TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS — 03

Monitoring, Alarms & Access Control

Three systems, three vendors, three screens, one operator trying to correlate all of it in real time — that's not monitoring, that's a workload problem. GSS designs it as one picture.

OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

Separate systems create a correlation problem for the human in the loop

Monitoring, alarm management, and access control are frequently procured, installed, and operated as three separate systems, each with its own interface, its own alarm logic, and its own vendor relationship. An operator watching all three is doing the correlation work manually — deciding whether a door alarm, a badge read, and a camera event fifteen seconds apart are the same story or three unrelated ones.

GSS designs monitoring, alarm management, and access control as one integrated capability rather than three adjacent systems. Access events, alarm state, and video assessment are tied together so an operator sees a correlated picture instead of three independent feeds, and alarm logic is tuned so genuine events are distinguishable from nuisance activity at the point they're raised, not fifteen minutes later during shift review.

The design work covers both ends of the system: the credentialing and access-control policy that determines who can go where, and the monitoring architecture that determines what the operator actually sees when something happens.

METHODOLOGY
01Current-State AssessmentExisting monitoring, alarm, and access-control systems and how operators actually use them.
02Access Control Policy DesignCredentialing, privilege levels, and area-access rules mapped to operational need.
03Alarm Logic TuningAlarm thresholds and correlation rules set to separate real events from nuisance activity.
04Integration ArchitectureAccess, alarm, and monitoring data unified into a single operator interface.
05Operator Workflow DesignConsole layout and escalation procedures built around how alarms actually arrive.
06Validation & HandoverSystem tested against real scenarios before turnover to the operating organization.
CORE CAPABILITIES
Access control policy & credentialing designAlarm management & correlation logicIntegrated monitoring architectureOperator console & workflow designNuisance-alarm reductionSystem validation & handover
RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS
Operating nuclear facilitiesSmall modular reactorsNew nuclear buildOther high-consequence critical infrastructure

Give your operators one picture instead of three screens to reconcile

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