| Organizations today face an increasing variety of security threats. These include direct threats to property and people, as well as indirect threats of costly litigation stemming from actual or fictitious incidents involving property or people. Traditional security systems have used analog closed-circuit television, along with a variety of other sensors and recorders, to record scenes and events for analysis in the case of security incidents. There is an emerging trend to use intelligent digital components to enable modern security systems to be much more effective, efficient, and capable in improving security than traditional electronic security systems can be.
As a result, the effective integration of security devices with information technology has become important in maximizing the effectiveness of security systems. |