The promise of AI enabled video in academic settings centers around finding solutions to the social issue of school gun violence. 2018 was in fact the worst year for gun violence by number of incidents in our nation’s history, and this reality is driving demand for innovative campus security solutions. Intelligent video technology facilitates school safety through integrating already existing systems such as security cameras, fire alarms and sprinklers, and automatic door locks. By integrating data from multiple sources and sensors, cloud security platforms can discover new insights and make predictions. Basically, intelligent video has the potential to bring campus security from reactive to proactive.
These intelligent video platforms combine cloud and AI to bring data in closer relationship with each other. Video and sensor data are aggregated to perform analytics functions, allowing a type of machine learning to occur which has the effect of improving efficiency and overall security. While conventional school security measures were designed to function as forensic evidence after the fact of an incident (video to be used by the police and the court systems), these newer “smart” systems aim to go after problems before they make themselves manifest. Using video and IoT sensor data in the cloud, data is analyzed in real time and in aggregate, something human operators simply can not do fast enough to be effective. This allows the campus to identify patterns to help the platform better point out salient insights as it learns over time.
Using a cloud based solution for campus security also makes sense with regard to maintenance and upkeep. On-premise security architecture requires manual updating of software on each server, whereas a cloud system takes its updates automatically from the cloud. The updates are simply scheduled during closed hours as automatic, which reduces the amount of IT manpower needed and allows IT staff to remotely work on the system.
Another benefit of cloud based security is how scalable these systems are. As a campus expands and adds more doors, entry points and etc., the cloud is more than capable of expanding along with any new hardware that is added.
These systems also reduce the need for staffing in large campus security operations. Due to the integration of data from multiple types of sensors, less humans are needed in the response chain to initiate lockdown procedures, active shooter response, and other incident protocols. When integrated with an automated door locking system for instance, the platform can communicate a proactive response in an active shooter situation faster than any human team and lockdown to prevent entry as it alerts the human security element or the police.
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Security Technology of South Texas has the direct experience and skilled team to integrate a cloud based security solution into your school or campus. We meet with relevant staff to design custom, turn-key solutions from the ground up and offer the reliable and reachable service you need for these critical systems.
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Intelligent Video Solutions for Campuses
/in Access Control, Business Security, Smart Security /by handyrandyThe promise of AI enabled video in academic settings centers around finding solutions to the social issue of school gun violence. 2018 was in fact the worst year for gun violence by number of incidents in our nation’s history, and this reality is driving demand for innovative campus security solutions. Intelligent video technology facilitates school safety through integrating already existing systems such as security cameras, fire alarms and sprinklers, and automatic door locks. By integrating data from multiple sources and sensors, cloud security platforms can discover new insights and make predictions. Basically, intelligent video has the potential to bring campus security from reactive to proactive.
These intelligent video platforms combine cloud and AI to bring data in closer relationship with each other. Video and sensor data are aggregated to perform analytics functions, allowing a type of machine learning to occur which has the effect of improving efficiency and overall security. While conventional school security measures were designed to function as forensic evidence after the fact of an incident (video to be used by the police and the court systems), these newer “smart” systems aim to go after problems before they make themselves manifest. Using video and IoT sensor data in the cloud, data is analyzed in real time and in aggregate, something human operators simply can not do fast enough to be effective. This allows the campus to identify patterns to help the platform better point out salient insights as it learns over time.
Using a cloud based solution for campus security also makes sense with regard to maintenance and upkeep. On-premise security architecture requires manual updating of software on each server, whereas a cloud system takes its updates automatically from the cloud. The updates are simply scheduled during closed hours as automatic, which reduces the amount of IT manpower needed and allows IT staff to remotely work on the system.
Another benefit of cloud based security is how scalable these systems are. As a campus expands and adds more doors, entry points and etc., the cloud is more than capable of expanding along with any new hardware that is added.
These systems also reduce the need for staffing in large campus security operations. Due to the integration of data from multiple types of sensors, less humans are needed in the response chain to initiate lockdown procedures, active shooter response, and other incident protocols. When integrated with an automated door locking system for instance, the platform can communicate a proactive response in an active shooter situation faster than any human team and lockdown to prevent entry as it alerts the human security element or the police.
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Security Technology of South Texas has the direct experience and skilled team to integrate a cloud based security solution into your school or campus. We meet with relevant staff to design custom, turn-key solutions from the ground up and offer the reliable and reachable service you need for these critical systems.
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Contact us at admin@gostst.com on our website or via phone at 210-446-4863 24/7
New Security Solutions From FrontSteps
/in Access Control, Business Security, Community Security /by handyrandySecurity Drones Out in Force with NYPD
/in Smart Security, Video Surveillance /by Evan Youngman29 officers have been trained and licensed to operate 14 drones for the NYPD in a unit known as the Technical Assistance Response Unit. These drones will perform a wide variety of tasks such as monitoring both vehicle and pedestrian traffic, surveilling large events, search and rescue, and assisting in other miscellaneous emergencies. It has been a little while since we looked at the emerging market for security drones. It is still true that security drones require human pilots to be effective in a police force, and it is worth clarifying that these UAVs are not autonomous.
The idea is for the drones to act as an advanced party to a crime or emergency scene. Drones having eyes on the situation first gives incident commanders the chance to see what they are getting into before they jump into danger. Unlike in China, where drones disguised as doves watch every living thing in Beijing, these 19 drones will not be used to perform warrantless surveillance, though many still suspect misuse to occur anyway.
Two of the drones are quadcopters with zoom-in cameras and thermal imaging capabilities. The remaining drones are smaller, with one being relegated to training purposes. NYPD has said that these drones are for special situations and not for routine patrol or for use in traffic enforcement. They also claim they will never attach weapons to these machines or use the drones themselves as weapons. Whether or not that is a promise that sticks remains to be seen.
Drone use by police is certainly not new and not just for big city departments anymore. The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College has shown over 900 law enforcement agencies with deployed drones at the time of their study. However, that scale of drone surveillance still pales in comparison to what China is executing, and for that we should probably be grateful.
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Security Plans for Atlanta’s Super Bowl LIII
/in Security General /by Evan YoungmanAs Super Bowl LIII approaches, police and partner agencies are meeting for a tabletop exercise to develop a security plan to host the event on February 4. These law enforcement partners include the FBI, Homeland Security, and the World Congress Center police. The agencies met to discuss possible crisis scenarios for the Super Bowl and for the 10 days of events preceding it.
Those involved in the preparations for the Super Bowl will “work on contingency plans for everything from suspicious packages to protests and even mass casualty incidents.” (Amy Patterson, VP of operations and logistics for Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee). “Today’s an opportunity for us to exercise those plans through about eight scenarios that we’ll talk about, things that could happen during [the]10-day operational period of the Super Bowl,” Patterson said.
Events on the scale of a modern Super Bowl demand a serious security effort that spans multiple dimensions. A human security presence, vast camera network, analytics, authentication through biometrics or RFID, and facial recognition through FBI databases will all play a part. There are similarities between this and the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo, which is not surprising considering the FBI’s involvement in both.
Planning for mass casualty events is usually considered to be within the exclusive scope of law enforcement, but it is increasingly through surveillance and analytics that we are able to discern an imminent crisis from the behaviors of crowds. As we have looked at in previous articles, analytics systems using a wide network of IP cameras can look at everything from the movements of crowds, the walking gait of individual persons of interest, and more to determine if the outbreak of violence is imminent. So while it is still up to law enforcement to gather intelligence leading up to an event, it is increasingly technology that alerts us to events about to unfold.
Source: Securitytoday.com
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