Government Programmes

The Hirsch Government Programme Group

GSA Contract No: GSO 7F 7733C Contract extended through August 31, 2010

Worldwide, governments are facing security challenges of increasing complexity. Privacy and secrecy issues affect how employee databases are handled; safety regulations and user convenience are often contradicting desired security objectives. Electrical codes and standards vary from one end of the world to the other. Adversaries rising from a widening spectrum of groups seeking political, financial and technology information as well as those seeking personal revenge are all increasingly competent and their methods more and more sophisticated.

Hirsch Electronics' unique engineering approach to system design combined with an uncompromising standard for quality have established Hirsch as the preferred supplier of products and services to clients where demands on system integrity are the most severe. Hirsch Electronics provides high security solutions to high-risk government facilities worldwide.

Mission

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The Hirsch Government Program Group focuses on providing to government clients the level of discreet expertise required for successful project completion.

You work with a Hirsch senior manager who has extensive security engineering experience and thoroughly understands your mission, organisation and operation. Members of the Government Program Group function as System Application Engineers, System Consultants and Instructors who can create and teach customised training courses tailored to specific clients' requirements. In addition, the Government Programme Group acts as a liaison between government client organisations and the Hirsch Engineering Department to process requests for development of new features and functions. Many are quickly implemented as standard features in our product line. Existing systems are easily updated to include the requested function. The result is typically a COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) standardised product developed in partnership with our clients that is flexible enough to satisfy applications including parking and elevator control, local stand-alone controller to large networked systems, SCIF access, and integrated access, badging, intrusion detection and ID badging systems. In some instances, Hirsch forms partnerships with third party suppliers to effectively satisfy agency requests.

Long term relationship

The Government Program Group operates on the premise that long-term relationships make business easy and that a single point of contact makes it even easier. The Hirsch Government Program Group builds on these concepts to become knowledgeable about your agency and special requirements.

Project management and system installation

Hirsch's factory trained and certified dealer network provides local installation and service. (Contact the Hirsch Government Program Group for a list of dealers with clearances.) In some instances, local agency technicians can be Hirsch certified by attending a "closed" technical training course and can become totally self sufficient in their system maintenance activities. Classes are conducted in total discretion by Hirsch Government Program Group staff in a customer provided location or at the Hirsch corporate headquarters. Contact the Hirsch Government Program Group to make arrangements.

Special government products

• Listed below are some examples of products and services developed in partnership with client agencies.
• Rapid Deployment Security System. Mobile, wireless, integrates access control and intrusion detection.
• Fibre optic communication link between ScramblePad and controller. P/N FLK.
• Fibre optic communication link between controllers and host computer. P/N FLN.
• DES encryption modems. Dial-up applications. Leased line applications and DES3 under development. P/N DES 9600EM.
• Alarm line supervision to detect alarm, secure, line short, line open, tamper, foreign voltage and out-of-specification. Monitor alarm sensor and cabling while input is "Masked." P/N MELM3.
• High security triple biased and balanced door contact with MELM3 line supervision. P/N SBMS3-2707A.
• Secure display unit for alarm history, status. Final phase of field-testing. P/N LLD-1.
• Redundant event and alarm buffers in the DIGI*TRAC controllers. Standard feature in controllers equipped with CCM 7.0.
• Global anti-pass back. Velocity host software threat levels with individual customer defined system reaction and operating criteria. Velocity host software.
• Automatic delete user with no system activities (absentee user rule). CCM 5.0 and later.
• User photo call-up at post. Velocity host software.

 

Contact information

Hirsch Electronics, Corporate HQ
1900-B Carnegie Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Lars R. Suneborn
Director, Government Programs
(949) 250-8888 ext. 112
 Lars@Hirschelectronics.com