In this digitally connected world, innovation and technology are at the forefront of security and safeguarding. As the landscape continues to evolve, businesses today are combining guarding services and technology to create a new security approach and elevate operational intelligence, primarily based on the security operations center (SOC) environment.
- By José Daniel García Espinel
- May 24, 2022
As 360-degree video surveillance cameras continue to evolve, this technology has become an essential part of many security solutions. Its unique ability to capture large areas of a scene with no blind spots has made these devices a powerful tool wherever total situational awareness is required.
- By Justin Wheatley
- Jan 27, 2022
Video storage has come a long way since its simplistic and inflexible early days. Before more intuitive, scalable, and reliable systems emerged, customers purchased hardware from storage vendors and built their storage infrastructure based on their immediate needs.
- By Amanda Potas
- Sep 21, 2021
When network video cameras first came on the market, they were chiefly bare bones video streaming devices.
- By Robert Muehlbauer
- Oct 06, 2020
Cozaint Corp. announced the launch of askALICE, the industry’s most economical video surveillance management hardware and software system delivering extreme long-term retention.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a hot topic in the security industry. While true AI (a computer’s ability to think and act like a human) is still decades away, subsets of AI such as deep learning and machine learning have enabled computers to make significant strides.
- By Thomas Cook
- Feb 01, 2020
The security industry is being pressed to do more with less while dealing with the compounded issue of managing new internal and external threats on a daily basis.
- By Alex Asnovich
- Feb 01, 2020
Today’s professional security industry seems to have adopted the “more power” mantra by taking a much more pragmatic approach.
- By Ronnie Pennington
- Dec 01, 2019
As we wind down 2019 and look forward to a new decade, it is time to reflect upon the year and the megatrends that have started to influence video surveillance and the physical security industry.
- By Tom Galvin
- Dec 01, 2019
You have probably heard the old adage, “Hindsight is always 20/20.” Looking forward though, our vision is not nearly as clear.
- By Fredrik Nilsson
- Dec 01, 2019
Huawei is subject to the U.S. NDAA government ban and has been 'red flagged' on the United States “entity” list. In addition to cybersecurity concerns, Huawei now faces supply chain barriers that could impact their ability to produce many products such as Hisilicon chips.
- By John Honovich
- Jun 10, 2019
Convenience stores and mini marts have traditionally installed surveillance cameras to deter crime and encourage safety, but too often these have provided images that lacked detail, particularly in low light conditions.
- By Del Williams
- Apr 01, 2019
Securing outdoor assets can be a tricky proposition. For starters, traditional outdoor security systems are expensive.
- By Fredrik Wallberg
- Apr 01, 2019
As King City looks to transform itself from a point of contention in a violent gang war to a safe place to live and work, Hanwha cameras have played a key role in the city’s positive results so far.
As the security industry continues to embrace 4K, Ultra HD and other high-resolution imaging formats with high bitrates, recording and storing surveillance video has become one of the main challenges facing end users and systems integrators.
A security camera is much more than a security camera when it’s part of an analytics infrastructure that serves completely new goals, advancing the organization and management of businesses and even entire cities.
The first IP network-based megapixel (MP) cameras were a disruptive technology. They were often more expensive on a unit basis than their familiar analog counterparts.
- By Jeff Whitney
- Apr 01, 2018
CSLS now offers a product contest for safety and security products found on campuses.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Jan 25, 2018
Any security camera should be able to render great quality images in daylight. However, when the sun goes down, not all cameras are the same.
Physical security systems continue to migrate to the network, enabling overall better integration, performance and improved total cost of ownership. Nowhere is this more evident than with the proliferation of IP cameras.
- By Ronnie Pennington
- Jan 01, 2018