Introduction
 

Cisco Physical Security solutions integrate with other Cisco and partner technologies to provide a unified interface that gives safety personnel a higher level of situational awareness and allows intelligent decisions to be made more quickly. Customers can build cost-effective, modular physical security solutions that are both best-in-class and interoperable. Cisco Physical Security products offer video-surveillance and access-control solutions that are easy to integrate with your existing physical security infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Deliver easy, secure access to live and recorded video
  • Use the IP network as a platform to deploy electronic access control
  • Provide excellent scalability, reliability, and availability
  • Simplify deployment and control of new security applications
  • Lower operational costs
  • Protect existing physical security systems investments
  • Support multivendor device and applications interoperability
  • Facilitate a smooth migration from analog to digital to full IP 

 Technology Details

The end-to-end Physical Security solution portfolio includes:
  • Cisco IP Cameras - Get superior performance in a wide variety of environments with high-resolution, professional digital cameras.
  • Cisco IP Video Surveillance - Optimize cost, performance, and capability with high-quality video surveillance solutions.
  • Cisco IP Interoperability and Communications System (IPICS) - Quickly deliver valuable information to the right people in emergency situations when time is critical.
  • Cisco Physical Access Control - Achieve electronic access control using the IP network in a comprehensive solution with hardware and software components.

 Architecture Diagram