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Holding Your Currency
Company dedicated to protection of people, assets and reputations
BIy Daniel Bachmann
f you know GardaWorld, it’s likely because you’ve been behind one of their ubiquitous and hard to miss red and white armored trucks as they go about the business of being North America’s largest cash-handling service provider. At hundreds of facilities and handling centers in the United States and Canada, the com-
pany processes currency for an entire continent, monitored by com- plex video surveillance technologies, working together to ensure the integrity of their processes and operations.
Headquartered in Montreal, the company provides business so- lutions and security services through the efforts of more than 62,000 staff globally, making GardaWorld one of the largest privately- owned security companies in the world, dedicated to the protection of people, assets and reputations on a daily basis and performing critical tasks to protect and secure all three in an increasingly cha- otic world.
When the time came to upgrade existing video surveillance opera- tions for the company’s cash handling business as well as installations for the company’s newest sites, the task was complex with unique re- quirements and a massive scale spanning two countries. The com-
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pany’s exceptional footprint and storied legacy in North America meant there was a highly varied set of conditions and requirements for optimizing video surveillance operations.
With a mix of existing analog and digital surveillance in existing facilities and requirements for initial installations in newer facilities, GardaWorld articulated complex security needs for more than 250 individual sites throughout Canada and the United States, each re- quiring high quality video surveillance and networking with a mix of analog and digital technology.Within individual facilities, existing video surveillance reflected a substantial level of upgrade complexity. The number of cameras at each site varied, with additional variances in age and operations for prior installations. Due to the nature of security operations, it was imperative that no interruption of security monitoring would occur during any technology transition. Further, the rollout of technology upgrades would require training for opera- tors and monitors of surveillance equipment at various locations, a potential challenge given the scale of the endeavor.
“GardaWorld is a known global leader in security, cash logistics and cash management, with a reputation for excellence and customer
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