Portendo OPC
The Portendo OPC (OPerations Central) is an information system for intelligence
gathering, threat mapping and risk assessment. It collects information on potential
security threats from a vast number of Tracer sensors spread over a large area.
Threats are presented on a GIS (Graphical Information System) map.
Several Portendo OPC surveillance centers may be connected into a network and exchange
selected information. Non-homogenous sensor networks can be run by civilian corporations
offering customers services like alarm supervision, while sensitive information
may be channeled to security police for further treatment.
Under Portendo’s initiative a research project, LOTUS, with Portendo as a key contributor
has been funded by the European Union and targeted at detecting illicit manufacturing
of explosives. The project will start in 2008 and will demonstrate the OPC/Tracer
concept under real-life conditions.
Read more about the Lotus project (pdf file opens in new window) »