Layer3 Security Services is bringing BriefCam’s Video Synopsis software to security professionals across Southern California. Briefcam’s award-winning video review software allows end users to view hours of recorded video in just minutes. “Typically, one hour of video can be reduced to a search lasting just a few minutes, allowing the security team to search and [...]
Layer3 Security Services President Dario Santana recently announced the selection of the Tyco Security Products integrated security platform consisting of EXACQ, KANTECH and DSC POWER SERIES NEO as its preferred solution for projects that call for fully integrated video surveillance, access control and intrusion detection applications. “Layer3 optimizes its solutions and designs by utilizing many [...]
Author: Sara Haber Santana Internet Protocol (IP) technology has transformed the way we work, communicate and even entertain. Now, that same technology is changing the way we secure and protect the things we value most: our institutions, assets and people. It wasn’t that long ago when we relied on the mailman to deliver our messages. [...]
Plato said “the beginning is the most important part of the work” and getting the most value from your IP video surveillance deployment starts with a clear understanding of your organization’s surveillance goals. This requires planning and the involvement of those members of your team that will play a role in the project and everyone [...]
They’re known as command centers, operation or ‘op’ centers, and fusion centers, but no matter what they’re called, many people believe they are the future of security. Security command centers come in all shapes and sizes with varying levels of service and sophistication. The general idea is to centralize and streamline operations. In some cases [...]
Security industry professionals and business owners must see the opportunities in a changing technology landscape and embrace those changes. That was the message from a diverse group of industry experts participating in a recent panel discussion at the San Diego Security Association’s May luncheon. The topic was “Re-Tooling and Future Proofing your Security Business ” [...]
Security Update recently asked an integrator, equipment manufacturer and a security consultant to share what they saw as the most pressing challenges facing K-12 campus administrators and what tools existed to help remedy those concerns.) Three leading security professionals agree that controlling the entries on a K-12 campus should be a top concern for any [...]
The surveillance system at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) manages about 1,000 channels of video, including a mix of IP cameras (75 percent) and legacy analog cameras (25 percent). These cameras are used to view university centers, provide campus overviews, and operate alongside 12 mass notification system towers. They also view animal research [...]
Customers of Cooper Notification, a supplier of life safety and mass notification system solutions, now can send alerts from their Roam Secure Alert Network directly to FEMA’s Commercial Mobile Alert System [CMAS] and the next-gen Emergency Alert System. CMAS, part of FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, is the government’s latest development to communicate [...]
A leading Southern California asphalt company chose Layer3 Security Services® to protect a facility that has been the target of vandalism and theft in recent years. Buffered from adjacent commercial and residential properties by green space and open terrain, the plant’s isolation had made it an easy target for metal and equipment thieves, gangs, and [...]