Safe City Report

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The world must now prepare for national security risks that most of us assume “would not happen to us”. Governments now have to accept this could happen to any of us, anywhere and at any time. This Safe City Report shows just some of the serious security threats in and around a city. Viseum UK is now helping mitigate these risks as part of Safe City initiatives:

Airport Security

Airport Security is one of Viseum UK’s strongest growth markets. The entire airport site is protected with a higher level of security than ever, and using Viseum’s video analysis software, such as iVOS F3 (Find, Fix and Follow) and Viseum Face Recognition Software Technology Services, each person’s location and actions can be found and followed both in real time and retrospectively, delivering the safest available travel. Viseum technology demonstrations convince customers that they can optimise their entire security infrastructure. They can improve the performance of their entire security operation and save significant staff training costs.

Security risks remain until Viseum’s Red and Blue Team Services have been used. Many international airports only plan for low-level security risks that they have experienced locally. They still do not plan for anything like the unexpected terrorist attack. This could have catastrophic consequences.

Infrastructure Security

Power Plant Security

One of Viseum UK’s first security projects to protect power plant infrastructure was in the Middle East. The first remote site was a newly built gas turbine power plant. Heightened security was needed from the outset to protect the site’s perimeter. Approaches to the perimeter had to be detected from all directions at extreme distances. The Viseum cameras were also needed for surveillance inside the plant. The ideal solution was to use Viseum’s long-range Thermal and Radar IMC operating together with Viseum’s Counter Drone Systems.

Water Services

Viseum is helping protect the water supply, water quality and sewerage system. This work is for a water supply organisation in the eastern hemisphere. They have 2 million customers and over $12 billion worth of assets. They have over 400 remote locations, each with multiple access points and very few with any on-site infrastructure. Viseum technology, with its customised solar power modules and secure long-range wireless broadband, met the requirement where conventional installations could not. The initial inspection of these remote sites revealed obvious signs of illegal trespassing and contamination. The meter boxes at many sites were vandalised. Many had water valve damage, each costing $15,000 to repair. The head of security for this organisation said, “The Viseum camera is an exciting product and something we have long been looking for.”

Situational Awareness

Viseum’s overt cameras are the strongest available deterrent for criminal activity. This is because they appear to be constantly manned by operators. Viseum solutions can also give the customer complete situational awareness and control over each individual security threat, including how each scenario develops and ends. Security staff can be confident of an early security alarm. They can be fully primed to intervene and warn off a suspect. Or, at a moment of their choosing, they can help apprehend the perpetrator.

Prisons

One of our first installations for prisons was for the Irish Prison Service. This prison’s primary security requirement is to keep prisoners inside the compound perimeter. They needed better coverage, giving greater accuracy and earlier warning of inmates approaching too close to the boundary.

In practice, the customer also wanted a cost saving and a security improvement. The customer quickly realised that their cameras can now do more than just one security task at a time. This customer now also uses Viseum cameras for surveillance of inmates’ circulation within the compound. Just one application is for automatically detecting the smuggling of drugs and cigarettes.

Construction Site Security

This market grew from Viseum’s involvement in the UK’s construction industry and, in particular, the protection of asset storage facilities. Another project was the new $20 billion development at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, USA. This construction project urgently needed extensive security coverage for its rapidly expanding real estate perimeter. The Viseum solution was a natural choice. New capabilities of Viseum IMC cameras are easily understood. Additional requirements are then included. This is to automatically detect, confirm, count and index people and vehicles entering their remote sites.

One example of Viseum’s new markets in the USA

Perimeter Surveillance Security

Our perimeter surveillance security solutions are superior because, unlike fixed camera and fence sensor installations, no section of the boundary appears to be unwatched. This is because all Viseum camera points operate as if they are constantly manned. The technical performance and reliability of Viseum Intelligent security solutions produce the most effective surveillance equipment and software to deter, warn and defend against the threat of security breaches.

Security Risk: The cost of construction plant theft was around £1.5 million a week in the UK.