A technological hub in the heart of Milan | SECURSAT

Secursat was founded as an outsourcing of the banking sector with the aim of managing traditional security systems through the network, not only for the financial sector but also for retail, industrial and real estate. Talking about security means managing risks, that is, monitoring thousands of sites and managing big data from installations around the whole world to ensure the protection of jobs, buildings and in general of all the assets of Secursat customers.

The complexity of the subject, the competence of the young managers (average age 35 years) graduated in security sciences and criminology, and the know-how built in years of passionate work by Secursat required an uncompromising technological approach, capable of looking simultaneously at functionality, performance, reliability and ergonomics. Without forgetting that the Secursat SOC is certified in accordance with the European Standard EN 50518, which regulates the structural, performance and organizational aspects of an Operations Center.

Before analyzing the solutions in detail, let’s see the main features of the room: double videowall (a 3×2 and a 2×2) mounted on custom columns to keep it flush with the wall and to make the structure independent from the furniture that integrates it; four operator consoles, each equipped with 3 monitors mounted on fully adjustable arms, connectivity on the worktop and wireless charging stations; technical space adjacent to the room to safely accommodate the whole rack equipment, from the videowall management server to the room controller; two meeting rooms interconnected with the main room and equipped with technologies for presentations and video conferences.

VuWall videowall servers and controllers

The VuWall server dedicated to the image controller on the video wall, also located in the technical room, is a powerful wokstation equipped with physical and virtual inputs and outputs to manage any type of audio and video signal and equipped with VuWall2 PRO software platform, specifically designed for NOC / SOC applications. With VuWall, video walls and meeting room monitors become free work surfaces on which it is possible to place the sources freely: the management is typically done through predefined layouts during the configuration of the room and can be modified by the operators at any time. The integration with the main camera management systems makes the integration of different systems and the management of hundreds of cameras particularly simple and effective.

CatX and ALFATRON (now JOSAWA) fibre cabling

The ALFATRON (JOSAWA) cabling has been developed mainly on category cables using signal extenders, adding some fiber cables that ensure the highest quality at 40 meters without needing additional hardware. The wiring is centralized within the technical room, adjacent to the control room and connected with separate cable routes to the consoles and to the video walls. The position of the server room as an appendix of the control room was the best choice for Secursat, and they know that with KVM remote technologies it is possible to place the server room even miles away.