New Technology In Facility Security Updated options to create a safe environment for building occupants. By: Michael Irvin B for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Security . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select DIRECTORY from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Safety . People — Your Most Valuable Asset Ensuring the safety of your employees, staff or stu-dents has to be your top concern. And for years, video surveillance has been used as an essential component to any effective secu-rity effort. Now you can benefit from enabling functions to include: ● Receiving alerts on loitering activities taking May 2014 An integrated system allows staff to visually identify, verify and capture security breaches at access points 34 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® Image courtesy of Balefire9/iStock/Thinkstock Michael Irvin is director of marketing for 3xLOGIC Inc., a leading provider of advanced video analytics and video business intel-ligence solutions. He is a regular contributing editor to industry publications addressing the ever-chang-ing role video surveillance plays in today’s business environment. He can be contacted at Michael. [email protected]. Building security and safety continues to be a con-cern for owners, managers and occupants — em-ployees, students and patrons — alike. With improvements in technology, protecting them has never been easier. In this article, we’ll look at how the implemen-tation of a video business intelligence (VBI) solu-tion for your operation can assist you in not only safeguarding people in your facilities, but also serve as a loss prevention and safety asset to help optimize your business processes and improve business efficiencies. If you’re not familiar with VBI, it can be defined as a way to capture and then easily find the data that can help you make decisions on how to better manage your safety and security concerns. It combines video surveillance from cameras and alarms and incorporates that information with oth-er data that is already being collected in your busi-ness to give you visual insight into your operation. This helps you determine where your security and safety programs are working, and what needs be improved. With this intelligence, followed up with the ability to react quickly to changing conditions, you can make the decisions that will help you provide a more secure environment to ensure oc-cupant safety. place either inside or outside of the premises to ensure quick response. This may assist in elimi-nating possible theft or damage to your prop-erty. ● Bringing visual verification into the equation when conducting an audit to see firsthand what actually transpired when investigating an incident or accident. ● Capturing data that identifies behaviors or patterns of risk for your organization, or your building occupants, such as blocked exit areas enabling staff to quickly respond to conditions requiring attention. Intrusion detection is no doubt a concern in your organization. Using door and window contacts or motion sen-sors — in combination with audible alarm notifi-
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