Products from the perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) company Senstar were recently selected to protect five airports in various locations. These sites join the list of hundreds of civilian and military airports using Senstar products, the Canadian company reports.
Senstar Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Weese said: “Airport infrastructure and assets represent a vital economic engine for many cities and countries making them prime targets for vandals, thieves and terrorists. Senstar products help to keep operations, goods and people safe and moving.”
The company says that its video management systems (VMS), video analytics, and associated hardware reduce operator workload and aid overall security monitoring by automatically detecting persons of interest, items left in public spaces, crowd formations, and wrong way movement between landside and airside egress points. These products also streamline operations and centralise IT management in the cloud, saving time and money, the company adds. Its PIDS provide early warning of unauthorised entry onto airport grounds, including into sensitive areas within the apron such as aircraft parking, fuel storage, electrical substations, and navigation/communication equipment areas.
Weese added: “While Senstar VMS and PIDS are open platforms designed for integration with a wide variety of systems, they work even better together.”
The manufacturer adds that integration enables security personnel to monitor a range of sensors and cameras from a single workstation, with the result being simplified operator interfaces and reduced response times. For a real world demonstration on the benefits of integrated VMS and PIDS solutions, watch the surveillance video of a recent perimeter intrusion attempt.
The new airport projects use the following products: Symphony VMS (manages 250 cameras), Enterprise Manager software (central cloud management), Thin Client network video display appliances, Face Recognition, Automatic License Plate Recognition, Left and Removed Item Detection, Outdoor People and Vehicle Tracker analytics, FiberPatrol fiber optic fence-mounted intrusion detection system, and OmniTrax buried cable intrusion detection.
