SYAC is a technology company who have made extensive advancement over the last few years in the fields of CCTV, Access control, Fire and intruder alarms.
Originally founded in 1988 Syac developed DIGIeye and concentrates its projects and products to fit into the ever expanding field of security integration. By positioning themselves as a one stop shop for security and fire they now have a name that is known world wide.
There mission statement is simple and clear, they wish to be able to provide their customers with everything they need regarding electronic security . At the same time they take full responsibility for the total integrity of the systems they provide.
Syac’s propriety software has the ability to allow customers to truly integrate security systems together composed of several different interoperable subsystems.
Syac have of over 90+ employees and have a truly worldwide presence which gives them many different areas of experience to draw from. Fostering creativity and innovation as a core belief means that Syac have achieved commendable growth and success since their inception.
How much are councils spending on CCTV in the UK? Well a recent report has shown that over 300 million in the last 3 years. The article suggests that this is a huge waste of tax payers money and says that CCTV does not prevent crime? An interesting point of view of course but with all such sweeping statements it is always difficult to prove how much crime CCTV does prevent. It seems that in many serious criminal cases, CCTV is the very first port of call for police looking for clues. Inevitably many crimes are solved because of CCTV as for the argument does it prevent crime? We think that the minute people know that they are not being watched, crime will rise
As security professionals we need to be able to give our customers the correct information and the reasons why they can benefit from CCTV access control and some of the newer products on the market such as finger print door entry systems and facial recognition. one of the industries that has a real need for extensive security measures is aviation. In the light of the recent incident at East Midlands Airport, Freight forwarders as well as civil aviation companies are looking deeper into what they need to do to prevent a terrorist incident. Below we look at the procedure they should adopt in order to assess their risk and ensure the safety of their passengers and aircraft.
Threat.
What is the treat well this can be defined as the probability of an attack against a particular target that there is a probability that this will occur within a particular time frame.
Type of threat
This is broken down into 5 categories
Low- unlikely
Moderate- possible but not likely.
Substantial- strong possibility
Severe- an attack is highly likely
Critical- is expected imminently.
Once the above has been identified then we need to think about who may perpetrate such an attack.
Who poses a threat?
Terrorists- fanatics
Criminals- for ransom and financial gain
Mentally ill- this may happen for no reason and is likely to be a random event
Revenge- an ex employee is most likely to be behind such an attack.
Protesters-environmentalists have become more and more determined to get noticed and have upped the stakes.
Refuges- asylum seekers desperation is often a factor here
Insider threat- someone who deliberately joins an organisation in order to infiltrate and cause damage. The most dangerous.
In order to secure down an area we need to know what types of threat may occur. Integrated CCTV and access control systems become highly relevant at this point
Types of threat.
Hijacking/or sabotage
Substitution of air cargo
Disguising air cargo as another product.
An attack at the airport terminal itself.
Relevance of the treat.
The level of security needs to be directly related to the level of threat. However the base level of security in place helps to allow extra measures to be put in place when the treat rises. CCTV cameras allow security staff to monitor any perceived treat as they pass through a terminal and monitor any suspicious behaviour.
It is reassuring to know that within the aviation industry constant monitoring of security solutions are in place however as new technology comes along it’s the duty of security professional to bring this into the public domain. Facial recognition is unquestionably a fantastic tool for the future and at integrated CCTV we see this solution being deployed more and more where security needs to be tightly controlled
However things can go wrong and here is a demonstration of why everyone needs to be vigilant
Megapixel ip cameras are constantly being touted as new era for CCTV systems in the UK, however you can talk about them all day long but nothing is better to prove their effectiveness other than a visual demonstration. The Megapixel ip camera review here shows just how good they really are compared to their analogue competition.
No doubt this last year (2010) has been hard for the CCTV security industry, no not hard, in fact, incredibly difficult. We have seen falling sales, smaller margins, and a service revenue drought.
It seemed that every installing company out there was cutting the price of its installations but prices for equipment were still rising not to mention fuel. A deadly combination and one that has seen many security companies go to the wall.
Survival of the fittest.
So how have CCTV security companies survived? Well many would say by the skin of their teeth. Redundancies and wage freezes have been enforced with most employees realizing that there is not much else out there anyway , so no matter how fed up they are they are best to stay put and hang on for better times.
Green shoots.
So are there signs of recovery ? After all the economy came out of recession in the spring. Well there are some small signs that the green shoots of recovery are starting to come through. Manufacturers lead times have risen sharply from what was next day, to in some cases over a week . When asked why, they cited a surge in demand for their products . Secondly enquires for IP CCTV are up . End users who have been hanging onto old out dated and frankly useless equipment are starting to replace this. In addition the IP CCTV revolution is starting to capture the imagination of the general public as they suddenly become aware of the possibilities this technology can bring.
Finally.
Finally, it’s nearly the New Year and there is optimism that we are going to see some reasonable growth, some great new developments within the industry and please, decent profit margins on our installations.