If your business wants smarter CCTV or more flexible access control, replacing your entire existing security system may not be necessary.
Fastech is pleased to now provide Brivo cloud CCTV and access control solutions, giving businesses another way to modernise their physical security while potentially retaining compatible cameras and other equipment already installed.
Brivo combines cloud-based access control with intelligent video surveillance, allowing businesses to manage security more easily, introduce AI-powered CCTV capabilities and bring video and access events together within a more connected platform.
For businesses with CCTV already in place, this can provide a practical route to upgrading security without automatically starting again.
What is Brivo cloud CCTV and access control?
Brivo provides a cloud-based physical security platform covering areas including CCTV, access control, video analytics and security management.
Its cloud access control system allows authorised users to manage doors, credentials, access permissions and activity across one or multiple sites without relying on traditional on-site access control management.
For CCTV, Brivo Eagle Eye Video provides a cloud video management system that can work with thousands of supported cameras, including compatible third-party CCTV equipment.
This means businesses can bring video surveillance and access control into a more connected environment while retaining suitable existing infrastructure where possible.
Can you upgrade existing CCTV cameras with AI?
This is one of the most useful aspects of the Brivo offering for businesses that already have CCTV installed.
Upgrading to AI CCTV does not necessarily mean every camera needs to be removed and replaced.
Brivo states that its video platform is compatible with more than 8,000 camera models, allowing many businesses to connect suitable existing cameras to its cloud-based video management system.
Once incorporated into the appropriate setup, businesses can gain access to AI video analytics that turn CCTV footage into something much more useful than a passive recording.
Depending on the solution and configuration, features can include:
- Smart video search
- People and vehicle detection
- Line crossing detection
- Loitering alerts
- Intrusion detection
- Camera tampering alerts
- Real-time notifications
- AI-powered video analysis
For example, Smart Video Search can allow authorised users to search footage for particular people, vehicles or objects rather than manually working through hours of recordings.
That can make reviewing CCTV after an incident considerably quicker and give businesses greater visibility of activity across their premises.
Upgrade CCTV without replacing everything
For many businesses, one of the biggest barriers to improving CCTV is the perceived cost and disruption of replacing an existing installation.
With Brivo, compatible cameras and security hardware may be incorporated into a modern cloud-based system instead.
Brivo describes its platform as supporting phased upgrades, including connections to compatible access control hardware and ONVIF cameras.
This provides Fastech with greater flexibility when designing a CCTV upgrade.
Rather than assuming an existing system needs to be removed, we can first assess what is already installed.
If suitable cameras can continue to perform effectively, there may be an opportunity to retain them and introduce cloud management or AI capabilities around them.
If particular equipment is no longer suitable, Fastech can identify what should be replaced as part of the upgrade.
The result is a security system designed around what your business actually needs rather than replacing equipment unnecessarily.
What are the benefits of cloud CCTV?
Traditional CCTV systems often rely heavily on equipment and recording infrastructure located at individual premises.
Cloud CCTV gives businesses greater flexibility over how video is accessed and managed.
With Brivo Eagle Eye Video, authorised users can remotely view and manage CCTV through web or mobile access, making it particularly useful for organisations responsible for multiple buildings or locations.
Cloud-based CCTV can also make it easier to introduce new analytics and functionality over time without continually replacing camera hardware.
Brivo’s video platform includes options for cloud, on-site or hybrid video storage, meaning the system can be configured around practical requirements such as bandwidth, retention and security.
For businesses operating several locations, a centralised platform can also reduce the need to manage completely separate CCTV systems at every site.
Cloud access control for businesses
Alongside CCTV, Fastech can provide Brivo cloud access control.
Cloud access control allows businesses to control who can enter particular buildings or areas and when, while managing permissions remotely through a central platform.
Depending on the chosen system, businesses can manage:
- Doors and access points
- Staff and contractor permissions
- Access schedules
- Mobile credentials
- Lost or revoked credentials
- Access history
- Real-time alerts
- Multiple sites
For businesses with changing teams or several locations, this can make access management much easier than relying on separate local systems.
Permissions can be updated centrally and credentials can be revoked quickly when somebody no longer requires access.
Combining CCTV and access control
The value of an integrated security system becomes clearer when CCTV and access control work together.
Traditionally, a business investigating an incident might need to check an access control log, note the exact time of an event and then search through a separate CCTV system for the corresponding footage.
Brivo can link video surveillance with access control events.
For example, if somebody uses a credential at a particular door, authorised users can review the video associated with that event.
That makes it easier to establish not only which credential was used, but what physically happened at the entrance.
Brivo’s wider security platform can bring access control, video surveillance and other security information together within one cloud-based environment, helping businesses investigate incidents more efficiently.
Is cloud CCTV suitable for multiple sites?
Cloud CCTV and access control can be particularly useful for organisations managing more than one premises.
Instead of maintaining separate security systems at each location, authorised users can gain visibility across multiple sites from a central platform.
This could be useful for businesses operating offices, warehouses, retail sites, industrial premises or wider commercial estates.
As the organisation grows, additional locations, doors, users and cameras can also be incorporated without necessarily having to build an entirely separate security management structure for each site.
Is Brivo suitable for my existing CCTV system?
That depends on the cameras, access control equipment and infrastructure already installed.
Although Brivo supports a broad range of third-party cameras and hardware, compatibility should always be checked before an upgrade is recommended.
This is where Fastech can help.
We can assess your current CCTV and access control setup, look at what can sensibly be retained and identify where new equipment would provide a genuine benefit.
For some businesses, that could mean retaining much of the existing CCTV installation and introducing cloud video management and AI analytics.
For others, a combination of existing and new equipment may provide the best result.
Upgrade your CCTV and access control with Fastech
If your existing CCTV still works but you want better visibility, AI-powered video capabilities or easier remote management, it may be possible to upgrade without replacing everything.
Through Brivo, Fastech can provide cloud CCTV, AI video surveillance and cloud access control solutions designed around both your existing infrastructure and future requirements.
If you are considering a CCTV or access control upgrade, contact Fastech and we can review your existing setup and talk through the options available.