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Sovereign Security a Nottingham based company has steadily grown since an initial contract Euro96.

Director Darren Brookes has ensured investment into technology and best practices believing the two can work hand in hand, having been recently awarded a European grant for the development of NFC (near field communications) technology Sovereign believe they are leading the way in which security companies do business.

The NFC solution gives both Security companies and clients the ability to remotely monitor staff, effectively communicate with them, and manage patrols and actions in real time. The NFC solution enables a Security organisation to verify that the correct staff are in the correct location at a given time. The solution allows a user touch a tag at a particular location to verify that they have arrived at the location. The NFC application enables a Security company to set up various policies associated with a clients site. These policies normally form a set of formal governance associated with a security providers contract with their customers. These policies can then be enforced by using a NFC Mobile device. A security organisation has the ability to define when a security patrol is expected at a given location. If for whatever reason the security worker does not arrive in the pre-determined time slot, the security organisation will benefit from an alerting mechanism built into the solution. This pro-active monitoring feature of the solution gives organisations the peace of mid that they will be able to meet their service level agreements. In the event a security worker does not arrive at the correct location at the correct time, then the organisation will be alerted, and be able to take remedial action.

The NFC application gives a security company the capability to electronically generate timesheets associated with a clients contract. At the end of the month, users are able to print off individual timesheets associated with a clients site and generate invoices for the number of hours worked at a given site. There are a number of data capture mechanisms available for the security guard who is on site. They have the ability to make electronic notes using their mobile phone. These electronic notes have the ability to be associated and automatically uploaded to the site and location tag. A security worker can leverage the multimedia capabilities of the phone by using the voice and picture functions. If the security patrol prefers to make a voice based note, they can record a small voice clip on their mobile which automatically get uploaded to the corresponding site’s tag. Alternatively, they can take a picture and automatically upload this information for the particular site’s tag.

The application is perfect for tracking assets, personnel and keys. Take construction companies for instance, if a site manager can access a pc then he can get a picture of every asset and personnel on site. Keys, contactors, plant, equipment and compliance can all be viewed at the click of a mouse. The technology is due to be launched to the open market in August and will be available for trial by interested parties at no cost. The ongoing costs of the systems should be part of value added services offered to clients to gain orders raising service providers above to parapet of normal service levels.

Operations Director Darren Brookes commented: This technology has been deployed at 2 Universities , and the majority of our larger clients, this reporting system not only ticks the eco friendly box by reducing fuel usage and paperwork by 90% but also say to clients we are 100% transparent, the technology currently on the market doesn’t allow clients to become part of the operations process. Some of our clients have been instrumental into the development of the technology and as result the NFC system can now stream live pictures back to the web based system , voice reporting , and task completion check lists , it really is a change in the way we do business. Sovereign hope as a government approved contractor this system will be rolled out within the industry and become the way in which security companies work in the future."