Innovations in Security at GSX 2021

By Tony McGraw, Vice President, Transformation Platforms, Digital Services, Johnson Controls
Technology advancements allow organizations across industries to deliver highly connected spaces that overcome the biggest challenges of today and tomorrow. At the 2021 Global Security Exchange (GSX), we delivered an immersive experience to showcase various Johnson Controls security solutions, from clean air and vape detection technology to risk insights. We also highlighted OpenBlue Secure, a holistic approach to security that anticipates risk and protects occupants against threats, from viruses to intruders to cyberattacks and even climate change.

Connected Security Operations Centers
Building managers need the right tools and processes to help keep up with the emerging risks created by continuously evolving global threats. Powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and workflow engines, OpenBlue Secure enables security operating centers, or SOCs, to efficiently deliver responses and enhance the capabilities of the entire system. The suite of connected solutions offers key solutions to proactively assess risk and keep platforms up to date, including:

• Active Responder: Active Responder creates digital procedure administration and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to deliver enhanced and efficient emergency responses.
• Risk Insight: This technology quantifies threat impact and helps determine key threats from insignificant events to mitigate risks in real-time.
• Cloudvue Technology: Through managed security, Cloudvue simplifies surveillance, streamlines access control and provides powerful intelligence that can be securely accessed anywhere, anytime.
• OpenBlue Clean Air Solutions: Iso-Clean air filtration and Halo smart sensors contribute to healthy environments, which are critical for occupant safety.

Digitalizing SOCs through OpenBlue security insights and intelligence allows for maximum protection. Moreover, SABRE cyber security solutions merge the physical with the digital to ensure healthy building solutions remain online, no matter what. A connected environment that operates continuously can monitor for emerging risks and prepare to mount a coordinated security response when action is required from anywhere.

Future-Ready Solutions
OpenBlue Secure was designed to create safe environments for occupants by offering solutions that exceed security standards, but one of the most critical aspects of the portfolio is its adaptability. Security threats are constantly evolving and, without a solution that is dynamic and designed for integration, SOPs can become quickly outdated, making resilient and real-time reactions essential to long-term system success.

Through OpenBlue Active Responder, we offer cloud-ready, superior enterprise security with better insights, visibility and management. The portfolio enhances security responsiveness to proactively assess risk and deliver faster, higher-quality security responses. Integrating security operations to create a connected SOC offers remote working capabilities and collaboration so building managers can respond to potential risks anytime, anywhere, guaranteeing 24/7 safety of occupants and delivering future-forward building environments.

To learn more about OpenBlue Secure’s portfolio of solutions, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/openblue/openblue-secure.