4 Hi-Tech Digital Surveillance Camera Features

We don't have to prove to you how dangerous the world is. Watching the news for even a few minutes will make you want to board up your windows. Thankfully, advances in digital surveillance technology have come a long way, providing you and your business with new security features that will keep you safe from the worst of what's on the news.

The biggest advancements in digital surveillance are with intelligent cameras and the use of great software that saves you time and allows you to analyze your footage like a C.S.I. detective. Here are four of the best features you can take advantage of with intelligent surveillance cameras.

Light and Motion Detection
Traditional security cameras record everything, making it so you have to fast forward all footage in order to get to the action. New digital surveillance cameras will only record the event of something actually happening. This feature is a huge time-saver that will make it easy to catch the bad guy in the act of committing the crime.

Two actions that trigger an intelligent camera to record are light and motion. You can put a surveillance camera in a dark room, like your office at night, and it will only record when the lights are turned on, or if it detects the movement of flashlights. You can also set up your camera to only record motion. You can even narrow down the field of motion to include part of the frame. This makes it possible to not record the public in the frame walking on the sidewalk, while allowing you to capture people walking across your lawn (dang kids).

Timer Settings
You can program your surveillance system to only record during specific time periods. This is just one of the many customizable features that allow you to adjust your security system to meet your specific security needs. With your timer set, you will not have to remember to turn your surveillance camera on and off every day. This is great, because you know that the one night you forget to turn on your camera will be the time your business is burgled.

Additionally, you can adjust your camera's recording times and other settings from your home PC or any device with an Internet connection because the security software is installed on your company's network, allowing you to access it through the cloud. Thanks to the cloud, you can watch live security footage of your office on your smartphone while sitting pretty in your secure and comfy house.

Alarm System Detection
Intelligent digital security cameras are a great way to compliment your alarm system because you can program your camera to record every time the alarm is triggered. This hi-tech feature will come in handy for business owners heavily invested in their alarm system, because it allows for utilization of your system's features to help your camera capture important events that trigger it, like a thief breaking in the windows, or you breaking in the window because you locked yourself out, again.

Facial Recognition
The futuristic technology of facial recognition is now available for your business! An intelligent digital surveillance camera will recognize people it records against a database, and then keep track of each person's movements so you will know who did what, at what time, and in which location. You can also have the system flag unrecognizable people, and have the camera be on the lookout for "wanted" people, like disgruntled ex-employees or customers with sticky fingers.

Digital surveillance technology can be scaled to the size and security needs of your organization, and it's easy to add cameras as your business grows. To get started with a digital surveillance system, you will first want to contact your IT company because digital surveillance uses your company's hardware infrastructure. Call Computerware at (703) 821-8200 to learn more about how to protect your business with digital surveillance.