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IT for the safety and security sector

IT for the safety and security sector, on site and on patrol

Your security officers are on duty at a client's building, driving their night patrol or working in the control room, and their phone or tablet is their workplace. Infodatek Group looks after the management and security of IT at security companies, alarm receiving centres and other safety organisations. That way rosters, reports and site information are available at every post and at any hour, and only to the people who work with them.

A security officer in the control room watches the camera feeds on his screens.

Working beyond the office

A small office, a large working area

In the safety and security sector you rarely see most colleagues at the office. Security officers work at client sites and events, mobile patrol officers drive from address to address, engineers maintain fire alarm and intruder alarm systems, and trainers run workplace emergency response courses at the client's premises. They use an app for their roster, write a report of their shift and need their instructions for each site. Meanwhile the control room runs day and night. All that information is confidential: site details, alarm procedures, key registers and the personal data of your own people. We arrange your IT so that everyone can work securely at any hour, and so that you can demonstrate to clients how it is organised.

  • Phones and tablets managed centrally, even when they change hands between shifts
  • Role-based access to rosters, reports and site information
  • Management and continuity for control room, planning and office
  • Security and documentation you can present to clients and auditors

At a glance

Mobile management
Phones and tablets come under our management from the Plus edition onwards, in Digital Care Managed Operations. You pay a fixed monthly amount per employee.
Monitoring
Detection and response (MDR) by a SOC on watch 24 hours a day. Available as an add-on, and part of the Elite edition.
Who it is for
Security companies, alarm receiving centres, fire safety firms, emergency response trainers and enforcement services, large or small.

In practice

What safety organisations need from their IT

Safety does not stop at five o'clock. Shifts run through the night and the weekend, and an alarm comes in whenever it comes in. The systems for planning, reporting and alarm handling must therefore always be reachable. On top of that, staffing changes often: new colleagues start, on-call staff step in and several officers share the same device at a post.

Your profession also calls for care. Clients give you access to their buildings, keys and alarm procedures, and trust that this information is safe with you. Well secured IT is therefore also a calling card for your own service. So you do not just want everything to work, you also want proof that it is set up securely.

  • Shifts day and night, including weekends and public holidays
  • Shared devices at a post and changing staff
  • Confidential site information, alarm procedures and key registers
  • Clients asking how their data is protected

In their words

What customers in this sector say

“In Infodatek Group we have found a reliable partner, a one-stop provider for years now. Technically, our IT is completely in order!”
Kees Pichal, head of inside sales at All Safety
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Who it is for

Which safety organisations do we work for?

From a small security company to a safety organisation with its own control room and a large field team. A few examples.

Security companies

Static guarding, mobile patrols, reception services and event security. Your people work across many addresses and hours. We manage their devices and access to planning and reporting, so the handover at every post goes smoothly.

Alarm receiving centres and control rooms

This is where alarms, images and notifications come together, and every minute counts. We provide stable workstations, a stable network and a well shielded environment around your control room software, with maintenance we coordinate with you in detail.

Fire safety

Installers and maintenance companies for fire alarm systems, extinguishers and emergency lighting work with inspections and job sheets on a tablet. We provide reliable devices in the field and a protected link back to office and planning.

Emergency response and safety training

Trainers run courses at client sites and register participants and certificates. We arrange a workplace that works as well in a client's training room as at home, and make sure trainees' personal data is stored securely.

Supervision and enforcement

Enforcement officers, parking attendants and traffic controllers work outdoors, with their phone as their most important tool. We keep those devices safe and current, and the data they collect well shielded.

Frequently asked questions

What safety organisations often ask us

Our people work at night. Who helps them if they get stuck?

We agree together what availability you need, with an emergency procedure for out of hours disruptions that fits your shifts. Small questions can be handled straight away: with Managed Cowork, the IT Assistant answers many questions itself at any hour, and where needed passes a ticket, complete with the details, to our service desk. And because we monitor your environment, we pick up a lot before an officer notices anything.

Can security officers work on their own phones?

Yes, if you want them to. Then only work apps like Outlook and Teams get a lock of their own, opened with a PIN code or fingerprint, and business data stays inside them. Photos and private messages remain outside our management. When someone leaves, only the work section is removed; everything else on the phone is left alone. Together we agree which apps are permitted on private devices and which only on a company device.

Will you manage our alarm handling or control room software as well?

Configuration and support of the package remain the supplier's job. Our role covers what it runs on and what it connects to: workstations, network, servers or cloud, security and backup. We coordinate every update or change in advance with the supplier and with you. If you want to link the software to other systems, we first investigate with the supplier what is possible. Only when that is clear do we make arrangements.

How do you arrange access for on-call staff and new colleagues?

Quickly and tidily. A new colleague gets an account with the permissions that belong to their role, and a device that is ready to use. Someone who only works the occasional shift reaches only what they need for that shift. After the last working day, access is closed at the moment you specify. That way you keep sight of who can view which information.

Is our security company covered by NIS2?

Usually not directly, because private security is not a sector in its own right under the law. That can be different if you also provide other services, and your size plays a part. The chain often matters more: clients within the scope of NIS2 must also consider their suppliers, and you are one of them. Together we establish your position, and Smart Compliance lets you record measures and evidence.

Will our shifts notice the switch?

We keep the impact to a minimum. First comes an introduction, followed by an inventory of locations, devices, systems, suppliers and contracts. Then you get a proposal in plain language. We plan the transition around your rosters and move devices over group by group, so there are always people able to work in the field. Our teams in Terneuzen (Zeeland) and Vianen (Utrecht) support over five hundred organisations in the Benelux.

Do your people work safely and smoothly at every post?

In half an hour we look at your devices, your rosters and your control room, and how they work together securely.

A smiling IT specialist at her computer, with headphones around her neck.