As the security landscape grows more intricate, control rooms – the crucial hub of security operations – need to adapt. With escalating costs, mounting threats, and a heightened demand for immediate responses, many organisations are reassessing the operations of their control rooms.

In the realm of electronic security, the choice between cloud-based and onsite software solutions for offsite CCTV monitoring can significantly impact operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and overall effectiveness.

The design allows for maximum security while keeping the amount of guards to a minimum and thus keeping the levy low over the long term.

Remote video monitoring is best suited for locations where there is a definable perimeter or areas where no one should be after a certain point in time.

Successful remote monitoring services depend on designing solutions that meet customer demand. Hi-Tech Security Solutions looks at some trends in this market.

Remote CCTV monitoring might be seen by some as a new fad on the security scene, but the strategy behind it is one that has stood the test of time.

Although all good security systems will have a number of layers of redundancy built into them, they were not designed to cope with the amount of power outages we are currently experiencing.

Astrosec’s Adriaan Bosch examines the South Africa private security industry, highlighting five issues customers should know about, but which are often swept under the rug because of ignorance or budget restraints.

Behavioural surveillance skills are as essential now as they have ever been, especially in situations where quick evaluation of context is needed. Training operators in behavioural recognition skills is a vital part of control room success.

Many residential estates undermine their own security not through a lack of technology, but through hidden weaknesses in gate design, fragmented systems, recurring software dependence, weak operational ownership, and insufficient estate management input.