The Security Portfolio at United Business Media is busily gearing up for the second in a new series of webinars we’ve designed to cover a host of essential topics.
Our main aim with these live events is to offer you – our dedicated readers and security sector professionals – essential information that will help boost your knowledge base and inform Best Practice operation.
If you’re new to the world of the webinar, what we’re talking about here is a seminar – complete with detailed presentations and open forum real-time discussion – transmitted live over the Internet.
The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements – the ability to give, receive and discuss information.
That’s a deliberate contrast, by the way, with a webcast (in which the data transmission is one way and doesn’t allow interaction between the presenters and the live audience).
You can log on to these events from the comfort of your office or home study, listen to what our carefully selected speakers have to say and then offer your own opinions by way of a live Q&A session.
PSIM: the fusion of security and business efficiency
– Date: Thursday 8 December 2011
– Time: 3.00 pm GMT
– Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (45 minutes of presentations, 45 minutes Q&A)
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Following on from our highly successful network video in retail event held in conjunction with Axis Communications, we are now scheduled to look at the subject of Physical Security Information Management (or PSIM for short) in an event that’s sponsored by Verint.
Today, a myriad of security solutions are used to safeguard buildings and critical infrastructures: examples include access control, identity management, alarms, video surveillance, video analytics and more.
Typically, each of these systems will perform a specific task and operate in their own proprietary environment with virtually no working knowledge of each other and limited interactivity. Acquired over time, they’re also unlikely to be standardised across a given organisation.
The end result? Very often a piecemeal and somewhat inefficient approach to security.
Bringing together information from these separate solutions to form comprehensive, co-ordinated security/business plans and responses to incidents requires considerable effort. Indeed, the overwhelming amount of information often makes it impossible for operators to know how to act effectively and decisively, particularly when under stress.
PSIM solutions capture information from a variety of security, safety and enterprise systems. They enable end users to view and analyse information such that they might quickly and efficiently identify situations and then initiate rapid, effective responses (often in collaboration with first responders and outside agencies).
Put simply, PSIM solutions assist the end user to plan and monitor their security and overall business environment, respond effectively to events and review those responses for auditing/regulatory compliance.
With this in mind, a panel of experts has been assembled to discuss and debate the key issues involved in PSIM, focusing – among several areas – on technology and process as well as solutions and business compliance management.
Attendees who pre-register will be invited to submit their questions and opinions to be answered and debated live by the panel members.
Essential topics to be discussed and debated on the day
Essential topics to be discussed and debated in the webinar include:
Attendees who pre-register will be invited to submit their questions and opinions to be answered and debated live by the panel members.
Featured speakers on the day
Brian was appointed Editor of Security Management Today (SMT) in November 2000. In his eight years in charge of the sector’s premier monthly print journal for security managers and directors, he built SMT into the industry’s leading opinion former and foremost educational vehicle.
In 2006, the journal’s Editorial Campaign entitled ‘Four Issues, One Voice’ played a huge role in influencing the Home Office on issues pertaining to private sector regulation.
That same year, Brian was honoured to receive the Skills for Security Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Security Business Sector in recognition of his commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for security professionals.
Brian has won two further awards from the security sector. In 2005, he received the BSIA Chairman’s Award and, in 2008, was The Security Institute’s nomination for the ASC’s Imbert Prize.
Brian plays a hugely active role in the wider security community. He’s an Honorary Fellow of The Security Institute, and sits on the Judging Panels for the Security Excellence Awards, the BSIA Security Personnel of the Year Awards, the Skills for Security National Training Awards and the IFSEC Awards.
In late 2008, Brian became the Editor of Security Management Today Online and was promoted to Group Content Editor for UBM Live’s Security Portfolio, with additional responsibility for sector-specific awards, conferences and webinars. He continues to pioneer digital and social media developments across the security sector.
Nick Unsworth CMgr FCMI MBA is principal consultant with Arup’s dedicated Resilience Risk and Security Consulting division.
A graduate of the Cambridge Business School and the University of Plymouth, Nick began his professional security career in sales with the Vision Systems Group, moving on to famed brand Sensormatic where he served as product manager between 1998 and 2000.
Three years as general manager at Scoresoft followed until 2003, when Nick moved to security management solutions specialist Nedap and a sales role.
Nick joined the security team at Arup in October 2006. It’s part of the Arup Group’s consulting practices division, providing a comprehensive security planning and design service within the built environment for clients in the UK and Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, Africa and the Middle East.
A risk-led service is offered combining threat and risk assessment techniques, resilience reviews and security planning.
Peter Weller is a senior pre-sales consultant for Verint Systems EMEA’s Video Intelligence Solutions.
Peter joined Verint Systems in 2001 to manage the training and certification program. Since 2004, he has become Verint’s leading pre-sales consultant and a spokesperson on networked video solutions.
Responsible for designing and defining such solutions, Peter has helped many of the UK and Europe’s leading organisations in Government, transportation, critical infrastructure, the financial and retail industries to enhance their security and operational effectiveness.
Peter is an expert in the design, implementation and operation of today’s advanced video business analytics solutions and in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) solutions.
Prior to joining Verint, Peter worked as a private telecommunications consultancy contractor for MAFF – now the UK’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Prior to that he worked for XO Communications, a US-based telecoms vendor, and began his IT career implementing firewall solutions for Full Duplex, an IT services specialist.
Peter Houlis has enjoyed a career within the security sector that spans nearly four decades. He started out in 1974 as a trainee engineer with Security Alarms (Northern) where he gained a good grounding in the types of equipment used.
From there, he ascended the ‘career ladder’ until 1982, when he set up Intruder Alarms (Northern) as the partner responsible for all engineering aspects (including training in alarm installation and surveys).
In 1992, Peter formed 2020 Vision Systems. The company was established to service the needs of the rapidly growing CCTV and access control markets, providing a professional service and the custom design, installation and after-sales care demanded by a range of integrated security solutions.
Peter has led the company to industry approval with the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB) and ISO 9001 accreditation.
Peter is a proactive participant in the wider security community, being a Board member of the SSAIB and a member of the British Standards Institution’s Technical Committee responsible for creating European standards focused on CCTV and surveillance.
He has also advised on National Vocational Qualifications for CCTV installation and maintenance, and is a member of the Institute of Directors.
Mark joined the security industry 18 years ago from an IT background. He worked for 16 years within a physical security design and installation business which provided CCTV, access control, intruder detection and fire alarm systems to a diverse range of clients.
During this time, Mark undertook several roles ranging from installation manager through to sales and marketing, which has given him a broad experience base. He was made a non-shareholding director in 1996 and completed his degree in Business Administration two years later.
Mark joined Microsoft 16 months ago and is now part of the Global Showcase Team within Microsoft Global Security. He holds responsibility for the EMEA region, and his role is focused on working with the local Microsoft subsidiaries and partners providing support to both the public and private sectors.
The Global Security Showcase Team provides live demonstrations highlighting the ways in which Microsoft uses its own technologies together with partner products in a critical operational environment through its industry-leading Global Security Operations Centers (GSOCs).
We very much look forward to ‘seeing’ you on the day!
About Verint (Video Intelligence Solutions)
Verint Video Intelligence Solutions is a leading global provider of networked video solutions “designed to enhance the security of people, property and assets”.
Verint’s award-winning Nextiva portfolio features IP video management software, video analytics, a PSIM system, encoders, cameras, wireless devices and intelligent network video recorders for use across a variety of vertical market environments.
Open, standards-based and IT friendly, Nextiva helps organisations realise the benefits of IP video leveraging their legacy video investments.
Nextiva also features dedicated solutions suites for retail, banking and financial services, enterprise security and critical infrastructure protection.
For more information about Nextiva PSIM or any of Verint’s security solutions visit: Check out the security solutions developed and implemented by Verint
About Info4Security
Info4Security is the security sector’s leading web portal and the home of SMT Online. Launched at IFSEC in May 2007, the site features all the latest news, opinion, comment and advice from right across the installation and end user sectors, as well as information on other UBM Live Security Portfolio associated events (including the Security Excellence Awards and, of course, IFSEC).
The site attracts an average of 45,000 unique users every month, with those visitors generating over 105,000 page views of both the most recent, up-to-the-minute (and, very often, exclusive) news overview. There’s also an unrivalled archive for the most comprehensive security coverage. The very latest analytics software is used to measure visitor traffic.
All current vacancies and careers advice can be found on the www.jobs4securityandfire.com channel, while there’s also advice on Best Practice in management and installation, useful White Papers and detailed discussion on all solutions (among them, of course, CCTV and IP and networks).
For more information visit: www.info4security.com
About SMT Online
Security Management Today (SMT) Online is the UK’s premier online information resource for practising security managers, directors, consultants, facilities managers, crime prevention officers, defence analysts and leading procurement specialists in both Government and the police service.
Borne from the multiple award-winning Security Management Today (the industry’s longest-established and foremost print journal for end users), SMT Online carries fresh and updated content on a daily basis, including news items, features and profiles of all the leading security professionals.
There’s a wealth of product information, Case Studies of recent systems projects, all the latest on guarding and Security Industry Authority regulation and many editorial campaigns covering the most important issues of the day.
For more information visit: www.info4security.com/smtonline
