Critical Infrastructure Protection

Critical Infrastructure Protection aims to ensure business continuity by providing integrated electronic solutions to protect locations where the level of threat requires huge investments.

Targeted infrastructures are:
- critical industrial sites such as refineries, offshore platforms, nuclear plants,
- key transportation infrastructures (airports, railway stations),
- sensitive sites - like strategic military sites - or events.

Thales' Integrated Security Monitoring & Supervision Systems, comprise all or a combination of the following:
- Command & Control Centre,
- Communication Networks,
- Field Equipment.

Within the solution architecture, Thales Critical Infrastructure Protection comprises a number of components, integrated according to your requirements. Thales can provide a bundled offer maximising its integration capability, rather than standalone component deployment.

Architecture	Components
Command & Control Centre – HQ, regional, local levels – Manned or unmanned – for crisis, incident and resource management	Servers & workstations; wall display; storage; SW (database manager, Geographical Information System etc); business applications (fleet & visitor management etc)
Communications – Network-centric	Internet; SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy); WAN/LAN (Wide & Local Area Networks); PMR (Professional Mobile Radio) etc.
Field Equipment – Security technologies	Access control & screening; people & vehicle identification; videoprotection; barriers & fences; long range sensors; fire detection; emergency calls/intercom; public address/public information/display. Option: Building Management System