Security Systems

What we do

Physical security, engineered like the network it runs on

Most security-system installers are electricians with a laptop. Most IT providers treat cameras as somebody else's problem. The gap between those two positions is exactly where physical security deployments go wrong — and it is the gap we work in.

Video surveillance

Camera design, placement, and recording — on-premises or cloud-retained — sized around what you actually need to see, not the maximum a sales sheet offers.

Access control

Badge, fob, PIN, or mobile credentials at the doors that matter, with schedules, audit trails, and a revocation process that runs the day someone leaves.

Intrusion detection

Perimeter and interior detection with proper zoning and alert routing, so a notification means something is happening rather than that a tree moved.

Structured cabling and PoE

Power budgeting, cable runs, and switching designed so the camera system does not brown out the network closet or exceed the switch's budget.

Intercom and entry

Door stations, visitor entry, and after-hours access with the same credential model as your interior doors — one system to administer, not five.

Environmental monitoring

Temperature, humidity, water, and door-position sensors for closets, server rooms, and racks, wired into the same alerting the NOC already watches.

A smart door lock being controlled from a phone. — Electronic access control is a network device with a credential store — which is exactly why it belongs on a segmented network with individual accounts.

Design decisions that matter

The parts a camera quote usually leaves out

A functioning camera system is not difficult. A camera system that does not become the weakest point in your network takes deliberate design, and these are the decisions we make explicitly rather than by default.

How we build it, and why.
Decision	What we do	Why it matters
Network placement	Cameras and controllers live on their own VLAN with no route to user networks	A compromised camera becomes a dead end instead of a foothold
Credentials	Default passwords removed, unique credentials per device, firmware kept current	Default-credential cameras are among the most exploited devices in existence
Transport	Encrypted where the platform supports it, including remote viewing paths	Video of your site is sensitive; it should not cross the internet in the clear
Retention	Retention set from your policy and any legal requirement, then monitored	Retention that silently stopped working is discovered at the worst moment
Access to footage	Individual accounts with roles and an access log	Who watched what, and when, is itself an audit question
Remote access	Through your identity provider where possible, not shared vendor logins	One offboarding action removes access everywhere

Where it connects

Physical and logical security are one problem

With managed IT

One network, one standard

Because we run the network, the camera system is designed into segmentation, monitoring, and patching from the start rather than added to whatever ports were free.

With SOC 2

Physical access is in scope

Badge records, visitor logs, and camera retention frequently appear in audit evidence requests. Built with an access trail, those requests take minutes to answer.

With data center

Same discipline in the cage

Facility access control, cabinet locks, and environmental monitoring are the same design patterns we use in our own colocation space.

Questions

Security systems, answered

Can you take over a system someone else installed?

Usually, yes — provided the platform is still supported by its manufacturer and we can get administrative access. We audit what is there, document the device inventory and firmware state, fix default or shared credentials, and correct network placement. If the platform is end-of-life or administratively locked, we will tell you before you spend anything on trying to save it.

How long should we keep footage?

That is a policy question before it is a storage question. Retention is driven by what you need the footage for, any regulatory or contractual requirement, and privacy considerations about recording staff and visitors. We will help you set a period you can defend, size the storage to match, and then monitor that recording is actually working for that whole window.

Do you monitor the cameras for us?

We monitor system health — whether cameras are online, recording, and storing footage as expected — and alert when something fails. We are not a staffed video-monitoring or dispatch center and we will not present ourselves as one. If you need live human monitoring, we will tell you that plainly and point at who genuinely provides it.

What about privacy and legal requirements?

We design so that access to footage is individually attributable and logged, retention is deliberate, and recording is confined to areas where it belongs — which is both good practice and what a privacy review will ask about. We are not your legal counsel: where signage, notice, or jurisdiction-specific rules apply, we will flag it and you should confirm with your attorney.

Can we keep remote viewing on phones?

Yes, and we will set it up so it does not undermine the rest of the design: individual accounts rather than a shared login, through your identity provider where the platform supports it, with encrypted transport and multi-factor authentication on the account itself.