Validating Gunshot Detection Across a Corporate Headquarters Campus

The global physical security team of a large technology company wanted to know whether gunshot detection would work reliably across its headquarters campus and fit the way its global security operations center (GSOC) already works. IoTHS deployed and validated Shooter Detection Systems (SDS) sensors integrated with the customer's Genetec Security Center, using a structured test plan with documented pass or fail evidence for every test.

At a glance

• Customer: Global physical security team of a large technology company; multi-building corporate headquarters campus with three buildings
• Scope: Gunshot detection validation across rooftops and exterior perimeter, interior spaces and structured parking
• Platforms: SDS acoustic and infrared sensors and middleware, Genetec Security Center, and the customer's existing mass-notification platform
• Timeline: December 2025 to October 2026
• IoTHS services: Pilot design, installation and commissioning, integration, test planning and execution, commissioning report

The challenge

A gunshot detection system is only useful if it detects reliably, ignores the everyday sounds of a busy campus, tells responders where the event is, and puts that information in front of the right people within seconds. The customer needed proof of all of that in its own buildings and on its own production platform before committing to a broader rollout.

The goals were to:

• Validate detection and integration with the existing security architecture and GSOC operations
• Prove the end-to-end use case: detection, then GSOC awareness, then occupant notification, then intelligence for first responders
• Provide budget and schedule guidance for a campus rollout focused on the areas where an event is most likely

What we delivered

Coverage across varied environments

The campus includes office floors, structured parking and rooftops. Testing covered five types of space, each with its own acoustic challenges:

• Rooftop and exterior perimeter
• Hallways and collaboration areas
• Public lobby and reception
• Structured parking, on all levels
• Cafeteria and large communal spaces

Integration with the GSOC

Detections were integrated into the customer's production Genetec Security Center. Alerts appear on Genetec maps and dashboards, call up the relevant cameras, and route to GSOC dispatch. Events are logged and can be exported for review. The design also connects to the customer's existing mass-notification platform for occupant notification.

A structured, evidence-based test plan

Every test was tracked in a pass or fail matrix with supporting evidence. Testing ran in phases:

1. Pre-functional checks: PoE power, time synchronization, firmware and the alert path
2. Impulse detection: Using gunshot emulators
3. Noise rejection: Vehicle backfires, door slams, tools, crowds and construction noise
4. Localization: Accuracy to the room, floor and parking level
5. Baseline soak: A 7 to 14 day period of normal operation
6. Cybersecurity checks: Network segmentation, encryption in transit, authentication, and ports and protocols

Results

Every test in the plan was executed and passed. The success criteria targets were all met:

• Detection rate of at least 95 percent
• No more than one false positive per 24 hours
• Alert latency to the GSOC of 5 seconds or less
• Localization within 10 meters indoors and 15 meters outdoors
• Availability of at least 99.9 percent
• End-to-end alert routing on 100 percent of events

These results come from gunshot emulators and controlled simulation, not live gunfire. Live-fire validation with local law enforcement is a planned next step. IoTHS documented the work in a commissioning report in October 2026.

Who did what

• IoTHS: Installation, commissioning, SDS and Genetec integration, test planning and execution, and the commissioning report
• Customer IT: Network and VLAN configuration
• Electrical subcontractors: Electrical work
• Existing systems: Genetec Security Center (the customer's production instance) and the mass-notification platform were already in place

Next step

If you are considering gunshot detection, a structured validation shows how it will perform in your buildings and with your operations team. Contact us to start the conversation, or learn more about our pilot services and our work with Shooter Detection Systems.