Keep your water infrastructure moving with integrated access control, perimeter protection, and intrusion detection designed for critical utilities. Gallagher Security is a global leader in protecting critical water assets, providing unified solutions engineered for the specific demands of water treatment, pumping, and storage facilities. Our systems are purpose-built to ensure regulatory compliance, operational continuity, and total site security.
Why Choose Gallagher for Water Infrastructure Security
Proven Performance
Trusted by critical infrastructure providers worldwide to protect essential services.
Trusted by critical infrastructure providers worldwide to protect essential services.
Compliance-Ready
Purpose-built to meet strict regulatory standards and reduce audit complexity.
Purpose-built to meet strict regulatory standards and reduce audit complexity.
Operational Continuity
Designed to keep your facilities running smoothly, minimizing disruption and downtime.
Designed to keep your facilities running smoothly, minimizing disruption and downtime.
Safety First
Protects your workforce, contractors, and the public from safety hazards and security threats.
Protects your workforce, contractors, and the public from safety hazards and security threats.
Single, Integrated Solution
Unify access, alarms, and automation for total operational control and compliance across all sites.
Unify access, alarms, and automation for total operational control and compliance across all sites.
Modern Hardware Platform
Future-ready, resilient hardware engineered for the demands of critical utility sites.
Future-ready, resilient hardware engineered for the demands of critical utility sites.
What Gallagher Offers the Water Industry
Integrated Access Control for Water Facilities ↗
Manage multi-site access with role-based credentials, ensuring only authorized personnel enter secure areas. Comprehensive audit trails support contractor oversight and regulatory compliance.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Protection ↗
Protect your perimeter with monitored pulse fences, buried sensors, and CCTV integration for early breach alerts, ensuring swift response before critical assets are at risk.
Site Management and Monitoring ↗
Gain complete situational awareness across multiple sites with Command Centre, our powerful software that allows you to monitor and control your entire security ecosystem from a single interface.
Secure by Design Approach↗
We continuously evolve our solutions to meet changing cyber threats at a software and physical level. Our "secure by design" approach combines encryption, strong authentication, and real-time monitoring to detect unauthorized access early.
Seamless Integrations ↗
Integrate effortlessly with a wide range of third-party systems including SCADA systems, to create a cohesive and efficient security ecosystem.
Scalable Solutions for Distributed Water Networks ↗
Secure even the most remote locations. Our scalable solutions support wireless deployment and secure communications, making it easy to protect hard-to-reach pumping stations and reservoirs without extensive cabling infrastructure.
Common Threats and Challenges in the Water Sector
Securing Isolated and Unmanned Sites
Many water facilities operate unattended in remote areas, making them prime targets for break-ins and vandalism. Gallagher brings these sites into a connected view, ensuring they are monitored and protected 24/7.
Preventing Tampering and Contamination Risks
The risk of deliberate contamination or sabotage is a critical concern. Our layered security approach detects unauthorized access immediately, mitigating the risk of tampering with water supplies.
Managing Contractors and Temporary Staff
With frequent maintenance requiring external expertise, identity management is crucial. We automate access workflows, granting temporary staff secure entry only when needed and revoking it instantly upon contract completion.
Layered Security Approach for Water Utilities
We employ a comprehensive, layered framework to ensure no threat goes undetected:
- Physical Barrier & Perimeter Detection: deter and detect intruders at the fence line.
- Access Control & Credential Verification: Ensure only verified personnel enter sensitive areas.
- Real-Time Monitoring & Alarm Response: Identify and diagnose issues across every site in moments.
- Seamless Integrations: Connect systems and data for meaningful insights and improved decision-making.
The result? Early detection, maximized operational uptime, and streamlined regulatory compliance.
Secure Your Critical Water Assets Today
Don't wait for a breach to upgrade your security. Partner with Gallagher to protect your infrastructure, ensure compliance, and keep your operations moving.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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How can water utilities prevent unauthorized access to treatment plants?Our curb-to-core solution combines role-based access control with perimeter intrusion detection for complete protection. Access control verifies credentials to ensure only authorized individuals access secure areas. Perimeter intrusion detection instantly reports any breach attempts, providing seamless defense from the boundary to core operations.
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What are the main security risks for water infrastructure?The main risks include physical attacks (vandalism, theft), deliberate contamination of water supplies, and unauthorized access to control systems (cyberattacks). Additional risks include safety hazards for personnel in remote environments and public safety concerns, such as unauthorized swimming in reservoirs or dam outflows.
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Can Gallagher’s system protect remote or unmanned water sites?Yes. Gallagher’s OneLink solution is specifically designed for distributed hard-to-reach locations. We offer wireless options and secure communication protocols that allow remote, unmanned sites, like pumping stations, to be monitored and managed from central site management dashboard like Command Centre.
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How does access control integrate with SCADA systems?Gallagher's system integrates with SCADA to provide operators with a unified view of their IT and OT devices on a single platform. This allows them to implement protocols based on alarms or events from either system.
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Do Gallagher’s solutions meet critical infrastructure compliance requirements?Absolutely. Our solutions are rigorously tested and compliant with major security standards, including ISO 27001, SOC2 Type II, and various national critical infrastructure laws. We also provide the reporting tools needed to demonstrate compliance during audits easily.
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How can we start planning a water facility security upgrade?Starting is simple. Contact our team for a consultation. Alongside our global network of partners will assess your current infrastructure, identify vulnerabilities, and design a tailored, scalable solution that meets your specific security and compliance needs.