Security systems integration: video surveillance and access control

 

The integration between video surveillance and access control

As already explained in a previous article of our publication, the integrations between security systems serve to increase the overall security level of the goods and people present inside a given building.

In the integrated security market , one of the most important and widespread integrations is that between video surveillance and access control , which allows a visual control of the access identification process, by recording by the cameras of the video surveillance system. 

How to integrate video surveillance and access control systems

When we talk about integration between security systems, we must mean the possibility for them to interact with each other, exchanging information.

In particular, the integration between access control and video surveillance takes place at the software level : a common interface that allows the visual verification of the accesses to buildings and which therefore connects the camera image with a series of algorithms that can authorize or not the '' access by controlling the opening mechanism of doors or turnstiles.

What are the advantages of integrating security systems?

The main advantages deriving from this integration are linked to the immediate verification of accesses with direct alarm to a supervisor in the event of non-compliance with previously set rules.

This aspect, made possible especially when the video surveillance system is equipped with a video analysis system, guarantees an increase in the overall safety level of the system .

The use of integration between video surveillance and access control during a health emergency

In this particular historical moment, the health emergency due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus has meant that the applicability of the integration between video surveillance and access control is extended even further thanks to the possibility of verifying and checking whether the person requesting access has or does not have a mask , automatically generating alerts if the person does not have it, being able to automatically block access and increasing the protection of the health of other people.

Still in this context, another possible integration method is through the installation of thermometric cameras : devices which, thanks to their ability to detecting the body temperature , guarantee an effective screening method of the accesses to the premises , signaling with a red area inside the image transmitted by the camera the silhouettes of people whose temperature exceeds a certain limit threshold.

The latter two "approaches" innovative shows such as' integration between security systems can also be adapted to different contexts, as in this case the spread of health emergency, and is therefore the most effective way to ensure the safety of persons in 360 degrees.

Getstealth, operating in the field of integrated security , can advise and guide you in the installation of an integrated  Access Control in Chicago and video surveillance system that increases the security level of your property.