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Rishi Lodhia , Managing Director EMEA ,
Eagle Eye Networks
receiving alerts the moment a potential hazard or safety risk is detected .
2 . Cloud computing
There ’ s no doubt that COVID-19 focused the attention of organisations everywhere on how cloud computing could help them respond to lockdown , remote working and the mass disruption caused by the pandemic . As a result , many began to adopt cloud-hosted video surveillance services , where the technologies are provided on an ‘ as-a-Service ’ basis , with Video-Surveillance-as-a-Service ( VSaaS ) removing the need for users to make significant video surveillance users , even for those with existing analogue cameras .
The efficient and affordable scalability of the cloud is also enabling more organisations to add audio recordings to their use of visual images ; the same research found among our customers , the number of surveillance cameras with audio recording functionality jumped more than 200 % between 2016 and 2020 .
3 . Compliance and regulation
But , as organisations and businesses collect more data from a wider variety of sources and devices ( including digital camera technologies ), the regulatory and compliance burden increases in order to protect the rights and privacy of people across society . In Europe , for example , the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) – and UK-GDPR in the UK – sets out clear responsibilities for businesses who collect , store and process personal data derived from video surveillance .
Specifically , video data needs to be completely protected from loss due to cybersecurity attacks , and in the financial services and healthcare sectors , the use of camera data is already tightly regulated . But , as smart surveillance technologies become increasingly valued across these organisations , the regulatory landscape is likely to evolve further to keep pace with the rate of innovation and change .
Those CIOs that take advantage of the cloud to achieve greater security and compliance will be well placed to optimise their investment in video surveillance in the short and long term .
An important point here is that those responsible for the purchase , implementation and management of video surveillance systems will need to work more closely with their IT colleagues and technology partners . Clearly , many CIOs will be keenly interested in the way these systems are integrated with existing networks , security technologies and IT processes .
Ensuring they are involved from an early stage will mean organisations are better placed to build solutions that minimise the risk of a security compromise , protect the rights of individuals whose images are captured by cameras , while ensuring that data is managed according to established best practices . capital investments on expensive infrastructure , such as their own data storage hardware . Instead , this VSaaS approach means data is hosted by secure third-party providers who are also well placed to offer value-add technologies such as analytics and automation applications .
Indeed , according to our recent customer research , the cloud is rapidly becoming an attractive option for
Without doubt , cloud video surveillance technologies will continue to grow in sophistication in the years ahead and their use will broaden as organisations look to derive process and efficiency advantages , while increasing the role for automation . Those CIOs that take advantage of the cloud to achieve greater security and compliance will be well placed to optimise their investment in video surveillance in the short and long term . p
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