Vismo has announced that it has optimised its mass notification offering to strengthen customers’ employee wellbeing anywhere in the world during an emergency or emerging threat, by including it on the Vismo Monitor App.
The company states that for the first time, employers can now see their employees’ real-time locations on the app instead of a desktop computer and immediately send mass notifications to staff affected by or under potential threat from a crisis, via the app.
Colin Dale, Global Sales Director, Vismo commented: “Having all the functionality of our mass notification on the app saves crucial time and gives security teams greater flexibility by not having to be in a static, fixed place of work in front of a computer screen.”
The app works with any mobile device and the Vismo platform supporting satellite phones and trackers, to give a faster response to any risk to wellbeing and to business continuity.
Dale said: “We achieved this by integrating the app with our secure portal so that the app mirrors the full functionality of the portal.
“That saves time for employers’ security operations. No longer do they have to switch platforms to run mass notifications or indeed any other function of the app. They can do everything on a smartphone.”
Dale continued: “One unique aspect of our tier one service is our ability to use more than 600 direct roaming agreements globally in a permanent roaming solution where needed.
“They give employer organisations very powerful roaming connectivity, with fallbacks and optional eSIMs, to ensure the most robust network connectivity possible for all two-way mass notification actions.”
The company states that its mass notifications makes use of multi-channel messaging between security teams and app users.
It is real-time communication with an entire workforce, selected groups of staff or one individual, regardless of their location.
Additionally, it can be integrated and customised with employer organisations’ own infrastructure including HR systems and security protocols.
Vismo utilises intelligence feeds 24/7 to see threats as they are reported by specialist intelligence gathering operations and other sources including:
Dale later added: “Mass notification is a fundamental part of safeguarding staff in any situation anywhere, whether in at-risk areas and or wherever the unexpected can suddenly happen.
“Immediately they learn of a threat, employer organisations’ security staff or outsourced security team, can take immediate steps to help.”
Dale continued: “Step number one is to use mass notification to give an urgent warning about what is happening or about to happen and then give more details with advice on how to be safe as events unfold.”
“Step two includes optional phone conversations between those under duress or at risk and security staff, to gain further information including the proximity of the app users to what is unfolding and more detail about it.
“Step three involves liaison with emergency services and private security companies and, ultimately, evacuation if required,” he concluded.
