{"id":648302,"date":"2024-01-30T05:52:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&p=648302"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:21:33","slug":"nexttech-gsoc-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/nexttech-gsoc-and-beyond","title":{"rendered":"NextTech: Managing Corporate Security\u2014At Home and on the Road"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[333782,404762,483792,134012,1691],"department":[488822],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-648302","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-business-resilience","tag-business-risk","tag-nexttech","tag-security","tag-situational-awareness","department-sustainability-risk"],"acf":{"short_description":"The location intelligence provided by a GSOC has made round-the-clock situational awareness a reality at major companies.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"It\u2019s a trope of action movies: In a darkened room, a high-tech command center buzzes with activity. Analysts clatter keyboards as images and data flash across glowing screens. At the behest of a commanding officer, a wall-length digital map magically retrieves live information about any location in the world\u2014even monitoring a person of interest in real time."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Article snapshot:<\/strong> For risks that affect company assets\u2014fixed or mobile\u2014companies of all sizes are employing a particular brand of location intelligence. An inside look at the technology inside the GSOC","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"At Fortune 50 corporations and midsize companies alike, geographic information system (GIS) technology is making such situational awareness a reality\u2014without Hollywood tricks. The location intelligence provided by a global security operations center (GSOC) is central to today\u2019s business resilience, helping organizations counter risks posed by crime, natural disasters, industrial accidents, terrorist attacks, and other adverse events. At the GSOC of one major manufacturer<\/a>, GIS is used to analyze as many as 200,000 pieces of threat data each year.\r\n\r\nA map or dashboard of company operations overlaid with threat data gives executives an information-rich picture of risks to the enterprise and extended enterprise\u2014and much-needed time to respond.\r\n

Improving GSOC Risk Awareness for Fixed and Dynamic Assets<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nBusiness leaders require a geographic approach for threats to static assets like a data center or power station, and dynamic assets like a fleet of service vehicles or executives participating in an off-site event.\r\n\r\nThe video below shows how GSOC analysts can track and protect an executive in real time at a sponsored golf tournament. With GIS, a security manager establishes an event perimeter and checks the executive\u2019s proximity to resources like fire extinguishers, defibrillators, and security guards."},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_xvboypvu","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"When monitoring assets, GSOC professionals use location intelligence to coordinate action, as demonstrated in this video."},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_jo7x201v","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"GIS technology detects real-time and emerging threats by monitoring news and information feeds, automatically alerting GSOC personnel when an incident is detected near a company facility or asset. In response, a security leader zooms in to gauge the potential danger, and with a click, the operations team notifies the nearest responder so they can take action. The C-suite team and other staff are notified straight from the dashboard.\r\n\r\nAn executive-level view gives decision-makers a holistic perspective on large-scale risks posed by geopolitical conflict or extreme weather. Focusing on a state afflicted by wildfire, for instance, a security manager can immediately assess the impacted regions and send notifications to company representatives on the ground.\r\n

Navigating the New Threat Landscape<\/strong><\/h3>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Beyond the GSOC<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe use of location intelligence doesn\u2019t end at the GSOC door. Business teams that rely on modern location technology include:\r\n