!!!! School Security Get its Head in the Clouds. Deploying Modern Video Surveillance in Educational Institutions. Unlocking the Cloud

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1 APPLICATION BRIEF School Security Get its Head in the Clouds Deploying Modern Video Surveillance in Educational Institutions Unlocking the Cloud Unlock the all the potential tools of a modern enterprise video surveillance system with a costeffective and elegantly simple cloud video surveillance solution. Increase Productivity Increase the productivity of loss security personnel. Transform hours of video footage into searchable, actionable information that can be quickly and easily distributed across your entire campus. -Written By Robert Harper, President of ACS Security Integration Schools, universities and colleges have always viewed safety as a high priority. These institutions are the keepers of our society s most valuable asset, our future. Keeping students and staff safe is crucial to an exceptional educational experience. Like every other part of society, educational institutions are not immune to crime and violence. Over the last decade, disasters and crime have affected campuses with an alarming frequency. According to the National Center of Educational Statistics, in 2011 over 1.24 million students (ages 12-18) were victims of in-school crimes. Yearly trends suggest that this year 4% of all US students will be a victim of a crime committed on an educational campus. These millions of tragedies sometimes cause death or injury, and almost always cause monetary losses, as well as a disruption to learning, research, and public service. Even if your school or campus hasn't made national headlines for crime, when school tragedies and crimes are highlighted in the news, parents, students and faculty start to look around their own facility for that extra level of security. & 1

2 Did you know Insurance carriers often offer reduced rates for businesses that are equipped with video surveillance. Ask your insurance provider today. Reduced Insurance Rates APPLICATION BRIEF Solely relying on physical security to reduce crime is extremely expensive, not to mention it can create a less than comfortable learning environment. Preferring to devote budget for enhancing education rather than security, most educators are looking for value in every security purchase. To meet demand and stay competitive, the private security sector has been innovating new cost effective technologies to help build safer and more disaster resistant schools and campuses. As a result, more educational institutions are adopting advanced security technology and implementing more modern approaches to maximizing risk management, increasing student & faculty protection, and enhancing overall campus safety. & Video Surveillance and the Cloud" For years, video surveillance technology has served as a critical piece of risk management and protection for institutions. Yesterday s surveillance solution was largely used as a forensic tool, only providing evidence of crimes that have already occurred or as deterrent to those who don't want to get caught. Limited to choices between traditional CCTV and dated network surveillance systems that required constant monitoring with expensive analytic features, surveillance was not largely used as a proactive tool. & Then along came the cloud. With rapid advancements in cloud computing and video surveillance software, the surveillance technology marketplace is significantly different from what it was just a decade ago. Today s video surveillance solution lives in the cloud and is not only used for live monitoring and forensic data, but it also comes equipped with cost-effective, proactive cloud-tools offering live intelligence, motion detection, automated alerts, 2

3 Shared Surveillance Transform traditional video surveillance from a niche application into a set of strategic management cloud tools that provide instant insight for users across operations, loss prevention, maintenance and human resources. Reaching Out APPLICATION BRIEF integrated access control, remote management, secure cloud storage, and more. Today s video surveillance solution encompasses reducing a variety of liabilities, threats and challenges all while making rich surveillance data easy to understand and simple to manage. Bottom line, it helps less security staff provide more security than ever before. & One of the earliest innovators and pioneers of cloud video surveillance technology is Smartvue Corporation. Smartvue has been developing cloud video surveillance technology and software since the mid-90 s with the goal of leveraging the cloud to make all the surveillance tools and analytics programs that were once only used by large corporations and government security available to the masses. & Smartvue cloud video surveillance enables surveillance data to be shared and accessed across departments to hundreds of users and trusted third party partners without straining your IT department or network. Our goal is to make the world a safer and smarter place by delivering complex video technologies in a simple and elegant cloud surveillance solution. said Martin Renkis, CEO and Founder of Smartvue. Making simple things complicated is common in the security industry, so we focus on making complicated things very simple. & Behind all of Smartvue s awards and patents and aside from a hightech building full of software developing gurus, it seems Smartvue s secret to success is elegantly simple. The real key to the cloud changing video surveillance into something new and more powerful hides in its simplicity. If it s simple enough for anyone to use then people will actually use it, reap the benefits, and campuses will be more secure.& 3

4 APPLICATION BRIEF & How The Cloud Enhances The Four " Principles of Modern Risk Management Cloud video surveillance technology provides the platform for an effective integrated risk management system. The ability to capture thousands of hours of video footage is okay, if you have someone to watch thousands of hours of video footage. Easy to use cloud surveillance tools can take those hours of footage and simplify them into motion events or even automatically alert you as events occur via or text. The surveillance data can be quickly monitored, reviewed, shared, and archived anywhere in the world with any computer, tablet or smartphone. Fewer people can manage more when staff is no longer stuck behind a monitor reviewing data or forced to travel to back-up and manage DVR s. Institutions can centrally manage surveillance data wherever they choose and sharing information only takes seconds. 4

5 Did you know Surveillance can drive improvements in profit in campus shops and cafeterias by reducing shrink at the register, improving line times and even increasing the average sale. Talk to a Smartvue Surveillance Specialist and learn how cloud video surveillance can drive profit. APPLICATION BRIEF Risk Identification Properly identifying risk is critical to developing an effective risk management process. Cloud video surveillance data can be utilized to proactively identify the specific extent and circumstances of potential risks, enabling institutions to be more informed in decision-making and risk prioritization. Most commonly, crime and accidents occur when security and controls are poor or nonexistent. & Quickly detect suspicious vehicles or objects by reviewing high speed footage& Identify suspicious patterns, trends or weaknesses in security measures& Risk Assessment Video surveillance is an important tool when assessing a potential risk or incident. Having access to a host of effective tools to quickly assess the incident and share findings can be invaluable. No matter if using a desktop computer in the back office or a smartphone while patrolling the campus grounds, employees can quickly review the extent and impact of the incident, determine if it could happen again, start thinking about control measures, and share the surveillance information through the cloud. & Receive automated real-time alerts via text or when people enter high-risk or suspicious areas& Receive alerts for motion detection at set times& 5

6 APPLICATION BRIEF Risk Response When responding, regardless if it is an obstructed fire exit, an injured student in a stairwell, or a potential intruder at an access control point, there should be a direct plan of action for all predetermined identified risks. A properly utilized cloud surveillance platform can help reduce response time by enabling institutions to see potential risk and incidents in real time, remotely lock down buildings, and share surveillance data with staff, first responders or law enforcement. Having access to a host of cloud surveillance tools from quick video review, automated alerts, motion detection and integrated access control can help alert staff and significantly shorten that response time. & Remotely review and instantly share surveillance of an event to prevent the crime from being completed& Utilize integrated access control to remotely lock down key access points& Prevent organized crime more effectively by instantly sharing surveillance of the criminal technique across all your locations& Review Reviewing data, grading risks and saving clips for training or prosecution can be streamlined with a cloud surveillance tools. Reducing hours of review time frees up staff and a lets them focus on training and identifying new risks. Cloud video surveillance can also be used to determine if approved security processes are being performed correctly and serve as a review in safety training drills. Using cloud surveillance to monitor these types of activities can help reinforce desired practices and sharpen response times. & Remotely monitor and review process compliance to increase performance in response & Teach and train staff on proper security procedures and protocols& Finally, since risk comes in so many shapes and forms, it s crucial to have reliable cloud surveillance system from a trusted brand. This is new technology and it s important to choose a well-tested service. 6