In the past few years, some business owners or managers have remotely monitored from the comfort of home and while traveling by using a video system installed by a security integrator or off-the-shelf equipment designed for do-it-yourself installation and management. Many bar and restaurant owners have been doing this for some time. I’ve also seen this in banking and even fast-food franchises on an enterprise level system. This practice is cost effective and also serves as an obvious deterrent to theft and employee misconduct.
There’s potential with this technology with access control. Systems that reside on a server or even a workstation can typically be configured for remote access via secure methods. The technology is genuinely scalable and can be applied to a small business as well as a global enterprise corporation or organization. In fact, more than one major integrated electronic security system can use the same platform to expand from a small one facility system into one that can manage access control, video, fire and intrusion alarms at locations worldwide.