FST21 Helps Organization Secure Facilities

FST21 Helps Organization Secure Facilities

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FST21 America offers a platform that combines facial and voice recognition with behavior monitoring to determine who is authorized to enter a facility.

There are numerous ways that enterprises can try to improve security. Perhaps the most common is to issue pass cards to employees. Additional methods include fingerprint and retina scanners. These methods have their limitations: People are usually disturbed by lasers scanning their eyes, some don’t have readable fingerprints, others avoid touching keypads used by a large number of people.

FST21, founded six years ago by CEO Aharon Zeevi Farkash, believes it has found a better way. Its SafeRise platform combines facial and voice recognition with behavior monitoring to determine who is authorized to enter a facility. Regarding the behavior monitoring, it takes into account such factors as a person’s physical attributes, such as height, as well as how they typically behave when they’re entering the facility. For instance, the worker might be running to escape an assailant who the enterprise certainly wouldn’t want entering the facility.

FST21 offered a scenario concerning a stadium or arena, which are at the top of the list of potential terrorist targets. Domes containing a video camera could be installed above every turnstile. As attendees enter the facility, their images are captured and then cross-referenced against databases consisting of known criminals or terrorist suspects. Though the transaction takes only a second or two to execute, it’s still not fast enough to prevent the bad guys from fading into the crowd. But the system will automatically send an SMS message containing their images to security personnel, who can then fan out to search for them.

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Another use case involves multi-occupant dwellings, as the system can be used as a virtual doorman to prevent non-residents from entering. If someone manages to slip inside the lobby – perhaps a resident didn’t securely shut the security door upon entering – the system can be configured to prevent the elevator doors from opening. And, if a glitch occurs, a central monitoring station would be able to override the system.

FST21 predicts that urban high-rise apartment building owners will see the benefit. In big cities like New York and Chicago, when people rent an apartment in a building with a doorman, they’re willing to pay 25% more, for example. And that’s not just because the doorman gives great service – it’s also because they feel more secure in your home.