Security-Systems

The accessory cards for the standard PC has become so widespread that they come in many shapes and form allowing the connection of any number of security cameras. Triggered systems which rely on other security deterrents for activation allows the people monitoring the site to save on storage which used to be a bank of video recorders that were set to record in extended mode on a loop in a back office which was hopefully secure enough to prevent tampering and destruction by perpetrators. Off-site security allows monitoring over high-speed internet lines of the site without the danger of loosing valuable evidence in the form of video footage safely secured onto the company’s own storage servers or can be out-sourced to off-site data storage companies like Iron Mountain who specialize in secure and reliable data storage. The advent of high capacity hard drives like the Toshiba Terabyte Drive allows a huge amount of data to be stored with minimal hardware footprint. Seagate on the other hand has gone a step further by releasing hardware-based encryption in it’s hard drives which can be activated with the use of the Operating System making for one ultra-secure hard drive (well, till you forget the password or key to decrypt the drive making it useless or exceed the MTBF of the specified drive, ouch.. that’s 931 GB of lost data).
Security has become an ever present need and so is the drive to protect assets that are the essence of business organizations. These newer and cheaper versions of security systems add a level of security that assures us our assets stay safe and secure in the event of either man-made or natural disasters that are becoming quite common as life becomes harder and money is harder to come by turning people to a life of crime never before seen on this earth.

[tags]Securing Assets, Security[/tags]

Security cameras in its many shapes and forms have evolved into more of a necessity rather than a luxury usually available to those firms who could afford it. Developments in CCD technology and miniaturization of electronics components have allowed the price to fall steady making them widely available and easy to deploy. Similar to webcams, IP based security systems like the one from LPM, are now more and more becoming well accepted for like VoIP, it allows the video feed from a site hundreds of miles away to be sent over the internet to a security center in the company’s security center allowing centralized monitoring of warehouses and other facilities that would otherwise need security personnel saving in manpower costs.

The technology has evolved to a point that all one needs for IP-based security surveillance monitoring is a peripheral card one installs into the standard PC and the necessary cameras that are desired. Another deterrent of security systems of past was the requirement for extensive cabling which can be quite costly if one wishes to monitor a large area which needs to have all supporting cabling installed (power, video feed cables, audio cables, etc.). The advent of the many wireless radio communication technologies have also contributed to ease of implementation allowing wireless communication between a site’s central console and it’s subordinate cameras, who then send the information through the internet to it’s security base which can be a few blocs to hundreds of miles away.

[tags]Security Systems, Video Surveillance, Remote Security Systems, Asset Protection [/tags]

IP-Based Security Surveillance ( Part -2 )

IP-Based Security Surveillance ( Part -1 )