Craig Chambers is CEO and president of Cernium Corporation. He’s on a mission to help chief security officers see what they are missing. Cernium specializes in video analytics and behavioral recognition software for physical security. The concept of video analytics is layered into security systems to dissect video from cameras, identify potential threats and alert operators in real-time.
Chambers: Advanced video analytics are the latest evolution in surveillance monitoring and serve as a critical component of a security operation. Without this capability, companies lack the ability to effectively monitor video from security cameras on a 24/7 basis. Advanced analytics apply behavioral recognition technology to identify potential security violations, such as an individual loitering in an unmanned pedestrian area late at night.
The software then makes a forensic video record of that event and transmits an alert to security personnel via an audio or visual notification, e-mail or wireless text message. It essentially removes the elements of human inattention, fatigue and error to provide nonstop video surveillance on a real-time basis. Analytics are better than the human equivalent, perpetually attentive and able to monitor multiple feeds non-stop without error. This allows security forces to be more flexibly deployed in secure areas, with more situational awareness, rather than sitting behind banks of monitors. It also ensures the video from security cameras is actually being watched and acted on.