Razberi Survey Finds Video Costs, Quality and Reliability Are Top Surveillance Concerns
Razberi Technologies surveyed more than 100 security systems integrators and enterprise security leaders, discovering that when it comes to video surveillance systems, security professionals are most focused on maintaining quality at the right cost, simplifying management, and improving reliability.
These findings highlight the challenges of cost effectively capturing high quality video without making risky tradeoffs that can result in lost video.
Given the convergence of physical security on IP networks, the survey respondents also expressed early concerns about cybersecurity threats. Recent denial of service attacks have used networked cameras as an entry point.
“As the number of networked video surveillance cameras increases, so does the strain on IP networks and physical security professionals. It’s difficult to ensure 24/7 operation of cameras and recording as well as harden systems against cyberattacks,” said Tom Galvin, CEO of Razberi. “Many organizations are hauling megapixel video to centralized, general-purpose storage and servers not intended for video surveillance, which is costly and often requires sacrificing quality to save bandwidth.”
The survey found the majority of security professionals are planning to install network cameras for video surveillance and security within the next year (85 percent). Their No. 1 focus for network camera installations is reducing technology and network costs (57 percent). Other top considerations are reliability, quality and maintenance: