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FEB-MAR 2016

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12 SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE • February/March 2016 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com MARKET FOCUS A look at trends affecting the largest security verticals For years the security industry has worked to solve the quandary of how to best deliver the most relevant information to right people at the right time. While various security management software platforms have done their part to streamline the massive amounts of data generated by surveillance cameras, access card readers and various other sensors an organization may have into an easily digestible format for security operations personnel, there has been little innovation in terms of how this and other information from the field is aggregated and presented to security executives and other senior-level managers. Enter Bloom Consulting, which has devel- oped a custom Microsoft Apportal leveraging the Windows 10 operating system that pro- vides visibility across the organization into the key performance indicators of security - num- ber of incidents, type of incidents, response times, etc. – and can also be viewed in real- time by not only the CSO but the entire C-suite if need be. Based in Redmond, Wash., Bloom Consulting specializes in providing enterprise solutions and services focused on information architecture, big data analytics and user expe- rience design. According to Heather Zindel, the firm's CEO, Bloom has become very focused on the secu- rity market over the past year as they have identified a real need within the industry for some of the services they provide. "I would say we are one of the disruptive, innovative companies doing bleeding-edge work to disrupt the status quo a little bit in security," said Zindel. "We are pretty forward- thinking in the way security could be leverag- ing technology and some of the services we provide to get more out of what they do in security and to reduce risk. We think the big- gest opportunity for us right now in security and really our mission is to help executives, who are in the business of security, modernize what they're doing." Rob Hile, director of strategic accounts for SureView Systems, recently joined Bloom's board of advisors along with several other security industry veterans. He believes the Apportal the firm has developed could be a game-changer for the industry. "In our world, typically what happens is at the end the month, the SOC generates a report which goes to the security director, he reviews it and sends it up to the CSO about what happened last month or, in some cases, maybe a month and a half or two months ago. That information then gets to the risk people – CEO, CIO, etc. – and they review it," explained Hile. "If they had an incident a month ago that impacted their business they are just now find- ing out about it in some cases. The Apportal Bloom is bringing to the table is real-time infor- mation that they don't have to have special login privileges for or access to the security systems themselves." ■ Exclusively on SecurityInfoWatch.com Bloom Consulting Delivers 'Bleeding-Edge' Tech Firm's Microsoft Apportal streamlines delivery of key information to CSOs B y J O EL G R I FFI N ● Feds May Cut NYC Anti- Terrorism Funds Active shooter training exer- cises would end, citywide surveillance programs and radiation detection devices would be cut drastically and the Office of Emergency Management would have to almost shut down under a proposed $90 million cut in federal anti-terrorism funding, local officials said yesterday. Funding for the city has been cut from about $180 million to about $90 million for next year, Police Commis- sioner Bill Bratton said. That money is allocated between several agencies, including the police and fire depart- ments and OEM. "A $90 million cut is uncon- scionable," Bratton said, speaking at a news confer- ence at police headquarters. "We cannot let these cuts stand. It's that simple." Joseph Esposito, city OEM commissioner, said the agen- cy receives nearly two-thirds of its funding from these fed- eral grants. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants President Barack Obama to know that the city needs the money to remain safe. "The common-sense thing to do here is to recognize that we're the No. 1 terror target and we need this support," de Blasio said. "President Obama has done an outstanding job in fighting terrorism. But let's fix this problem right now and make sure New York City has the resources that we need to keep fending off these ter- ror attacks." » Read more at: www. SecurityInfoWatch.com/ news/ 12171736 Read the full article at www.SecurityInfoWatch.com/article/12174810

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