VIDSYS WINS SECURITY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEW PRODUCT SHOWCASE AWARD
RiskShield for Situation Management Chosen as Integrated Software, Products and Systems Product of the Year
Vienna, Va. - April 14, 2009 ─ VidSys, the leading provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software that allows organizations to resolve business and security situations in real time, today announced that it was honored with the Integrated Software, Products and Systems award at the ISC West 2009 New Product Showcase (NPS) for its RiskShieldTM solution . The Common Operating Picture (COP) in the VidSys PSIM system, RiskShield enables integrated situation management and awareness across a variety of physical security devices and systems.
"RiskShield takes situation assessment and management from a reactionary mode to a proactive mode, allowing organizations to apply intelligence to the information from various physical security devices and systems, determine the cause of the alarms and then automate the resolution of the situation," explained David Fowler, senior vice president, marketing and product development, at VidSys. "Winning the Integrated Software, Products and Systems award highlights the value of a solution that helps organizations more effectively respond to situations, saving time, money and potentially lives."
RiskShield is an advanced software solution offering comprehensive capabilities for the identification, resolution and tracking of security-relevant situations. It integrates all disparate physical security devices in an organization (access control, video, RFID, GPS, CBRNE and other sensors, building management systems, etc.) into one global intelligent security system which delivers real-time situation awareness, situation management, video management and security policy enforcement. Security situations are prioritized allowing operators to view critical details necessary to resolve the situation in real time.
"The Security Industry Association is proud to promote the development of products that make our world safer," SIA Chief Executive Officer Richard Chace said. "We congratulate each of the winners for their impressive technological achievements, and we thank all of the competitors for their important contributions to the industry."
The New Product Showcase (NPS), held each year at ISC West, is sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA) to recognize the best security product innovations. This year's competition included 76 entrants and was judged by an esteemed panel of 22 judges comprising dealers, specifiers, end-user companies, distributors and practitioners with a minimum of 10 years industry experience.
More information about the New Product Showcase is available at http://www.siaonline.com/.
About The Security Industry Association
The Security Industry Association (http://mail.siaonline.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.siaonline.org/) is the leading trade group for businesses in the electronic and physical security market. SIA protects and advances its members' interests by advocating pro-industry policies and legislation on Capitol Hill and throughout the 50 states; producing cutting-edge global market research; creating open industry standards that enable integration; advancing industry professionalism through education and training; opening global market opportunities; and providing sole sponsorship of the ISC Expos, the world's largest security trade shows and conferences.
About VidSys
VidSys is the leading provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software that enables organizations to reduce operational costs and improve situation response times while reducing risks and increasing safety, security, and asset protection. Its award-winning Open PSIM PlatformTM and multi-vendor video and situation management software, VidShieldTM and RiskShieldTM respectively, is running in numerous command centers including some of the largest in North America. The company works closely with its customers in federal, state and local government as well as enterprises in the high tech, financial services, and transportation industries. VidSys is also the founding member of http://www.psimtrends.com, a thought leadership site dedicated to discussing the PSIM industry. Privately funded by Flybridge Capital Partners, Motorola Ventures, and JVax Investment Group, principal offices are located in Marlborough, Massachusetts and Vienna, Virginia. For more information, please visit http://www.vidsys.com/.
Dave Fowler
508.485.2900
dfowler@vidsys.com
Kate Thermansen
617.758.4147
vidsys@famapr.com