In the News
December
16, 2004
FBI Chooses Vigilos Enterprise Security Management
Software
SEATTLE, Washington, 16-December, 2004 --
Vigilos, the leading provider of Enterprise Security Management
(ESM) software for the physical security needs of large
enterprises, announced today that the Federal Bureau of
Investigation has agreed to implement the Vigilos software
in multiple locations. After a thorough exploration of
alternative solutions, the FBI opted to license the Vigilos
software.
"We evaluated the solutions offered by a
number of the leading manufacturers in the physical security
industry and found that the Vigilos software best meets
our needs today and provides an innovative path for our
needs in the future," said Mike Friedel, who manages security
technology for the FBI. "In particular, the ability
of the Vigilos software to integrate seamlessly with
our existing
hardware from Hirsch, Pelco, and Bosch/Radionics was
a key driver in our decision."
The specific requirements
that are most important to the FBI include compatibility
with and the
ability to integrate to existing alarm panels, alarm receivers,
access control systems, and video systems; the use of a
single database to manage all user information, user authorizations,
alarms, access control activity, video, and hardware configurations;
and universal accessibility and full programmability through
any authorized workstation, whether local or remote.
"We welcome the opportunity to work with
manufacturers such as Hirsch and Bosch, who make superb
hardware panels, to expand the capabilities of their
hardware solutions across the multi-site enterprise," said
Geof Barker, CEO of Vigilos. "We are confident that our
software, combined with the hardware provided by our
partners, will
provide dramatically better security and improved efficiency
for the FBI."
Vigilos is currently
operating in a variety of installations including banks,
seaports, multi-tenant
commercial buildings, petrochemical, public transportation
and other organizations. Customers have declared their
satisfaction with results including doubling output with
the same staff, effectively managing security for dozens
of sites from a single operations office, enabling collaboration
across and outside the organization, and overall improvements
in security.
About Vigilos
Vigilos is a leading provider of Enterprise
Security Management (ESM) software that is designed for
large enterprises to help them solve a diverse set of physical
security and operational problems. The Vigilos platform
is a solution designed for government and businesses with
one or more locations at which intrusion, access control,
bar code, point-of-sale, video, audio and other physical
security, transaction, and operational data is generated.
Vigilos coordinates with the manufacturers of a variety
of related hardware systems to seamlessly integrate data
from all connected systems into an enterprise security
information management platform.
Vigilos is located at 2030 First Avenue,
Suite 300, Seattle, Washington, USA. Telephone ,
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