It is now technically feasible and economically viable to control virtually
all aspects of security for a major organisation from one location. That location
can be anywhere in the world.
G4S Security Systems has been installing network security solutions for over 20
years, for such heavyweight clients as Sun Microsystems, Google, Cisco Systems
and many others.
Whereas remote monitoring and control was very much the preserve of the hi
tech US organisation for many years, the recent dramatic advance in IP technology
allied to the rapid development of security products that work with IP networks,
has transformed both the financial viability and the speed of response of the
remote monitoring activity.
G4S Security Systems are now able to install network systems that allow their clients
to view all parts of their locations from one central location whether that central
location is in Blackpool or Bangladesh almost instantaneously in real time. Properly
designed and installed network systems will also permit access control of any
part of the building 24/7 from the same control centre.
The need to employ a large number of security guards across a large number
of sites is an activity that will diminish rapidly over the next 5 years.
It is a firmly held belief with G4S Security Systems that all security, both physical
and logical, will be controlled from one location by each organisation, and that
the cost of the security supplied will fall significantly over time, whilst the
level of security supplied will increase.
