With security becoming an overriding concern these days, it is vital that you install some surveillance system which covers your specific needs. Depending on whether you want your home, office, store, facility, or eatery watched over to ensure maximum security, you need to choose an appropriate surveillance system. It should have the pan, tilt, zoom feature to capture high resolution images to identify miscreants in case of break-ins, vandalism, or more serious offences. Most important, such a system should be compatible with various kinds of networks like LAN, Wi-Fi, or POE.

Cover Even Remote Corners, and Badly Lit Spaces

Usually, the network IP camera is visible to people it watches over. The very fact that people know they are being watched serves as a deterrent to wrong doing. To have intensive surveillance you need uninterrupted power – direct electric connection or battery, encrypted internet connection, a network IP camera which has recording capability, connection to an offsite or onsite computer, and live streaming software to get real time data on what is happening, or not happening. IP cameras can use facial recognition and other algorithms to seek out illegal activity, and record immediately.

Far more secure method: IP cameras require authentication. Thanks to their encryption, you cannot tap into the signal, giving you complete privacy, secure image capture, transmission, and an evidence trail, which could be vital when an event occurs, and the matter gets into court. The other advantage is that since the surveillance is internet based, you can view what is happening in the area under surveillance even if you are at the other end of the globe.

Keep It Covert

Sometimes, it is important to keep the surveillance covert. When you want to catch someone red-handed, your best bet is the wireless hidden camera. It is small, easy to install, and even easier to use. It could be hidden in an everyday object like a toy, a pen, a computer speaker, a clock, a key chain, a tie pin or brooch (when you’re gathering evidence for a case of sexual abuse).However, it should have infrared (IR) capability to ensure that recognizable images can be captured even in low light.

Some are small cameras which offer full color video, and can be easily viewed by using an SD card reader. If the camera of your choice has motion sensor, then it would save your, or your security officer’s time reviewing recordings, since it would only record when some kind of motion is detected.