Command and Control

Overview

Given the complex nature of security and surveillance operations and the vast amount of heterogeneous data which requires aggregation and analysis, the need for advanced technologies which can make sense of information and alert the relevant parties to crucial intelligence has never been so great. Bringing together best-of-breed technologies in video surveillance and analytics, Business Process Management, and Meaning-Based Computing, Command and Control proactively assists security officers to retrieve relevant intelligence in real-time.

Command and Control is operated through Virage Visor, a cohesive, user-friendly interface which provides users with the functional tools required to configure security settings and control the scene. Since Command and Control is fully modular, additional functionality can be added and controlled through Virage Visor, as an enterprise's security needs dictate.

The Virage Security and Surveillance Command and Control infrastructure enables all Virage products to interact seamlessly. It has been specifically designed to allow easy integration of third party equipment such as alarm panels, display units etc. Although certain Virage products can be deployed for simple functions such as standalone capture and archive, in order to perform more advanced functions, Virage provides three levels of Command and Control for a range of different environments and needs; from simplistic rule-based models to highly complex, intelligent solutions based on conceptual analysis.

Level I

Virage Command and Control Level I offers a simple rule-based solution. Any number of Virage products can be connected with the Command and Control system which performs as per instructions pre-defined by a systems administrator. For example, if Virage DVR and EPOS were set up with Level I, the system could be programmed to highlight particularly unusual till transactions such as large sums of cashback on the logged till transaction data. Virage NVR and CSM might also be deployed with Level I to monitor traffic at a port and could be trained to raise a barrier for particular vehicles whilst disallowing entry for others.

Level II

In addition to performing simple rule-based functions, Virage Level II Command and Control handles logical interactions between disparate pieces of data. The Incident Process Management offered with Level II, powered by integrating Autonomy's Liquid Office, automates the reporting process, reducing cost of data entry and distribution of information to relevant users. This approach enables each report to provide a richer and more relevant content, and automatically classifies and distributes it to the relevant department.

Virage DVR, iSAS and Command and Control Level II might be used for example, to monitor vehicle speeds between points; by identifying the same object and calculating the distance between the two points, the system could calculate distance traveled within a given time frame and therefore what speed the vehicle/s must have been traveling at. Another example might be deploying NVR and ANPR to monitor carpark usage in multiple locations and calculate usage percentages based on initial numbers collected i.e. the system could highlight that the central carpark has the highest usage at 50% whilst north and south car parks have 20% and 30% usage respectively.

Level III

Command and Control Level 3 provides state-of-the-art security infrastructure software solution for all the most complex security operations, automating a vast range of tasks and bringing conceptual understanding of all data. Halo, powered by Autonomy's award-winning Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), employs advanced analytics to add intelligence to an wide range of security operations and information retrieval. Halo is able to form a conceptual understanding of the meaning of any piece of data, be it in the form of text, video, or audio. By deriving an understanding of the available information assets, Halo automatically provides users with relevant background information, cross-referencing data according to its conceptual content to reveal emerging trends and identify potential threats, delivering it directly to the user in the form of hyperlinks or thematically similar clusters.

Autonomy's core technology is used by some of the most prestigious intelligence and defense agencies worldwide including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Defense, The British Ministry of Defense, the Olympic Games Security Committee, National Nuclear Security Administration and numerous other intelligence and defense agencies worldwide. One of the key reasons organizations choose Autonomy, is its ability to discover "the unknown" which has a significant impact upon the efficacy of many world-renowned security agencies.