top of its game for the past 23 years and is one of the most sought after hotels among national and international authorities, artists and athletes. Some of the who’s who of the world that stayed in the property were Bill Clinton, Vladimir Putin, singer Paul McCartney, rapper Snoop Dogg and many more. Considering their clientele upgrading their security systems was of prime importance. Furthermore, it was also the first property in Brazil to achieve the ISO 22000 certificate that ensures adherence to extremely high standards of food quality and safety. Now bringing the property at par with the new age IP surveillance security standards, we along with Genetec converted their age old analogue technology into IP surveillance.”
Extreme’s Fully-Automated Secure Networking Solution
For Campus Environments Extreme combines existing and acquired technologies to simplify and secure IoT deployments. IT managers are in need of an easier and faster way to manage the 8.4 billion connected devices expected to overload networks with data this year, according to Gartner. To address the time constraints and resources spent on managing complex networks, Extreme Networks, Inc. has recently launched Extreme Automated Campus™, a cost-effective alternative to outdated traditional networking solutions that delivers plug-and-play simplicity and true business agility. The solution comes within just two months of Extreme closing on its acquisition of Avaya’s networking business, and combines Avaya’s field-proven Fabric Connect infrastructure, Extreme’s industry-leading Extreme Management Center™ and Extreme’s top-ranked support services to eliminate networking complexity, increase security and deliver increased visibility into the network. Now with over 1,500 unique deployments, spanning every industry, Fabric Connect has been proven to deliver 11x faster time to service, 7x faster mean time to repair and provide a 100% reduction in outages as a result of human error, according to Fabric Connect Customer Experience Research Report. With this announcement, Extreme wired and wireless edge products have been integrated into the Fabric Connect architecture, giving customers greater choice on how they evolve their network edge. Additionally, Avaya’s networking portfolio has been integrated into Extreme Management Center, bringing a unique 360-degree view of the network, users, devices and applications for actionable business insights. Also available are two new fabric enabled hardware platforms for high performance 10/ 40/ 100 Gigabits per second aggregation and core networking. The first is the VSP 8600, an innovative small 7RU form factor core chassis with over 21 Tbps of switching capacity. The other is the VSP 8404C, a 2RU modular core form factor with four pluggable slots providing for highly flexible deployment options. Finally, to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, the end-to-end solution is supported by Extreme’s top-ranked services and support organization. Key facts The enterprise market’s only fully-automated end-to-end campus solution: Extreme is introducing a consistent policy-based, fabric-enabled architecture extending from core to wired/ wireless edge – enabling true dynamic services through a suite of zero-touch policy and networking features. Enhanced security through frictionless hyper-segments: Extreme’s Automated Campus leverages hyper-segments – which contain breaches, and isolate and protect critical applications, information or users – for heightened security. These hyper-segments can be implemented with greater ease and far greater scale than traditional networking technologies. Centralized, intuitive, role-based policies control user and device access to hyper-segments. 360-degree visibility: Extreme’s Automated Campus solution is unique in its ability to provide a true 360-degree view of the network (wired and wireless), users, devices and applications – with context and scale – through integrated management, analytics and policy. IT managers can create centralized policies for as many as 200,000 users and devices, and gain actionable insights with customizable signature sets for more than 7,000 applications. Additionally, through open APIs, Extreme Management Center integrates with third party solution providers so that customers can orchestrate workflows based on third party alerts, providing a holistic and programmable solution. First-person resolution: Underlying the end-to-end solution is Extreme’s top-ranked 100% in-sourced support and services, according to Gartner’s Peer Insights, with a first-person resolution rate of over 90 percent.
Elbit – In-Fill Radar and Tower System
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) awarded Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a contract to provide an in-fill radar system and tower. The amount of the award is not material to Elbit Systems Ltd, the parent company of Elbit Systems of America. The work is being performed in Texas. “U.S. Customs and Border Protection will soon have another important capability helping secure our southwest border,” said Raanan Horowitz, CEO and President, Elbit Systems of America, “This contract allows us to directly support CBP Air and Marine Operations and extend our border security solutions into the air domain.” Elbit Systems of America, LLC, has partnered with C Speed, LLC to incorporate its LightWave Radar technology used for detecting small and low-flying airborne threats in a high clutter environment. C Speed’s LightWave radar has also been deployed worldwide to mitigate the effects of wind turbine clutter in similar environments. “C Speed continually incorporates its state-of-the-art technology into its ground-based radar systems and subsystems,” explained David Lysack, President and Chief Executive Officer of C Speed, “This opportunity allows us to provide new capabilities and enhanced performance for our customers while leveraging our field proven architecture and 25 years of operational experience.” This program is another example of Elbit Systems of America delivering solutions supporting CBP’s mission to protect U.S. borders. Separately, the company is the prime contractor and system integrator for the Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) system, currently deployed along the Arizona border. Elbit Systems of America furnishes the sensor towers with radar, day/ night cameras, and command & control software that correlates sensor information to provide a single operating picture. Information from the towers is networked into Border Patrol Station Command and Control Centers. This system increases situational awareness for Border Patrol Agents. The IFT’s high reliability and proven contractor logistics support provides CBP with 24/7 surveillance coverage.
NIXU Defends Finnish Tax Administration
For the Finnish Tax Administration, the very nature of its operations makes information security a critical issue. Because the Tax Administration’s services are increasingly digital, it requires highly-secured, 24/7 security solutions, latest technology and the expertise of top cybersecurity professionals. The Tax Administration and Nixu have launched a partnership to bring the Tax Administration the Nixu Cyber Defense Center (CDC), a package of services for the monitoring, detection, addressing, investigation and prevention of security incidents as well as services for the investigation, management and aftercare of cyber crime. The cyber defense center service delivered by Nixu provides 24/7 monitoring of security incidents in the Tax Administration’s IT environment. If the CDC detects an actual or a likely security incident, it launches investigation and prevention measures designed in cooperation with the Tax Administration and its other service providers. “We wanted to partner with Nixu, because their extensive cybersecurity expertise and 24/7 monitoring service meet the Tax Administration’s requirements,” summarizes Samuli Bergström, Chief Security Officer at the Finnish Tax Administration. “Defending oneself from sophisticated malware and targeted attacks is becoming more and more challenging for organizations. Cyberthreats are changing and evolving rapidly, and we need to monitor the environment constantly, keep an eye on threatening situations, and with the help of trained and experienced cybersecurity professionals, detect and prevent such threats. We are happy to support the Tax Administration in this critical task, and we are looking forward to our co-operation,” says Pietari Sarjakivi, Director of Managed Security Services at Nixu.
Avigilon Protects TTI, Inc.
Avigilon Corporation has been selected to enhance security at TTI, a new 800,000 square foot facility in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. TTI, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the world’s leading authorized distributor of interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IP&E) components. To enhance security at its new state-of-the-art facility, TTI, in partnership with national security provider Protection 1 ADT, has installed a complete Avigilon surveillance solution, including Avigilon HD multisensor cameras and Avigilon H4 Fisheye cameras, as well as Avigilon cameras with self-learning video analytics. These cameras run on Avigilon network video recorders and Avigilon Control Center (ACC) video management software. TTI is also deploying the Avigilon Access Control Manager system to secure physical access points. Avigilon HD multisensor cameras and Avigilon H4 Fisheye cameras were selected for their flexible design, which can capture multiple angles up to 360 degrees throughout TTI’s facility, enabling maximum scene coverage while minimizing blind spots. TTI also chose Avigilon cameras with self-learning video analytics for their accurate detection of people and vehicles in critical areas. Combined with ACC’s advanced search functions, the system’s exceptional image detail and zooming capabilities allow TTI’s security operators to quickly identify and respond to security events while realizing significant operational efficiencies. “We worked with Protection 1 ADT to design a system that was easy to use and complied with federal Foreign-Trade Zone security regulations,” said Ray Knight, TTI Senior Facilities Manager, “With Avigilon’s intuitive ACC interface and advanced video analytics, we can be notified when people and vehicles are in restricted areas, quickly verify and respond to those critical events in real time. This saves us valuable time and effort and allows our team to focus on what matters most.”
3xLogic Secures Georgia Convenience Store
The BC Express Mart, near Macon, Georgia, has deployed a 3xLOGIC video surveillance system to stay one step ahead of crime, and to improve store operations. “The system was purchased about three years ago and was installed when this location was constructed,” said Calloway, the owner of the Store, “We’ve had experience with three other video systems, and we’re most pleased with 3xLOGIC – the ease of accessing and managing the system and the clarity of the images, we’ll never go with another camera system.” Currently, the Calloways have 22 3xLOGIC cameras covering all cash registers, the drive-through, various coolers, pump stations, areas within the restaurant and kitchen, and a 360-degree camera installed in the middle of the store watches out for shoplifters. 3xLOGIC video surveillance systems are popular with single store owners like the Calloways, as well as all the way up to mega-convenience store operations with thousands of locations. One major advantage with 3xLOGIC is the ability to scale from a handful of cameras to tens of thousands of cameras, all managed from a single, easy-to-use platform and GUI. Calloway is planning to add at least six more cameras to cover remaining blind spots and to gain license plate visibility at the fuel pumps. Cameras are recorded to a 3xLOGIC NVR and managed with VIGIL Client software. Calloway and his wife also view camera feeds remotely on their smart phones, using 3xLOGIC’s ViewLite II, an Android app. Cash register cameras are integrated with the store’s POS system to enable close investigation of any questionable transactions. Calloway also takes advantage of the 3xLOGIC Cloud application to store and retrieve video footage without using server capacity.