Mission
Octopus’ Command and Control platform enable customers to access all their physical and IT security and situational awareness needs from a single, unified solution — whether local or global to protect their employees, assets and operational risks.
OCTOPUS SOFTWARE PROVIDES INTEGRATION
Fully Cloud-enabled, our software integrates with products from leading security system vendors and manufacturers, allowing your organization to retain existing hardware but centralizing Command and Control, thus reducing equipment and installation costs. OCTOPUS allows for efficient management of your organization’s technological systems and information security, safety, operations, and physical security teams from one centralized database.
WHAT IS OCTOPUS SOFTWARE?
Octopus’ Advanced Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) enables organization to get a holistic view (360º-degrees-view) of security events that could impact their operations and data via a greater richness of data sources than any other platform on the market with integration capabilities of physical & IT devices span across more than 350 integration possibilities and Octopus continues to expand this number
THE MAIN SYSTEMS INCLUDES:
THE CHANGING FACE OF SECURITY MANAGEMENT
Today’s security officer has to manage numerous security systems from different providers and generate an accurate situational picture from disparate data sources. This makes security management time consuming and expensive, and the lack of integration and cross referencing makes it difficult to make fast and well-informed security decisions.
ONE-STOP-SHOP, ALL-IN-ONE, CLOUD-ENABLED PSIM
The OCTOPUS PSIM Command & Control Center takes the guesswork out of your security management by unifying your disparate security devices and information systems into one converged platform.
As the only fully Cloud-based PSIM available on the market, the OCTOPUS PSIM Command & Control Center is a complete solution for security, safety and operation centers, offering a unified common operational picture (COP) either on a multiple screen layout or on a laptop or tablet with an internet connection.
SECURITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
The OCTOPUS PSIM includes a native mobile application that connects everyone in your organization, saving valuable time in the event of an emergency and placing “human sensors” in the field.
OCTOPUS software can interface with all of your organization’s security and data systems, including alarms, fraud prevention, cyber-attack alerts, safety sensors, entrance monitoring, and closed circuit cameras, as well as open source intelligence and social media, enhancing situational awareness, improving response time, and increasing efficiency.
SAVE VALUABLE INCIDENT RESPONSE TIME
We here at OCTOPUS know that in an emergency situations, mere seconds can make a world of difference in response time. OCTOPUS Computer Aided Dispatching (CAD) makes it easy to keep track of security personnel in the field, communicate to them individually or as a group, and quickly dispatch them in an emergency.
GET LIVE UPDATES STRAIGHT FROM THE FIELD
The OCTOPUS mobile application allows you to pinpoint the exact location of your personnel in the field straight from the Command Center, making it easy to dispatch those closest to an incident. The application supports two-way communication between mobile users and the Command Center, and mobile users can report incidents from the field, including images and live streaming video from their mobile devices.
IMPROVE SECURITY EFFICIENCY WITH MONITORED PATROLS
For day-to-day operations, easily schedule and track security patrols, both by vehicle and by foot via the mobile application. Security personnel can easily report any issues at predefined patrol checkpoints, and the Command Center automatically notifies you of any anomalies in a guard’s patrol, such as deviation from the predefined route or unexplained stops.
MANAGE THREATS WHILE BOOSTING COMPLIANCE
The OCTOPUS Cyber Security Event Management system gives you a real time overview of security threats along with customized SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and user activity reports to help ensure industry regulatory compliance. Our solution integrates with and collects data from all of your physical security, cyber security, safety, data, and sensory systems, prioritizes incidents from the gathered data, and enables you to make more informed security decisions faster.
DECREASE RESPONSE TIME WITHOUT SACRIFICING EFFECTIVENESS
The OCTOPUS solution warns you of security threats in real time and provides you with the relevant SOPs, allowing you to respond faster and more effectively. Incidents are prioritized by severity to focus your responses and increase efficiency.
STREAMLINE YOUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE PROCESSES
Our customizable, automatically deployed SOPs make sure that your security personnel comply with industry regulations every time they respond to an incident. Comprehensive and secure user activity reports are accessible by authorized administrators and make compliance auditing easy and accurate.
MONITOR YOUR SECURITY SITUATION ON THE GO
The OCTOPUS mobile application makes it easy to monitor your organization’s security, even if you’re in the field. Receive incident alerts, send and receive messages, and send pictures and streaming video to the Command Center from the site of an incident, all straight from your mobile device.
ASSISTANCE IN AN INSTANT
The OCTOPUS mobile distress signaling application allows your organization’s security personnel, employees, and/or customers to quickly and discreetly notify the Command & Control Center, first responders, and predefined contacts in case of an emergency.
FASTER AND EASIER RESPONSE DISPATCHING
The app pinpoints the exact geo-location of the individual in distress, making it faster and easier to send security forces and emergency services where they’re needed.
DISCREET DISTRESS SIGNALING FOR EVERY TYPE OF SITUATION
The distress signal can be activated in four ways: by using the in-app panic button, by holding down the volume button on an Android device, by using a timer that will activate the alarm if a passcode is not entered on time, or through the use of the app’s gyro mode, which automatically activates the alarm when the device is rotated to 30 degrees.
INCREASED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR MORE A EFFECTIVE RESPONSE
When activated, the app automatically sends a message to the Command & Control Center, security personnel in the field, and predefined emergency contacts, and includes the personal information of the individual distress, their location, and navigation information. Mobile users can quickly and easily send messages, pictures, and live streaming video straight from the incident site, allowing security personnel to respond more effectively.
MAKE VISITS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION EASIER AND SAFER
The OCTOPUS Visitor, Supplier & Temporary Employee Management System offers a comprehensive, intuitive and streamlined visitor enrollment process and user experience for both your organization and the visitor himself, while removing the need for any special dedicated hardware and paperwork.
COMPLETE CONTROL, ALL IN ONE PLACE
The system enables your organization to control all the visitors, temporary employees, suppliers, and contractors entering and exiting your facilities, handling all aspects of the visiting process, from invitations and scheduling to security and temporary employee payroll management.
SAVE ON HARDWARE COSTS WITHOUT SACRIFICING EFFECTIVENESS
The system leverages existing mobile phone infrastructure, saving money and allowing easy access by authorized employees, management, and security personnel. The system integrates with your existing hardware, communicates with security and reception staff, and manages visitors across multiple locations from one system.
A VARIETY OF AVAILABLE INTEGRATIONS
The OCTOPUS software can integrate to a variety of systems, such as LPR, gates & barriers, turnstyles, access control, background checking software, and ERP systems, to maximize your control over who enters and exits your facilities.
AVAILABLE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
Our Cloud-enabled, web-based system is secure and easy to install, implement and maintain, reducing costs and dependence on complicated costly IT infrastructure and personnel.
MONITOR AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPLIANCE
The OCTOPUS Testing & Measuring system allows you to monitor your organization’s security and safety compliance or performance with KPIs according to customizable parameters. The system gives you a straightforward overview of your organization’s overall safety performance, helping you target and improve lacking areas.
SUBMIT REPORTS STRAIGHT FROM THE FIELD
Managers can easily fill in reports on a the mobile terminal straight from the field, and the results will are aggregated in the system’s performance screen, keeping your data accurate and up-to-date. All of the reported data is recorded for online and offline access and is easily accessible for regulatory compliance auditing.
MANAGE YOUR FACILITY MORE EFFECTIVELY
The OCTOPUS Facility Management module allows you to monitor integrated systems, track energry and water consumption, and manage maintenance requirements. Auto-generate or manually create tasks for maintenance staff, assuring that repairs are made in a timely manner. Make your organization more cost-effective and eco-friendly by reducing consumption, setting up automated processes, and creating behavioral and seasonal settings to prevent over-consumption and waste.
A VARIETY OF AVAILABLE INTEGRATIONS
The system integrates with with critical building systems and receives data and alarms automatically, including gates and doors, fire and gas detectors, water and wastewater meters, electricity meters, UPS, generators, SCADA, telemetry, PLCs, cameras, and security systems, giving you complete control over your facility. The system includes an interactive building layout diagram showing the locations of systems and alarms, making it easy to find and respond to alarms or alerts.
AVAILABLE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
Our Cloud-enabled, web-based system is secure and easy to install, implement and maintain, reducing costs and dependence on complicated costly IT infrastructure and personnel.
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE FIELD, STRAIGHT FROM THE COMMAND CENTER
OCTOPUS live mobile video transmission enables you to view and record live video streamed from the mobile application to the command & control center.
TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION REMOTELY
With field personnel streaming live mobile video straight from the mobile application, administrators can watch incidents unfold in real time allowing them to advise personnel in real time and make sure proper protocol are always followed.
ASSESS INCIDENTS FROM EVERY ANGLE
Several of video streams can be opened at the same time in the command center, allowing you to see incidents from different persepectives or view various incidents at once, and multiple command & control centers can open the same stream at the same time.
SECURELY STORED AND ACCESSIBLE
All streaming video is recorded on the OCTOPUS cloud and is available for later review, such as for audit or training purposes.
INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND MITIGATE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK
Mitigate and monitor your organization’s risk with the Octopus Performance & Monitoring system. A Business Intelligence System (BI) for managers, allowing to receive information and performance results from internal and external sources and monitor all of the organization’s key performance indicators (KPIs), the organization’s health status and risk level – in the field of Safety, Operations, Security, Information security, Compliance and ISO’s, and any other fields the organization wishes to monitor.
MAIN FEATURES:
Setup all the organizational performance indicators and key elements which need to be monitored for your entire organization and divisions.
Managers from each division fill in periodic results, assessments, inspections and reports.
Mobile app allows managers to view results and fill in reports remotely from the field.
View all your organizational performance levels from one place for all the facilities.
Drill in each site to reveal the underlying indicator performance results.
Set thresholds for each monitored subject from which an escalation in the organizational measurements and procedures is required when threshold is passed.
Gain insights into divisions and areas which poor performance and higher risk, compare between multiple sites and average performance.
Advanced User Interface allowing quick drill-in from high level to lower level.
Map your organizations hierarchy and decide on designated responsible employees for feeding performance reports into the system.
GET A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF YOUR ORGANIZATION’S FLEET
The OCTOPUS fleet management system makes dispatching, tracking, and monitoring your organization’s fleet easy. Using just the OCTOPUS mobile application, easily see the location of your vehicles on the GIS map in the command & control center. Assignable icons help you easily differentiate between vehicle types at a glance.
EASILY CREATE AND ASSIGN ROUTES
The OCTOPUS fleet management system also allows you to easily set up and assign routes to your company’s fleet, complete with geo-located check points, allowing you to make sure your vehicles get where they need to go, when they need to get there. Routes are sent to the vehicles via the mobile application, and different predefined routes can easily be sent each day. Sent routes include navigation instructions, allowing the driver to open navigation software straight from the application.
SAVE ON HARDWARE COSTS WITHOUT SACRIFICING EFFECTIVENESS
The system leverages existing mobile phone infrastructure, saving money and allowing easy access by authorized employees, management, and security personnel. The system integrates with your existing hardware, communicates with security and reception staff, and manages visitors across multiple locations from one system.
EASY INTEGRATION FOR EVEN MORE FLEET MANAGEMENT FEATURES
OCTOPUS can integrate with a third party GPS vehicle tracking system that we provide. The OCTOPUS vehicle GPS integration allows you track vehicle location as well as any abnormal behavior, such as a vehicle that has stopped moving, an engine that has been turned off, and even erratic driving and speeding. The tracking system is fully connected to the OCTOPUS platform and shows the vehicle location, speed, altitude, engine status, battery consumption, and more, all visible on the OCTOPUS GIS map, allowing accurate tracking 24/7. Easily monitor the efficiency of your fleet, saving your organization money.
