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Critical Infrastructure Security Systems

Leveraging a utility security system can help protect your power plant, electrical substation or treatment sites, keep workers safe and prevent interruptions of service.

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Benefits of critical infrastructure security

From enhancing site safety to protecting personnel, critical infrastructure security solutions are essential for maintaining smooth operations.

Your first line of defense

Detect potential threats and help prevent incidents from escalating at your power substation, waste management or other utility site with energy sector security systems.

  • Improve coverage and safety

    Maximize scene coverage to enhance employee safety with advanced security cameras that deliver high-quality video.

  • AI-powered threat detection

    Get real-time alerts to potential threats, such as trespassing and workplace obstructions, with powerful AI-powered cameras.

  • Support investigations

    Capture footage of incidents for investigatory and corrective training processes using our security camera system for critical infrastructure.

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Safeguard your assets

Help keep your facility secure from intruders while providing seamless access to authorized employees and contractors by deploying a critical infrastructure access control security solution.

  • Stop intruders

    Help prevent trespassers or unauthorized individuals from accessing your power or water treatment plant with our access control solutions.

  • Seamless access

    Enable staff to access your site with an access control security system for critical infrastructure that supports multiple credential methods.

  • Provide or revoke access

    Grant or revoke access control permissions and lock or unlock doors remotely to streamline system management.

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Get more value from your system

Connect your tech and automate your work with a single platform built to help protect critical infrastructure.

  • Smart integrations

    Manage your security operations across multiple locations from afar with cloud-based critical infrastructure physical security solution.

  • Automate workflows

    Expedite responses to incidents and daily activities through automated workflows created by an integrated, AI-enabled security solution.

  • Scale as you grow

    With Avigilon’s scalable critical infrastructure security solutions, you can easily add devices, sites and users as your operations expand.

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Reliable security day and night

Avigilon’s security system for critical infrastructure allows you to manage your sites easily, whether at the office, visiting a substation or on the go.

  • Smart integrations

    Manage your security operations across multiple locations from afar with cloud-based critical infrastructure physical security solution.

  • Support remote workers

    Bridge the gap to remote sites and see what matters to help keep your team safe with coverage that reaches everywhere they work.

  • 24/7 oversight

    Adjust access permissions, lockdown sites and trigger responses to alerts remotely with a cloud-based security solution for critical infrastructure.

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Our customer stories

Hear how site directors are using Avigilon utility security systems to keep their substations, plants and facilities protected while seamlessly managing access permissions for staff and contractors.

Fueling innovative security

“The Avigilon camera associated with the security event comes to the screen automatically, allowing assessment and determinative action within thirty seconds to a minute.”

- Roy Sexton, Security Director of Alabama Power and Chief Security Officer of Southern Company
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Helping create safer airports

“With the video security system, airport security has increased and we have been able to cover areas that were not covered before.”

- Gregorio Castro, Technical Supervisor of the Security Area at TAGSA
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A safer hospital

“The Avigilon Alta solution has been such a success that national news outlets have been highlighting our story and security advancements.”

- Andrea Badaloni, Director of Corporate Information System at Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche
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Robust security operations

“Moro Hub data centers meet stringent regulations and uphold the highest security standards. We can rely on Avigilon to deliver compliant, cybersecure technology.”

- Mohammed Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Moro Hub
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Building a city of the future

“Avigilon Unity helps us quickly respond to incidents. Our response time was 15 minutes. Now it’s just four minutes. That’s the difference that can help save lives.”

- Alan Budde, Security and Business Continuity Manager at the City of Kelowna
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Avigilon solutions to help protect your sites

Deploy advanced security systems for utilities and power plants to spot threats and observe remote sites while helping keep your operations running safely.

Why choose Avigilon

Help protect your sites and workers while boosting efficiency with a utility video security system and access control technology.

  • Complete security ecosystem

    We bring together voice, data, video and analytics in an integrated security ecosystem to share intelligence across your site, so your team can work more safely and efficiently.

  • Enhanced access control

    A utility video security system can improve access control with AI-powered analytics such as Unusual Activity Detection, which alerts you to atypical behavior of people and vehicles.

  • Remote site management

    Avigilon’s critical infrastructure solution allows you to access your sites from anywhere via mobile device or web browser, enabling you to review events or check on system health remotely.

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Our critical infrastructure security solutions

Explore our wide range of critical infrastructure physical security solutions designed to help protect your assets and keep workers safe.

Security cameras

Scale your vision with AI-powered cameras built to sharpen awareness and help protect critical infrastructure sites.

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Access control

Help secure your sites with access control featuring mobile credentials and remote management built for critical infrastructure.

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Video management software and AI analytics

Manage video security using Avigilon’s intuitive VMS, backed by AI that automatically detects threats and optimizes operations.

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NVR6 FIPS

Video storage

Avigilon’s scalable storage solutions offer high-capacity storage, AI-powered threat detection and seamless remote access.

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Site protection system

Help ensure 24/7 security with a site protection system that detects threats early and helps prevent unauthorized access.

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Smart sensors

Detect smoke, air quality changes and aggression to help safeguard workers and maintain compliance across facilities.

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Download the physical security guide

Selecting security systems for utilities and power plants is no small task. Learn to identify common threats and the most effective tools and methods to protect your sites today and in the future.

Critical infrastructure security FAQs

To buy Avigilon’s critical infrastructure security solutions, please contact our team. Simply provide a few details and a member of our team will provide a free, no-obligation quote based on your security needs.
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Critical infrastructure security is the use of security measures to help protect and maintain the operations of essential sites, such as energy stations, transport routes, water treatment facilities and more.

Security for critical infrastructure sites prevents disruptions that could paralyze society, damage the economy or put lives at risk. Smart technology stops threats before they escalate to keep essential services running and people safe.

The most common threats to critical infrastructure facilities include cyberattacks, intrusion events, vandalism, theft and natural disasters.

Critical infrastructure sites are the systems and assets that keep society running. Any disruption to these networks threatens public health, national security and the economy. This includes everything from energy plants and water treatment sites to airports, hospitals, chemical plants and data centers.

A security system for critical infrastructure should include technologies such as video security, access control, alarms, smart sensors and more.

Video surveillance strengthens security for critical infrastructure by sharpening awareness and delivering real-time alerts for threats or safety hazards. Smart AI cameras observe every corner of your site and provide clear forensic video to speed up investigations and keep operations running.

Access control supports critical infrastructure physical security by helping prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to sites and restricted areas.

Cloud-based video security is the most effective way to monitor remote substations and treatment sites. It gives operators instant access to live feeds from anywhere so they can manage safety and resolve operational issues without being on-site. Better visibility means faster responses and more reliable service.

Have questions? We can help

Our video security experts can help you implement the right security system for your business.