Holistic Design and All-Hazards Risk Mitigation Meet the Intelligent Fence
by Jack Turley
At Gallagher, we believe protecting the perimeter should be more highly leveraged in the security technology architecture. A recent discussion around holistic building design might include a discussion around the information that should be gathered from potential and real intrusions at the borders of your property.
Thus a discussion around an 'intelligent' fence as an endpoint gathering data and enforcing protocols becomes extremely relevant. We are seeing the need for intelligence at the perimeter in private and public applications such as utilities, critical infrastructure, corrections, and the military.
We believe a number of important value elements should be in place that should be considered as you approach your risk mitigation strategy around the perimeter:
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Zoning: the ability to configure areas against your risk profiles and your traffic patterns
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Intelligent Alarm Recognition: Differentiating between interference and intrusion
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Scalability: Both at the perimeter and in the integration with your access control technology and your security operations center.
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Maintainability: You need durable, low maintenance fencing that is unaffected by weather
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Cost: With intelligence at the perimeter, configured with and through your SOC, you can reduce the amount of physical guards needed to patrol
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