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Warehouse Security Tips to Keep Your Business Afloat

Alarm System, Business, Security Camera | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 31 2009

The ideal warehouse security deals both with internal and external security threats with a combined use of surveillance and security employees. You’ve heard, seen, or read in news how numerous companies are constantly victimized by well-planned ambushes and burglaries. And off media records, companies also suffer from employee theft & fraud. If you want to enjoy peace of mind over your warehouse security, consider the tips below.

4 Channel Wired Digital Video Recording SystemHiring the Best Security Employees
While security technology allows for automated operation, there are still components of your warehouse security plan that would have to manually supervised and thus require careful screening and selection of your security personnel.

Whether direct hiring or outsourcing your security needs to an agency, it’s important to establish the qualifications you require from security personnel. First and foremost, security employees must be familiar with how warehouses work.

With a wide variety of people and products coming and going all the time, it’s understandably hard to keep track of them. You can help them by giving them strategic base points and delegating their responsibilities to ensure that all areas are sufficiently covered.

Give them the best training whenever needed. If you are updating your security system, make sure that all of them are properly educated and trained for it. If you are changing your security policies, be sure that they are oriented regarding the changes.

How to Make Surveillance Efficient
Surveillance–even the most expensive kind–can only be effective if they are professionally installed at the right places.

Installation Concerns
Most of the time, surveillance simply doesn’t work because they aren’t installed properly. If you are strictly against hiring a professional team to install your system then make sure the security system you purchase offers DIY, user-friendly installation.

Complete Surveillance
Complete surveillance system entails that all areas are properly covered and threats are identified ahead of time to allow your security team to take pre-emptive action.

All locations must be equipped with weatherproof and vandalproof hidden cameras. Decoys must be installed as well. These cameras must have high image resolution capabilities, day and night function, and motion-detecting sensors. If possible, integrate them with security floodlights and door and window alarms.

Telephone conversations must also be placed under surveillance. Consider installing a phone line alarm as well. This will give you a means to contact the outside world even if your main phone lines have been cut off deliberately or accidentally.

By implementing these suggestions, you can be sure that your warehouse security will be virtually impenetrable.

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Surveillance Systems – Top Security Device Without Installation Required

Alarm System, Home Surveillance, Nanny Camera, Security Camera, Self Recording | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 30 2009

Surveillance is the act of keeping a subject under close observation usually for security purposes or investigation. If you have any urgent need to place your own home under surveillance, here’s what you can do.

Emergency Light Hidden CameraNanny Cameras
These devices come in all shapes and sizes but one thing they have in common is their zero need for installation. Nanny cams often come with built-in memory space to store recorded images and footages. They may be hidden within stuffed toys or other objects that would not look out of the ordinary when displayed in a prominent position in your room. Whichever the case may be, you just need to find a good location for your nanny cam, turn it on, and it will get to work immediately.

Afterwards, you may retrieve the nanny camera and play the file in a connected monitor or computer.

Barking Dog Alarms
These are one of the most ingenious designs for security technology used today. A barking dog alarm is composed of two units: there’s the motion-detecting sensor that you just have to mount outside your home to establish the range of area it will monitor. The other component is the alarm—you need to mount it in some place you’ll be able to hear it immediately whenever it’s triggered.

Now, if you’re  clueless on how the barking dog alarm works, it’s quite easy. The first time motion is detected by your sensors, it will emit a barking sound akin to a dog warning intruders away. The closer the intruder gets, the fiercer and louder the barking sounds will be.

Wireless Alarm Systems
Other alarms are just as easy as the barking dog alarm to use. Just mount them next to doors, windows, fireplaces, and other possible entries to your home. As these are battery operated, you need not worry about having them wired properly to ensure that the system is working. It will work as soon as you have them mounted and activated.

During daytime, you can turn this alarm system into your home’s ringer system. Rather than a noisy, warning siren-like alarm, it will play off a melodious chime whenever a visitor comes in.

Phone Recorders
Surveillance doesn’t have to be confined to visual observation and recording. Even phone conversations may also be recorded as part of your surveillance. You just need to connect a phone recorder to your line.

Most of the time, you’ll need just one phone recorder per line regardless of the number of extensions you have. You may also configure it to automatically record phone conversations and have it stored directly into your system’s built-in disk drive.

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Outdoor Dome Camera – Home and Business Owners Protection Guide

Business, Security Camera, dome cameras | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 29 2009

To prevent and apprehend intruders from trespassing on your residential or business property, ever considered installing an outdoor dome camera? Read on and find out how these small but powerful security tools are able to protect your loved ones and assets.

Day Night Infrared Dome CameraWhat exactly is an Outdoor Dome Camera?
Basically, this type of security camera is no different from an indoor dome camera with the exception of its more durable, weatherproof casing. Its dome structure provides not only protection for its camera and lens but also lends it a professional appearance for a perfect fit in any environment.

Outdoor Dome Camera’s Features
Don’t let its compact frame deceive you. As long as it’s properly installed in the best possible location, this tiny camera is more than enough to deter most external threats you might encounter.

Full Frame Rate
The full frame rate of this device refers to the number of complete images a camera’s able to capture per second. This type of security cameras is capable of taking 25 or 30 frames per second while maintaining high image resolution.

Day-Night Camera
Instead of getting two cameras, one for day and another for night use, a lot of dome cameras offer continuous, 24/7 use with its day-night function. The camera is designed to automatically detect changes in light levels and adjust accordingly.

Zooming Capacity
The best cameras are those types that offer both digital and optical zoom options, hopefully combined with auto focus. Zooming options are important because it allows you to zero in on a subject without reducing image quality or clarity.

Video and Motion Detection
This camera is capable of recording video footage as well. Simultaneous streams of MPEG-4 and Motion JPEG may also be offered. The more advanced models can function as a motion sensor as well but only to a certain extent. Some cameras, for instance, automatically have this feature disabled when the camera is on zoom, tilt, or pan.

Alarm
When it comes to outdoor dome cameras, how about looking into those that offer at least four alarm inputs and outputs? Alarm configuration must allow both triggered and scheduled settings including automatic notifications via email, HTTP, and TCP. The more advanced models might also be designed to automatically upload images via the same methods.

Secured Online Access
Finally, for those outdoor dome cameras that may be accessed online, be sure to look for those secured with password protection, multiple levels for user access, IP address filtering, and encrypted communication via HTTPS.

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Retail Store Security Tips – Get Rid of Business Worries

Business, Security Camera, Surveillance Systems | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 28 2009

You need to know the best retail store security tips to ensure you enjoy lower inventory losses, higher profit margins, and constant peace of mind.

Retail Store Security Equipment
Here is a list of security equipment designed to limit access to restricted areas.

Wire Partitions and Security Cages
If you have a separate unit or storage area for inventory, this may be secured with security cages and wire partitions. Generally, these are used for properties with complete or partial outdoor areas.

Folding Security Gates
An ordinary door can be easily broken so you need to fortify it with additional barriers. Consider, for instance, the use of folding security gates.

The next set of security equipment you need is those that may deter pilferage, theft, and vandalism without the use of surveillance systems. That’s a different category altogether and shall be discussed later.

Security Mirrors
Attach these above locations leading into hallways, around corners, and those that aren’t completely visible from your location. Security mirrors come in a variety of shapes and sizes and come with vandal-proof designs.
Locks

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Normally, nothing would beat the security of locks. Compared to all security tools, locks are one of the most affordable. Buy the best you can get your hands on. The bigger and thicker they are the better as they can’t be broken with a few thuds from a hammer.

Last, we come to security equipment that offers surveillance for remote and real-time monitoring and immediate detection of threat.

Security Cameras
There is a wide variety of security cameras sold today and each and every one of them serves a special purpose. Pinhole cameras are smaller than most security cameras, allowing you to hide them inside other objects like tissue boxes and stuffed toys. Of course, many of these are sold with predesigned casings for covert use such as cameras hidden in soda cans, air purifiers, and even desktop speakers.

Outdoor cameras are more expensive than indoor cameras because of their weatherproof design. This will allow them to continue recording footage even during snow and rainstorms.

Motion-Detecting Sensors
If incorporated with your security system, motion detecting sensors will trigger cameras into zooming to the area where movement has been detected. You can also have your security floodlights activated when your sensors detect movement. It all depends on your configuration.

Monitor and DVR
Finally, and this will depend on your security system, you can use a single monitor and have its screens divided according to the number of areas under surveillance, consequently allowing simultaneous surveillance.

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Built-in DVR Security System – One of Your Best Bets

Hidden Camera, Home Surveillance, Self Recording | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 27 2009

A built-in DVR security system is a cost-effective, all-in-one tool that will give your home or business all the protection it needs from theft, vandalism, and other unwanted threats to your property.

Tower Fan DVREasy to Install
Contrary to popular belief, having this type of system will usually render professional installation service unnecessary. Its installation procedure is designed for DIY use, allowing you to set up this system in a short period of time.

Your DVR and monitor are rolled into one unit so there’s no need to worry about which wires should be connected to which port. Thus, all you need to do is find the best location for your system and you immediately have a virtual security guard on call 24/7.

Web-Ready
A built-in DVR security system will lessen your network configuration problems. Its web-ready function will launch itself automatically so any time you need to access it online, you just have to key in the necessary details for login and you’ll be able to view stored or real-time footage over the World Wide Web.

Easy Viewing
Built-in security systems may also come with monitors as wide as nineteen inches, allowing you to enjoy complete range of vision on monitored areas. With this kind of monitor, there’s no need to squint and stick your face to the screen just to determine exactly what the subject is doing.

Also, this type of system will also offer viewing options. You can switch viewing from one camera to another with a push of a button.

Large Hard Disk Space
A built-in security system won’t make you worry about running out of disk space when you’re involved in an all-important surveillance operation. With as much as 320GB hard disk space available for your use, you can look forward to continuous recording for up to 480 days. That’s practically one year and three months’ worth of recording!

Instant Notification
This type of system would immediately send you email notifications if your system is suffering from video loss or motion detection. Instant updates on any malfunction or recognition of possible threats to your property would give you more than enough time to take the necessary action and ensure everyone’s safety.

Best Customer Support
Best of all, the most updated models of built-in DVR security systems come with a guarantee of round the clock lifetime customer support. No matter where you are and when you need it, you can be sure that your built-in DVR security system will always be ready to protect you, your loved ones, and your property.

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Hotel Security – Business Travelers Beware

Alarm System, Surveillance Systems | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 26 2009

Travelling comes with its own risks even if you’re staying at a five-star hotel. Here are several hotel security tips you should keep in mind the next time you go out of town.

Surveillance Concerns
Don’t rely solely on the security system of the hotel. Who knows if the management is in cahoots with potential intruders of your room? Set up your own surveillance system in your room.

Start by performing a bug sweep. This may seem paranoid, but if you believe that there is great interest in what you have stored in your hotel room then there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain with this action. There are also other detectors that can be used to determine presence and location of hidden cameras.

If you are completely assured that your hotel room is secured, the next thing to do is putting it under surveillance. Install wireless, battery-operated hidden cameras in strategic locations. Toss in a dummy camera or two to mislead potential intruders.

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Ensure your cameras are web-ready to allow remote and online access your surveillance system. Do not set up your DVR system in your hotel room as this will obviously give you away. Set it up somewhere else and make sure that you will never run out of disk space.

Install alarms and other security devices to prevent unauthorized access and break-ins to your room. Besides doors and windows, vents in your ceiling may also be another way to get into your room so be sure to fortify these as well.

Hotel Security Tips against Employees with Bad Intent
Again, you need to be always on your guard against even the individuals in the hotel’s employ. Hotel-issued keys are not enough. Use manual locks and practice common sense. Consider the tips below.

Do not allow housekeeping or any other hotel employee inside your room if you are not present. Inform hotel management about this to ensure that your room remains safe and secure.

Never leave your room unattended nor unlocked. It only takes a few seconds to create a huge amount of trouble if you know what you’re doing.

If someone requests entry to your room and identifies himself as an employee of the hotel, make sure to double check their identity with hotel management. If you have not made any request for their services, chances are hotels won’t take the initiative to send an employee to your quarters as they are entirely too busy for such fuss. Last but not the least, remember that a uniform does not an official employee make.

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Mobile Home Security Tips for Round the Clock Safety

Alarm System, Hidden Camera, Home Surveillance, Professional Surveillance Cameras | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 25 2009

If you are travelling or residing in a mobile home, security is definitely one of your major concerns. As mobile homes are easier to access, once your property has been breached, you will have a harder time avoiding direct confrontation. Use the tips below to secure the safety of your loved ones or whichever valuable assets you have stored in your mobile home.

56 Infrared LED Day Night Professional CameraWired Meshes and Grills
Stock windows and doors of mobile homes are ordinary and thus easy to break into. You can fortify this, however, by installing wired meshes or even grills. Even if intruders were to smash the glass of your doors and windows, they would still have to contend with the additional security tools you have taken.

Security Alarms
You need at least two kinds of security alarms for your mobile home. Firstly, attach alarms to windows, doors, and any other possible area that intruders could use to obtain access to your mobile home. If you’ve subscribed for security coverage, authorities will respond whenever the alarm in your home has been triggered.

Another alarm you probably need to install is a barking dog alarm. For this to work, you will need to set up an area that would create the impression you own a guard or security dog. Under the cover of darkness, intruders would have a hard time of visually verifying whether or not you do own one but with the barking dog alarm, they’re sure to be convinced.

Barking dog alarms sound off when they detect motion. In this way, they work like motion sensors but with barking alarms to serve as a deterrent against potential troublemakers.

Surveillance Cameras
When strategically positioned, a single surveillance camera would be able to cover the entire area of your mobile home. Partially obscured areas may still be under surveillance with the use of security mirrors.
The outside perimeters of your home may also be under surveillance if you see the need for it. But you’ll need surveillance cameras designed for outdoor use this time around. They are slightly more expensive but work the same way indoor cameras do.

To give intruders a false sense of security, you may also install dummy cameras. Destroying these might make them more lax, not knowing that their actions are still being monitored.

DVR
Also, you need to use a DVR system so that all images or video footages recorded by your cameras will be directly stored in a secure drive. The ideal DVR system must have sufficient disk space to allow continuous recording.

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Jewelry Store Security – How to Avoid Costly Losses

Business, Surveillance Systems | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 24 2009

Jewelry stores are one of the most difficult places to secure because their valuable contents are highly portable, making them an attractive target to potential thieves. If you own a jewelry store, here are essential security tips to provide maximum protection for your merchandise regardless of where you’re currently setting shop.

4 Channel Wired Digital Video Recording SystemMind the Store Layout
Security should always be taken into utmost consideration when you are designing the layout of your store. Display counters must be as far away as possible from the main entry and exit points of the store. The distance between these two points is equivalent to the time you can buy for yourself in order to apprehend the thief or other necessary courses of action.

Never put the cash register or booth in a location that will have you facing away from the door. You must always see people coming in and going out of the store because their appearance and movement might alert you ahead of time regarding potential trouble.

Secure Entry and Exit Points
During operating hours, do ensure that your entry and exit points lead through metal detecting archways. This will discourage potential thieves from carrying the usual array of weapons with them. At night, these must be additionally secured with alarms that are connected to your security insurance provider or local police station.

Surveillance Systems
Your jewelry store will be more secure if it is armed with a surveillance system. Surveillance cameras with motion detecting sensors and floodlights must be installed not only within the store premises but outside as well to detect possible signs of trouble. The best locations for your cameras are those that can get a bird’s eye view of the area without being easily reachable and prone to attacks of vandalism.

Surveillance cameras must allow for remote control or operation as well as web-based access. It must also be connected to a DVR system for remote monitoring. The best DVR systems will have sufficient disk space for your needs and save files in formats that are easily playable in your desk PC or laptop.

Manned Security
While automated security equipment is undeniably helpful, it is never a sufficient replacement for manned security. Always have your business guarded by professional and experienced security personnel.

Access Restriction
First and foremost, make it a strict store policy to keep all jewelry display cases locked. If you are taking out a sample for a client’s perusal, be sure to lock the display case immediately. It’s a cumbersome process but it could save you thousands of dollars in terms of theft and loss.

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Factory Security – Tips and Guide

Business | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 23 2009

Factories are one of the toughest types of workplace to guard and protect because of the constant number and variety of people that come and go through their doors. Securing the premises and deterring thieves, vandals, and intruders of any kind is difficult but not impossible if you consider implementing the tips below.

8 Channel Wireless DVR Complete SystemClear-Cut Security Plan
No one is above the law and in this case, the law is your factory’s security policies. Employees must be properly oriented regarding the precautions you are taking, the policies required, as well as the repercussions of violating any of these rules.

Strict Implementation
Naturally, you need to reinforce your commitment to these policies by consistently implementing them. These rules aren’t made to be broken if your goal is to maintain the security of your property.

Variety of Security
Human security is excellent at intimidation but it is not altogether perfect. They’ll perform much better if they are aided by an excellent security system. This includes indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras—including covert , decoys and publicly displayed units—entry/exit alarms, motion-detecting sensors, and security lights.

Identity Verification and Consistent Record Keeping
Criminals would be less keen to target your factory if they see that you are meticulous with record keeping. It’s important to know exactly who are entering and leaving your premises. Always verify identification of visitors. It’s a tedious process admittedly, but you definitely need it. Before admitting anyone in, be sure to confirm with the indicated department that they are indeed expecting the visitors you are holding.

Security personnel must also be constantly updated of scheduled or expected arrivals of supplies and any other deliveries.

Last but not the least, record keeping must naturally include inventories. These must be accomplished systematically and double-checked by individuals you trust.

A Way to Mark Property
There are two important ways to establish ownership of home or business property. Those of high value may be registered with a tax license or ID and noted down. Secondly, mark them with a logo using an invisible dye marker. You can purchase this online from any security retailer.

Remain aware any time regarding surveillance by accessing your security system online.

If you are investing in a security system then ascertain that it’s web-ready to provide you online access to your surveillance footage, whether stored or real-time, wherever you may be and whenever you may need it.

With these tips, your factory will be as secure as it can be.

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Board Camera – When Do You Need One

Board Cameras | Posted by hiddencamerablogger
Dec 22 2009

It’s so tiny you can probably wear it disguised as a pendant and no one would ever know. It’s so tiny in fact that if you’re not careful, you could even use it. A board camera is one of the latest equipment to come out that’s designed to make security easier and surveillance that much more efficient. Think it’s not that much of a gadget for you? Here are the top situations when you’ll need a board camera to pump up your viewing and surveillance capabilities.

Black and White Closed Board CameraEquipment for super-covert surveillance
There’s surveillance and there’s covert surveillance. You can easily tell one from the other by their conspicuousness. If a person can detect they’re being filmed or that there’s a camera hiding behind that flower vase or picture frame, you’re not really doing a good job as a spy.

For highly surreptitious surveillance you will need a board camera. It’s thin and light enough to be mounted on just about anything — a cigarette case, a stuffed teddy bear, a cookie jar, even a key chain — and still be difficult to notice. So if you want to improve your spying abilities or just simply want a better nanny or hidden cam, a board camera is your best choice

A lightweight camera that’s unobtrusive enough to be used for your hobbies
Board cameras are also efficient to use for hobbies such as DIY security equipment and robotics. If you’re a hobbyist, this is the best type of camera you’ll want to work with because it can easily be mounted, tweaked and turned on. It also gives superb video quality, allowing you to take great footages 99% of the time.

A camera you can take to your playground and back
Whether it’s driving a motorbike through mud and dirt or going cross-country on a bicycle, it’s always a good idea to get footage from an angle no cameraman can shoot from: under the saddle or mounted on the handlebars. Kept within solid casing, spruced up and weather-proofed, a board camera can also be used for a variety of sports such as surfing, wakeboarding or even skydiving.

For home and business security
If you need a reliable camera for home or business security, the board camera is one of the most affordable and efficient cameras you can buy. Retailers frequently sell them discounted, allowing you to purchase several cameras even on a budget. Since they’re easy to mount and can pretty much work from anywhere in the house, shop or office, you can build a highly customized security/surveillance system without the usual expense.

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