False alarms and monitoring gaps are the real weak points of modern security systems. Despite high-tech solutions, real threats often go unrecognised. Find out how intelligent analyses and strategic measures help to close these security gaps and overcome alarm fatigue.

Many companies rely on imposing perimeter security at their property boundaries, with fencing systems using barbed or NATO wire to stop and deter potential perpetrators. However, the question is whether these measures are really sufficient.

Security zones, intervention times and offender classes - how are these topics connected? And what needs to be considered when creating security zones?

Terrorist attacks and active shooter events are among the most complex security challenges in our immediate environment. Many find comfort in old sayings like, “Oh, that won’t happen here,” or “What would anyone want here anyway?” Presumably, this was also the mindset of employees at a McDonald’s branch or a Saturn store in the northwest of Munich—until July 22, 2016. On that day, the gunman David S. killed nine people in Munich, with his first five victims at the aforementioned fast-food restaurant.

Within 14 days, two people are deliberately pushed in front of oncoming trains in Voerde (NRW) and Frankfurt am Main. A 34-year-old woman and an eight-year-old boy lose their lives in these incidents. As the initial shock subsides, the debate over safety at train stations and platforms begins.