Electronic Security Systems for Government

We design, install, and support card access, video surveillance, intrusion alarms, and fire systems, with hosted options and NOC device-health monitoring. Federal and municipal government is one of the industries we serve. Our public-sector clients include the Ohio Department of Veterans Services, Cleveland Public Library, and Cleveland Metroparks. What goes into your building starts with the needs assessment: which spaces are public, which are secure, and who controls each door.

Before a budget request, ideally. Our system assessment is obligation-free, and it gives you a scoped plan you can put into a capital request or grant application. It's also worth doing when a building has several generations of equipment from past contractors, or when nobody can say who manages the cardholder database. We identify gaps and risks. Code compliance review is only included if the scope says so, and your AHJ has the final word.

Start by mapping zones: public lobbies, staff-only areas, and high-security rooms such as evidence, records, or server rooms. Decide fail-safe or fail-secure for each egress door with your fire marshal before hardware is ordered. The platforms we install scale from a single door to large multi-building systems. Federal sites may need readers and software that support PIV credentials, so confirm the credential standard during design.

Section 889 of the FY2019 NDAA bars federal agencies, and contractors doing federal work, from using covered video surveillance equipment from Hikvision, Dahua, and certain other companies. The rule also reaches federal grant and loan recipients, which can include state and local agencies. With many sites, a short questionnaire asking each which video system and maker it runs finds covered gear fast; then have your integrator confirm every component. Set retention by your records schedule and counsel's advice.

Device health, not live video or alarms. Probes on your servers and an IPS application on your video server check device status and cybersecurity controls, then send data outbound over TLS to IPS's secure AWS server. When something starts to fail, we troubleshoot and resolve it under your maintenance contract. Government IT teams usually want to review that outbound connection before approval, so we plan it early.

It depends on your IT policy and funding model. Hosted services lower up-front capital cost, spread the expense over the system's life, keep software current, and use certified data center partners for redundancy. Agencies with tight capital budgets can also ask about a five-to-seven-year equipment lifecycle lease with refreshes built in. The trade-offs are data location, IT review, and upstream bandwidth, so some agencies keep recording on site.

Yes. Support programs include two preventative maintenance visits per contract year, with database metrics and performance analysis, priority response for remote and onsite support, a documented history from design through resolved issues, and pre-recorded training for new staff. That history matters in government, where staff and administrations change. Service runs during normal business hours, and after-hours work around public hours carries an added charge.

Start with the problem and the funding timeline. Tell us about the facility, what isn't working, and when budget or grant decisions are made. We walk the site, identify gaps, and design a system that can be phased: priority doors and cameras first, the rest in later fiscal years, all on one platform. Pricing follows that scope review and depends on the number of devices and services required.