Analytics, Budgeting, and IT Considerations of Campus Video Surveillance

1. A “Game Changer” for
Your Campus
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Analytics, Budgeting, and IT
Considerations of Campus Video
Surveillance

2. “When we have an incident that occurs and we’ve
gotten really good useable photographic evidence
and we are looking to identify people—those shots go
to the news…10 minutes later the phone rings and
someone is telling us who it is that we are looking for.
I’d say our upgrades to our video surveillance system
have been a game changer.”
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– Chief John Venuti, Virginia Commonwealth University

3. 9 out of 10 colleges use video surveillance.
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4. But most are legacy, analog systems.
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Traditionally, campuses used camera systems as a tool
to verify if an alarm is real or to document an incident.
However, this is really only useful after the fact — as a
reactive tool.
But now that video has migrated from the
analog world into the digital world, cameras are
much smarter.

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“They are able to deploy analytics that can alert
operators to potentially stop or proactively
mitigate a risk as it’s unfolding. These analytics
involve not only video, but can do some fascinating
things with audio, too.”
– James Marcella, Axis Communications

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Audio threshold level detection
Audio pattern recognition
Two-way dialogue
Motion detection
Camera tamper alarm
Object left behind
People counting
Analytics like…

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Video surveillance can act as a force multiplier and
increase the effectiveness of your security department.
Taking advantage of the analytics newer cameras offer
expand not just your ability to figure out what
happened after the fact, but can provide a proactive
level of risk mitigation.

9. Things to consider before spending all your $$$ on
new cameras…
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New video systems run on an IP-based
network backbone.
An IP camera can easily take up a lot of
bandwidth if you’re running high frame
rate, high-resolution images.

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In fact, bandwidth and storage are the most costly
aspects of video surveillance.

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When starting a new security project, it’s imperative
that security and IT work together.

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“Security should research solutions that will fit
their needs. But they must also ensure that IT
can understand those needs… and its impact on
the network.”
– Duane Richendollar, Stanley Security

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It’s not enough to simply install cameras and hope for
the best.
Each camera placement should be purposeful.
Understand why you have a camera there and make
sure you deploy the right technology for the
environmental requirements of that scene.
Then make sure you can hold intelligent and
beneficial conversations between your security and
IT departments.

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“So often I have seen IT just chew up the security team
because they didn’t understand the IT terminology.
They walk away very frustrated because they feel they
did the right thing by including IT upfront.
With the right people working together there is
always a solution that will work for both.”
– Duane Richendollar, Stanley Security

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In the end, seek out knowledgeable experts.
Consult and work with people with knowledge
and experience of physical surveillance.

17. Don’t go into your next campus physical security
project uninformed. Listen to the UNLOCKED
podcast at www.intelligentopenings.com/unlocked
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