Video analytics and other “enabling technologies” can sharply reduce per-camera costs for leading companies, according to a report included in the latest Quarterly Research Update from the Security Industry Association (SIA).
Among companies identified as having “best-in-class performance” – as determined by data on security-related incidents, human error and staffing levels – the use of enabling technologies cuts per-camera costs by 67 percent, and “their guard force is successfully assessing, prioritising, and taking action on five times more alerts per camera per day,” according to a study conducted by The Aberdeen Group.
“The primary purpose of video analytics technologies is to get more value from existing video surveillance investments: to extract more effective information, and to do so in a more timely way,”the Update notes. “Video analytics solutions are designed to identify the needles in the proverbial haystack – the exceptions, incidents, or events that really matter – to assist guards and operators in their decision-making process.”
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