SAFE Airport Edition brochure - Saab

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addressing
your challenges
SAFE is a user-friendly, flexible and cost-efficient system
designed to provide superior situational awareness. It is ideal for
managing people and other resources as well as additional support
systems. The system offers outstanding integration capabilities
and complete configurability, which means increased efficiency,
decreased costs and no development needed for new customer
installations.
SAFE provides role-based situation awareness and information
distribution between users which improve customer critical
operational flows. It allows clients to view the exact same situational
picture and also share information about areas, flows, layouts, track
labels and more among themselves. The systems’ easy-to-use interface
is easily adapted when business flows or processes improve
or change.
In the complex environment of, for instance, an airport quick
response to any alarm or disruption is essential when lives or
infrastructure are at risk. By delivering unique real-time business
intelligence and instant information sharing, the SAFE system
can shorten response times, optimize operations and improve
business flows.
The SAFE system is highly capable and addresses the most
challenging demands of day-to-day operations as well as those in
severe crisis management. It is a great system for operating and
controlling any venture or business, providing unique capabilities
when it comes to enhancing situational awareness, increasing
security, improving business flows and reducing costs.
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main functionalities
today, airports are facing demanding challenges.
The threat situation, the competition, and new regulations – they
all call for solutions with the ability to increase and ensure safety,
security and efficiency alike. SAFE covers all the needs of an airport,
making it possible to optimize the flow and safety of people
and goods, without compromising security.
SAFE is a modular system offering a variety of configuration
possibilities. It can be fully adapted to suit any operational need
at any given time.
Key characteristics for the SAFE system are; a uniform environment,
easy to add functionality and a task-specific user interface.
The system design enables different modules to be deployed simultaneously
and the addition or exclusion of new functionalities by
merely plugging in or removing modules. This ensures cost-efficient
operations scaled to precise customer needs.
Main functionalities included in and necessary for running
the SAFE Airport Edition:
• Information sharing, making communication easier and quicker,
providing users with a common and superior situational picture.
• Decision support, by making action plans for critical situations
available to all authorized users at all times helps and support
decision-making.
• Workflow management that allows a continuous business flow
and improves operational performance and efficiency.
• Logging of events and activities which provides statistics that can
be used for SLA fulfillment and operational improvements.
• Map functionality displaying where different resources and issues
are positioned and what privileges each resource has.
• One common interface, meaning that the information from SAFE
and the sub systems is uniformly presented to all users.
• Scalability, making it possible for different roles to have
customized layouts and dedicated equipment (PDA, touch screen,
installations with reduced functionality) and the ability to easily
extend the number of clients.
BASE MODULES
OPERATOR
CLIENT
COMMON
OPERATIONAL
PICTURE
WORKFLOW
MANAGEMENT
RULE ENGINE
INTEGRATION
ENGINE
Flexible administration
System status
Issue management
Sensor rules
Adapter interface
Role based layout
Operational overview
Roles and
responsibility areas
Filtering
Alarm handling
Multi monitor support
GIS Integration
Action plans
Sensor commands
Customizable user
interface
OPTIONS
SUPPORT
INTEGRATION
ENGINE
VIDEO
GATEWAYS
SUPPORT
Access Integration
Video management
• Existing Primary
gateway
• Existing Advanced
gateway
SAFE Support
and Supply
Elevator management
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this is
how it works
is it possible for one single system to
control and handle all security tasks at an
airport? With SAFE it is. In fact, by using
SAFE, a great part of the daily work can be
administrated and supervised by operators
in a command center.
Every design decision made during the
development of the SAFE Airport Edition
is based on Saab’s extensive experience and
understanding of the operational needs of
an airport. This expertise, combined with
the ability to put together a complete and
customized technical solution, allows SAFE
to optimize routines and improve efficiency
while bringing security to a higher level.
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There are three main reasons that makes
SAFE a great choice for operating and
supervising an airport:
Increased security – Airports and
travel centers using SAFE can establish and
maintain a higher level of control and efficiency
with fewer people involved, because
many routines and procedures are handled
automatically by the system.
Integration – The GIS (Geographic
Information System) integration with its
advanced map functionality is key for
creating a common operational picture.
The map displays issues and resources and
in case of an alarm it will provide immediate
access to associated cameras. Any user
logged in to SAFE can also use the mapdrawing
tool to highlight an area and manually
move and position resources in the map.
Workflow management – SAFE
offers a common situational picture where
users can receive and share essential information.
Lists showing all resources, current
assignments, issues and alarms combined
with GIS integration and video surveillance
provide the operator with the tools needed
to control any situation.
SAFE is the top layer of the security
solution, the one visible to the operator
and from where the operator performs
all actions and tasks. All other security
systems, in current or future use, may be
integrated with SAFE. A SAFE installation
is easily maintained and scalable. It may
be upgraded and changed – including the
replacement of subsystems – according to
the business’ changing needs.

Business Intelligence
The ability to quickly adjust and change routes and staffing are vital
for operating an airport efficiently. SAFE provide several tools for
assessments and staff planning based on previous data and statistics.
Advanced data mining can be done with the QlikView Business
Discovery Platform, which is available through the SAFE GUI.
The SAFE System also has a built in reporting functionality that
handles both standard and customized reports.
This helps cut time and money spent in, for instance, security checks
as queues can be detected in real time via video, enabling the planning
of staff numbers required at check-in or passport and security control.
Based on historical flows, efforts can be optimized by day and location.
Dispatch
SAFE includes integrated communication solutions and functions
for secure and reliable interaction with various types of mobile
clients and portable units, and between all roles and users within
the system.
The ability to constantly track and route plan resources, combined
with integrated and advanced map functions provide the operator
with the tools needed to optimize the resources available.
Saab can also provide a solution for vehicle integration that
combines navigation, information, control panel, GPS, etc. in one
single unit that is fully adaptable to the SAFE system.
GIS/Map functionality
The map functionality is essential to maintain control over large geographical
areas and people working with different assignments and
responsibilities. In all security operations a key factor is the common
operational picture, and within airport operations, where people
and other resources are spread over large areas, the map provides
an important foundation for instant information sharing and visual
confirmation of incidents.
Integrated video view
With SAFE, no external video system is needed as video views are
already integrated in the system. This means that operators spend
less time changing focus accessing different systems, while more
time can be spent on acting on the incidents and tasks at hand.
Monitoring large areas in pre-defined, recurring video rounds
is one of the most common assignments in an airport. In case of
deviations or incidents, an assignment is created by the operator
and sent to a guard. With SAFE’s integrated video system, this is
easily managed and performed with maintained visual focus.
By allowing operators to direct and facilitate flows and detect queues
in real time, the system is a vital support for Business Intelligence.

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customer
references
SAFE airport edition is one of three pre-configured editions of
the SAFE system. The Airport Edition has been developed by Saab’s
security solution specialists in close cooperation with Swedavia –
the state owned company operating several major Swedish airports.
Two of these airports are Arlanda and Bromma, where SAFE is
installed as part of the overall security solution.
Together with a number of subsystems SAFE creates a modern
and flexible security solution, with focus on improving security
and increasing efficiency. A user friendly and scalable solution that
is easily adapted to changing operational requirements, as well as
future technical needs.
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brief technical
specification
General design decisions
Scalability
SAFE uses a SOA architecture built on WCF.
This enables the use of standardized server functionality for load
distribution. Persistent storage is handled using Microsoft SQL Server
which enables the use of redundant database servers and storage
area networks.
Availability
The WCF based SOA architecture enables the use of standardized
methods for service redundancy.
Security
A federated security model using Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)
is used, as well as a claims-based authorization model. This provides
fine granularity for the developer and moves the coarse role-based
configuration to a third party token service.
Maintainability
A modular architecture where C# and .net is used, providing a
high level language with a large framework and garbage collection.
Standard components are used extensively. This limits the amount
of code to be maintained.
SAFE Deployment guidelines: Airport Prison Medium
A: Primary
B: Secondary
Virtual Servers
Core LAN
Active Directory (AD)
A & B
Virtual Host
VDI Cluster
Virtual Host
AD Federation Server
A & B
Cluster
SAFE C2 Server
A & B
Cluster
Server LAN
Virtual Host
Server Cluster
Server LAN
Virtual Host
Core LAN
SAFE SIP Server
SQL Server
A: SIP 1
B: SIP 2
A & B
Cluster
Server Cluster
Virtual Center
Virtual Host
Virtual Host
Passage Control System
Backup
Management System
Storage LAN
Storage LAN
Clients & Subsystems
SAN
SAN
PDA Video Clients Mobile TeleCom Vehicles
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English - November - 2011