Technology Changes the Landscape of Perimeter Security

Perimeter security is no longer a tool unique to military facilities, power plants, oil refineries and other high-risk locations. Over the past decade, advancements in technology and changes in cost have transformed perimeter security and expanded the clientele to include organizations that had never considered exterior protection in the past, such as hospitals, schools, retail spaces, rail yards, and other urban and remote locations. While traditional alarm systems, contacts, motion detectors and physical barriers continue to play a role in perimeter detection, analytics and thermal imaging have changed the landscape of this security segment. With the help of a knowledgeable integrator, analytics can be programmed to reliably ignore all of the false positives that used to come along with being utilized in outdoor environments, including blowing leaves, stirring animals, and other non-event scenarios. The technology advancements and cost reductions of analytics are not the only changes in perimeter security over the last decade.