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E-Commerce & Security of your Warehouse
Anil Puri CMD, APS group A first generation serial entrepreneur, thought leader and an action catalyzer rolled into one – Anil Puri is a rare combination of a visionary, an innovator and a strategic thinker. He has used this combination to innovate and implement on-ground many new business ideas. His rich experience in various businesses has enabled him to nurture & mentor innovative ideas and scale them up. Introduction E-commerce has come a long way since Michael Aldrich created online transaction processing in 1979. The term refers today to the buying and selling of goods or services using the internet, and the transfer of money and data to execute these transactions. From a customs perspective, it is used to refer to the sale of physical products online, including illicit ones (the risk of this is ever increasing). Driven by the increase in internet users worldwide as well as smartphone and mobile penetration, e-commerce has revolutionized the way businesses and consumers market, buy and sell goods and services, providing a vast choice of products as well as advance shipping, payment, and delivery options. There are now even specific terms to refer to mobile-commerce (M-Commerce) and social media commerce (S-Commerce – which integrates social media into e-retail sites and adds e-commerce functionality to social networks. Approximately 18% of e-commerce takes place via social media). Today, it is widely recognized that the growing e-commerce sector is an important growth engine for economies, providing and developing new trade modes, driving new consumption trends, and creating new jobs. It has ‘enabled’ growth opportunities to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in terms of wider access to larger markets by lowering entry barriers and reducing operational costs. E-commerce has become one of the largest industries in the world to function. Today, it is widely recognized that the growing e-commerce sector is beneficial to economies, providing new growth engines, developing new trade modes, driving new consumption trends, and creating new jobs. The evolution of technology and the internet led to the opening of infinite ways to engage with consumers worldwide. But larger the business, the greater the risk and this is the case for e-commerce as well. As an organization, it becomes imperative to protect the organization from various and varied threats. When you traverse along the Indian highways, every mile is dotted with mushrooming warehouses. Deploying security systems for the warehouse and logistics category can seem daunting to anyone outside of the security industry. Everything risk-related needs to be factored in, from theft prevention, access control, surveillance, fire and safety, to disaster recovery, data security. Environment monitoring has also become a part of the ‘security threat’ and needs to be continuously monitored and factored in. The days of the facilities manager simply contracting a single service provider or vendor (usually the lowest-quoted priced) for each risk category and hiring them to install and forget about it, are all but gone. ‘one or single point’ is an expression we in the security business use to describe the advantages of working with a single integrator to handle everything security-related. That way, when something needs to be addressed or fixed, there is only ‘a single point.’ The need for such ‘single point’ processes are gaining prominence as manufacturers, distributors and retailers look to optimize their supply-chain processes. Warehouses are evolving into highly automated centers equipped with the latest, cutting edge technology. Identifying risk and threats At its core, physical security refers to protecting people, property, and physical assets from the risk of physical actions and events such as fire, flood, natural disasters, burglary, theft, vandalism, and terrorism. Some of the most common processes for Security monitoring and prevention are the most basic – warning signs or stickers, fences, vehicle barriers, restricted access points, security lighting, etc. When physical security and ‘E-Security’ divisions operate in silos, they lack an overall and coordinated view of security threats targeting their enterprise. As a result, successful attacks are more likely to occur and can result in the theft of sensitive or proprietary information, economic damage, disruption of critical functions, or even loss of life. Physical Security & ‘E-Security’ – an ultimate solution Physical security integrates with ‘E-Security’ by limiting access to spaces where is needed and the reverse is also true. Physical security components connected to the Internet, such as RFID key card door locks, smartphones, and video surveillance cameras, are often vulnerable to cyber-attacks and are thus a security risk. Traditionally, physical security operations were run by professionals with expertise in maintaining the physical safety of a facility using solutions such as locks, cameras, guards, fencing, and alarms. While ‘E-Security’ was the exclusive domain of the IT department, which had responsibility for the computer systems and network. The two departments lacked an integrated approach to and in decision-making for security procedures. Physical security is a vital business practice to give a ‘human touch’ helping prevent unauthorized persons from entering your business and causing harm, protect your intellectual property from corporate espionage, and mitigate workplace violence, amongst other concerns. A strong ‘E-Security’ strategy safeguards and enhances the sensitivity of physical security. This combo strategy on security will enable network devices, applications, and software that power smart, cloud-based devices and security systems as well as the people who manage, monitor, and make business decisions for these functions based on real-time threat assessment and prevention and last but not the least an ‘informed reaction.’ Principles of application of convergence strategy Whether you are responsible for your organization’s physical security or ‘E-Security,’ you still need to apply the following principles: Identify and classify your assets and resources (what to protect). Identify likely vulnerabilities that threats may exploit (the likelihood). Identify plausible threats (who to protect it from). Identify the expected cost if bad things happen (the consequences). The Benefits of Integration The benefits of ‘E-Security’ and physical security integration can broadly be categorized as: Cost Saving. Incident response and management. Risk reduction. ‘E-Security’ Helps Build a Physical Security Framework ‘ E-Security’ supports and enhances the…
Can Regulations and Compliance be the Answer to Global Cybersecurity Risks?
For a CIO in 2022, there remains several challenges that need to be tackled but the major concern will always be security. Though businesses started moving their assets to the cloud even before the pandemic, the switch to a remote workforce further accelerated the process and with it, IT monitoring and security became one of the top priorities for a CIO. “With the increase in SaaS based applications, organisations are required to build stringent security controls at their edge networks,” said Saravanakumar Krishnamurthy, Executive Vice President – Technology Engineering – IT, Network & Cyber Security at YES BANK, “The underlined statement should always be to secure the data, whether it is on the cloud or on premises. At the same time I believe that internal threats, which are mostly unknown or internal dark web for many organisations will be one of the key issues CISOs need to address on a war foot basis. Cyberattack groups are openly challenging and stating openly they are injecting attacks on big organisations. The Lapsus$ group is one of the classic examples.” The BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) sector has always remained a primary target of cybercriminals over last several years, given the amount of sensitive data that they have to deal with. As someone from the BFSI sector, Saravanakumar believes that some of the top cybersecurity threats that continue to threaten this sector are Ransomware, DDOS, Bots, Phishing, Data Exfiltration (Data Theft), DNS & Domain Hijack. “These are the most sophisticated attacks that give real threats to the BFSI sector,” he said. The need for Regulations & data protection laws A data breach or a cyberattack of any kind can have a long-term psychological effect on an individual or a business, while also impacting the reputation of a brand. Also, every society perceives threats differently and so every different kind of threat has to be measured and addressed in a different manner and approach. The key concern however still remains the ‘Awareness.’ “The amount of initiatives and programs relevant to Cybersecurity happening across the globe and in our country are still in a minuscule percentage as compared with the amount of cyberattacks taking place. Many countries in fact do not have adequate policies and strategies in place to combat these kind of cybersecurity issues,” Saravanakumar observed. In a country like India, where business model are mostly technology driven and businesses adopt all the latest technologies well in advance than many developed countries, Saravanakumar said that ground level issues should be addressed first before formulating any security policy. “Security policies, frameworks and standards should be aligned after addressing these issues and only then it will get easily assimilated into the culture itself,” he explained. The regulatory landscape is however slowly changing with most nations coming up with their individual data protection laws and regulations. But as Saravanakumar explains, before understanding exactly what we expect from a Data Protection law, we need to, as an organisation segregate the data as structured and unstructured; classify the data; secure the data and then should know how to govern the data. “We should first formulate a proper data lifecycle model first and then implement the data protection or privacy regulations. As far as the BFSI sector is concerned, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should bring more data awareness programs and publications and make an assessment of the industry,” he concluded.
Arcserve Expands Award-Winning Onexafe Series to Provide Greater Scalability and Data Resilience
Arcserve, the world’s leading ransomware protection and unified data resilience platform provider, recently announced the expansion of its award-winning OneXafe family of immutable data storage solutions. The new Arcserve OneXafe 4500 Series enables a greater storage capacity of up to 216TB while providing a native immutable store for ransomware protection of growing volumes of backup and unstructured data for organizations of all sizes. Offering near-zero configuration, Arcserve OneXafe 4500 Series can be installed and available to users very rapidly without reconfiguration to accommodate various workload requirements. It also protects existing investments while lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) through seamless integration with existing OneXafe 4400 Series clusters. Arcserve OneXafe 4500 Series features: Built-in protection against ransomware: Arcserve OneXafe 4500 Series is a native immutable store for unstructured data and backup, which supports customers’ 3-2-1-1 backup strategies (3 backup copies on 2 different media, with 1 located offsite and the crucial extra 1 is immutable storage). It provides a logical airgap allowing customers to retrieve unaltered copies of their data. The continuous data protection capabilities take a snapshot once every 90 seconds, including pointin-time recovery, and impose no limit on the number of snapshots taken. Seamless scale-out architecture: OneXafe supports one or multiple OneXafe nodes in a cluster and a single global file system thanks to its flexible and seamless scale-out architecture. As storage requirements change, organizations can rely on the agility of the OneXafe 4500 series to add any number of drives or nodes at any time in any capacity, without configuration changes or application downtime, saving businesses time and cost. Protect existing investments while lowering TCO: Customers with existing OneXafe 4412 or 4417 clusters can seamlessly increase their storage capacity by adding OneXafe 4512 nodes. OneXafe offers powerful global inline deduplication and data compression, allowing organizations to reduce their storage footprint and their overall associated power consumption. Minimal Configuration: The Arcserve OneXafe 4500 Series delivers a highly flexible, powerful, and easy to configure storage and recovery solution. OneXafe removes the burden of application downtime and configuration changes for nearly every storage management task. Said Matt Urmston, Executive Vice President of Product Management at Arcserve, “Today, organizations are grappling with the need to backup growing quantities of data within diminishing windows while protecting against ransomware. Arcserve OneXafe 4500 Series combines traditional NAS’ reliability and productivity advantages with the security benefits of immutable object storage to provide organizations with a safe and powerful secondary storage solution ideally suited to the modern world. Simply put, the OneXafe 4500 series delivers more. It represents a proactive response to our customer’s demand for more storage capacity, data protection, and improved TCO from their data resilience investments.”
CP PLUS Expands with State-of-the-Art, Futuristic Manufacturing Facility in Andhra Pradesh
CP PLUS, India’s leading CCTV brand, began producing surveillance devices locally in India in its Manufacturing facility in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 5 years ago. And since then, the brand has enhanced its manufacturing capabilities to reach the plant’s maximum production capacity of 1Mn units a month. Now to meet the growing demand, CP PLUS has put up another manufacturing unit in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh. With the production commencing in Q2, 2022-23, this new facility will have 3 times the production capability vis-à-vis the existing capacity i.e., 3Mn surveillance units per month, which will make it the world’s largest manufacturing unit for surveillance products, outside China and 3rd largest in the entire world when including China. The CP PLUS manufacturing facility Kadappa in the state of Andhra Pradesh has been integrated with the world’s latest Fuji made state-of-the-art technology SMT lines and semi-robotic assembly & packaging lines. All production area has been designed with ESD flooring, dust-free and air-conditioned environment to achieve world’s best quality of products. This manufacturing facility has a wide range of Reliability Test Equipment to ensure High quality of products manufactured and also to qualify for various certifications required in Tenders and by Govt. of India organizations like RDSO, AAI, PWD, Indian Navy etc. Aditya Khemka, Managing Director of CP PLUS expressed his intentions to further expand the production capacities manifolds in the future. “Backed by our R&D proficiency, we have plans in action to further augment our capabilities and become many times larger than the current size to produce 6 Mn units per month in near future to make our brand more and more Atmanirbhar in order to accomplish our PM’s dream and to make India truly self-reliant,” he said. “In addition, we have 10 acres of additional land for which we have firm plans to develop facilities for Backward Integration in the CCTV domain. CCTV & Recorders’ components like Housing, Cables, and Adapters among the others are placed in the first phase of manufacturing which will lead to an actual increase in Local Content in manufacturing and go another mile in the localization and indigenization process of CCTV manufacturing in India,” he continued, “With visible Govt. support, we do foresee Exports of Surveillance products in near future from this stupendous production facility.” All these areas of high-volume production, Backward Integration & Exports will attribute to a larger employment generation for the country, especially for Women as the brand’s current workforce consists of 90% of female workers. Manufacturing for other domestic and international brands, CP Plus has also become the largest Indian OEM and ODM as well, giving strong competition to Chinese companies and reaching the leading spot in the entire surveillance industry. CP PLUS is a pioneer Indian brand responsible for leading the security and surveillance industry in the country for many years now. Since its very beginning, CP PLUS has dominated the CCTV industry by introducing affordable solutions and a reliable sense of security to the general public and creating awareness about enhancing public safety. Now, the brand’s name itself has become a synonym for CCTV in many parts of the country. Being a leading brand in the surveillance industry, CP PLUS has successfully conducted hundreds of government projects, securing railway and police stations, air and sea ports, government institutions, public roads, and even entire smart cities. Currently, CP PLUS is also in talks with the Government of India to introduce the PLI scheme for the surveillance industry and also about amendments to the Public Safety Act to further improve Electronics Security for India and its public. The growth and popularity CP PLUS has witnessed every step of the way successfully placed the brand at the forefront of the surveillance industry, so much so that now CP PLUS is not just India’s No. 1 surveillance equipment manufacturer but also has the largest production facility for security and surveillance products anywhere outside of China in the whole world.
Integration Streamlines in-Home Peace of Mind
The advances of technology have meant a dramatic rise in the amount of devices we use in our homes. In fact, the European smart home market is expected to grow to USD39.6 billion by 2025. This ranges from entertainment to practical everyday tasks like drawing curtains and dimming lights. But perhaps the most useful are those that allay our base fears around security in the home. Alarms, security cameras, and access systems are becoming increasingly popular as people strive to make their homes a secure and comforting haven – even within the context of their busy lives. Hikvison has a range of smart devices to provide that in-home peace of mind – and they can all be controlled from one place. Too much of a good thing With multiple devices comes a variety of different controlling mechanisms – usually one for each device separately. Remember the days when you had only one remote control for your TV, for example? Now you could conceivably have four or five for your entertainment system – TV, sound system, DVD player, satellite box etc. This is a kind of ‘tipping point’ – when technology advancement can cause frustration, rather than making your life easier. It’s this frustration that’s led to the popularity of systems that bring various elements of the home together. These range from smart speakers that allow the family to play music in different rooms, to apps that control lighting. And then there are the ‘digital assistants’ that can bring a number of IoT devices together all over the home. Imagine being able to do this for your security. A central indoor station can provide access to all your alarms and security cameras. And this can also be available on an app, so you can verify alarm alerts even remotely. Add to this the ability to control your access point – i.e., front door – and you start to see how an integrated security system can provide great peace of mind, rather than adding multiple ‘interfaces’ to your daily life. All-in-one indoor station Hikvision’s All-in-one Indoor Station provides a central device to be able to manage a homeowners CCTV, access control, alarm and intercom technologies. It has a range of functions allowing the user to keep an eye on all of these devices, giving them a holistic overview of their home security. If an intruder sets off an alarm, the system can provide a video ‘footage’ clip from an adjacent camera, thanks to smart linkages. They can see this on the pre-installed HikConnect app too, with added functionality of zooming in and out on the image, and fisheye mode for relevant cameras. The front door is usually where the home starts – and where the peace of mind also needs to begin. The All-in-one Indoor Station allows users to see who is at their door, and even let them in with the click of a button below the screen. This works too if they are using the app – so they can let someone in remotely once they have been able to verify their identity using the door intercom camera. Intercoms can also be fitted with two way intercom – which means the user can have a conversation with the visitor, either through the Indoor Station or their app. This is particularly useful in a world of multiple deliveries encroaching on busy lives. Open and simple to install The story for installers is great too. The Android (v10) base of the device means its open architecture, so adaptions and 3rd party software can easily be integrated. The user experience is continually being improved, making it intuitive – both for users and installers. The fact that this means they don’t have to install multiple devices to manage an in-home solution saves them a lot of time and cost. Alongside the HikConnect app is Hik-ProConnect – an app designed for installers to be able to manage and configure devices remotely. This also streamlines their aftercare efforts, with a wide range of activities being possible remotely, once they have their customer’s approval to do so. While technology enters our lives an increasing levels, the smart money is on the methods of bringing disparate technologies together. Open platform architectures and platforms mean more and more devices will be able to talk to each other. This is the beginning of the world of advanced IoT, where we start to really see the benefits of smart connected technologies in our homes. No more scrabbling behind the sofa for a remote!
CISF & PSI: Working in Tandem will be a Great Opportunity
Anil Puri CMD, APS group A first generation serial entrepreneur, thought leader and an action catalyzer rolled into one – Anil Puri is a rare combination of a visionary, an innovator and a strategic thinker. He has used this combination to innovate and implement on-ground many new business ideas. His rich experience in various businesses has enabled him to nurture & mentor innovative ideas and scale them up. Background Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah while addressing the CISF 53rd Raising Day at Ghaziabad stated the CISF should work out a ‘hybrid arrangement’ with the private security agencies under which CISF can prepare the security framework for guarding the vital installations. He further stated that role of private security agencies is expanding very rapidly in keeping with the pace of national economy moving from $2.5 trillion economy to $5 trillion economy and CISF should take on the responsibility of training the personnel of PSAs. The necessity to enhance the efficiency of the private security agencies arises from the fact that the CISF alone cannot ensure the security of the industrial sector of the entire country and PSI who specializes in handling similar security domain can easily be coopted to fill in the void with ease. Certain key takeaways from his speech are: CISF should work out a ‘hybrid arrangement’ with the PSAs under which CISF can prepare the security framework for guarding the vital installations. CISF should develop some training modules possibly based on the size of the work force employed by the production units or keeping in mind the need of the selected areas/ units to facilitate training of PSAs security personnel. Once PSI is fully ready with such hand holding by CISF, the later should hand over full responsibility to the private security personnel. Security of air ports and metro offers huge scope for employability of the women personnel to change the gender ratio of 94:6 (94 men to 6 women) to at least 80:20. The above intention of the GoI itself is an expression of the immense confidence and trust on the capabilities of the PSI in the nation building to relieve the CISF for more vital and critical role elsewhere. Roles and Responsibilities of the CISF It is very vital and essential to understand the roles and responsibilities of CISF when we the PSI decide to step into their shoes. The role and responsibilities of CISF are summarized below: To provide integrated security cover to certain sensitive public sector undertakings including security of important government buildings, iconic heritage monuments and the Delhi Metro. To provide round the clock security to certain VVIPs/ protectees through its specialized VIP security vertical. Post Mumbai terror attack in Nov 2008, the mandate of CISF was broadened to provide security cover to private corporate establishments also. Commonality the key to Compatibility Let us identify as to what is mutually common between both the CISF and PSI in their role and responsibilities. These common features will best be identified to be the key ingredients of the compatibility. The nature of the security spectrum in which both the entities operate is significantly akin to each other which is characterized by the following: Both inherit the legacy of same parentage (MHA). Operate in common security domain through principle of detect, deter, delay, degrade and destroy. Only the degree of threat differs because of size and quality of asset. Security domain is centric to people, property and information. Security survey and security audit are tools of RA and RM applied by both. Prevention of intrusion in the premises through physical presence, sensors and detectors. Patrolling, observation & surveillance of the area are inclusive in tasks of both. Electronic surveillance through CCTV has become main stay of deterrence & crime prevention. Access control, visitor management, vehicle movement & parking control. Baggage scanning at Air Ports and Metro Rail is widely used for detection & prevention of illegal transaction of drugs, narcotics, weapons and explosives. Prevention of smuggling of diamond, gold, silver and other precious metals like uranium and plutonium is again done on similar format. Security of public places with huge footfalls like airports, metro rails, shopping malls and events like trade fairs etc has similar applications of security. Handling of hostage situation/ rescue and active shooter situation is common to air ports and Shopping Malls. Handling of fire incidents and medical emergencies is regular feature in the corporate and industrial complexes. Prevention of terrorist attacks in vital installations is more aligned to CISF than PSAs. Prevention of sabotage in power plants again common to both. Ensuring women safety and POSH is integral to responsibility of both. Salient features of the CISF as a force CISF functions under MHA of GOI and HQ of CISF. Further divided into range/ region, sectors and battalions etc. Functioning is well structured, streamlined, planned, facilitated by provisioning of wherewithal for administration, training, logistics and operations since being integral part of the Govt. Recruitment and training is configured to suit the role and responsibilities. CISF personnel are armed, trained in the use of fire arms and legally authorized to open fire in self-defense and to protect the assets in its jurisdiction. CISF has training facilities to cater for specialized courses on industrial security, IED detection, bomb disposal, X-ray scanning, forensic analysis, fire safety, anti-hijacking, handling of hostage situation, first aid, public speaking, QRT for airport, soft skill, computer awareness and intelligence and weapon handling courses. Challenges Any change in the role and responsibilities of a well-established organization is bound to face myriad of external & internal challenges and resistance. CISF since its inception has shouldered its role and responsibilities in a defined space as a very efficient organization. Since proposed change do not alter the primary function but will be an add on to its existing role, the change may not cause any turbulence or disruption, however, following points need due diligence and application of mind: Sudden and abrupt shift in toto is likely to create opportunities for anti-national elements to…
Everbridge Selected by State of Maharashtra, India’s 2nd Most Populous State, to Provide Emergency Preparedness and Response Solution
Representing the seventh statewide deployment of Everbridge in India, the Maharashtra win underscores the company’s global leadership in Public Safety and Crisis Preparedness with countrywide contracts in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas Everbridge, Inc., the global company in critical event management (CEM) and national public safety software solutions, recently announced that the Indian State of Maharashtra selected the company’s Incident Response Solutions to help governments plan for, respond to, and recover from any disaster. Home to a combined 150 million residents and annual tourists, Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India, and its capital Mumbai is the most populous city in the country. The Government of Maharashtra chose Everbridge’s Previstar Continual Preparedness System (CPS) solution to help the State’s Relief and Rehabilitation Department to create dynamic plans, manage disasters, and provide decision support along with situational awareness throughout a critical incident’s life-cycle. In doing so, Maharashtra becomes the seventh state in India to adopt Everbridge’s Public Safety solutions, along with Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and West Bengal. Following crises such as massive floods in 2021, Maharashtra undertook an initiative to implement an Incident Planning and Response System that would bring together stakeholders and support agencies including Police, Fire, Public Works, and Health under one platform, and to provide one common operating picture, to respond to any disaster in a unified manner. The State partnered with Everbridge to leverage its Previstar CPS to create a comprehensive incident management platform that puts their plans into action, tracks activities, mobilizes resources, and enables decision support. Speaking during the recent Maharashtra Day, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari mentioned the State’s vision to achieve Zero Death by operationalizing a statewide Incident Response System (IRS). “We are honored to support Maharashtra on the evolution of its statewide emergency preparedness and capacity building as the government institutionalizes an Incident Response System,” said Valerie Risk, Vice President of Public Safety Solutions at Everbridge. Himadri Banerjee, Global Director of Everbridge’s Previstar said, “As we have demonstrated in India and in countries around the world, our public safety platform promotes effective disaster management and greater safety for the millions of people living in the region.” The deployment of Maharashtra’s emergency/ disaster management system expands on Everbridge’s position as the global leader in population-wide Public Warning and Public Safety Solutions. More local, state, and national governments across the globe deploy the Everbridge Public Safety solutions than any other provider, offering government agencies with the ability to save time and save lives. The Everbridge platform reaches residents and travelers in more than 200 countries and territories in case of natural disasters: such as floods, severe storms, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and wildfires; manmade threats: such as geo-political, terrorist attacks, and industrial accidents; and digital threats: such as ransomware, cyberattacks, and IT disruptions.
Tata Tele Business Services Recognized as the: Enterprise Service Provider of the Year 2022- at ET Telecom Awards
Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), leading enabler of digital connectivity and cloud solutions for businesses in India has won the prestigious ‘Enterprise Service Provider of the Year’ award at the ET Telecom Awards 2022. This award recognises the companies which have been working closely with enterprise customers to help drive their businesses successfully. Recognised as the Enterprise Service Provider of the Year 2022, TTBS has always strived to bring the best technology and services to businesses that enable them to improve processes, reach customers more effectively, and enhance their productivity. TTBS has maintained a progressive approach of partnering with enterprises as a technology enabler by providing innovative solutions that allow enterprises to be resilient and maintain business continuity in a flexible, scalable, and secure manner. “We are truly honoured and delighted to be recognised as the best Enterprise Service Provider in the country. At TTBS, our focus has always been on serving the evolving needs of the enterprises and help them build advance digital capabilities to compete and win in their respective businesses. This award reflects our organizational purpose of accelerating adoption of digital technologies by businesses aspiring to Do Big and creating enduring partnerships” Vishal Rally Sr. Vice President – Product and Marketing, Tata Teleservices TTBS has taken several initiatives in the recent times to empower enterprises with innovative and reliable solutions as they move up the digital transformation curve. The company has strengthened its portfolio of enterprise grade solutions such as Smartflo – an advanced cloud communication suite; SmartOffice® – a one-box startup kit with voice, data, apps and storage, SD-WAN iFLX – an intelligently flexible solution (built on Fortinet’s platform) for network optimization, EZ Cloud Connect – a dedicated private network gateway to public clouds, Ultra-Lola – point to point connectivity with latency in microseconds for brokerage/ BFSI firms, Smart Internet leased line with built-in cloud security and manageability, collaboration solutions, IoT solutions, cloud applications, and a comprehensive suite of cyber security solutions across industries. It has also partnered with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to offer world-class unified communication solutions to enterprises. All these solutions appropriately address the needs arising out of a distributed and remote working environment and enable businesses to deliver superior customer experience.
Matrix Perimeter Security Solution
Perimeter security is the first line of defense to protect your assets, information, and people using advanced technology. Just as the human skin protects the body against the external environment and infections, the perimeter security system is designed to keep away unauthorized intrusion in your property. Keeping that in mind, Matrix offers their Perimeter Security Solution to deter intrusions from happening by detecting them in real-time. With intelligent video analytics one can detect intruders in real-time and mitigate the threats easily. The system has been designed to work with both Matrix network cameras as well as third-party cameras and ancillary devices such as motion detectors, electric fences, fire alarms, burglar alarms and more. Again, the cognitive analytics ensure that there are no false alarms being detected because of the camera events. Making the system a reliable security solution for your needs. Key features Intrusion detection, tripwire detection. Integration with motion sensors, fire alarms, burglar alarms. Integration with parent and third-party cameras. Real-time notifications. Cognitive analytics – no false notifications.
Panoramic Camera Range with ColorVu for Wide Field of View in Vivid Color
Hikvision India has introduced a new range of panoramic cameras that use integrated ColorVu technology to provide vivid and full-color video imaging for a wide field of view in light conditions as low as 0.0005 lux: nearly total darkness. Large areas can be very difficult to secure, often requiring multiple cameras to provide full coverage. With traditional cameras, monitoring these kinds of area can also be difficult in low light conditions, or at night. To address all of these challenges, Hikvision has integrated ColorVu into our industry-leading panoramic cameras, which use the ‘image fusion’ algorithm to stitch together images from two side-byside lenses for a seamless, 180-degree view. The results are reduced equipment requirements (with fewer cameras needed to cover large areas); improved situational awareness based on a single, wide-angle image and no blind spots; and the ability to capture every detail in full color – even in near-total darkness. A super-wide angle view, with no blind spots Hikvision image fusion technologies in the new panoramic cameras provide significant benefits over traditional wide-angle cameras. By using ‘pixel-level’ matching between the images from the left-side and right-side sensors, this prevents any blind spots, or image ‘twisting,’ or ‘distortion.’ Equally importantly, the image fusion process includes both brightness and color processing technologies that ensures consistency across the entire wide-angle image. This is a significant improvement vs. traditional panoramic cameras, which do not compensate for the different lighting conditions experienced by left- and right-side lenses. AI capabilities that further boost security All models in the new panoramic camera range use Hikvision AcuSense AI technology to differentiate between real security threats and other moving objects such as animals, falling leaves, and heavy rain. This helps security teams to focus on real security incidents, and to minimize costly false alarms. Additionally, the devices can be equipped with Hikvision Live Guard sound and light alarms, which deter would-be trespassers from entering sites or buildings – preventing losses or damage to property and improving safety. Ideal for multiple scenarios and locations The new panoramic cameras provide reliable 24×7 security in a wide range of expansive indoor and outdoor locations. These include parking lots, parks, scenic areas, farms, stadiums, and traffic intersections.