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How Many Security Cameras Do I Need to Protect My Business?
There is no fixed number per square foot. Count the places that must be seen, decide how much detail each one needs, and the camera count follows.
Logistics Yard Cargo Theft Prevention Checklist: 10 Checks Before the Holiday Shutdown
Cargo thefts are fewer and far more expensive than a year ago, and the fourth quarter is historically the riskiest stretch. This checklist walks a yard manager through ten checks to finish before the holiday closures.
Post-Incident Video Review Steps: Hour, Day and Week
What you do after an incident decides how useful your video will be. This guide lays out steps for the first hour, the first day and the first week.
Security Camera Installation Checklist: Survey to Handoff
Most camera problems trace back to a skipped step before or during installation. This checklist walks through the survey, power, communications, mounting, testing and handoff.
Security Camera Resolution Guide: Megapixels, Pixels on Target and What You Need
A higher megapixel number does not always mean a clearer answer to what happened. This guide explains what resolution really does and how to choose it for the task.
Security Camera RFP Checklist for Monitored Video
A request for proposal gets better answers when it describes the site, the risk and the response you expect. This checklist covers scope, service levels, compliance and references.
How to Use Video Surveillance as a Property Management Tool
For a property manager, cameras do more than record break-ins. They settle disputes, document conditions, protect vacant units and show who was on site and when.
Security Vendor Reference Questions and Scorecard
References and pilots show how a monitored security vendor performs after the contract is signed. This guide gives the questions to ask and a scorecard to compare vendors.
10 Tips to Maintain Your Video Surveillance System
A video surveillance system that is not maintained fails quietly, and the failure is usually discovered when footage is needed. These ten checks keep cameras, recording and power working.
Commercial Surveillance: What It Does and How Businesses Use It
Field-tested guidance from the VDS team.