RiskXtraJune2019

Converged Security Centre at IFSEC International 2019
engineering) and John Allen (business
development manager for access control, again
across Northern Europe).
These professionals will present a variety of
scenarios on two 75-inch screens and show
how combined security technologies identify
incidents and automate a fast response. By
leveraging disparate sources of data,
organisations can manage a situation in realtime
without having to go to multiple individual
sub-systems in order to ‘get the job done’.
There will be much informed discussion
around the concept, reality and evolution of
having both physical and cyber security teams
managing and collaborating in the same
Security Operations Centre, with Micro Focus’
IDOL providing the AI capability to make sense
of all the volumes of data.
The technological advancements in
Converged Security and Information
Management (CSIM) mean that Vidsys readily
connects an organisation’s vital security
systems, such as IT security information and
event management (SIEM), video surveillance
and management systems, security analysis,
investigative tools and reporting platforms, in
turn allowing operators to base their decisions
on an holistic view of the entire ecosystem. The
software alerts operators of potential security
risks to the host company’s IT infrastructure,
buildings, assets and/or employees.
Together, Vidsys and Micro Focus’ IDOL
enable the real-time processing of data (eg
video, images, audio, text, logs and
transactions) that’s diverse in format and in
origin (eg CCTV corporate databases, e-mail,
sensors, social media and broadcast media), as
well as automated analysis to identify issues or
potential threats, streamlined workflow for
alerts and responses and, last but by no means
least, open standards connectivity to third
party systems for easy integration.
Smarter and safer
Axis Communications will demonstrate how
cyber secure CCTV solutions can integrate with
the Vidsys platform such that physical and IoT
systems are protected.
The company stated: “We’re pleased to be
participating in the Converged Security Centre.
As the premier event for the physical security
industry, it’s vital that IFSEC educates its
visitors on the threat posed by cyber security
and the urgent requirement for physical
security and information security to converge.
The issues surrounding converged security are
critical in terms of helping to ensure that the
security industry works together to offer the
smartest and safest future possible.”
“What’s so good to see is the collaboration across the cyber
and physical security space that can be enabled by the
technologies on display at IFSEC International”
Our fourth partner, Ipsotek, specialises in
scenario-based video analytics. Its patented
approach allows multiple behaviour
descriptions to be applied simultaneously or in
predefined sequences. Indeed, it’s these
scenario combinations that create an exact
description of the target behaviour, thereby
affording dependable real alerts and
dramatically reduced false alarms.
In addition, Salam Technology will join us to
share its in-depth insights into how all of these
systems can integrate within myriad host
organisations’ own business environments.
What’s so good to see is the collaboration
across the cyber and physical security space
that can be enabled by the technologies on
display at IFSEC International. We’ll ask all of
the invited guest speakers to comment on what
has been shown and conclude each session
with all-important Q&A time involving the
audience. The Converged Security Centre has
space for around 50 attendees. We hope some
passers-by will stop and listen in, too.
Interested parties are advised to arrive early as
there has been a great deal of interest in the
Centre on social media, with thousands of
views of our Twitter posts.
Guest speakers include Professor Martin Gill
CSyP FSyI (director of Perpetuity Research and
Consultancy International), Alan Jenkins (head
of advisory services at 2|SEC Consulting) and
David Clark (CSO and head of logistics at The
Francis Crick Institute and also chair of ASIS
International’s UK Chapter 208), all of whom
will provide highly knowledgeable and practical
responses to security convergence based on
their own research and experiences.
The first session on Tuesday 18 June focuses
on how Converged Security Centres respond in
real-time to physical and online threats.
One of the scenarios to be presented focuses
on a large sporting event. Tweets start pouring
in about an upcoming protest at a stadium
aimed at disrupting the event at a certain time.
Some protestors threaten to march inside and
attempt to halt the game. All Tweets are from
anonymous sources whose identities cannot be
confirmed. Vidsys’ CSIM automatically allows
security officers to view live video feeds from
stationary cameras, drones and the incoming
Tweets all under one common operating
picture, monitor the situation and respond
swiftly to any developing scenarios.
James Willison BA MA MSyI:
Founder of Unified Security
Sarb Sembhi CISM:
CISO at Virtually Informed
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