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IP CCTV surveillance 'delivers financial savings'
Installing an IP CCTV security system can bring impressive financial savings to a company.
That is the suggestion of one security surveillance expert, who explained that such a system allows for the removal of additional cabling and equipment, as well as easier remote access and additional user benefits including greater control over the distribution of images.
Peter Stanton, product marketing manager at ADT Fire and Security, also explained that IP CCTV solutions can be mutually beneficial for both installers and IT departments.
Writing on Source Security, he said: "With this approach, reliability and durability are integrated into system design as well as the set-up of controls, which dictate who is allowed into the system, thus preventing any unnecessary surprises surfacing."
By making use of some existing network infrastructure, companies can limit their costs even more, although IT managers and CCTV installers will be required to work together to create the design of the system.
For companies transitioning from analogue CCTV to networked IP surveillance, transitional technologies are now available, allowing for the transmission of digital video over coaxial cables.
Security CCTV surveillance software 'to highlight threats'
CCTV surveillance software is being developed that could allow security equipment to better identify luggage abandoned in public places.
That is according to Asian News International, which said that image processing technology currently in development will allow security CCTV cameras to recognise potential risks by analysing video data automatically.
An EU-funded project called SUBITO is currently underway at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland to develop smarter surveillance systems, in a bid to lower the risk posed to members of the public at airports, railway stations and open spaces.
"SUBITO enhances security in a cost-efficient manner, since the new technology can be built onto the foundations of existing CCTV systems," the news agency said.
"Effective CCTV surveillance strengthens deterrence: often, awareness alone of strengthened surveillance is enough to improve security in public places."
Meanwhile, security camera expert Phil Doyle, of Axis Communications, has explained on Source Security how cameras with smaller optical zoom can actually capture more detail than conventional models if they record in high-definition.
