Most security experts agree that systems integration is quickly becoming security's best tool in the fight against crime. This is because it effectively harnesses the capabilities and features of all security subsystems by placing them under one, unified, streamlined operating platform. This puts more information at security's fingertips in a shorter period of time than ordinarily would be possible using individual control centers and a disjointed series of interfaces.
When that common operating platform happens to be a wide area network (WAN), and the mission includes multiple remote sites, security personnel are better able to exercise control. It also places more data in the hands of operators, which makes the job of command and control more efficient and exacting. This also makes it possible for security managers to make better-informed decisions.