Dan Gundry, National Control Room Sales Director, has worked with Vistacom, Inc. for more than 15 years and leads its Control Room Team, a business unit working with Mission-critical agencies and partners integrating technologies into Security Operations Centers, Traffic Management Centers, EOCs, NOCs, Command and Control Rooms, War Rooms, Data Centers, and similar spaces.

Primary Considerations and Pitfalls for Security Control Room Design

Developing an effective SOC requires more than just the streamlining of physical security systems

Dan Gundry

September 11, 2018

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