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improve efficiency. When selecting a
security product to protect a business,
you are not only investing in a system
that works now but a solution that will be
able to change with the needs of your
business moving forward.
Your physical security
solution should be unified
and not just integrated
While the security industry (like the
rest of the software industry) has
worked to develop a variety of methods
to bring separate physical security
solutions together via integration,
the result remains a set of disparate
systems with limited communication and
interoperability among them. Integrating
separate security functions like access
control and video surveillance using
software development kits (SDK) or
application programming interface (API)
programming only is limited and can be
a costly approach.
Unification, however, takes standalone
components of a security
solution beyond just being loosely or
superficially connected via an SDK or
API. A unified physical security platform
is a comprehensive software solution
that manages the different components
of a security environment through a
centralised open architecture built to
provide complete access to all data.
unification, it’s possible to configure
and manage video cameras, accesscontrolled
doors, print badges, monitor
intrusion panels and have everything at
the security person’s disposal to ensure
a high level of functionality from within a
single software platform.
For example, Security Centre,
manufactured by Genetec, offers the
only unified platform built from the
ground up and coded together for
seamless interaction and workflow right
out of the box. With a unified solution
like Security Centre, employees only
have to get to know and use one system.
Administrators save time configuring the
system and only have one manufacturer
to contact – Genetec – with any
questions or issues.
Cybersecurity can be a problem when
relying on a variety of vendors and
Unification is the
superior method of
achieving seamless,
comprehensive
physical security.
A unified platform goes above and
beyond tagging or bookmarking video
when an access control event occurs
or offering the capability to unlock an
access-controlled door from within the
video surveillance user interface. It’s a
platform that combines information from
all available sensors to provide greater
awareness to operators. This not only
means showing video feeds when alerts
are triggered by the access control
system, but also being able to see data
from all related sensors in a single click,
from anywhere in the system.
A unified solution is developed from
square one to not only work together but
to purposefully intertwine functionality
to offer a powerful user experience
that includes built-in reporting and
alarm management functionalities. With
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