When Access Control and Safety Come First

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Our Electric Utility Customer

As a forward-thinking electric utility cooperative, this company is committed to delivering safe, reliable, and affordable power to its members. However, keeping operations secure, efficient, and reliable in the face of evolving challenges is no small task.  When the cooperative recognized gaps in visibility and site security, they turned to EPIC iO for a comprehensive AI-powered Security solution to give full visibility and control into the security, access and operational safe-guarding of their site. 

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Challenges

Security Operations teams often face significant risks if their visibility is limited, this utility provider proactively chose to address faced several key challenges immediately: 

Site Security Vulnerabilities

Limited visibility left them open to potential intruders. 

Operational Blind Spots

Without reliable monitoring, they were unable to track critical operational performance. 

Threat Detection

An absence of automated alerts for potential threats, like intrusions or equipment overheating

To address these challenges, they needed a trusted partner with proven reliability and seamless, always-on connectivity. 

Our Solution

To meet this electric utility cooperative’s needs, EPIC iO delivered a full suite of solutions from SOC monitoring, access control, thermal temperature alarming and active shooter location identification to name a few – all managed through a single pane of glass platform, DeepInsights for Site Security. 

Real-time monitoring capabilities

that track, record, and alert if access attempts are detected.

Early Temperature Warnings

prevent damage to sensitive equipment saving costs and ensuring operational continuity.

Active Shooter Location Identification

quickly identifies the location of the shooter sending critical info to law enforcement in seconds.

Bringing all data into a single pane of glass, this utility cooperative met its safety and operational goals safeguarding people, properties, and physical assets. 

Key Points

Without AI-driven analysis to filter out irrelevant activity, organizations face slower response times, reduce morale, and operational inefficiencies, all which compromise site security.

Results

By using EPIC iO’s smart sensors and AIpowered security solution this utility coop was able to catch potential issues before they caused problems, improving safety and performance

Prevent Equipment Failures 

Enhance Automation 

Empower people, assets, and environmental resources

This approach helped protect people, assets and profitability by reducing costly decisions, repairs, and downtime. 

We’ve seen a reduction in false alarms and a boost in operational efficiency. The system’s ability to differentiate real threats from everyday motion save us from manually sorting through false-alarm threats, allowing our team to stay focused on genuine risk”

– Security Management Professional 

Why Choose EPIC iO?

EPIC iO is a trusted, single-source partner, who can elevate communications, contextualize data, and employ predictive capabilities proactively solving issues before they become critical. 

Because of the confidential nature of the security and strategic solutions we provide, many of our case studies are unnamed to protect our clients’ privacy.

Connect with us to learn how we can tailor these solutions for your business. 

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