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MAY-JUN 2015

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May/June 2015 • SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE 31 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com B y D r. B o b B a n erje e Guard Tour System ProxiPen works, whatever the weather. Here's a high-tech Detex tool that provides eliable reads at guard tour stations — even when conditions aren't good. Using advanced pr , our GCS ® ProxiPen doesn't have to touch the RFID tag, so water, ice or snow won't matter. ounds, the ProxiPen preventive maintenance, helping to lower • ProxiPen Kits include for quick set-up of a complete guard tour • TopGuard Patrol Software makes it evaluate collected data and prepare reports. TopGuard Patrol Plus provides extended e reporting options. 800-729-3839 830-629-2900 www.detex.com www.SecurityInfoWatch.com/10213445 camera itself. In contrast, Server- based analytics integrate infor- mation from a large number of cameras – no matter the brand or model - to give security pro- fessionals a greater situational understanding, and they do so by leveraging the latest in IT-class processors that continue to rap- idly evolve. While first generation video analytics focused on real-time aler ts and minimizing false alarms, second generation tech- nolog y focused on providing forensic tools to search the video post-event. If there had been a robbery and someone saw the sus- pects escape in a white van, you might search a camera for all white vans that drove past your loca- tion the day prior. Or if the situa- tion involved an assault by a per- son wearing red, you might search a camera for the past three hours for people wearing red. The sec- ond generation of video analytics helped to reconstruct what hap- pened; however, it was designed more as a forensic tool rather than a tool that exists to tell you where the van or person is right now, just moments after you heard about them. That sense of immediacy is what makes all the difference in response and mitigation. The third generation of video analytics is purpose-built to offer real-time insight, based on search- ing for someone or something across multiple cameras, during a time frame typically leading up to the current time. It answers the simple question 'Where is he now?' and has to be fast, accurate, and easy to use in a high stress real- time situation. Taking Server Analytics to the Next Level Using first generation analytics as a sensor is useful and inexpensive, but it's not revolutionary, and the technology is bound to produce false alarms. Second generation analytics can perform detailed forensics, which certainly beats manually searching through hours of video, but it does not give value as an incident is unfolding, and that is when it is most needed in There are many ways to get around an intrusion system or access control system, and that's why real-time forensics video analytics system can be so valuable. Photo Courtesy of NICE Video analytics are no longer just for either real- time alerts or post-event analysis; they can now proactively deliver critical real-time insight based on historical information.

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