Essential Components of Commercial Security Systems
With an increasing number of commercial burglary and property damage cases, installing a commercial security system should be a top priority. But what security systems should you install?
When it comes to commercial security systems, CCTV cameras are often the first gadgets in peoples’ minds. But surveillance cameras are just one of the many essential components of a robust commercial security system.
That said, there are multiple individual components of a commercial surveillance system that must work together to provide the desired business security. In this post, we’ll discuss these components and explain their importance. Let’s dive in!
Video Surveillance
Video surveillance plays a critical role in ensuring the security of your business. Security cameras (CCTV) function as additional eyes around your business, helping monitor outside and inside your company.
Investing in a good video surveillance system is a surefire way to deter theft and improve the overall security of your business. Video surveillance offers many benefits, including:
Reduced theft, vandalism, and loss
Enhanced customer experience
Improves productivity
Provides admissible evidence
May reduce your insurance premiums
Monitoring Solutions
A commercial monitoring solution connects your business’s alarm sensors and video surveillance system to a professionally monitored central station.
From there, the central station support team verifies whether the alert is authentic or just a false alarm. If the alarm is authentic, the central monitoring station may respond by calling the proper authority or notifying you.
Commercial monitoring is critical because it allows businesses to respond to emergencies within seconds after they occur. At NCA Alarms, we’ve partnered with COPS monitoring, the strongest monitoring service in the industry, to offer you stellar monitoring services.
Access Control Service
Managing who enters the building and what parts of the building employees can access is essential for security purposes.
Access control grants or restricts entrance to your business premises. Card readers, PIN keypads, fingerprint scanners—all these systems read employees’ credentials, and the linked security panel verifies them against the approved list.
The kind of access control you need will depend on the type and amount of traffic your business gets on a typical day. Access control systems help prevent unwanted intruders in your business and ensure all employees are accounted for in case of an emergency.
Sensors and Alarms
A burglar alarm system is a critical component of any robust security system. Your security system should be able to sense when something is amiss and send alerts to the relevant parties. There are many different types of sensors, but the basic kit should include:
Motion detectors
Acoustic sensors
Door and window contact sensors
Glass-break sensors
Each of these systems perform different functions, but all serve to alert a central panel about activity on the business premises. The panel then follows specific instructions if any of the sensors are triggered.
Fire Safety Systems
A commercial fire safety system must be installed to meet all local, state, and federal government regulations. Modern fire safety systems come with advanced security features to save your property from fire damage and loss. Today’s fire safety systems are characterized by:
Fewer false alarms – Modern sensors and smart control panels can better assess early warning signs and filter out false alarms from real threats.
Faster fire & smoke detection – Modern systems use improved photoelectric components and advanced hyper-responsive ionization technology, which can detect fire and smoke faster.
Moreover, modern fire safety systems can send alerts directly to smartphones, which is more convenient and can prove handy in an emergency.
Invest in Commercial Security with NCA Alarms
Choosing the right commercial security solution for your company is the first step toward protecting your business. At NCA Alarms, we offer cutting-edge alarm monitoring services engineered to keep your business safe from external and internal threats.
Our commercial security monitoring systems offer remote access features, allowing you to monitor your business and employees from anywhere.Contact us today for a free quote and find out how we can protect your business.