35+
Years in control rooms
When the nation is watching, security cannot be an afterthought
Election night is not the time to wrestle with technology. At the city, state, county and national level, operations teams need one thing above all else: a clear, secure view of what is happening – across every location, all at once.
Barco CTRL, the KVM over IT solution for critical environments, securely pulls in election results, video footage and data feeds from multiple polling places and delivers them to the operations center in real time. Operators get instant, easy access to all that information from a single workspace, using just one keyboard and one mouse. Throughout the entire process, the platform upholds the highest levels of election infrastructure cybersecurity – with zero-trust architecture, end-to-end encrypted communications, and automatic audit logging running continuously in the background.
On the display side, Barco LCD and LED video walls and image processing present that information on large shared screens with exceptional clarity, so everyone in the room sees exactly what they need to see, the moment they need to see it.
ISO
27001 certified
TAA
Compliant platform
High-stakes operations, zero tolerance for failure
Election security demands more than a secure network. From early voting through post-election processing, teams must coordinate across multiple sites, respond to incidents in real time, and maintain airtight chain-of-custody – all under intense public scrutiny.
Monitoring across many sites
Poll sites, ballot processing centers, and logistics hubs all need eyes on them at the same time, with limited staff and compressed timelines.
Chain-of-custody visibility
Every access to sensitive data and every interaction must be tracked, documented, and auditable – before, during, and after election day.
Incident coordination in real time
When something goes wrong, teams across election centers need a shared situational picture and a way to instantly coordinate responses.
Continuity under disruption
Systems, networks, or locations can fail. The operations center must stay running regardless – downtime on election day is simply not an option.
Security to the pixel: built in, not bolted-on
Most visualization platforms secure the network and the software, but leave the display itself unprotected. Barco closes that gap by adding an additional layer of security on that last connection. Barco CTRL combined with Barco direct-view LED video walls and the Infinipix image processor, make sure the complete chain is optimally protected. That is what true election infrastructure security means.
Barco does not analyze votes or influence outcomes. The platform simply gives election teams the visibility and coordination tools they need to do their jobs – securely, reliably, and transparently.
The platform: purpose-built for critical operations
Three complementary solutions that work together – from the software backbone to the display wall – all TAA compliant and ready for mission-critical government deployment.
Barco CTRL
- Zero-trust architecture with end-to-end encryption
- Automatic audit logging for full accountability
- One-click updates deployed system-wide
- Integrates with existing government IT infrastructure
- ISO 27001 certified, regularly penetration-tested
Barco UniSee
- Seamless canvas for distraction-free data monitoring
- Wide viewing angles: everyone sees the same
- Eye fatigue reduction for long election nights
- Real-time calibration keeps all panels perfectly matched
- High reliability for zero downtime
Infinipix + LED video walls
- Patented redundancy ensures 24/7 uptime
- Security to the pixel protecting every signal
- Trusted partner: 35+ years serving mission-critical environments
- True colors at any brightness level
- NT-I series meets Buy American Act (BAA) requirements
What the platform delivers
Barco brings election teams a complete set of operational capabilities, without adding complexity or changing how elections are run. From the moment results leave a local polling place to the moment they appear on the operations center video wall, every step is covered, monitored, and accounted for. No part of that journey is left to chance, and no part of it happens outside the platform's security boundary.
Operational transparency across all sites
A shared, real-time overview of every location and workflow – polling sites, processing centers, and logistics – visible on a single unified canvas from the operations center.
Automatic chain-of-custody audit logging
Every access, configuration change, and interaction is logged automatically. These audit trails provide the accountability documentation that post-election reviews and oversight bodies require.
Election-day resilience
Resilience at every critical layer means no single hardware failure can bring the system down. Software services run in isolated containers, so one issue never cascades into a full outage.
No rip-and-replace
Barco CTRL integrates with existing government IT infrastructure through open APIs and standard IT services. There is no need to discard current investments to gain next-generation security.
Scalable from one center to many
The Connected Control Room approach allows state and county election offices to share information securely across multiple locations, with the same platform managing every site in the network.
One-click security updates
Security patches roll out system-wide from a central location in minutes – no maintenance windows, no USB drives, no manual visits to individual hardware components.
See the platform in action
Talk to a Barco control room expert about your election operations center – or request a live demonstration tailored to your state or county environment.
