Australian Security Awards 2017 winners announced

Winners of the 2017 Australian Security Industry Awards were recently announced at a joint ceremony with the 3rd Annual Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs).

Congratulating all the winners, ASIAL CEO Bryan de Caires said, “The awards recognise the industry’s role in protecting Australian society from security threats and commitment to excellence. The high standard of entries continues to raise the bar each year and is a credit to all entrants, finalists and winners.”

The winners include:

Schneider Electric Buildings Australia and Fredon Security — Joint winners for Integrated Security Solution Large over $500,000

Schneider Electric Project — Sunshine Coast University Hospital

A highly complex project. The security and automation system is cutting edge, merging multiple subsystems into one workstation while retaining layers of redundancy. The scale of the project included 2500 access control doors, 60 lockdown areas, 800 Pelco cameras and 360 Jacques intercoms. The size of floor space covered was comparable to 5 x 25-floor buildings and used over 800,000 metres of cabling.

Fredon Project — New Australian Embassy in Bangkok

The embassy required specialised security systems to deal with a mix of uses including public access, offices and high-sensitivity areas. The construction took 40 months in hot and humid conditions. A Gallagher command centre was used for the access control and alarm management system with high-level interfaces into multiple external systems. For CCTV a Pelco Endura management system was used.

MSS Security — winner for Outstanding Security Partnership

For 98 days, MSS partnered with the Australian Grand Prix Corporation to support 800 event and hospitality staff and control all aspects of event security, crowd control, traffic management and parking operations. Behind the success of the Grand Prix is a dedicated MSS Security management team who are passionate about what they do.

Crown Perth — winner for Outstanding Training Initiative

Crown security staff play a critical role in providing a safe and customer-focused environment. Their training initiative produces some of the best security officers in Australia, by providing the right skills and knowledge to perform their duties. Part of the delivery includes creating dynamic scenarios in multiple locations using stunt actors and props, loud music and smoke to simulate real environments and actual incidents.

2017 Australian Security Industry Awards for Excellence recipients include:

Gender Diversity Award

Winner — SNP Security

Runner-up — The Star

Indigenous Employment Award

Winner — Wilson Security
Runner-up — MSS Security

Individual Achievement — General Security Award

Winner — Brad Gorman, SNP Security

Individual Achievement — Technical Security Award

Winner — Cong Vu, Chubb Fire & Security

Integrated Security Solution — Large (>$500,000)

Joint Award Winners

Schneider Electric Buildings Australia for the Sunshine Coast University Hospital Project

Fredon Security for the new Australian Embassy Bangkok

Runner-up — Honeywell

Product of the Year — Access Control

Winner — Inner Range for Inception

Runner-up — Independent Locksmiths & Security

Product of the Year — Alarm

Winner — Gallagher Security for Gallagher Class 5 Intruder Alarm System

Product of the Year — CCTV IP System/Solution

Winner — Viasec for Check My CCTV

Runner-up — Vision Technology Systems Australia

Product of the Year — Physical Security

Winner — Leda Security Products for Surface mounted barriers

Runner-up — Ezi Security Systems

Special Security Event or Project — Large (>$500,000) Award

Winner — SAPE Industries for Aurukun Shire Council CCTV

Runner-up — Geutebruck 

2017 Outstanding Security Performance Awards Recipients: 

Outstanding Information Security Company Award

Winner — Aleron

Runner-up — Alcorn Group

Outstanding In-house Security Manager Award

Winner — Noah Magnus, Assetlink Services

Runner-up — Ahmad Hamka, Glad Group

Outstanding In-house Security Team Award

Winner — Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation

Runner-up — Assetlink Services

Outstanding Security Consultant Award

Winner — Rachell DeLuca, Arup

Runner-up — N D Y Management

Outstanding Security Officer Award

Winner — Sam Kennard, Wilson Security

Runner-up — Todd Shone, City of Onkaparinga

Outstanding Security Partnership Award

Winner — MSS Security (VIC)

Runner-up — Wilson Security

Outstanding Training Initiative Award

Winner — Crown Perth

Runner-up — ESS Group Holdings