Understandably, not everyone is a security or technical expert, thus know everything about CCTV terminology, and that is why companies get in expert help from IDtek. We are able to not only provide designs, plans, and installation of security products, but also provide training on such to ensure that the security operators know exactly how the equipment functions. One of the CCTV terms that you will come across when browsing the best systems for surveillance is that of ICR. It stands for Infrared Cutfilter Removal. With this feature, the filter of colour is removed ensuring a higher level of camera light sensitivity. Another CCTV term is that of Day & Night – referring to the light conditions under which a camera can operate effectively. Back Light Compensation is yet another phrase that you will encounter. It refers to the compensation built into a CCTV system to handle the effects of a bright light at the back of a subject under surveillance.
IDtek installs a range of security products at client premises including Samsung IP cameras. The range of Samsung IP cameras is extensive, but each one of the products in the range is of high quality and well suited for a particular type of surveillance. Take for instance, the SNP-1000A which is one of the high resolution network ready indoor 10X PTZ IP cameras. It is perhaps one of the most economical, yet most powerful IP cameras for indoor usage available. With a ten times zoom functionality, it is easy for the security operator to quickly identify people entering or exiting the building and to identify whether they have any suspicious items with them. The camera has JPEG as well as MPEG 4 compression features. In addition it is one of the Samsung IP cameras which allows for real time transmission of footage, thus improving access control security of a building tremendously.
Part of being able to manage the security of a company effectively is to install access control solutions at the client premises. Combine the access control systems with that of for instance, Kronos time record keeping systems, and you will not only be able to improve the overall security, but also reduce labour costs, improve productivity and prevent employee fraud. The Kronos time record keeping systems can be connected with your payroll solution as well, ensuring that you will be able to combine the costs of security, payroll management, and time record keeping – thus save on management costs. The Kronos time record keeping systems include data collection devices such as their badge, ID, and touch terminals. The ID terminals include biometric verification features for improved security.
IDtek combines various technologies to ensure that client premises are secure and that solutions offered are highly functional. One of the solutions installed is that of the ClockWatch time & attendance in conjunction with a biometrics reader such as offered by SAGEM. This ensures not only access control, but also full reporting on the time & attendance of employees whether daily, weekly, monthly, annually, periodically or shift based. By making use of the speed of technology, absence reports can be generated quickly. Easy to install and maintain, the ClockWatch Time & Attendance solution is well suited for large companies with up to 5000 employees. With the SAGEM access readers it is possible to prevent card fraud, pin numbers lost, and more.
With the TimeKeeper biometrics time and attendance solution available from IDtek, companies with fewer than a hundred employees will be able to accurately track the time and attendance patterns of employees. It is a biometrics time and attendance solution that entails an optical scanner attached to a normal computer. Software is loaded onto the computer and even though it is such a simple procedure accurate reports regarding daily attendance, periodic attendance, as well as absence patterns can be tracked. There are also shift reports and departmental reports available through the TimeKeeper biometrics time and attendance solution. It operates from the standard Windows platform and the data can be exported to text or xls formats which can be used for payroll calculation.
IDtek selects security products carefully ensuring that we only install the best and most proven brands of security products at client sites. As such one of the brands that we can recommend is that of Indigo Vision. The Indigo Vision range of IP based cameras include features such as MPeg 4 compression and H 264 compression abilities. The Indigo Vision IP based cameras come with digital interfaces eliminating the need to convert analog to digital format. Superior functionality, quality, and performance are three more reasons for selecting their range of cameras. The Indigo Vision cameras can be wall or ceiling mounted, and include Ethernet support enabling the installation of the cameras on the existing company security network. Real-time footage and analysis are also possible with these advanced IP based cameras.
The Impro door control systems that we install at client premises can handle from one to eight doors for up to a 100 tag holders and as many as 5000 buffered transaction applications. The Impro door control systems have up to 16 readers and can handle up to three tags per individual and as many as eight tag holder access groups. Whether for a medium or large office building, the modern design fits in well with the corporate environment. The Impro door control systems, known as the IXP20 range, come with either the user-friendly touch screen solution with easy installation features or the more sophisticated network based system. The security offered by the Impro door control systems is excellent featuring AES 128 bit encryption together with the Diffie Helman Key Exchange feature, which makes it almost impossible to bypass or crack the code.
The Impro door access control range is known as the IXP20 range. Impro offers two main door access control products suitable for one to eight doors at a time. The systems can work independently. Some of the key features of the IXP20 door access control products are briefly described below. The one model is touch based for 1 to 8 doors and has a user-friendly full colour graphical display. The second model is net based for 1 to 8 doors and works directly from a computer or through TCP/IP Internet based communication. The models feature onboard web applications requiring no additional installation of software. Each of the doors has door opening sensors and request to exit features. There are multiple door mode options with onboard reporting features.
Electronic risk management is today just as an important part of business management than is budget control. Access control to specific areas within a building reduces the risk of fraud, theft by employees, and industrial espionage. At the same time access control to corporate premises helps to reduce the risk of armed robberies, large scale theft, and instances of fraud by outside parties. Financial losses are minimized through improved electronic risk management. Biometrics has come to play an important part in effective access control as have door control. In addition, IP based camera surveillance has become equally important. The main focus of electronic risk management should be the integration of various security and safety systems to reduce costs and improve control. This also means that time & attendance systems, payroll systems, parking management, door control, fire detection, alarms, and general access control should be integrated. IDtek provides various advanced electronic risk management solutions which allow for full integration of all of the above systems.