Challenges and Opportunities in Security: The Big Picture

Arindam Das Sarkar

Table of Contents

• Introduction• Key Observations• Market Drivers• Market Scenario• Market Challenges• The Way Forward

Are We Secure ???

Introduction

• India is now an emerging hub for global economical, trade, and tourism activities.

• The increasingly fast growing economy of India is drawing attention both from Terrorists across our borders as well as from illegal immigrants.

• The growth of large business houses and the increased number of High Net Worth Individuals are resulted in increased internal threats which need to be addressed.

• Increased awareness of the threats and the solutions available to mitigate the threat have resulted in increasing demands for security solutions.

Key Observations

• Terror attacks in virtually all parts of the country • Common targets :Business centres, tourist places and common citizens • Extremists target local administration and police• Mass transport systems vulnerable to attacks • Airport security not completely secure• Post 26/11- Coastal security lapses exposed • Disturbed relations with border countries in the North

Market Drivers

• Security today a key concern to business, individuals, government.• Terror attacks a real and serious threat across the country• Security beefed up in offices, hotels, malls, tourist places, small

establishments and other public places.• Security measures include monitoring camera, physical checks, metal

detectors, X-ray machine scans, bomb detection equipments• Corporate have increased security budgets by 35-40%

Market Scenario

• Organized : Approx. 50 organizations• Unorganized : 800 + organizations• Key gadgets used : CCTVs, Access control systems, Metal detectors,• Intrusion detection systems, Baggage scanning & Vehicle scanning.• Imports : Israel, China, Taiwan, Korea, UK and US• Imported gadgets form 30-35% of the total market• Imports to increase to GBP 2.5 billion in the next two years

Market Challenges

• A large unorganized Sector which confuses the customer with low cost, ineffective solutions.

• Poor customer awareness• Lack of customer training resulting in incorrect selection of the products.• Customers tend to invest in individual products rather than integrated

security solutions. This results in poor system utilization.• Lack of focus in maintenance of systems.

National Security in the current news

Coastal cities under threat from terror groups: GovtTNN Aug 24, 2011, 12.47am ISTNew Delhi: The government on Tuesday said terror threats to coastal cities still existed and it was reviewing security arrangements to face emerging challenges. "Inputs received by security agencies show threat to coastal cities from pan-Islamic terrorist outfits," the home ministry told Lok Sabha in reply to a written question.

Military threats will bind Pakistan and China togetherShaukat Qadir The National: Aug 31, 2011 This year Pakistan has held three joint military training exercises with China. Two of them were in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, but the one this month was a new development. A brigade-level exercise was conducted in Pakistan's portion of the Rajasthan desert, barely 25 kilometres from the border near the Indian town of Jaisalmer, where the Indian lines of communication to the south are very vulnerable.

National Security in the current news

Naxal and Maoist Activities

Naxal and Maoists activities are major threats for the national security in the recent period. The Government of India in association with the state governments has adopted a multi pronged strategy to combat the problem of Naxalism in the country . There are continuous talks going on with the Naxal outfits. The government has also tried to solve the grass root level problems concerned with the people. It has accelerated economic development, increased employment opportunities, removed or reduced socio-cultural alienation of the people and has also broaden effective anti-naxalite police actions.

Typical Security Solution for Places of Public interest and Railway stations

A Vehicle Enters the Parking Lot

It is guided to the security check point where:

• The Vehicle is guided to pass over the Under Vehicle Scanning System• Next the vehicle Boot and Bonnet are opened and visually checked.• The guard verifies the images and gives a clearance which opens the boom

barrier.

Driver image capture

The Guard inspects the image before permitting the vehicle to proceed

Provision for both Local and remote viewing of the Images

The car parking lot under surveillance

Monitoring in the CMS Room

Baggage Scanner at the pedestrian entry to the Station Concourse

• Provision for Local Monitoring of the images at each station• Provision for Remote Viewing of the images at the CMS Room.• Provision for a Network Supervisory Workstation for viewing of Bags which are

deemed to be suspect by the local operator.

Passenger Entry through Door Frame metal detectors

Local LED display to indicate the zone in which metal is detected.Networking capability to remotely store daily entry and alarm statistics.

Central Monitoring and recording of Platforms, waiting Rooms etc.

It is possible to search and replay recorded video based on date / time of the alarm event.

Explosive Detection and Disposal Solutions

Portable X-ray Systems Vapor Trace detection Systems

The Challenges

• Technology advancements have considerably helped improve the ability to address security challenges more effectively .

• However technology solutions suffer from the following major challenges:– The operating personnel are often not adequately trained.– Operating personnel may lack adequate motivation to use the systems

effectively– Regular maintenance and upkeep of the equipment.

The Way Forward

• The Market quickly maturing to a more organized one.• The Market moving from the traditional Analog and Stand Alone device

solution to a more Integrated and IT enabled solution.• Entry of major international IT players in the homeland security market

shall significantly change the market dynamics.• Green Building