In any situation involving a system take-over the question is typically not "should we get new cameras" or "what brand is trending." Rather, in takeover scenarios the real question is whether changing integrators means writing a second check for infrastructure you already paid for and if it will go smoothy. At GenX Security Solutions sometimes we start from scratch for a company with all brand new security tech and integration. But we also take over many systems and monitorin

After a commercial security system detects a threat, the event should move through six stages: detection, qualification, routing, verification, response and documentation. The exact path depends on the equipment, integrations and monitoring arrangement. GenX Security Solutions integrates video surveillance, intrusion detection, access control and monitored alarm systems for commercial facilities across South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

A commercial fire alarm does not necessarily need a traditional phone line. Modern systems can use approved communication technologies, including cellular and IP-based pathways, depending on the fire alarm equipment, system design, applicable code, and local Authority Having Jurisdiction, or AHJ. The bigger issue is whether three critical types of information can reliably travel from your building to the supervising station when they need to: alarm, supervisory, and trouble s

A privacy-sensitive security system should be designed zone by zone, beginning with what the organization is permitted to see, hear, analyze, transmit, store, and access. A practical design can divide the facility into four privacy zones: high privacy, controlled privacy, transitional, and public or exterior. In healthcare, the HIPAA Security Rule requires reasonable and appropriate safeguards rather than prescribing one universal camera configuration. GenX Security Solutions