site visit and make recommendations based on a heuristic approach. A competitive analysis comparing the SSES with the traditional method is provided below. Importance Factor SSES Strength Weakness Status Quo to Customer SSES will a person X Existing systems must 1 with rudimentary be designed by a Ease of Use knowledge to design a trained and security system. experienced security expert. SSES will have a X X Existing systems may 3 significant initial cost of use a number of purchasing the license, sensors that are but will reduce the unnecessarily initial cost of sensor redundant. Existing Price purchases and greatly systems must be reduce complemented with recurring costs live sentries and patrols, increasing recurring costs. SSES will identify any X There is no way to 5 gaps in sensor coverage identify positively all based on terrain security gaps prior to analysis and weather installation. Complete Site Coverage variables and will allow the user to make sensor placement adjustments prior to installation SSES will feature a X The process must be 5 user interface started over again to allow users to using a trained and sensor placement. experienced security Changes to terrain expert. Adaptability (trees removed, road built, etc.) can be captured and a new solution calculated quickly. The probability of X This is generally not 5 detection for the entire considered. With no system is calculated, digital representation allowing the user to of the system, Probability of Detection determine whether the calculations are detection system as unwieldy. designed meets its required specifications. The false alarm rate for X This is generally not 3 False Alarm Rate the entire system is considered. With no calculated, allowing the digital representation
site visit and make recommendations based on a heuristic approach. A competitive analysis comparing the SSES with the traditional method is provided below. Factor SSES Strength Weakness Status Quo Importance to Customer Ease of Use SSES will a person with rudimentary knowledge to design a security system. X Existing systems must be designed by a trained and experienced security expert. 1 Price SSES will have a significant initial cost of purchasing the license, but will reduce the initial cost of sensor purchases and greatly reduce recurring costs X X Existing systems may use a number of sensors that are unnecessarily redundant. Existing systems must be complemented with live sentries and patrols, increasing recurring costs. 3 Complete Site Coverage SSES will identify any gaps in sensor coverage based on terrain analysis and weather variables and will allow the user to make sensor placement adjustments prior to installation X There is no way to identify positively all security gaps prior to installation. 5 Adaptability SSES will feature a user interface to allow users to sensor placement. Changes to terrain (trees removed, road built, etc.) can be captured and a new solution calculated quickly. X The process must be started over again using a trained and experienced security expert. 5 Probability of Detection The probability of detection for the entire system is calculated, allowing the user to determine whether the detection system as designed meets its required specifications. X This is generally not considered. With no digital representation of the system, calculations are unwieldy. 5 False Alarm Rate The false alarm rate for the entire system is calculated, allowing the X This is generally not considered. With no digital representation 3