Proximex, from Tyco Security Products: Enhancing Physical Security with the Latest Information Management Technology

Not long ago, physical security in the defense industry largely meant restricting access to secured locations and material by unauthorized people. Today, however, a variety of physical security systems are being employed to take security beyond eliminating threats to also managing risks such as worker accidents, natural disasters, terrorist threats and infrastructure failures. Due to the complexity of the physical security environment, companies increasingly rely on IT technologies to help them sense and respond to events while complying with rigorous DoD requirements. Proximex, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco (NYSE: TYC), delivers solutions to integrate security systems and technology into a centralized command center to improve situational awareness and response.

Proximex is a leading provider of software for managing systems and event information for physical and logical security, also known as Physical Security Information Management (PSIM). As the only major PSIM provider that is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and with technology partnerships with leading technology providers such as Cisco, VMware and ESRI, Proximex has leveraged its strong foundation in IT to develop a robust and scalable solution.“Proximex integrates both physical security and IT systems to help security teams manage the flood of information from multiple systems such as video, access control, intrusion, building management and infrastructure monitoring. We bring information together into a single IT-based system that helps operators quickly make sense of incidents in their environment and then guides them in their response,” says Ken Prayoon Cheng, Vice President of Engineering for Proximex.

“We address the major challenges faced by high security facilities, such as monitoring national security threat levels, and implement security operating procedures based on those conditions,” says Cheng. Proximex’s flagship solution, Surveillint, is a software-based system that supports integra¬tions with more than 200 security and information management systems. By providing a comprehensive overview of the entire range of security activities, Surveillint makes it effortless for operators to immediately evaluate and act on potential threats thereby reducing security risks.