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Cisco Safety and Security is a comprehensive solution encompassing the entire continuum of protection for people and assets, from preparation and prevention to response and recovery.

Solution Overviews

Learn how to make the right information and tools available, to the right agency, and to citizens, at the right time.

• Safety and Security At-A-Glance (PDF - 1 MB)
• New Era in Public Safety (PDF - 295 KB)
• Open Architecture for Crisis Management (PDF - 1 MB)
• Stimulus Safety and Security (PDF - 277 KB)

Network Blueprints

Explore network architectures, blueprints, and design guides.

• Public Sector Blueprint - Safety and Security (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System Operational Views
• Secure Wireless Design Guide (PDF - 10.2 MB)

Case Studies

See how our customers are transforming the way they protect both people and assets.

• Connecting First Responders (Video - 3:38 min)
• West Virginia First with New Emergency System
• Innovation in Pandemic Planning: Oakland County, Michigan (PDF - 306 KB)
• Growing City Uses Wireless Communications to Improve Public Safety and Services (PDF - 76 KB)
• More Government Case Studies

White Papers

• Keeping People Safe (PDF - 585 KB)
• Integrated Safety and Security (PDF- 289 KB)
• Video Applications for Public Safety (PDF - 294 KB)
• Transportation Security: Seven Proven Investments

Viewpoints

Customer and Cisco experts present real-time solutions that transform the way people and assets are protected.

• Finding the Money (PDF - 3.6 MB)
• Buying Today, Building Toward Tomorrow (PDF - 2.6 MB)
• Laying the Foundation for Cooperation (PDF - 2.3 MB)
• Roundtable Discussion: Getting There (PDF - 2.6 MB)

Based on U.S. government recommendations, Cisco has aligned its products with a five-step approach to safety and security: prepare, prevent, detect, assess, and respond.

Prepare

Adopt early warning tools and continuity and situation response plans.

• Advanced Services
• Open Platform for Safety and Security

Prevent

Help safeguard employees, citizens, property, and assets.

• Video Surveillance and Access Control

Detect

Provide instant notification of security breaches and threats.

• Video Surveillance and Access Control
• Gunshot Location Surveillance
• ObjectVideo OnBoard (PDF - 782 KB)

Assess

Determine the scope of the incident and next actions.

• Video Surveillance Operations Manager
• WebEx
• VidSys Physical Security Information Management Solution (PDF - 347 KB)

Respond

Coordinate real-time communication during emergencies.

• Cisco IPICS (Cisco Internet Protocol Interoperability and Collaboration System)
• Rapidly Deployable Communications
• Cisco Unified Communications
• WebEx
• Cisco TelePresence
• Berbee Alerts and Notification Tools
• AAC, Inc Alerts and Notification Tools
• Digital Media System