Category: Case Study

Dahua deploys Synopsys solutions to build security and quality into its software development lifecycle and supply chain Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. has recently announced its selection of Synopsys to enhance the security of its Internet of Things (IoT) devices and solutions. By implementing Synopsys’ comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services, Dahua strengthens its offerings, building security and quality into their software development lifecycle (SDLC) and supply chain. “We are committed to delivering our global customer base – from residential to enterprise – the highest quality and most secure Internet-connected devices,” said Fu Liquan, Chairman of Dahua Technology, “Synopsys’ comprehensive solutions and services allow us to minimize software-related business risks by building security into the development process, which reduces the vulnerabilities that can jeopardize our products.” Dahua Technology has implemented Synopsys tools to address software security and quality issues throughout the SDLC using multiple technologies including static analysis, fuzz testing and software composition analysis. It has also joined the building security in maturity model (BSIMM) community and will undergo a BSIMM assessment, a comprehensive benchmarking process that provides an objective, data-driven view into its current software security initiative. Using the BSIMM results, Dahua will establish a baseline measurement of its software security program, which will be used to guide its efforts to continuously improve the security and quality of its products over time. “As organizations introduce IoT devices into the market, it’s essential to ensure their security and protect customers’ data and privacy,” said Andreas Kuehlmann, Senior Vice President & General Manager for the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, “Dahua’s decision to engage with Synopsys highlights their commitment to provide their customers with IoT devices that incorporate the highest level of security.”

ONVIF®, the leading global standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, announced that Highways England has adopted an ONVIF-centric open standards approach to video technology for the continued expansion and management of its national highway CCTV and traffic system. The use of an open, standards-based CCTV system allows the national transport organisation to support existing CCTV cameras while providing a pathway for adding new, ONVIF Profile S conformant cameras from a variety of different vendors to the system. Highways England sought a standards-based approach for its CCTV and traffic system, which oversees motorways and major roads in England, in order to maximise the value of its bespoke CCTV cameras and to help keep tax payer-funded expenditures as low as possible. In addition to enabling continued control of existing CCTV assets and an incremental migration from legacy analog to IP, a standards-based approach offers Highways England the ability to use new innovative CCTV technology as it appears in the general market. As part of the ONVIF-centric, open standards approach, Highways England will specify that any new cameras added to the CCTV system must be conformant to ONVIF Profile S, whilst recording shall conform to ONVIF Profile G. “Government entities and municipal councils are increasingly choosing to base their physical security infrastructure on open standards, like those established by ONVIF, in order to maintain a CCTV system that is vendor-neutral, flexible and future-proof,” said Jason Moss, Technical Director of Intelligent Transport for Mouchel, the consulting group assisting Highways England with its CCTV system, “This approach allows Highways England with help from its system integrator Costain to migrate to an open standards-based system incrementally as bespoke cameras reach their end of life and are replaced with ONVIF Profile S-conformant models from different vendors with use-appropriate feature sets.” “This collaboration with Highways England is a valuable one because we are given the opportunity to work closely with an end user who is solving a very real problem shared by many organisations – the need to modernize their CCTV infrastructure without replacing their entire system,” said Per Björkdahl, Chair of the ONVIF Steering Committee, “An added benefit of the collaboration is that Costain has become an ONVIF member and will bring a valuable perspective to the work of ONVIF in the future.” Highways England and two other major stakeholders are also joining forces with ONVIF to establish standard interfaces that can be used to allow users of their legacy and future CCTV systems to safely and securely access each other’s images. This will provide a truly open standards-based approach and provide flexibility in vendor selection to Highways England operations for the future.

The first police department in the U.S. is now redefining what it means to be a technology leader NICE has recently announced that the Boston Police Department (PD) will be deploying the full suite of NICE Inform solutions for quality assurance, multimedia incident reconstruction, and IP telephony and radio recording. The solutions will be deployed at three sites including its primary and backup 9-1-1 centers. The new technology will also support Boston’s EMS dispatch operations, which is co-located with the Police 9-1-1 center. The NICE solutions anchor on other technology investments that the Boston PD has made as it transitions to an IP-based, interoperable, next generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) ready, public safety environment. “Our mission is to use innovative strategies and partnerships to protect and serve the citizens of Boston,” said Shawn Romanoski, Director of Telecommunications, Boston Police Department, “The work we’re doing with NICE to upgrade our 9-1-1 center technology is one way we’re accomplishing that. It’s also critical to our preparation for next generation 9-1-1.” NICE’s certified direct integration with the Airbus DS VESTA® VoIP 9-1-1 system means that the Boston PD can reliably capture its IP-based emergency communications. It will begin accepting SMS 9-1-1 texts next year, and thanks to the new NICE technology, they’ll already be prepared to record and manage these communications as well. “As the first police department in the U.S., the Boston Police Department enjoys a rich tradition of being a pioneer in policing and public safety,” said Christopher Wooten, Executive Vice President, NICE, “With their continued work with NICE, the Boston PD is now redefining what it means to be a leader by applying technology to improve service and solve everyday problems, while building a solid foundation for the future.” Boosting efficiency and quality assurance Consistent, ongoing quality assurance (QA) is vital to every public safety answering point (PSAP). The Boston PD will use NICE Inform evaluator to ensure that its telecommunicators are following proper protocols and that the systems they rely on are properly supporting them – so they can provide the highest levels of service to Boston’s residents and visitors. Like many police departments, the Boston PD performs QA reviews on telecommunicator calls today, but until now it has been a highly manual and subjective process. With NICE Inform evaluator, manual call selection will be replaced by automated call selection; and paper-based forms will be replaced by electronic scoring where evaluation results are automatically tabulated, tracked and shared. “We’ll be far more automated from a QA perspective, and we’ll be able to complete evaluations and provide feedback much faster,” said Romanoski. Boston PD also plans to use NICE’s screen recording, synchronized with voice recordings, to better understand what happens during calls. “It’s going to be a great tool for us for QA and training,” added Romanoski, “If something goes wrong, we’ll be able to understand why and correct it.” Expediting records requests The Boston PD churns out about 6,000 records requests annually, for district attorneys, detectives, media and private citizens. NICE Inform will eliminate wasted time on duplicate requests. Records will be stored in Inform’s electronic incident folders, cross-referenced to computer aided dispatch (CAD) incident IDs or court case numbers, so there will never be a need to do the same work twice. “With our old system, whenever we received a duplicate request, we would have to go back and recreate the entire incident recording all over again,” said Romanoski, “Once we create a scenario in Inform and save it, we can easily find and retrieve the original and provide an exact duplicate.” NICE is working with its partner Business Electronics (BEI) to deploy the NICE solutions at the Boston PD.

Grolleman Coldstore is one of the most advanced freeze and packing companies in Europe which provides a complete service for companies who want to package, cool, freeze and store their products. With 2500 employees among 4 locations in the Netherlands and 1 in Germany and doing transport with their own transport company, Grolleman Coldstore is the number one in the Benelux market. Grolleman Coldstore used analog system with 600 TVL but currently the company has new requirements to have high quality, high resolution video surveillance system which can help monitor the production process, employees and cargos. Solution Uniview provided 2MP 30x IR network PTZ dome camera, 2MP fixed dome, 2MP minifixed bullet and 2 SATA NVR, and covered all over the company floor, outside of the factory and employee entrances. Highlights Storing, activating and working on extreme low temperature Uniview IP cameras are capable to work, store and cold start under extreme low temperature. The cameras are embedded with high efficiency heater which enables it to work up to -40°C. Smart solution applied on production process control The company had the requirement to have a complete overview of the factory so they could monitor their actions and the damages they cause. Hence it is very important that the camera’s image is very clear in every situation, so they can identify people and process flow and cargos. User-friendly Uniview’s camera and NVR feature long range PoE function which help install products conveniently. In this project, cameras are installed separately inside and outside of the company building. Nearly 1.7km cables are used for this project. In order to easily manage the overall status, Uniview NVR provides statistical form of people counting which is illustrated by time period. It visualizes the smart function which enables users to discover and manage problems easily. Cloud surveillance Uniview NVRs support P2P cloud whereby users can watch live view or recording with smart phone conveniently at anytime, anywhere. Customers of Grolleman Coldstore use Uniview cloud service to watch the process of packaging, cooling, freezing and storing their products with their smart phones. Security manager Harry Grolleman of Grolleman Coldstore said, “With Uniview system, we can give quick response in case of accidents, emergencies or problems. We are very happy with the perfectly clear images of the chosen cameras. We are also using the mobile app for demonstrating to new customers. We are pleased with the professional and convenient products.”