PureTech Systems is pleased to announce it is the recipient of five (5) coveted 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards from American Security Today for its patented Video Analytics technology, PureActiv®.

The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards, now in its fifth year, is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, highlighting the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today.

“2020 has been a very challenging year for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic however, the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program was again a huge success and many new categories were added including a section for COVID-19 Detection and Innovation,” said Michael Madsen, co-founder and publisher of American Security Today.

The 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, enterprise, and public safety vertical markets.

90% of ‘ASTORS’ Award Winners return to compete in the Annual ‘ASTORS‘ Homeland Security Awards Program, and 100% of ‘ASTORS’ Sponsors have returned year to year to reap the benefits of their participation in the industry’s largest and most comprehensive Annual Awards Program.

As the nation continues to respond to escalating threats from home and abroad, the innovative solutions being implemented to meet those threats, has led to tremendous growth in the field of Homeland Security.

“Today, the United States is increasingly focusing on protecting public spaces, as well as IT/cyber security networks and they are calling on innovative companies like (‘ASTORS’ Winner) to help them do so,” according to Tammy Waitt, co-founder and editorial director of American Security Today.

“‘ASTORS’ nominations are evaluated on their technical innovation, interoperability, specific impact within the category, overall impact to the industry, relatability to other industry technologies, and application feasibility outside of the industry,” concluded Waitt.

PureActiv received awards in five (5) categories for its cutting-edge Video Analytics that are AI Deep Learning and Geo-spatially boosted providing real-time detection, classification, and tracking of perimeter security threats.

The innovative solution received Platinum Awards for Best Perimeter Protection System, Best Long-Range Surveillance for Border Protection, and Best Machine-Learning and AI Solution.

PureActiv® also received a Gold Award for Best Maritime Perimeter Protection System and a Silver Award for Best Video Analytics Solution.

PureTech’s PureActiv® AI Video Analytics provide a fully-integrated outdoor wide-area perimeter protection system with the highest probability of detection and the lowest nuisance alarm rates for securing facilities, critical infrastructure, seaports, and borders.

(See PureTech’s Automated Detection Systems for wide-area perimeter protection in action. Courtesy of PureTech Systems and YouTube. Posted on Nov 12, 2020.)

“We are honored to be recognized in so many categories for our groundbreaking achievements in American Security Today’s distinguished 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program for advances in protecting borders and perimeters with AI Technology,” said Larry Bowe, Jr., President of PureTech Systems.

These awards demonstrate the 15+ years of hard work and determination that PureTech Systems has dedicated to providing the strongest layered automated detection, classification, tracking, and deterrent solution for protecting any critical infrastructure, facility, or border.”

To learn more about  please visit https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-proudly-presents-the-2020-astors-awards-winners/ or PureTech’s website at www.puretechsystems.com. 

PureTech Takes Record Five Awards in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Program

American Security Today’s ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards program is in its Fifth Year and continues to recognize the Outstanding Innovations of top firms and agencies in the Homeland Security and Public Safety fields.

However, the 2020 ‘ASTORS’  Homeland Security Awards Program was again a huge success and many new categories were added including a section for COVID-19 Detection and Innovation.

PureTech Systems (First of Five)

Best Perimeter Protection System

• PureActiv

• With expertise from 15 years of real-world deployments, and cutting-edge innovation, PureTech Systems patented Video Analytics are AI Deep Learning and Geo-spatially boosted providing real-time detection, classification, and tracking of perimeter security threats.

• PureActiv integrates with a vast array of short- and long-range perimeter sensors such as radar, buried or on-fence fiber detection systems, and ground sensors either singularly or combining them to provide just the right level of protection to cost effectively meet the most secure perimeter requirements.

• Many times, the right detection solution is not a single sensor technology.

• In addition to its AI Video Analytics, PureActiv integrates with other perimeter sensors such as radar, buried or on-fence fiber detection systems, and ground sensors either singularly or combining them to provide just the right level of protection to cost effectively meet your perimeter requirements.

• Additionally, given the extensible open-architecture approach, additional sensors can be added when needed or budgets permit.

• The right sensors are easily integrated to ensure a perfect fit to your needs so your organization is not wasting money on too much or too little capability.

PureTech Systems (Second of Five)

Best Long Range Surveillance

• PureActiv for Borders

• Controlling national borders is an important part of national security, and the ability to effectively monitor vast areas in varied weather conditions and terrain, while accurately identifying potential threats at great distances is a complicated scenario.

• The solution calls for knowledgeable personnel and accurate sensors that work together to quickly assess a situation and enable border agents to effectively intervene.​

• PureActiv® uses geo-spatial (GIS map-based) map technology to display camera, radar, and other sensors locations and their field-of-views, alarm events, and target tracks.

• In addition to live and recorded video and live radar tracks, the user interface includes map tools such as the ability to add and share place-markers, point-and-click on the map to steer cameras to geolocations, fire laser range finders, range-to-target indicator, and a distance measuring tool.

• This combination of real-time data on a map-based interface, provides the user a high level of situational awareness, which aides them in effective interdiction.

• PureActiv boasts of some of the longest detection ranges in the industry (over 5 miles), which reduces system infrastructure; thereby lowering total cost of ownership.

• Combining of tracks from multiple radars and PureActiv AI Video Analytics, eliminates duplicate tracks on the GIS map and alarms from the same intrusion events; reducing clutter and improving situational awareness.

• Similarly, PureActiv Auto-verify™ feature ensures only detections that are AI verified as targets of interest are alarmed upon, eliminating up to 95% of nuisance alarms.

• Additionally PureActiv integrates with GPS for blue force (friend/foe) classification and tracking to aid interdictions. This extensible solution enables organizations to start small and expand the system capabilities as time and budgets permit making PureTech a trusted leader in the security of the most critical perimeters and borders.

PureTech Systems (Third of Five)

Best Machine Learning and AI Solution

• PureActiv

• PureTech Systems patented Video Analytics are AI Deep Learning and Geo-spatially boosted providing the highest probability of detection with the lowest nuisance alarm rate for electronically securing perimeters around facilities, infrastructures, and country borders.

• PureActiv AI analytics also provides false alarm filtering for central monitoring stations; reducing false alarms by as much as 95%.

• With expertise from 15 years of real-world deployments, and cutting-edge innovation, PureTech Systems patented Video Analytics are AI Deep Learning and Geo-spatially boosted providing real-time detection, classification, and tracking of perimeter security threats.

• Additionally PureActiv integrates with GPS for blue force (friend/foe) classification and tracking to aid interdictions.

• This extensible solution enables organizations to start small and expand the system capabilities as time and budgets permit making PureTech a trusted leader in the security of the most critical perimeters and borders.

PureTech Systems (Fourth of Five)

Best Maritime Perimeter Protection System

• PureActiv

• PureTech’s PureActiv wide area and perimeter protection solutions help port authorities improve the safety and security of seaports with a tangible Return on Investment.

• PureTech’s wide-area perimeter protection solutions automate the protection of land and water-side perimeters to help ensure the safety and security of personnel and critical assets.

• The PureActiv system provides detection, alerting, and proactive deterring of potential safety and security events, which helps protect lives, cargo, and critical assets.By detecting intrusion events at the perimeter, before they result in more catastrophic events, loss of life, and operational downtime, port authorities and law enforcement can intervene to deescalate situations and quickly return to normal operations.

• With 15 years of field deployments and continuous innovation, PureTech’s patented AI Neural Net based video analytics provides very high probability of detection with a very low nuisance alarm rate.

• Additionally, PureTech Systems solutions include and combine integrations with other sensor systems to provide the most effective and affordable safety and security solutions. The solutions scale incrementally so that you only pay for the capabilities you need when you need them.

PureTech Systems (Fifth of Five)

Best Video Analytics Solution

• • PureActiv

• PureTech Systems patented Video Analytics are AI Deep Learning and Geo-spatially boosted providing the highest probability of detection with the lowest nuisance alarm rate for electronically securing perimeters around facilities, infrastructures, and country borders. PureActiv AI analytics also provides false alarm filtering for central monitoring stations; reducing false alarms by as much as 95%.

• PureTech Systems product solutions uses Convolutional, Neural Network Deep Learning and Geo-spatial data for high fidelity classification. 

• Higher accuracy – Industry leading Probability of Detection and low Nuisance Alarm Rate and object geo-location on map enhances situational awareness.

• Seamless integration with market leading VMS systems including Genetec,  Milestone, PureActiv AlertView, and others and camera agnostic, deploys on edge devices and/or servers.

• Easily scales to fit your needs today and tomorrow.

• *PureTech Systems was recognized with a Record 5 Wins in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, and also won a Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

PureTech Systems is a privately owned company that develops, markets, and supports patented location-based AI video analytics software, PureActiv©, for real time safety and security applications.

The company’s software improves situational awareness with AI video analytics, sensor integration and information fusing for automated real-time event detection and forensic video content analysis with primary emphasis on automated intrusion detection and camera tracking for borders and coastlines, facility perimeters and critical infrastructures (pipelines, railroads, dams, bridges, ports, utilities, power plants, military bases, and airports).

To find out more about PureTech Systems award-winning solutions for perimeter protection, please visit puretechsystems.com, call 602-424-9842 or email info@PureTechSystems.com.

The 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is sponsored by ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, Desktop Alert, X.Labs and Reed Expositions, every one a returning Sponsor from 2019.

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The traditional security marketplace has long been covered by a host of publications putting forward the old school basics to what is Today – a fast changing security landscape.

The traditional security marketplace has long been covered by a host of publications putting forward the old school basics to what is Today – a fast changing security landscape.

American Security Today is uniquely focused on the broader Homeland Security & Public Safety marketplace with over 75,000 readers at the Federal, State and local levels of government as well as firms allied to government.

American Security Today brings forward a fresh compelling look and read with our customized digital publications that hold readers eyes throughout the story with cutting edge editorial that provides solutions to their challenges.

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Today’s new generation of public safety and security experts need real-time knowledge to deal with domestic and international terrorism, lone wolf attacks, unprecedented urban violence, shifts in society, culture and media bias – making it increasingly difficult for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Military and Private Security Professionals to implement coordinated security measures to ensure national security and improve public safety.

These experts are from Government at the federal, state and local level as well as from private firms allied to government.

AST provides a full plate of topics in our AST Monthly Magazine Editions, AST Website and AST Daily News Alerts, covering 23 Vital Sectors such as Access Control, Perimeter Protection, Video Surveillance/Analytics, Airport Security, Border Security, CBRNE Detection, Border Security, Ports, Cybersecurity, Networking Security, Encryption, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Campus Security, Security Services, Corporate Facilities, and Emergency Response among others.

AST has Expanded readership into integral 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 – all enticing targets due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.

To learn more about the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, please be on the lookout for the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2020 ‘A Year in Review’.

The Annual CHAMPIONS edition includes a review of the ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firms products and services, includes video interviews and more.

It will be your Go-To source throughout the year for ‘The Best of 2020 Products and Services‘ endorsed by American Security Today, and can satisfy your agency’s and organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.

From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION will have what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitgate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.

It also includes featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

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