IBM public safety and security solutions

Safeguard and protect with information technology
Reducing crime, responding effectively to a disaster, and protecting citizens and public assets are significant challenges facing governments. How your citizens perceive their safety has a direct impact on where they choose to live, work and play. With lives and economic development at stake, governments, public safety agencies and schools must be willing to make changes in their infrastructures and emergency response strategies to address threats and respond effectively when situations arise.

When the information's out there, how does the nation's largest police department get it into the hands of the officers on the street in time to act?

• Watch this video feature on the NYPD's Real Time Crime Center

IBM technology and services provide unprecedented insight into public safety systems. Turn disconnected data into actionable information with our public safety and security solutions.

• Physical security and surveillance—harness digital video surveillance to provide remote video viewing; view multiple locations with less manpower.
• Fraud and threat intelligence, crime data analytics—minimize fraud and transform the way you gather, analyze and use information.
• Emergency response interoperability and collaboration—enable first responders to operate effectively during emergencies.
• IT security—fight e-crime, viruses, worms and hackers with pre-emptive technologies designed to improve your IT defenses.