Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems awarded CPNI (SEAP) Approval

The Southwest Microwave Perimeter Security range has received government certification from the United Kingdom’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) for its INTREPID™ MicroPoint™ II intelligent fence-mounted perimeter intrusion detection sensor.  

Focused on the protection of national security and to reducing vulnerability of the UK and its interests overseas to terrorist or criminal threat, CPNI provides protective security advice spanning physical, personnel and cyber/information security. Tasked with recommendation and specification of security measures and protocols that deter, detect or minimize the consequences of attack, CPNI employs a range of stringent professional standards to rigorously test and approve physical security equipment for the protection of critical national infrastructure (CNI) sites.

Certification of MicroPoint II by CPNI qualifies the system as a reliable perimeter fence detection solution for the fortification of critical national infrastructure.

All MicroPoint II system componentry, including the Processor Module (PM II), Control Module (CM II), MicroPoint MC115 (standard) and MC315 (armored) sensor cables, JB70A Lightning and Surge Protection Module and PS49 Power Supply, are now itemized in CPNI’s Catalogue of Security Equipment, published to support key public and private sectors partners in the selection of equipment approved to protect essential national services and assets.

The INTREPID MicroPoint II fence-mounted perimeter intrusion detection system has been deployed worldwide to secure critical energy, transportation, government and industrial sites, along with many other facilities linked to critical national infrastructure.

The successful accreditation of MicroPoint II by CPNI reinforces its capabilities as an effective counter-terror solution for the highest security applications, both in the UK and abroad.

For a quotation of the INTREPID MicroPoint II system and Southwest Microwave’s complete range of intelligent detection solutions, call +44 01536 461200.Visit our Website

Avigilon 4 Camera High Definition CCTV Surveillance LAN surveillance System

Sonic Security Services recently completed an Avigilon High Definition Megapixel Security Surveillance system to provide increased levels of security for a Car Parking area for commercial use.The system monitors all points of entry and exit to the Car Park as well as the general fields of view using 4 x Aviglion High Definition IR cameras.


Avigilon High Security Car Park Surveillance - These cameras are mounted on a wall column with anti-climb bracket. The cameras are all 3 megapixel with analytics which will record on motion and configured events.  The Avigilon software is accessed remotely using the Customers WAN/LAN which allows the retrieval of registration plates and any other high definition details.  Avigilon allows the Customer to zoom in to identify vital information as and when required.

Grosvenor Technology - Sateon Access Control

All our Technicians are now fully trained and up to date with the new Sateon Access control system.


SATEON is 100% browser-based which means all system configuration and administrative tasks can be done from any PC on your network, you can work in a convenient, familiar and highly user-friendly environment, and you can access SATEON from anywhere.

Being browser-based also means there is no need for software to be installed on users’ PCs, cutting out the need for a lengthy installation process and dependency on your IT department, saving server space, time, need for ongoing IT support from your own IT department and most importantly cost.


For a free demonstration on the Grosvenor Sateon system call us on 0800281014.

Asset Management National Contractor Status - Avigilon Partner

Sonic Security Services have recently been awarded as main contractor for an asset management company nationwide for the supply and installation of HDSM Avigilon  

http://sonicsecurity.co.uk/AvigilonHDSM 

http://sonicsecurity.co.uk/Avigilon_Partner_Installers 

For more information please email sales@sonicsecurity.co.uk
 

Winter Holiday Opening Hours

We write to thank you for your continued Custom over the past year also to let you know when we will be closed over the Winter Holidays as noted below:

Wed 24/12/2014 Open until mid-day

Thu 25/12/2014 Closed

Fri 26/12/2014 Closed

Sat 28/12/2014 Closed

Mon 29/12/2014 Closed

Tue 30/12/2014 Closed

Wed 31/12/2014 Closed

Thu 01/01/2015 Closed

Fri 02/01/2015 Closed*

*As many Companies shall remain closed on this Friday we shall return Monday 05/01/2015.
All emergency calls over the Holiday period can be made to our Alarm Receiving Centre on our service call number 01908 658119 to request our duty Technician to attend your call-out request.*  For Customers that celebrate Xmas we wish a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  This year we are continuing our to support our local charity CRANSLEY HOSPICE.

*All emergency calls requested over the Holiday Periods will be subject to the current call-out rates for Winter Holidays.

Safe Driving in Fog

Safe Driving Over Winter and especially in Fog

We are approaching that time of year when visibility can be extremely dangerous.  While we wish all our Customer, Employees and Website Visitors happy holidays over the Winter period we should all take extra care driving of over the next few months.  A recent edition of the TV program Qi announced that Fog in the UK, especially in Greater London causes more fatalities than any other type of weather, due to vehicle driving crashes under extreme Fog conditions.

Taking precautions and knowing what to do when on the road can help reduce risk.  Fog dramatically reduces visibility, meaning motorists must reduce their speeds significantly to ensure the roads are safe for both themselves and other users.

Fog lights: The Highway Code states that headlights must be used when visibility is less than 100 metres – roughly the length of a football pitch. Those needing to travel are advised to take extra care and ensure their lights (particularly fog lights) are in good working order before setting off. Drivers should also carry a mobile phone with a fully-charged battery and car adaptor if available (together with contact numbers if not already stored on the phone), and should ensure that their fuel tank is full, as using lights and heating can use a lot more fuel than usual.

Please Drive Safe and Keep Alive.

For more information please visit the following websites.

www.rac.co.uk/advice/winter-driving/
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/seasonal/winter_motoring.html

5 Ways to Protect Your IP System From Getting Hacked

Last March, the Crown Casino in Australia made international headlines after a group of high-rolling card players were able gain unauthorized access into the casino’s video surveillance system in order to cheat Crown out of $33 million in illegal winnings. Journalists were quick to compare the elaborate heist to the storyline of the 2001 feature film, Oceans 11, where Brad Pitt and George Clooney starred as the masterminds behind robbing a high-profile Las Vegas casino for $150 million.   

Given that Pitt and Clooney’s characters were perceived as the good guys in the movie – to whom the audience rallied behind to pull off the impossible - it was no surprise that the crime in Australia was glamorized and was taken lightly in the public eye.

While it is easy to dismiss the Australian casino heist, many people within the security industry were hit with the reality that new approaches needed to be taken with advanced technology. Making sure your IP surveillance system is secure from outside threats is vital no matter if you are a well-known Las Vegas casino or a privately owned retail store. We spoke to Michael Miller, the president of The Wire Guys, a surveillance system integrator based in the eastern United States, to discuss this topic. Miller came up with five ways end users can protect themselves from getting hacked.  

Use a Dedicated Network for Your Clients and Your Servers

Miller: I don’t know the particulars as far as the Australia casino heist, but if you have your security network on your same corporate network, which is tied to your wireless network, and if it’s all on the same subnet, it’s pretty wide open at that point. That would be my guess to what might have happened in Australia. It would be absolutely crazy for a casino to be set up like that if they were. But technically in a casino, just like in hospitals, everything is separate and dedicated. There’s absolutely no way to get to the cameras from their corporate network.

If their network is set up like that we will step in. But a lot of times, the IT departments are in control already, so they set the rules and regulations and we conform to what they recommend to us. What we would typically recommend is having a totally dedicated separate network. Separate switches, separate cables, separate everything. Even the client machines are on their own dedicated networks. Make it so that it's physically impossible to go from your corporate network to your camera network. That’s the best way to do it.

Change Your Passwords

Miller: Make sure you change all of your passwords on your cameras and your switches. You can use authentication on your network to make sure that only the devices that you want on your network are on your network. Those are the things that you would typically want to do.

From Remote Access Use Your VPN

Miller: There are two ways to give remote access to your system. The first option would be to open a hole in your firewall, or as we call it port-forwarding. The other option, which is more secure, would be to do a VPN access. So basically, from your mobile device, you can initiate a virtual private network back to your firewall which puts you on your network. That is much more secure than just opening up ports at that point. Then you have your username and password you have to enter for Avigilon’s ACC Mobile, so you have VPN and your username and password to get into the system.  

Don’t Use Your VMS server With Company Information on it – Dedicate a System for Surveillance

Miller: If you circumvent the VMS and go directly to the cameras, then you can see the live feeds. If you can get into the server, you can access recorded footage potentially delete recorded footage. Typically, especially the way we build system and the majority of companies that know what they are doing - you’re not going to share your surveillance system, with your SQL server, with you database with everybody’s AR department, you wouldn’t want to do it that way.

Check to See Who is Accessing Your Networks

Miller: Well Avigilon’s system can do that and most VMS’ can do that. It gets a lot trickier though if they're circumventing the VMS and going straight to the cameras. If you have a firewall in between, then you can track IP addresses and Mac addresses and see who’s accessing your network. And even some of the cameras have logs in them as well so you can see what IP address and what user would have accessed them.

Used with the permission of avigilon.com/connected.