Gallagher’s Electronic Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (E-PIDS) has an extra seal of approval – achieving the latest Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) standards, with Gallagher’s Z10 Tension Sensor added to the Catalogue for Security Equipment (CSE) for the first time. Meeting these latest standards further demonstrates Gallagher’s commitment to delivering high security solutions for governments in the Five Eyes alliance.
CPNI is the UK government’s National Technical Authority for physical and personnel protective security. To gain approval, systems must go through rigorous testing to ensure they meet the required standards outlined by CPNI and provide the protection needed for the UK’s critical national infrastructure.
Gallagher’s latest range of perimeter technology solutions have once again successfully achieved the latest standards and remain in the CPNI’s CSE, with the addition of the Z10 Tension Sensor. The CSE is designed to help organisations choose appropriate physical security equipment to protect the assets for which they are responsible.
Two variations of Gallagher’s Monitored Pulse Fence were tested, and both passed the CPNI’s stringent alarm threshold and full attack testing in an external environment over an eight-month period.
Gallagher’s Z10 Tension Sensor was included in the latest round of CPNI testing and was pivotal in achieving the latest standards. The Z10 Tension Sensor measures the mechanical disturbance of a tensioned fence wire to raise an alarm when a wire is deflected during an attack. It continuously measures and reports wire tension in real time, to identify when maintenance is required, or if the fence has been damaged.
Additionally, the Z10 Tension Sensor takes cyber resilience to the fence line with HBUS communication protocol, which protects against attacks, including sophisticated cyber-attacks, between edge devices and control hardware, raising alarms if communications are tampered. Gallagher has delivered systems to meet government compliance standards, particularly across the Five Eyes nations, for more than 20 years.
