General Dynamics [GD] yesterday announced a new software solution for the security management community that can integrate third party sensors and technologies into a common operating picture that is scalable and cost-effective and aids in coordinating responses to incidents.
The Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) solution will be on display next week in Philadelphia at the annual ASIS International conference that showcases security products and solutions for infrastructure protection.
The company also introduced two GSOC Integration Labs, one in Florida and the other in North Carolina, where companies and other users of security management systems can test and evaluate their various security elements to help with strategic planning and design.
GD said it can host global, regional and local companies in its labs and use the labs to engage technology partners.
“We understand the importance of information systems architecture applied to logical and physical security,” Jim Coggin, vice president and general manager for Integrated Enterprise Training Solutions at GD’s Information Technology segment, said in a statement. “Our labs are meant to be staging grounds for these efforts to ensure that the integration of products and services are properly deployed to meet the needs of our customers.”
GD says its GSOC solution addresses five capability areas through the integration of technologies, such as various communications systems, process management, data visualization, interoperability, and monitoring capabilities. Monitoring solutions include asset tracking, integrated network security, video analytics, alarm monitoring and emergency alerts using GD’s InForce and technologies from Bosch Security and ASSA ABLOY.
“Our expertise ensures that the GSOC solution can address our customers’ needs for an integrated, scalable, end-to-end security system that provides a common operating picture and enables an efficient, coordinated response to incidents,” Zannie Smith, senior vice president and general manager of GD Information Technology’s National and Homeland Security Division, said in a statement.