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Published on: 3/1/2006
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Rick Marshall, Managing Director of Comunica said: "There are many advantages to controlling physical security over IP, including cost reduction resulting from being able to use one network for all the security systems and devices.
Also control will be improved and simplified by being able to manage all the security devices on a single platform.
The investment in IP based security will also be future proofed as it will also allow other systems such as lifts, lighting, energy and other building management systems to be managed over the IP network as they become IP based."
A third of the IT directors surveyed said that as a result of being able to control physical security systems over IP (such as CCTV, access control, and card readers), this area will become their responsibility instead of the facilities or operations departments.
Rick Marshall concluded, "As IP based devices proliferate, the trend of physical security being controlled by the IT department is a logical step, as this department is already responsible for IT security.