An Open Integration Platform enables the integration of various discrete security systems, allowing for efficient management through a central user interface.
This capability enhances the identification and resolution of security situations. Known as a PSIM or security and building management system, such platforms are crucial in modern security management.
WinGuard is an Open Integration Platform that facilitates cross-domain integration encompassing security, building, and communication technologies. It allows seamless connectivity to additional systems like incident management and ticketing platforms.
By aggregating incidents from different sources, WinGuard enhances user situation awareness through intelligent event visualisation, supported by dynamic workflows and SOPs.
WinGuard boasts over 550 adapter drivers supporting a wide spectrum of security, building, and communication technologies, with potential for the development of new adapters to meet diverse project requirements.
It is recognised internationally as a pioneering Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) system with over 2,700 installations across various sectors.
The software offers a customisable user interface that presents situational content such as maps and camera feeds. Guided process instructions assist users in handling events efficiently and securely.
All actions, including messages and user inputs, are logged for creating reports and evaluations to gain insights into key figures of connected systems.
WinGuard's scalability ranges from single workstation systems to globally networked control centres with options to expand using additional servers and workstations.
Its architecture supports high availability and security, with data encryption via AES 256 and constant system readiness ensured through hot standby and redundancy strategies.
WinGuard's open architecture is complemented by a vast array of manufacturer-specific adapter modules. The platform supports custom solutions and enhancements, enabling users to integrate ticketing, incident management, and evaluation tools.
With Advancis Open Platform (AOP), users can customise the software extensively, offering limitless potential for bespoke applications.
The system is adaptable for use in single-site locations or across multiple sites like retail chains, allowing automatic execution of actions at each connected location. The software's extensibility also facilitates the integration of mission-control, ticketing, or data analysis systems, enhancing operational efficiency and customisation.
Functionality within WinGuard includes support for CAD files and dynamic event routing. Mobile access via web and apps (iOS and Android) offers real-time visibility of control centre events.
The Video Manager feature unifies control over various video systems. Additionally, it supports security management with comprehensive user rights and redundancy features, ensuring uninterrupted operations.
WinGuard offers a tailored licensing model supporting a variety of system requirements. The system efficiently manages data points, each necessitating specific unit licenses, which can be extended over time. This flexibility facilitates strategic project planning and functional expansion in line with installation demands.
An Open Integration Platform is a software that integrates several unconnected security systems, controlling them via a unified user adapter. This enables the user to detect occuring situations and to resolve them in an optimal way. Such a solution is often also called a PSIM or security and building management system.
WinGuard is an Open Integration Platform reaching far beyond the common scope, offering the possibility for cross-domain integration of the complete security, building and communication technology. In addition, the connection to further systems such as e.g. incident management or ticketing systems can be realized seamlessly.
WinGuard collects all incidents from different security and information systems. The intelligent event visualisation enables the user to easily identify situations. Dynamic workflows and SOPs as well as automatic actions support the user in the control centre.
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Currently, more than 550 adapter drivers are available to a wide variety of security, building and communication technology systems. Furthermore, the development of new adapters is also possible. Thus, WinGuard is the ideal solution for most diverse project requirements.
Open platform
With more than 2,700 realized installations in different application areas, WinGuard is one of the internationally market-pioneering Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) systems.
Due to the vendor-neutral and open architecture of the software platform, the entire technical infrastructure of a building can be visualized and controlled. This considerably simplifies the complex workflows in a control centre.
Guided operation
The user works with an intuitive and customizable user adapter providing him with content such as maps and camera images depending on the situation. Guided process instructions support the user in event processing and lead him through the necessary actions to resolve the situation in a quick and secure way.
Reports & evaluation
All events like messages and user entries are logged in WinGuard. Based on this data, reports and evaluations can be created which provide a quick overview of relevant key figures of the connected systems and the control centre. For external use, the information can be exported to common formats or provided in real-time.
Free scalability
The platform is scalable from a single workstation system to internationally networked control centres and can be extended anytime with additional servers and workstations, function modules and adapters.
Security & stability
The WinGuard location and redundancy concept allows the realization of complex system architectures and fallback scenarios. The system availability is constantly ensured via hot standby.
The distributed data storage enables fluent working even at locations which are connected via a low bandwidth. The network connections are always encrypted by WinGuard according to current standards (AES 256).
Extensibility
In addition to special solutions for different industries, open adapters and the close collaboration with other companies enable the system to be extended and additional use cases to be covered. Examples are ticketing systems, incident management systems and various evaluation tools (KPIs, health monitoring, etc.).
Used everywhere
Cross-site installations, e.g. the globally distributed stores of a retail chain, benefit from automatic actions executed via WinGuard at each connected site. The connection of further process supporting software, e.g. mission control, ticketing or further data analysis systems, can be easily realized.
In addition, the Advancis Open Platform (AOP) enables the user to extend the software itself as desired with functionalities, adapters and individual UI components as a generic concept.
There are virtually no limits to the use of custom components. In this way, even “applications within the application” can be implemented. All extensions integrate seamlessly into the existing application.
Flexible and scalable
WinGuard is scalable from a single workstation system to an internationally cross-linked control centre and can be extended anytime by further servers and clients.
Already WinGuard Express enables cost-efficient monitoring and control of a single site by e.g. linking the access control system with CCTV and/or connecting a fire alarm system with up to 3,000 detectors. In addition, the iOS or Android App can already be used with the Express solution, enabling mobile access to the platform and all connected systems.
Distributed systems for installations with several or numerous workstations profit in particular from central documentation and comprehensive reporting possibilities. In addition, the multiple redundancy as well as the high availability of the system lead to a high level of reliability in larger installations.
This is particularly important in critical environments, e.g. in finance, data centres, correctional facilities or other highly sensitive areas.
Customizable system
With individually adapted modules for specific functionalities, workflows or industries, WinGuard meets even very special requirements.
Modular & scalable
With individual function modules as well as the possibility to freely extend the overall system, WinGuard always offers the perfect solution for different requirements.
Open architecture
Subsystems are connected to WinGuard via adapters. Besides the support of open standards, WinGuard offers more than 550 manufacturer-specific adapter modules.
Encryption
In addition to network communication secured by TLS, the database can also be encrypted with AES according to the highest security standards.
CAD Support
The WinGuard CAD Support allows the import or linkage of CAD graphics, among others in DWG, DXF and DGN format. Using CAD Support plus, the automatic transfer of detector positions is also possible.
Notifications
WinGuard Event Routing offers a dynamic forwarding of event messages to workstations and mobile devices. Furthermore, it is also possible to send text messages and voice recordings.
Mobile devices
Web access and apps (iOS and Android) provide clear access to all events and operations of the control centre at any time.
Video Manager
Using the WinGuard Video Manager, analogue and digital video systems can be controlled. Image displays, PTZ control and archive access are realized in a unified way, provided that the connected systems offer these functions.
Video Archive
The Video Archive offers the possibility to create bookmarks and store sequences in WinGuard, independent of the video system. The bookmarks or sequences can be linked to events and additional notes can be attached.
Security efficient and effective
Transform the process of individual enterprise security into an easy and secure process
User administration
WinGuard offers a comprehensive user and rights management. As an option, an existing Active Directory (LDAP) can be applied for user administration.
Redundancy
Using several WinGuard Standby Servers, the complete database of the main system is continuously kept on one or more other computers. This ensures the system availability and stability at any time.
Locations
Distributed locations can be linked via location servers to ensure an independent operation of the locations in case of a possible breakdown of the central server or the network.
Geo information
Integration of geographic information systems. The positions and states of datapoints can be dynamically visualized on maps and integrated in event processing.
Segmentation
Using segmentation, the database of network systems can be divided into segments in order to limit access to customer or location data.
Configuration
With the integrated Graphic and Text Editor, creation and editing of overview and event graphics as well as of workflows is possible. The user adapter can be individually adapted via user layouts and profiles.
Facility Manager
The WinGuard Facility Manager enables collection of maintenance dates and inspection intervals for unconnected systems such as e.g. fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, air conditioning, etc.
Scheduler
The Scheduler module provides calendars, time schedules, a dead man’s handle function, automatic actions as well as control operations (scheduled and monitored system controls) in WinGuard.
The WinGuard licence model
The WinGuard licence model includes four different basic systems which can be extended by optional modules (function or adapter modules), either directly at purchase or at a later point in time.
All detector groups, cameras, intercom stations, etc. are uniformly managed as data points in WinGuard. Data points each require one (e.g. fire and intrusion detectors, lighting, monitors) or several data point unit licenses (e.g. doors, cameras, call stations).
A function for the automatic projection of data points simplifies project planning. The more extensive an installation is, the more data point units are required for the connection to WinGuard.
