Westfalen Group - Protection from break-in, sabotage, espionage, theft and vandalism
As a technology company in the energy industry, the Westfalen Group is represented by 23 affiliated and associated subsidiaries in Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. The family business was founded in 1923 and has more than 20 industrial sites in Europe. Its headquarters are in Münster and the company employs over 1,700 people. The Westfalen Group‘s business areas of gases, energy supply and filling stations are part of the critical infrastructure (KRITIS), which ensures that the company‘s fundamental functions are to be maintained even in a crisis.
THE CUSTOMERS‘ REQUIREMENTS
The Westfalen Group will optimise and centralise current security measures in order to protect the company premises against burglary, sabotage, espionage, theft and vandalism.
The client requests
- a uniform security system that analyses alarms from different locations via a central control centre and coordinates follow-up measures
- a significant reduction in the time required for the deployment of emergency and rescue services through predefined alarm/action sequences
- documentation of all kinds of events by video image. If required, these have to be retrievable within a few seconds
- compliance with the basic data protection regulation (GDPR)
- the integration of previously existing hardware into the new Geutebrueck solution
- personal and immediate proximity in project development, planning, support, installation and commissioning
- comprehensive training of security personnel and a long-term service and maintenance contract
SOLUTION
Geutebrück is a specialist for the protection of critical infrastructure. For many years the company has been equipping international authorities, research institutes, energy suppliers or forensic institutions with durable, fail-safe, investment-safe and (backward) compatible solutions.
The individual solution for the Westfalen Group includes:
- the highly available, intelligent Geutebrück software G-Core and G-SIM
- the use of a video and security system for perimeter and area surveillance
- the automatic object identification and tracking
- a comprehensive video documentation
- identification, documentation and optimization of procedures and processes
- a multitude of interfaces to easily integrate the Geutebrück hard- and software