Reflecting on Rail Security

Reflecting on Rail Security - Challenges and new techniques securing linear assets

Dan will share rail security threats and experiences from across the globe and explore some of the traditional and higher-tech security solutions available to help secure railways. We’ll learn about Distributed Acoustic Sensing, an innovative fiber optic sensing technology, along with a demonstration of it in action to tackle security threats.

Concluding the session, we explore other uses of DAS technology along with the opportunity for Q&A.

Speaker Bio – Daniel Pyke  

A Chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining (IOM3), Dan is nearing two decades in the rail sector, spanning many points along the infrastructure life cycle. From making and certifying new rails, assessing the remaining life of rail assets, and forensically analysing failures, Dan has steered new product developments and brought award winning products and services to the rail…