Archive for November, 2009

TRUSYS to Speak at the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue “Smart-Ups” Summit

NIUSR, AFCEA and the USNI are hosting this two day conference on Readiness, Resilience, Response, Rescue and Recovery for Leaders and Communities January 31, and February 1, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center. John Gargett, R-SEC Professional and TRUSYS Principal will be presenting a session titled “Continuity of Operations” using the concepts of T4 Operational Excellence (which is the framework for any organization doing risk, security, emergency and crisis management). The underlying principle is simple – teams of people, using proven organizational techniques, with current technologies, all brought together with regular training. The application of this approach will enable the maximization of limited resources providing a sustainable network to address all of the risks, security threats, emergencies and crisis situations that an agency faces.

If you have not yet registered, or would like more information you can visit http://www.niusr.org.

TRUSYS announces its participation and support for the Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) system.

UICDS is the “middleware foundation” that enables National Response Framework (NRF) and National Information Management System (NIMS), including Incident Command Structure (ICS), information sharing and decision support among commercial and government incident management technologies used across the country to prevent, protect, respond, and recover from natural, technological, and terrorist events. While most of the participants of UICDS today are technology product providers who are integrating their products to be “UICDS” compliant, TRUSYS is now offering UICDS integration for organizations, public or private, that produce security technology products or wish to ensure that their technical security infrastructure is interoperable with Federal, State and Local emergency managers as part of it R-SEC Program.

According to Mr. Ryan Taylor, CEO of TRUSYS, “We recognize that interoperability and convergence of security technologies is the key to success in developing and maintaining a security program for our clients. Understanding the UICDS Core and being able to integrate technologies enables us to provide a shortcut, both in terms of time and money, for our customers who are looking for interoperability and convergence.”

UICDS is being developed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with funding from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The development of UICDS is a collaborative effort between government agencies, the private sector and technology providers.

TRUSYS to Speak at the ASIS Technology Expo

On December 15, 2009 the ASIS Puget Sound Chapter is sponsoring the 2009 Fall Technology Seminar and Exhibitions at Microsoft Corporation Campus.  This year there will be a focus on emerging Security and Safety technologies and their convergence with Information Technology systems.

 John Gargett, R-SEC Professional and TRUSYS Principal will be presenting “Risk, Safety, Security, Emergency & Crisis Management – An Integrated Model” which will cover the concept of development of a Risk, Safety, Security, Emergency & Crisis Management (R-SEC) program.  Using the T4 Operational Excellence framework Mr. Gargett will demonstrate how to bring together the organizational silos of information contained in the different departments across the enterprise.  This provides sustainable communication in order to address all of the risks, security threats, emergencies and crisis situations that the enterprise faces.

If you have not yet registered, or would like more information about the event you can visit http://asistechnologyexpo.eventbrite.com/.

TRUSYS to Conduct Workshop on Continuity of Operations

On December 2, 2009, John Gargett, R-SEC Professional and TRUSYS Principal, will be conducting a workshop for the Washington State Transportation Training Coalition in Everett, WA. This class will cover the basic tenants of Continuity of Operations, as well as introducing students to the concepts of T4 Operational Excellence (which is the framework for any organization doing risk, security, emergency and crisis management). The underlying principle is simple, consisting of teams of people, using proven organizational techniques, with current technologies, all brought together with regular training. The result will enable a transit agency to provide continued delivery of services and programs through any security, emergency, or crisis situation.

This class will benefit operations supervisors, safety managers, general managers, security personnel, maintenance managers, public information officers and anyone else who is involved in the continuity of operations before, during, or after an emergency.

For further information, including cost and registration, you can contact the Washington State Transportation Training Coalition by going to http://www.wsttc.org/calendar.asp?classid=179&bcid=2