SOFAB Safety & Security Systems Consultancy

Physical Security Surveillance:
Advanced Applications & Technology

Time is running out to find out whether the physical security systems you have today are ready for the threats you'll face tomorrow.

Every facility is unique, and so are the threats they face. And as the nature of the threats change, so must your physical security systems. Are you ready to meet those needs and still stay within your security budget? What are the latest technologies and procedures that let you provide the most cost-efficient and cost-effective physical security solution for your organization?

Let the trained Engineers at SOFAB Safety & Security Systems organize a physical security program that is comprehensive for you. We will help to give you the tools you need to ensure that your physical security control systems are state of the art. Our intensive panel of engineers and industry leaders will help train you on how to apply the latest developments in the field, including:

• Video surveillance
• Physical barriers
• Access control systems
• Smart card technology
• Wiring plant
• Integrated systems operations and processes

Consultation:

This Consultation will be organized in a physical security program deployment cycle. The Convergence of Physical Security and IT in Access Control and Video Surveillance Systems - Convergence is a popular theme for today’s physical security specialist, and the union of physical and IT resources has had a significant effect on these two types of systems. This session will identify how these departments work together, the inherent dependence between physical and logical security programs, and how dependant electronic systems are on a network infrastructure.

Risk Assessment - This consultation session will focus on the methodology behind the identification of security risks and vulnerabilities. Resources and countermeasures will be discussed, leading the way for implementation planning.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – SOFAB Technical Advisors will highlight and review the elements of CPTED and how advanced physical security systems may also benefit from their application.

Structured Cabling Systems Technology Review and Wiring Plant Deployment – This part of the consultation session focuses on network physical and logical infrastructure, as well as aspects of network security. You will have a comprehensive plan to develop the core of a network infrastructure – the wiring plant. Layers of network devices and infrastructure discussions are added, and providing the user a strong overview of the network they are using to transmit information or monitor. We will also expand on the risk assessment of your network infrastructure to attacks from within or outside of your organization. The use of power injection in video over twisted pair applications and power over Ethernet systems also will be covered.

The Development of a Comprehensive Performance Specification - This could be the most important aspect in our Plan sub-curricula, since the specification can form the basis of the physical security project manual. The planning and execution of such a comprehensive specification is discussed and example templates from the Construction Specification Institute are used.

Electronic Access Control Systems – Will provide your team a comprehensive look – component-wide and solution-wise – at the small, mid-range, and large scale access control systems and the typical applications they service. Living on the internal or external corporate network, these solutions require the managing of data and databases. A discussion of access control technologies and their impact on and interaction with the communications infrastructure is another key discussion point. Gain a better perspective of IT issues as they pertain to the distribution of access control system information.

Biometric Use and Smart Card Technology Deployment - Learn about all styles of biometric technology, their false accept and reject percentages, and the method of user template transfer to special modules within the access control systems. An examination of the industry’s current and future smart card offerings will also be presented.

Door Hardware and Life Safety Issues - Learn about emerging advances in door hardware as they relate to security controls, and understand the life safety issues associated with managing and maintaining a secure environment.

Digital and IP Video Surveillance Systems - Should we “go IP”? This question is asked over and over. Now that access control systems are firmly established in IP deployment, what advantages and solutions does IP-based video bring to the integrated physical security solution? An overview of digital and network video recording systems and the use of storage area networks will be the focus of our consultation session. A full discussion of analog, hybrid and IP-based camera technology will also be discussed, with a primer on video compression technologies.

Access Control and Video Interface or Integration (emphasis on integration of IP video) - You have a challenge: screen visitors and personnel, but keep the personnel traffic in motion. Security control software application trends unify both access control and video surveillance systems in a powerful user interface. Learn the difference between a simple access control/video system interface and full systems integration. This Consultation will give you the insight at the emerging trends and the interaction between access controls, badging systems, intrusion detection, video recording, forensic database management, and security operations center control and response. Developments in lobby controls including innovations in visitor management and integration with security controls, biometric technology, out-of-band authentication, badge distribution, reporting and tracking of visitors will also be highlighted. We will also identify the new breed of “true” systems integrators that modify core applications to provide a truly usable solution for your varied access control systems’ deployment.

Perimeter Barrier Systems - Explore the use of barrier systems and their effectiveness including various types of Road Blockers (crash resistant barriers), fencing, bollards, knee-walls, and other methods to reduce perimeter penetration. The discussions will also provide you with screening operations and physical components such as operable bollards and gates with special emphasis on crash ratings. Integration of these physical components and safe use of devices also will be addressed.

Blast Mitigation and Structural Concerns – Will provide your team with practical data that will cover the basics of protective design for blast, an overview of progressive collapse, and blast effects. The discussion will focus on protective glazing and window systems and hardening considerations.
Upgrade Your Physical Security System - Now that you have an existing physical security system, how do you deploy enhancements and upgrades effectively? How do you specify access control and video solutions that are easily upgradeable? Is it more cost-effective to upgrade or re-purchase? What cabling or network infrastructure upgrades are needed to keep pace with core security system technologies?

Video System Management - Deploying a video system that works for you is vital to your response in the event of a security or life safety event. Review emerging behavioral models in video surveillance and threat analysis. Video analytics will be categorized and presented. Are today’s analytics working for you? Will the network system integrators be able to integrate this technology with your access control solution? Managing the surveillance system and the challenges facing the deployment of security operations and assessment center will also be part of the total solution that SOFAB is famous for.

Mobile Applications / Hand-held Devices – Part of this consultancy, is to provide comprehensive overview of mobile devices for security applications and emerging trends, ranging from access control verification to video surveillance using hand-held devices and crime prevention through demand surveillance. What infrastructure is needed? How cost-effective are satellite-based solutions? Mobile broadband applications will also be discussed in our one day total consultancy program.

Emerging Trends and Technologies in Access Control and Video Surveillance Systems - How do these trends impact the technology you are using today? Will behavioral-based systems be able to guard our facilities against reasonable threats? How will city-wide and town center security and surveillance systems be used tomorrow?

SOFAB a Manufacturer/Consultant/Advisor are the Experts in the Field of Security Management and Solutions – Our consultants are experts in this field and are ready to answer all your team queries. We promise to be both informative and convincing!