Security software - Case studies

Guildford BC uses an independent Fleet Management system and a separate Fuel Management system “It’s about risk management. We accept that occasionally accidents do happen.” says Mick Tuffs, Fleet Administrator, at Guildford Borough Council. “Even our best drivers will occasionally clip a wall, gate post or a wing mirror – it is almost inevitable from time to time. But, we need every driver to understand that now they can be identified with Traka...

Quantum Secure’s SAFE solution manages and streamlines security identities, compliance and events Electrosoft Services, Inc., a small business located in Reston, Virginia, is proud to announce it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement their Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS). As an enterprise implementation, ePACS is targeted for deployment across VA’s worldwide facilities. The solution is based on the SAFE sof...

ACT units cover 60 doors and the equipment works with intruder alarms, CCTV and perimeter intrusion French retail chain Hyper U is using an access control solution from ACT at one of its largest stores, a 20,000-square-metre property with 200 full-time personnel at the western town of Savenay in the Loire Estuary. The integrator is 2ACOM who have installed the equipment in two phases after the end-user found the ACT solution to be robust, reliable and with the functionality n...

The integrated solution comprised of over 200 Axis cameras, and automated number plate recognition systems of Security Center The National Exhibition Centre (NEC), the UK’s largest and Europe’s busiest exhibition centre has chosen Axis cameras and Genetec’s unified security platform, Security Center, to help it improve the effectiveness of its security and traffic teams, ensuring it becomes the UK’s venue of choice. The venue is located on a 610-acre s...

Latitude delivered an operating system that enabled users to view, capture, record, analyse and report video and audio Background The first Commonwealth Games (then known as the British Empire Games) were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, with 11 nations represented. A total of 400 athletes participated. The Common-wealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states comprising 1.7 billion people - almost one third of the world’s population. The Games a...

The AC2000 system integrated fully into the care centre's CCTV, intruder detection and lift control systems ADT Fire & Security, the UK’s leading provider of electronic fire and security solutions, recently announced its selection as the security provider for the new Aberdeen Emergency Care Centre. ADT won the competitive tender with a CEM AC2000 integrated access control, security management system (SMS); custom designed to secure the 400 doors throughout the premis...

Bosch MIC400 and MIC400IR cameras give visitors a complete view of the internal workings of the submarine Bosch’s rugged MIC Series, or “Metal Mickey” cameras as they are commonly known, have found an unusual application. Installed in a Second World War U-boat docked in Liverpool, the cameras give visitors an up-close look at the internal workings of an old German submarine. Located at the Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead, and operated by Merseytravel, Th...

On March 27, 2012, St. Petersburg was witness to a riveting event: a treasure trove was uncovered! Just how the treasures were found at the Naryshkin Mansion at 29 Chaikovsky St. was a bit murky: persons unknown had attempted to remove the treasures piecemeal, in bags filled with construction debris. Thievery was clearly afoot. But the wrongdoers were thwarted and the valuables were quickly put under careful watch. Historical significance Found in a hidden compartment, the treasures in the Nar...

The SafeCity implementation included over 26,000 CCTV cameras in Moscow, controlling over 10,000 doorways About SafeCity Today's municipal security goes far beyond the monitoring of selected sites. Modern integrated security systems must not only record and stream video but also analyse it intelligently, monitor all types of sensors, and provide automatic responses to problems. SafeCity combines hardware, software and operational measures to provide video security, technica...

At the exit from the exhibition titled "We care about your quality of life", the visitors at the Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia, located at the Principe Felipe Science Museum in Valencia receive a detailed printed report about the exhibition booths that they have visited. If they have tested any devices displayed at the exhibition, the report will also contain information about the results of device testing. This was made possible by integrating the FACE-Intellect system and the sof...

Founded in 1935, Gormost State Unitary Enterprise has designed, constructed and maintained many of Russia's public facilities. The company is responsible for 1,370 properties, including bridges, tunnels, embankments, fountains, municipal engineering facilities, and special installations such as memorials and monuments. With 2,300 employees, Gormost supervises over 2.0-million square meters of land and facilities. Daily activities include maintenance, repair, and cleaning, as well as ongoing cap...

The county installed a fibre communications network connecting government buildings, with a complete digital surveillance system When Brown County decided to install a centralised surveillance solution throughout its government facilities, Milestone XProtect® Corporate video management software was deployed over the existing private communications fiber network to increase safety for its departments. “We were able to develop a solution that combined multiple as...

Axxon Enterprise helps enforce fire safety throughout the port and detects smoke and fire The publicly traded Murmansk Sea Commercial Port (MSCP) was founded in 1994 as a state enterprise and is the forth-largest port in Russia - the second-largest port in all of North-Western Russia. With seventeen berths and a total of 120,000 square meters of outdoor storage space, more “black gold” is exported through the Murmansk port than through the ports of Saint-Petersburg...

In the aim of increasing the effectiveness of the response capabilities of the CIAD (Central internal affairs directorate - head office of regional or city police) of Chelyabinsk Region as well as with the goal of recording video information from main points and critical facilities in Chelyabinsk, AxxonSoft Auto-Intellect was chosen through a tender organised under the SafeCity project. This is a scalable security ANPR system that incorporates license plate recognition capabilities and various d...

A typical modern gas station is an expensive, multi-functional retail facility. Security systems intended for petrol stations must help provide a consistent, clear view of operations throughout the entire complex, assist in solving disputes, protect the station from crime and other incidents, and generally raise the profitability of the business through reliable and high-quality service. When owners of a petrol station network choose Axxon Intellect Enterprise, they receive effective monitoring...

Prevention. Detection. Suppression. Where one can bet, one can also bluff - but not when it comes to security. Gaps in this system are unacceptable; that is what they believe at the well-known Austrian bookmaking and gambling establishment Wettpunkt Casino. Since 2004, the establishment has been collaborating with engineer Gregor Geischleger from the IGG Handel & Service Company on continuously perfecting the security system. And the lead role in this process is played by the Axxon Smart PR...

Servers running Axxonsoft software were positioned in small rented offices in the near proximity Kiev is a large city with a population of around 3 million people. Like any metropolis, the regulation of traffic flows in the urban centre is an important task. Its solution has been entrusted to a system powered by Intellect. Situation Traffic jams downtown and heavy traffic uptown To reduce congestion on the roads, the city administration enforced a range of special measures...

Traka’s integration facilities can ensure keys and assets are returned at the end of each day before staff leave site The role of water companies in national infrastructure cannot be understated. Each utility company has a separate set of assets ranging from facilities to machinery, critical not only for success as a business, but also as a resource of welfare to the others using the water. Asset management and protection throughout the water and utility industry are fa...

Intellect assists in providing security and protecting the fine reputation of the Electronika bank The Electronika bank has set before itself the ambitious goal of creating the best network of branches and subsidiary offices. Systems based on AxxonSoft products assist in effectively providing the security of the constantly growing network. Client Ambitious objectives and an innovative approach Electronika joint-stock bank was founded in 1990. Initially it serviced electronic industry. Today...

Challenge: theft prevention for retail grocery stores Wakefern Food Corporation, the merchandising and distribution arm for ShopRite, is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, with locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. Saker ShopRites, Inc., owns and operates 27 supermarkets in New Jersey. Retail grocery stores are challenged to maintain security surveillance over large spaces to reduce the risk of theft, and to capture video content with a high degr...

Challenge: Security, identification, access control and surveillance In 2010, the state of Colorado approved legislation (HB 1284) governing the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of medical marijuana. Licensing and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries and the associated agricultural facilities are regulated by the Colorado Department of Revenue. While policies and rules for enforcing the laws continue to evolve, ensuring the secure operations of these facilities is a crit...

Brivo's ACS WebService system manages all main entry doors, elevators, and road entrances The situation When the owner of The Met at Warner Center, the largest condominium community in the San Fernando Valley (CA), was experiencing slow unit sales during a tough real estate market, they brought in some established experts to help turn the situation around: The RADCO Companies, an Atlanta-based, coast-to-coast developer specialising in complicated real estate transactions and...

Brivo’s OnPark system uses XML API technology to connect seamlessly with existing ACS WebService The Situation The Village at Breckenridge, Colorado (The Village) is a resort development comprising 235 residential and 28 commercial units. Few residents live at The Village year-round and the development sees brisk rental demand for the units, particularly during ski season. Nineteen different entities, including both professional property management firms and individual...

Gene Tools installed CyberLocks on padlocks, doorways, and cabinets Gene Tools LLC shipped approximately one ounce of product and expected to gross $4 million in sales. The product consists of molecules of redesigned genetic material. This material is being used by researchers to help identify the function of some of the tens of thousands of human genes whose codes have been identified but whose purpose is as yet undiscovered. The Philomath, Oregon based company also devotes s...

The Brivo solution has been installed in the administrative offices, manufacturing facility, and test centre Brivo Systems LLC, leader in cloud applications for security management, announced that the Bridgestone Golf headquarters in Covington, GA, has deployed the Brivo ACS WebService cloud-based solution to improve safety and security. Southeastern Security Professionals, LLC. (SSP), based in Suwanee, GA, is the dealer and installer for this project. “We had outgrown...

Over eight Brivo wireless control panels were installed at the airport The Situation Santa Monica Municipal Airport sits on approximately 227 acres in the city of Santa Monica, California. It is one of the busiest single-runway airports in the nation with more than 150,000 flights per year. The perimeter of the airport property and other restricted areas are controlled by fencing and eight access gates. Previously, a standard non-networked punch code access system was used t...

The installation manages access to the main entryways of two buildings, each equipped with proximity readers The Situation Parkadon Management Inc. is a property management company specialising in Federal Section 8 housing (affordable housing), with offices located in Manhattan, Harlem, Brooklyn, and Jersey City, New Jersey. The management of Section 8 housing is a hard financial model to make work. At one project alone, the company experienced a $100,000 cost overrun in pro...

Eleven gates are controlled by the wireless control panels while two are controlled by IP-based controllers The Situation Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Colorado’s 4th busiest airport, has more than 180,000 take-offs and landings each year. The airport is home to a number of flight and helicopter schools and is the North American headquarters for Pilatus Business Aircraft. At any one time there are more than 2,300 airport and service-related personnel who need ac...

The church installed CyberLock on the exterior doorways, offices, classrooms and play area Problem: Re-Keying an Entire Facility Grace Christian Center, located in Killeen, Texas has approximately 170 doorways throughout 3 buildings, and over 2,000 adult members. With a facility of this size, they faced significant key control issues. “Our biggest concern was having to re-key the entire facility everytime someone lost a key ring, or a master key,” said Pastor Stev...