By Alan Seymour, President of Cleveland Electric Laboratories, 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Intrusion Detection & Prevention Solution
From data centers to zoos, there are levels of protection necessary today to protect us from either a breach, intrusion by an offender to protecting our guests and employees from accidental or purposeful harm.
Today with the integration of physical and cyber security there are multiple layers that should be enacted into our everyday environments.
A zoo could know in seconds if a guest was too close to a cage or animal environment.
We hear time and again of guests falling into animal environments to be hurt badly or killed, or animals getting out of their locked cages and attack a worker, as happened to a young lady in North Carolina in the past year.
(Investigators are searching for answers after a lion escaped its enclosure at a North Carolina animal sanctuary and killed 22-year-old Alex Black, an intern at the Conservator’s Center. Courtesy of NBC News and YouTube. Posted on Dec 31, 2018.)
Not that adding another layer will 100% protect every employee and guest, but it will certainly give a greater advantage to zoo’s and other environments where potential danger to guests and employees is an issue.
Data centers would know if someone just walked up to a door to gain unauthorized access.
In Iceland intruders broke in and stole Bitcoin systems, and there are even breaches of animals getting into data centers without notice, but if the floor itself was now a sensor and teams were notified in seconds, allowing for a much faster reaction time to high secure situations.
“. . .a prisoner jailed for carjacking walked away from a work release program and ended up in a Delaware data center.”
“He’d made his way in through a broken door.”
“Even though nothing was stolen, the event was serious enough to raise the hackles of those in the data center space.”
A platform with fiber optics integrated within it, would have notified security immediately that someone crossed their doorway in less than 5 seconds, allowing for containment of the event quickly.
Unfortunately we don’t hear a lot about physical security breaches because they are usually labelled differently, but they are on the rise according to one report, “But the number of security breaches in the data center is almost 10 to 12 times more than what is reported, according to Technavio’s Panda.
The majority of data center security breaches are to the logical security, but often physical security breaches end up being reported as “data theft,” including most of the insider theft and employee negligence in tier 1 and tier 2 data centers, Panda said.”
Having a strong physical security system that will detect someone who even approaches an unauthorized location is very valuable as it will give more time for security to respond to the intrusion.
When utilizing fiber optic technology, there is no need of electric power at the platform, and the light source to the platform can be kilometers away from the location of use.
Guests or intruders will not be aware that they have set off the platform until it is too late, unless you desire them to through your command/control security system.
If tied into a camera system, identification can happen immediately.
Adding a platform that is not only fiber optic and needs no power, but weight sensitive, will create an additional defense to purposeful or accidental damage to a network, Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), or other high secure location.
There are too many scenarios today where terrorists, criminal and just plain negligence can cause damage, loss and disruption to business and life.
Deploying layered approaches that includes physical detection can create a safer environment, protect from data loss and potentially thwart those striving to create disasters.
The vast number of access points to any secure or sensitive environment dictate that a variety of layers of protection are employed.
One important method of alerting to unwanted or unauthorized pedestrian access is by using a weight sensitive, rugged grating that is durable, weather resistant and sensitive enough to detect either foot traffic or even the effects of devices being placed on such controlled areas.
Introducing the Pedestrian Traffic Monitoring Platform:
Cleveland Electric Labs (CEL), FiberStrike Pedestrian Monitoring Platforms are a first line of defense for detecting pedestrian traffic in restricted or dangerous areas of any facility.
Utilizing fiber optic technology, these platforms are capable of immediately detecting and reporting intrusion events via either analog dry contact outputs or via a software-based command and control system.
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The embedded sensors are passive, rugged, and immune to any electrical interferences.
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No power is required at the sensing locations, and only single mode fiber is needed to egress back to a control room or cabinet.
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Numerous Platforms can be linked together to create long expanses of continuous monitoring with multiple individually addressed zones.
Ideal applications include Mass Transportation Platforms, Unauthorized Areas, Remote Entrances, Railway Tracks, and Industrial/Commercial Critical Infrastructure.
Whether FiberStrike products are to be used as stand-alone intrusion protection or integrated into existing control systems, CEL has the necessary hardware, software and integration expertise to handle nearly any application.
(FiberStrike® consists of two distinctly different technology groups: Courtesy of Cleveland Electric Laboratories and YouTube. Posted on Apr 13, 2018.)
Cleveland Electric Labs Takes Platinum in the Second Consecutive ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
Cleveland Electric Labs
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Best Intrusion Detection & Prevention Solution
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FiberStrike Discrete Relay Interface
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*Cleveland Electric is also a 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Platinum Award Winner
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit and intelligence to end users in a variety of government, homeland security and public safety vertical markets.
The 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program drew an overwhelming response from industry leaders with a record high number of corporate and government nominations received, as well as record breaking ‘ASTORS’ Presentation Luncheon Attendees, with top firms trying to register for the exclusive high – end luncheon and networking opportunity – right up to the event kickoff on Wednesday afternoon, at the ISC East registration!
Over 130 distinguished guests representing National, State and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Firms, gathered from across North America, Europe and the Middle East to be honored among their peers in their respective fields which included:
- The Department of Homeland Security
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- Argonne National Laboratory
- The Department of Homeland Security
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- The Security Exchange Commission Office of Personnel Management
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The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program highlighting the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition, and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.
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Why the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program?
American Security Today’s comprehensive Annual Homeland Security Awards Program is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of physical, IT, port security, law enforcement, and first responders, in acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’
Why American Security Today?
American Security Today is uniquely focused on the broader Homeland Security & Public Safety marketplace with over 70,000 readers at the Federal, State and local levels of government as well as firms allied to government.
The old traditional security marketplace has been covered by a host of security publications that have changed little over many years.
American Security Today brings forward a fresh compelling look and read with our customized digital publications that provides our readers with solutions to their challenges.
Our Editorial staff provides a full plate of topics for our AST monthly digital editions, AST Website and AST Daily News Alerts.
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These sectors are part of the new integration, where these major applications communicate with one another in a variety of solutions to protect our cities and critical infrastructure.
AST has Expanded readership into vital Critical Infrastructure audiences such as Protection of Nuclear Facilities, Water Plants & Dams, Bridges & Tunnels, and other Potential targets of terrorism.
Other areas of concern include Transportation Hubs, Public Assemblies, Government Facilities, Sporting & Concert Stadiums, our Nation’s Schools & Universities, and Commercial Business Destinations – enticing targets for extremist or lone wolf attacks due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.
Cleveland Electric Laboratories (CEL) is a family-owned business serving customers since 1920 by providing top-quality products, excellent customer service and exceptional attention to critical details.
