Infrastructure Security includes access control and intruder detection, preventing unauthorised access by individuals and vehicles, supplemented by video surveillance.
Exploration and drilling
Thales offers a complete solution for intrusion from sea, air and subsea. It is wholly integrated to a Security Operations Centre, which can be either onshore or at an offshore installation.
Intrusion Detection. Protection of the perimeter uses a variety of detection technologies, such as active fences equipped with fibre optic and microphonic cable, to detect vibrations and sound, infrared and microwave barriers, CCTV for motion detection and access control. More innovative and bespoke solutions can also be employed.
Security Operations Centres form the heart of any security infrastructure where data is fused, events correlated and warnings issued.
Pipelines
Intrusion Detection. Intrusion detection and perimeter protection are provided by microphone sensors linked to fences and hyper-frequency sensors. Videosurveillance at key points along the pipeline route can provide pre- and post-alarm digital event recording at central control stations. In addition, Unmanned Airborne Vehicles (UAVs) can help provide monitoring of the pipeline.
Processing and storage
Identification and access control. Thales provides different levels of control for staff, sub-contractors and visitors, using measures such as contactless smart badges that display the user's picture on the guard's control screen during entry and can include biometrics such as fingerprint or face recognition for high security zones. Turnstiles or trap doors allow single person access, using an anti-pass-back function to avoid badges being passed to another person to enter a zone. Badges with limited access rights are also widely used. For vehicle access control, Thales solutions provide licence plate and radiator grid recognition for car authentication to eliminate the risk of licence plate exchange.
Videosurveillance. The Thales site protection solution includes cameras for surveillance inside buildings, explosion proof cameras for high-risk zones and day/night cameras. Digital encoding and compression enables the transfer of images over an IP LAN or WAN, while image analysis technology is used to detect abnormal situations, such as people or vehicles in a restricted zone.