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ICS was created in 1993 as a spin-off of Knight O’Connor and Associates, an 11 year communications and security consulting and services organization. The late 80’s and early 90’s in the US saw an increase in large scale, complex security projects funded by the government. The software, EnterpriseSMS®, was initially developed by Knight O’Connor
and Associates in response to this opportunity. It was based on an existing product that had been used by many Federal agencies over the preceding 15 years. The software product was spun off to ICS, which was created to develop and market software for such very large integrated security solutions.
One of the areas of opportunity available for funding was airports, so ICS joined with market knowledgeable partners and Airport Systems Group was created to pursue that market. Airport Systems Group worked with a variety of large integrators (Johnson Controls, Landis Gyr Powers, TRW Integrated Systems, Cochran Electric, National Guardian, Lewis Electric) to provide integrated security solutions for airports including Chicago O’Hare Airport, Seattle’s SEATAC, Houston Intercontinental Airport International Terminal, Hobby Airport, and Memphis International Airport. The software used by Airport Systems Group was developed by ICS and became the foundation for EnterpriseSMS®, ICS’s core product. The software was provided under license and installed on owner provided computing platforms at their sites.
