IP video surveillance for offices and business buildings

The dynamics of business and constantly rising need for security of the material and intellectual assets of the companies set new challenges for the security of office space. The development of an effective security system for an office building is a complicated task due to the daily traffic of employees and visitors and the combination of spaces with different access levels – offices, conference halls, lobbies, elevators, staircases, staff areas and parking lots.

In the contemporary business buildings the security comes down only to passive taping of video files, which can be used for the needs of legal proceedings after committing the crime, rather than have with preventative functions. The functionality of the so far build systems for access control is limited identifying certain door is opened with an access card, but does not provide additional information on the events, which exposes the system to the risk of using access cards by unauthorized persons.

The implementation of intelligent IP based solution for video surveillance allows significant increase in security levels in office spaces. By adding functions for discerning criminal behavior or risk situations at the moment they arise and making the timely reaction possible. IP based video surveillance system can easily be integrated with an access control system, increasing its functionality and creating a centralized security management solution.

It can also be integrated with and control lights and air conditioning systems in large office buildings, helping for energy savings. If two persons enter the security checkpoint with just one access card only, the system will automatically activate the alarm. Next to this the guards will immediately receive information about the time and the place of the event. They will have access to the video materials in order to receive timely information as to how serious the event is.

The integration with a solution for behavior analysis based on the video materials allows the minimizing of the cases of false alert as well. This makes the IP based systems for video surveillance priceless because the false alerts distract the security officers and can lead to oversight of read real dangers.