In 2020, Watcher Surveillance Solutions was approached by Plantation Farms, a third-generation family farming operation in the south of Boksburg, to provide a farm security solution to assist in reducing crop losses due to theft.

Estate upgrades and enhances its security through a partnership between surveillance specialist Watcher and the incumbent guarding company.

Looking beyond the hype and all the marketing optimism about AI and cloud services in the security market, there are significant benefits to incorporating the two into an estate’s security operation.

Watcher Surveillance Solutions provides an off-site Surveillance Operating Centre (SOC), offering a cloud-based video management system that manages customers’ video feeds using the latest in-video analytics and artificial intelligence.

Organisations need security systems that are reliable, intelligent, efficient and aimed at optimising the guarding component in order to adapt to their environments.

Widening polarisation is expected in many elections, with terrorism, civil unrest, and environmental activism risks intensifying in a volatile geopolitical environment. Multinational businesses show an increasing interest in political violence insurance coverage in mitigation.

Next-generation AI tools are adding new layers of intelligent testing, audit, security, and assurance to the application development lifecycle, reducing risk, and improving time to value while augmenting the overall security posture.

Mobile IDs, MFA and sustainability emerge as top trends in HID Global’s 2024 State of Security Report, with artificial intelligence appearing in the conversation for the first time.

Cybersecurity awareness is straightforward if you know what to look for; vigilance and knowledge are our most potent weapons and the good news is that anyone can grasp the basics and spot suspicious activities.