At any given time, especially during after-hours time, there may be areas f your facility which become off-limits for employees and contractors. While some areas can be closed off with doors or gates, other may not have a physical barrier that can be put in place. Fortunately, there is a solution that can alert security [...]
Depending on your operations, specific portions of your production, warehousing, or other areas may operate on different schedules, requiring different security measures at different times of day. This can result, most often, in areas remaining unsecure due to limitations of the intrusion detection system, or even just due to ineffective programming. Breaking up your facility [...]
Imagine consolidating a variety of tasks into one action. How much time could be saved for management? How much friction could be reduced for employees? How could the unification of tasks result higher procedure compliance? Enter the wonderful and magical capabilities of integrated systems! When an employee arrives at a facility, whether a Class A [...]
If your facility is like most, you have security cameras inside and outside. And you have interacted with some sort of interface to see live or recorded video from your cameras. For small applications, this is usually a simple graphical user interface (GUI) on a computer or application on a mobile device. And for larger [...]
Cookie-cutter security solutions are an easy way to cut costs. However, applying a standard approach with standard technology stands a good chance of leaving vulnerabilities and unnecessary risk. Design-build solutions require an intimate knowledge of the project, facility, environment, and owner expectations. The benefits of a design-build relationship with an experienced security systems integrator extend [...]
While discussions about eminent and long-term COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are filling the news headlines, the fact remains that access control systems already in place at facilities around the world can be used as-is or with minor modification in most cases to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission and keep businesses open. While customizing an [...]
Vision Security Technologies has established a regional office in Mobile, AL. The new Gulf Coast office represents another phase in the Birmingham-based company’s geographic expansion and enhances efforts to provide the latest in electronic security solutions to a variety of clients in multiple markets. It’s an addition that strategically supports Vision Security Technologies by being [...]
Our focus at Vision Security Technologies is to help keep people safe and secure. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things in 2020… and Halloween will not be an exception. With that in mind, if you have plans to get out with family and friends be sure to adhere to recommended CDC guidelines [...]
In Part 1 of this 2-part series, we discussed how to reduce and improve post-incident investigations using new advances in video analytics technology. Today, video analytics have a new chance to be a productive part of security operations rather than a costly distraction. Advancements in the analytics algorithms combined with high resolution cameras are providing [...]
When technology advancements align, great advances in operations can be made. This holds true for security operations as well. Not too long ago, many security professionals invested in video analytics only to find that the software combined with low resolution cameras available at the time lead to a string of technology abandonments. Worse, it caused [...]
