We’ve written quite a lot about the benefits of commercial video surveillance, and we firmly believe these systems can be very helpful in keeping your business secure. But there’s an important aspect of surveillance systems that often gets overlooked: video monitoring.

After all, you can have the most advanced surveillance system in the world, but if you don’t have somebody watching the feeds at all times, you may not be able to respond in time in the event of a break-in. Here are four ways that adding live monitoring can enhance the commercial video surveillance system for your business in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

What items do you associate with a commercial video surveillance system? You probably thought of security cameras, video management systems, security alarms and motion sensors. Very few people consider their business network a vital part of that system. Even when they do, it's usually primarily tied to very legitimate concerns about cybersecurity.

During your surveillance installation, it's just as important to consider your network bandwidth. In most cases, we recommend IP cameras and a cloud VMS system. Networks then have to deal with the large bandwidth needed to collect and manage footage from multiple cameras.

Here we outline some of the most critical bandwidth considerations when adding commercial video surveillance to your business in The Woodlands, TX.

A capable surveillance system is an unfortunate but necessary reality for any business. Keeping your employees, inventory and data secure has to be a top priority, and it’s worth investing major resources.

This is what makes surveillance cameras such an invaluable security tool. Cameras are both a deterrent (if a potential intruder sees a camera, they’re likely to leave the area) and a means of identifying anyone who breaks in. Today’s blog will look at the best camera options to use in the commercial video surveillance of your San Antonio, TX property.

Popular commercial video surveillance manufacturers Hikvision and Dahua are embroiled in controversy this year due to their extensive links to the Chinese government. Earlier this week, both companies were officially sanctioned by the US government for human rights abuses. To make things worse, industry experts also revealed severe security vulnerabilities in Dahua devices.

If you are using any of their cameras or video management systems in your Sugar Land, TX property, you could face serious issues. Below we go a little more depth into what trouble these Chinese companies are facing and how they could affect you.