Industry View
Industry View: How to Avoid Five Common Misconceptions About Video Analytics
ObjectVideo's Alan Lipton offers suggestions for dispelling hype and finding value
By Alan Lipton, ObjectVideo
Myth Five: Video analytics is over-hyped. It seems that there is a new video analytics vendor hawking their wares every week. Every video analytics application is the best on the market: the most robust; with fewest false alarms; also easiest to use; and operating in the widest variety of environments; oh, and it costs almost nothing to own. With all the market noise, it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff of even figure out if there is any wheat at all!
The Truth: Like any competitive market with new and exciting technology, there will be outrageous claims made by some less-than-scrupulous vendors. But this doesn't mean that everything is hype. We're all familiar with used car salespeople and yet there are a great many good quality used cars out there. Be suspicious of a vendor who answers "yes" to every question. Look for reputable vendors with proven track records. They will help guide you through the process of evaluating and deploying video analytics. They will help set expectations and work with integrators to ensure that CCTV infrastructure will be appropriate to make your mission and your experience with analytics as successful as possible. ##
Dr. Alan Lipton is the chief technology officer at ObjectVideo, where he oversees a team of over 50 scientists and engineers that develop and commercialize computer vision technologies for applications such as security, surveillance and business intelligence gathering.
$firstKeyword
Security Directions: A Virtual Conference
Available On Demand Sept. 30 - Dec. 30
Join us for a virtual event with candid, expert information on top security challenges and issues - all from the comfort of your desktop.
Protecting PII: How to Work with IT to Manage Risk
Understand the critical nature of the test data privacy problem and get tips on how to work with IT to implement a test data privacy program.
- Managing A Growing Threat: An Executive's Guide to Web Application Security
- Upgrading to VMware vSphere with vWire
- Removing Barriers To Better Server Virtualization Efficiency
- Practical Approaches for Securing Web Applications across the Software Delivery Lifecycle
- Staying A Step Ahead of the Hackers: The Importance of Identifying Critical Web Application Vulnerabilities
- The Forrester Wave™: Web Filtering, Q2 2009
Get instant notifications when whitepapers, webcasts and case studies are added
to our library. Sign up for a Resource Alert now!
CSO Corporate Partners
CSO Perspectives
-
April 5-7, 2010Hyatt Regency Santa ClaraClick here for more information!
Santa Clara, California
(ISC)2 members can earn up to 24 CPE Credits!
