Tag: Secure Global Solutions
SGS patents cybersecure connectivity device
September 30, 2015Spencer Ives
MEQUON, Wis.—Secure Global Solutions, a provider of central station technologies like its Stages platform, has patented its Network Navigator, an easy-install device ensuring a secure connection for communications.The device encrypts data sent through it, Lisa Pettay, chief strategy officer for SGS, told Security Systems News. After being set up, users “have this secure communication tunnel that ensures that whatever is being sent over it has not been tampered with … and can trust the...
SSN News Poll: PSIM definitions matter
July 21, 2015Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Definitions matter when talking about PSIMs, said 48 percent of Security Systems News' readers in the latest News Poll—it's difficult to sell what isn't understood, they said.A majority—60 percent—said a physical security information management system [PSIM] needs to be vendor agnostic and bring together disparate systems.“PSIM is a very unique and exact term in my opinion. It is a vendor that produces a 'manger of managers' type of platform,” said...
Going phone-free: A ringing endorsement for ASAP
April 11, 2012Rich Miller
LAS VEGAS—For Bill Hobgood, it's easy to sum up the effectiveness of the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol: “We hate telephones ringing. We love ASAP.”
As project manager for the Department of Information Technology's Public Safety Team in Richmond, Va., Hobgood knows firsthand how well the system works to eliminate errors in communication between central stations and public safety answering points, or PSAPs. When 911 information flows automatically via computer instead...
Onward through the blog: Day Two at ISC West
March 30, 2012Rich Miller
ISC West kept up a strong head of steam on Day Two.
It started at 7:30 a.m. with the Security 5K to benefit Mission 500, a nonprofit group that aids impoverished children. An impressive turnout of runners raised an equally impressive funding total, according to race organizers, and the group later said it had topped its goal of 500 children sponsored.
Then it was on to the show floor for another day of networking and discussion among the thousands, with no letup from Day One's brisk pace. Here are...
SGS integrates with Unified 911 for more accurate emergency services dispatch
April 21, 2011Daniel Gelinas
DALLAS—A new technology partnership aims to simplify and speed up 911 dispatch for central stations. Furthermore, the partnership aligns with current efforts on the part of the Central Station Alarm Association and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials.
Both the CSAA and APCO are working to streamline and automate central station/public safety answering point (PSAP) communications. A PSAP is a call center responsible for answering calls to an emergency telephone number...
Vivint transfers all its accounts to stages automation platform
March 31, 2011Daniel Gelinas
PROVO, Utah—Vivint announced on March 17 that it was in the process of transferring all of its more than 500,000 monitored accounts to Secure Global Solutions' stages central station automation platform. Vivint expects to have the transfer completed by the end of April, with both of Vivint's monitoring centers going through the switch over.
What prompted the move?
“Stages simplifies the job of our dispatchers, allowing them to focus on providing the exceptional service we require,”...