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Hi-Tech Security Business Directory (HSBD)
The Surveillance Factory

34 Othello Drive, Witkoppen, Fourways

tel:  
+27 11 706 4204
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.sfactory.co.za

Core business offering: The Surveillance Factory designs and installs intelligent IP-based security systems that include video camera surveillance and access control. Since 2004, it has provided high-end solutions to solve its customers' security challenges. The Surveillance Factory is singularly focused on providing a service that is tailored to fit your business's risk profile. It has branches in Johannesburg and Durban.


Johannesburg

tel: +27 11 706 4204
[email protected]
Durban KwaZulu-Natal

tel: +27 31 783 4821
[email protected]
Barnard, Nick
Technical Director
[email protected]
Bussey, Gigi
Office administrator
[email protected]
Chiesman, Deon
Director
[email protected]
Murray, Sean
Sales Director
[email protected]
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Section - Service providers
-Risk assessments
-Technical focus
- Access control
- CCTV, surveillance
- Control room design & management
- Enterprise solutions
- Perimeter security, alarms & intruder detection
-Access Control as a Service (ACaaS)
-Control room design
-Video analytics
-Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS)
-Access control systems
- Access control systems
- Audio & video controls
- Biometric systems
- Cloud-based/hosted systems
- ID badge & card services
-Communications systems
- Video/audio intercom systems
-Perimeter security
- Burglar proofing
- Vehicle detection
-Surveillance systems
- Covert surveillance
- IP/analogue surveillance
- Video analytics / AI analytics
- Video management systems
-Commercial
-Education
-Entertainment & hospitality
-Residential estates
-Safe city
-Access control
-CCTV/surveillance
-Software installation/configuration training
News from The Surveillance Factory:
Surveillance in a box
November 2016, Surveillance, News & Events, Products & Solutions, The Surveillance Factory

The Surveillance in a Box offer includes a discreet, four-camera Axis surveillance solution ideal for indoor use in small retail stores.

To upgrade or not?
October 2016, Surveillance, The Surveillance Factory

Maintaining an up-to-date IP camera surveillance system requires more than just a passing glance at the monitors. There are significant drawbacks to keeping equipment for too long.

Fashion or functional?
August 2016, Surveillance, The Surveillance Factory

The Surveillance Factory asks if today’s video analytics provides security improvement and operational cost savings?

One camera, one job description
March 2016, Surveillance, Integrated Solutions, The Surveillance Factory

Poor solution design and poor camera placement compromises the end result and renders most cameras of little or no security value.

Security news:
“This Is Theft!” SASA slams Mafoko Security
February 2026, News & Events, Security Services & Risk Management, Associations

The Security Association of South Africa (SASA) has issued a stark warning that the long-running Mafoko Security Patrols scandal is no longer an isolated case of employer misconduct, but evidence of a systemic failure in South Africa’s regulatory and governance structures.

2025 Global OSPAs winners
February 2026, News & Events

Bringing together the very best of the global security industry, the second Global Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) was streamed live to a worldwide audience on 05 February 2026.

Coordinated efforts lead to successful crime response
February 2026, Surveillance, News & Events, Integrated Solutions

A synchronised operation involving Vumacam’s control room operators, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), and 24/7 Drone Force, resulted in the successful identification and apprehension of a suspect linked to a reported theft case.

Facebook cloning turns your profile into a weapon
February 2026, Information Security

Facebook cloning scams are continuing to rise, turning ordinary profiles and family photos into tools for fraud and social engineering, says Richard Frost, head of technology solutions and consulting at Armata Cyber Security.

A clear vision for a safer, smarter future
February 2026, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection, News & Events, Smart Home Automation

With its authoritative lineup of sponsors and exhibitors, HomeSec Expo 2026 embodies an authoritative, yet pragmatic vision, for the security industry. It is a vision that recognises both the urgency of current threats and the excitement of technological innovation.

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