Security has been a game of staying one step ahead. In the world of today, that means edge comes to edge increasingly from artificial intelligence. At VideoGuard, we’re on the ground floor of how AI is transforming VMS, turning it into a passive surveillance system of the past and into a proactive, smart security solution that keeps people and property safer, faster.
Whether it’s identifying actual threats or making law enforcement more efficient, AI is changing the game for commercial CCTV and home security.
Detection with a brain to reduce false alerts
Conventional motion-triggered cameras tend to flag anything that moves — whether it be raccoon, tree branch or breeze. This results in alert fatigue, wasted time, and sometimes false emergency dispatches. AI eliminates that noise.
With the power of computer vision and deep learning, AI security cameras can differentiate between:
- Man vs. beasts or cars
- Normal activity vs. suspicious activity
- Authorized and unauthorized personnel
This context-based identification will enable the system to alert only when a true threat is found—no more false alarms or misinformed events.
Real-Time Video Verification
Real-time video verification is one of the strongest use cases of AI in remote video surveillance. When VideoGuard’s AI identifies someone who looks suspicious hanging around after hours, for example, it flags the footage immediately.
Our trained monitoring professionals then assess the clip as it happens to validate the threat. If necessary, we use:
- Audio live talk down to scare off intruders
- Emergency Lighting Security lighting to see intruders
- Smart Home Security with Video Monitoring Verified video alerts you can monitor with dispatch to police fast
AI significantly reduces the time from detection to response. Video evidence, they say, makes the police take the call seriously, with shorter response times and higher rates of apprehension.
Learning keeps getting better and better.
The benefit of AI in commercial surveillance is that, as opposed to static, rule-based systems, it gets smarter over time. The algorithms, with each action they take:
- Develop new habits and ways of doing things
- Reduce false positives
- Improve threat classification
So, for example, if your system is video-monitoring a drop-off location, it can be taught to know the usual pattern of drop-offs and not send up a flag whenever a truck pulls in to unload. But come 2 a.m. and someone does, the system picks up the anomaly — and reacts.
Enhanced Perimeter Protection
AI enhances physical security by establishing intelligent virtual boundaries — known as “smart zones” — around critical areas such as parking lots, loading docks or entrances. Should an individual trespass into a restricted area after hours, A.I. marks the infraction down instantaneously.
Key advantages include:
- Strict zoning：Increase surveillance in high-risk zones
- Direction alerts: Trigger the alert, when there is in/out movement in the specific direction.
- Rules with timing consideration: Different rules when on business hours vs. not on business hours
This approach provides additional coverage and response efficiencies and decreases personnel demands.
AI + Human = Accuracy that Can’t Be Beat
AI is all-powerful — but the human factor still counts. That’s why VideoGuard offers an AI-powered surveillance system with live monitoring agents for the best of both worlds. Our agents get involved when it matters, relying upon the AI-filtered alerts to:
- Verify suspicious activity
- Intervene with voice or light distractions
- Call emergency services if you have concrete proof.
The end result is quicker response, less false alarms and greater peace of mind.
🔒 Catch them outside — that we do! ™
AI doesn’t just record crime. It assists in preventing it from occurring in the first place.
Use Cases Across Industries
AI can be used for remote video monitoring and analysis, and it’s not just for warehouses or construction sites. Its versatility makes it suitable for a variety of commercial and residential interiors :
- Retail: Preventive vs post crime in retail can be broken down to 2 factors: Warehouses: Designate areas of vulnerability points, protect your employees and deter theft, making your job less stressful.
- Multi-family residential: Keep an eye on garages, entryways, and common areas without live guards.
- Church: Locked doors and gates, playgrounds were secured; parking lot locked up.
- School campuses: To prevent vandalism and after school trespassing.
- Homeowners: Add smarts to outdoor cameras and discourage break-ins with two-way talk.
Each site is different, which is why AI allows us to tailor responses according to risk profile, hours of operation and entry points.
Benefits You Can Measure
Here’s what artificial intelligence adds to your video surveillance system:
📉 As much as 90% less in false alarms
🚨 Speedier emergency dispatch When you call 911, those seconds can feel like forever.
💰 Cost: Reduced compared to on-site security guards
🔍 More effective forensic search video Footage suggestive tagging.
🔒 24/7 proactive security Also available outside of off hours.
AI makes sure your camera isn’t recording incidents, it’s preventing them.
The Surveillance of the Future is Already Happening
We can no longer afford to treat artificial intelligence as an experiment. Remote video monitoring is just one of the many innovative uses of artificial intelligence in security, and it’s bound to transform how you help keep your retail, commercial or home property safe with intelligent, cost-efficient security.
At VideoGuard, we do more than install cameras. We combine AI with pro monitoring, video verification, and an active deterrence system so you get actual protection when you need it most.
Get in touch with one of our professionals today and learn how AI can bring your security system to a new level before the next threat arrives.
