SNP Security raises the benchmark as it opens its new hi-tech headquarters
21 August 2008
NSW Police Minister, David Campbell MP, will officiate the opening of SNP Security’s new hi-tech headquarters in West Ryde, on Thursday 21st August 2008 at 10:30am. The new building is one of the most secure in the country.
Housing the latest Grade A1 monitoring system, the new Monitoring Centre exceeded the grading requirements for the highest possible Australian standard. Construction required over 80 kilometres of Ethernet cabling, 50 kilometres of electrical cabling and its own electrical sub-station to meet power needs.
With a client list exceeding 30,000, including many well-known Australian companies and landmarks, it was critical that SNP Security’s new Centre keeps functioning under any circumstance. Over 23 million alarm events are logged each year, with 129,000 alarm events requiring further action. Therefore the Centre has been designed as a self-contained bunker underground, with dual UPS systems (un-interruptible power supply), redundant and self-contained air conditioning, standby emergency generator housed inside the building and special telecommunication paths to ensure that data lines cannot be severed. The site has been fitted with the latest technology in CCTV monitoring equipment ensuring that any sign of an issue is detected and recorded.
Within the centre, external seismic alarms detect any possible attack, triggering full emergency alerts and diverting all alarm events to second Grade A1 Monitoring Centre, located in Newcastle. This ability to deliver full disaster recovery and redundancy is completed through dual 1 & 2mb telecommunication pipe.
SNP Security Managing Director, Tom Roche says every possible scenario and plan was considered in developing the new site.
“We wanted to get everything right: for our staff, for our clients and for the industry,” said Tom. “This is an exciting time for us, as SNP Security is now in the enviable position of being able to provide superior support to the NSW Police force and the general community.”
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