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November/December 2014 • SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE 15 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com T h e Me d i c a l C e n te r, Nav i ce n t Health, is a 637-bed; full-service, acute care hospital that now serves an esti- mated population of 750,000 residents in central and South Georgia and is the second largest hospital in the state. The medical facility serves a primary service area of 30 counties and treats patients from nearly 80 percent of Georgia's 159 counties. When completed, the project com- prised approximately 500 doors, 500 cameras and a host of other integra- tions. Chief Jude said the success of this highly integrated retrofit was due to to strong relationships with their service provider and manufacturers, which was led by S2 Security Corp. Read the full case study on this project on page 24. Transit Project — Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: When a Department of Homeland Security grant was secured to improve the security on its fleet, the MBTA appro- priated the funds to a first-phase upgrade for video surveillance tech- nology onboard 225 of it more than 1,100 buses, which serve 180 routes throughout the city. T he existing video sur veillance systems onboard buses were much older, and offered limited video quality. With consultanc y ser vices from Jacobs Engineering Group, an interna- tional engineering, architecture, and construction firm, a detailed request for proposal was submitted for pub- lic tender that stipulated very spe- cific requirements and the need for a working proof of concept. After care- ful consideration, MBTA chose the Genetec Omnicast video surveillance system proposed by Minuteman Secu- rity Technologies, the project's systems integration partner. Awards were presented to MBTA Senior Director of Security and Emer- gency Management R andy Clarke, Projects Administrator Adam Peters, Deputy Chief for MBTA's Investiga- tive Division Kenneth Sprague and MBTA Video Analyst Jonathan Wing. Also honored were Joe Lynch, CEO of Minuteman Security Technologies and Christopher Costello, the Systems and Technology Manager at Jacobs Engineering. Municipal Project — The City of Bridgeport, Conn.: The City of Bridgeport, Conn., wanted to reopen its historic Pleasure Beach 20 years after vandals burned down the bridge connecting it to town. Since then, secu- rity risks have increased as the beach is near many sensitive areas. Because of its vantage point and close proxim- ity to many high-target security sites, the Department of Homeland Security took a special interest in the effort to secure the port. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is just to the east of the beach, large fuel oil storage facilities with a tanker depot are located to the north, and a power plant sits just to the west of the harbor itself. A ferr y termi- nal and a rail station are also in close proximity. Additionally, Pleasure Beach is a peninsula that connects directly to Stratford, Conn. People can walk to the beach from Stratford, and this makes it vulnerable to vandalism. There is also wildlife present, including foxes and some deer, as well as tiny piping plover and an osprey nest that the City wished to protect from disturbance. With so many sensitive sites around it, Pleasure Beach is a critical location in need of serious security coverage. An effective video surveillance system was needed. Working with systems integration leader A+ Technology Solutions, out of Bay Shore, N.Y., a plan was forged to safeguard Pleasure Beach, as well as other key facilities within the city lim- its, including all city schools. T h i s p r o j e c t w a s s u b m i t t e d by video solution providers A xis Communications and IPVideo Corpora- tion, and included mesh network pro- vider Firetide and access control ven- dor Isonas. This case study will appear in the next issue of STE. Government Project — Federal Protective Service (FPS): This federal agency is charged with protecting and delivering integrated law enforcement and protection for more than 9,600 facilities nationwide. FPS is divided into 11 regions, with regional head- quarters that are located in metropoli- tan areas across the country. There are approximately 200 field offices and 11 "Mega Centers" that provide respons- es to over 534,000 calls for service for law enforcement and public safety annually. FPS, which recognized system defi- ciencies and challenges, understood that the best strategy for transmitting video to remote internet connected data centers is in the cloud. This solu- tion will increase availability and access to once localized video, achieving oper- ational effectiveness. The integrated solution known as Credentialed High Assurance Video Encryption (CHAVE) is a video encryption model technology that can be introduced into pre- and post-manufactured products. Bosch Security Systems' high-end IP and HD cameras, as well as its extensive port- folio in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), could be combined with Secur- eXperts, Inc.'s trusted hardware tech- nology using digital certificate-based authentication, signing, and encryp- tion, to create an integrated solution for a secured communications frame- work that is resilient against attack or breach by hackers. Honored at the luncheon were Dar- nell Washington, CEO/President of SecureXperts, Desiree Carter, VP/COO of SecureXperts, Lloyd Uliana, Business Development Engineer with Bosch, and Floyd Jennings, the Program Manag- er with FPS. This case study will also appear in the next issue of STE. ❚ Joel Griffin is Editor of SecurityInfoWatch. com. For more information about the Secu- rity Innovation Awards and the Secured Cities 2015 Conference and Expo, please visit www.securedcities.com. B y J o el Grif f in