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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
August 11, 2017

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Turn your employees into human security sensors: Qognify launches Qognify Extend

Qognify has launched a range of integrated mobile solutions with which organisations can enhance situational awareness by harnessing field resources and responders.

Cloud-based and powered by CloudScann, Qognify Extend effectively extends the reach, coverage and effectiveness of the control room by turning personnel — and their smartphones — into human sensors.

Qognify Extend integrates with Qognify Situator, an open platform, situation management solution, and VisionHub, Qognify’s video management system. It also works as a standalone solution.

Qognify Extend triggers incidents automatically in Situator, including textual, visual and geographic information captured by a smartphone.

Features

  • Advanced GIS capabilities display map location
  • Video feed from surveillance cameras in area will pop-up and an adaptive response plan, based on organisation’s best practices, guides operator actions
  • Connectivity to VisionHub and Qognify’s video analytics suite enhances automatic information analysis and takes effective action – eg through apprehension of a suspect through Suspect Search.

Qognify Extend modules

  • SeeItSendIt: Field personnel can report into control room with their smartphones
  • Live Video Broadcast: Personnel can broadcast live video directly to control room
  • Dispatch: provides operators with simple Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) functionality, including locating closest guard, suggesting best route to the incident, sending notifications and comments to guards’ mobile phones.
  • Personal Safety: Personal security features include monitoring an individual’s progress along a route, immediate report of distress situations via a panic button, and raising an alert for any failure to arrive safely
  • Qognify VICC (Visual Intelligence Command Center) – a desktop application that collects and aggregates information from various mobile applications, presenting it on a map

Qognify and CloudScann say

“We’re proud to partner with Qognify, the leader in Situation Management,” said Dan Kerning, CEO of CloudScann, a specialist in crowdsourcing, human intelligence and data mining for the enterprise market.

. “extending to the field is firstly about collecting invaluable information, yet the trick is establishing the link to the control room, and providing a new layer of data and intelligence, allowing operators to act faster to resolve them.”

Says Moti Shabtai, CEO and president of Qognify: “The ubiquitous nature of smartphones together with their range of capabilities, makes them an ideal tool to leverage for improving security, safety and operations.

“Bringing these into Situator and VisionHub is a no-brainer, as it’s the Qognify vision is to provide as many sources of information as possible- smartly. With Qognify Extend, organisations can literally extend coverage, turning personnel and their mobile phones into smart sensors.”

 

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