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]]>New 2026 Security Report: Four Critical Imperatives for a Proactive Security Transformation
Is your company still relying on reactive security systems? Then your security needs a proactive overhaul. For most organizations, video surveillance, alarms, and access control are designed to record incidents after they happen, not prevent them in real time.
The stakes are enormous: U.S. retailers lose over $100 billion annually to shrink, and workplace violence costs exceed $130 billion per year.
Today’s security leaders in loss prevention, asset protection, and risk management face complex, sophisticated threats ranging from organized retail crime to blended cyber-physical attacks. Traditional, reactive security solutions simply aren’t enough. That’s because passive video surveillance and standalone alarms were designed to document incidents, not stop them.
Why Security Needs a Proactive Overhaul
Relying on a reactive model creates serious operational gaps:
- Alert Fatigue: Too many false positives make it easy to miss real emergencies.
- Delayed Response: Incidents escalate before staff or law enforcement can intervene.
- Costly Inefficiency: Heavy reliance on expensive on-site guards limits scalability.
Closing the gap requires a proactive security shift — one that prevents theft and threats before they occur. The result is stronger protection for people and assets, and a measurable impact on the bottom line.
The Shift to Proactive Security
Proactive security focuses on detecting risk as it emerges, verifying threats in real time, and acting decisively before incidents escalate. This approach recasts security from a reactive cost center to a strategic business asset.
Our new 2026 security report, Four Critical Imperatives for a Proactive Security Transformation, explores the four actions security leaders must take to make this modern security shift:
Build a Unified Security Platform
Move past siloed tools. Integrate all devices — CCTV, alarms, access control, and sensors — to eliminate blind spots and enable centralized control.
Embrace AI and Video Analytics
Shift from simple detection to true prevention. AI video analytics continuously analyzes data to identify, assess, and respond to unauthorized access and high-risk behavior faster than human operators alone.
Gain Real-Time Visual Awareness
Empower your teams with immediate context to support timely, effective intervention. Pairing AI with human operators delivers visual verification alongside alerts, giving teams the clarity they need to act decisively.
Deploy the Virtual Guard
Solve staffing limitations without compromising coverage. Cloud-based monitoring and remote verification efficiently extend security watches across multiple sites, supplementing on-site guards.
Deliver Proactive Security with CHeKT
CHeKT Proactive Visual Security brings all four pillars of this transformation together, integrating real-time video intelligence into your existing security systems. It enables your teams to detect, deter, and stop threats before they occur, turning security from a reactive cost center into a proactive, prevention-first advantage.
CHeKT delivers on the promise of proactive security across three key areas:
1 – Strategic Advantage
- Seamless Integration: Works with existing cameras, alarms, and systems. No costly infrastructure replacements.
- Unified Visibility: A single dashboard/mobile app enables centralized, real-time oversight across all sites.
- AI-Powered Detection: Turns every camera into an active threat detector, filtering false alarms and highlighting real risks.
2 – Operational Efficiency
- Real-Time Visual Verification: Immediate context enables faster, more informed responses to threats.
- Automated Deterrence: Warnings or live audio ‘talk down’ prevent escalation before incidents occur.
- Optimized Staffing: Extend remote monitoring while deploying human guards and mobile patrols more strategically.
- Verified Escalation: Ensure faster, more effective response from law enforcement when needed.
3 – Business Impact
- Loss Prevention: Reduces shrink, theft, and workplace harm — protecting revenue, people, and assets.
- Risk Mitigation: Verified video can streamline investigations, support insurance recovery, and potentially lower insurance premiums.
Proactive security isn’t optional — it’s critical. Especially today.
In today’s security landscape, threats are growing — and the cost of reacting (or not reacting quickly enough) is high. U.S. retailers lose over $100 billion annually to shrink, and workplace violence costs exceed $130 billion each year. Traditional security solutions that only record incidents after they happen simply aren’t enough.
You need a security approach that prevents theft and threats before they occur.
Download our 2026 security report, Four Critical Imperatives for a Proactive Security Transformation, to get a complete roadmap for turning security from a reactive cost center to a strategic business advantage.
And feel free to schedule a demo with a CHeKT partner to experience next-gen visual alarm monitoring firsthand.
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]]>An alarm goes off — but is it a real threat or just a branch brushing a window, or a car making a U-turn near your property? Without context, it’s hard to tell.
CHeKT provides that context. We transform traditional alarms into intelligent, video-verified systems that combine live video, smart sensors, and in-the-moment monitoring—helping security providers respond faster, prevent threats, and reduce false alarms while protecting people, property, and assets.
At Chekt, we call this Proactive Visual Security — a flexible platform tailored to residential, commercial, and non-traditional settings that delivers proactive security solutions for a wide range of needs.
A Closer Look at Proactive Visual Security in Action
Our new ebook, From Heavy Industry to Homes: Six Powerful Use Cases for Proactive Visual Security, explores how organizations across industries are using CHeKT to reduce risk, protect high-value assets, and improve safety.
This blog highlights the five core applications that make those real-world use cases possible. Think of it as a closer look at how Proactive Visual Security works in practice — from commercial interiors and outdoor assets to remote guarding, residential protection, and non-traditional security scenarios.
By understanding these applications, you’ll see how CHeKT adapts to a wide range of environments and delivers actionable solutions — the same solutions detailed in our ebook.
Here’s How CHeKT Enhances Security Across Five Key Environments:
1. Commercial Interior Security
Employee safety and inventory protection are top priorities for business owners. Proactive Visual Security gives monitoring center agents immediate video access when an alarm triggers, enabling informed and timely responses to incidents ranging from theft to employee emergencies.
MARKETS:
Retail stores, jewelry shops, convenience/liquor stores, educational institutions
APPLICATION IDEAS:
- Monitor Alarm Zones: Cameras paired with alarm systems give operators instant situational awareness when an alarm goes off.
- Panic Buttons: Emergency buttons and LED alerts allow employees to summon help immediately.
- Stock-Room Monitoring: Keep tabs on high-value inventory and share footage with managers for fast decision-making.
- Emergency Exits & Environmental Sensors: Track doors, temperature, and water flow to prevent losses or hazards.
- Site Arming & Disarming: Monitor property access remotely to ensure smooth operations.
IMPACT:
CHeKT transforms interior cameras strategically placed in high-risk areas with proactive prevention, continuous monitoring, and enables smarter, data-driven decisions in response to perceived and in-process theft. This kind of proactive oversight strengthens loss-prevention strategies, reduces shrink, and gives employees confidence that help is available the moment they need it.
2. Commercial Exterior Security
Outdoor inventory, equipment, and machinery are vulnerable to theft, vandalism, and unauthorized access. CHeKT pairs sensors with cameras and audio capabilities to detect activity outside, guide operators to the scene, and deter potential criminals before damage or loss occurs.
MARKETS:
Lawn & garden centers, equipment rental locations, contractors, vehicle dealerships, repair facilities, utility substations
APPLICATION IDEAS:
- Visual Monitoring of Alarm Zones: See exactly where alarms are triggered for quicker response.
- Protect Valuable Equipment: Monitor air conditioning units, tools, and machinery to prevent theft.
- Secure Contractor & Rental Yards: Keep work equipment protected so crews can operate without interruption.
- Crime Deterrence: Use lights and audio warnings to discourage intruders in real time.
IMPACT:
This application adds proactive protection to assets that are often exposed and hard to monitor. Operators can intervene quickly, alert law enforcement, and prevent theft or vandalism before it escalates — reducing downtime, protecting equipment, and safeguarding critical operations.
3. Remote Video Guard Service
On-site security is costly and limited in coverage. CHeKT’s remote monitoring allows operators to oversee multiple locations, issue audio warnings, and monitor activity 24/7 — extending security coverage without requiring physical staff.
MARKETS:
Construction sites, scrap yards, landfills, auto parts/junk yards, dealerships, parking lots
APPLICATION IDEAS:
- Scrap Yards & Construction Sites: Use video analytics, thermal sensors, and motion detection to secure high-risk areas.
- Outdoor Sales Lots: Protect vehicles, equipment, and inventory from theft or vandalism.
- Video Guard Tours & Lone Worker Escorts: Conduct scheduled site tours virtually or remotely escort employees for safety.
IMPACT:
Remote video guard services provide a cost-effective way to expand security coverage in high-risk environments. Operators can watch multiple locations in real time, respond to incidents immediately, and deter criminal activity with audio alerts. By leveraging remote monitoring, businesses gain full situational awareness without the expense of on-site guards.
With a simple connection to the CHeKT Video Control Panel, live video feeds are instantly analyzed when notifications are sent in real-time when a threat is detected.
4. Residential Security
Protecting a home goes beyond installing an alarm system. Homeowners want assurance that their property and loved ones are safe. CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security allows monitoring centers to quickly verify alarms, distinguish between harmless triggers and real threats, and respond proactively.
MARKETS:
Homes, home businesses, farms
APPLICATION IDEAS:
- Perimeter Zone Verification: Place cameras at doors and windows to identify alarm triggers.
- Glass Break Alerts: Connect cameras to glass-break sensors to tell the difference between a branch falling or a potential break-in.
- Proactive Detection: Monitor gates, porches, and driveways with video analytics to spot unusual activity early.
- External Building Security: Extend coverage to garages, sheds, barns, or pool areas with cameras, lighting, and audio alerts to deter intruders.
IMPACT:
With CHeKT, residential security becomes proactive rather than reactive. By providing visual verification of alarms and early alerts for suspicious activity, CHeKT helps homeowners and monitoring agents work together to assess potential threats in real time, resulting in fewer false alarms and faster, better informed police response.
5. Non-Traditional Security Applications
Not all security challenges fit standard categories. CHeKT adapts to out-of-the-ordinary scenarios to stop crimes in progress, such as environmental monitoring, machinery oversight, area access control, ATM security, and even security fogging devices.
MARKETS:
Industrial facilities, elevators, waste management yards, gas stations, specialty retail
APPLICATION IDEAS:
- Environmental Sensors: Visually verify alarms triggered by temperature, water, or other sensors..
- Equipment Malfunctions: Monitor machinery remotely and act before damage occurs.
- Elevators & Access Control: Quickly assess emergencies and unauthorized entries with video and audio guidance or warnings.
- Waste Yards & ATMs: Monitor activity to prevent unauthorized dumping, fraud, or improper access.
- Security Fog Deployment: Protect high-risk retail spaces by verifying events in progress and activating fog systems to disrupt criminals if necessary.
IMPACT:
CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security extends protection for complex, high-risk environments by combining visual verification, remote control, and in-the-moment monitoring. Operators can respond immediately to environmental alarms, machinery faults, or unauthorized access — reducing downtime, protecting people, and preventing costly damage.
Download Our eBook For a Smarter Way to Provide 24/7 Proactive Protection
As security demands grow and threats become more sophisticated, businesses need solutions that keep them one step ahead. A modern security system should do three things: deter crime, protect employees, and support law enforcement when it matters most. CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security delivers on all three.
Download the ebook.
Download the ebook. For deeper insights into how these five applications play out across six real world scenarios — download From Heavy Industry to Homes: Six Powerful Use Cases for Proactive Visual Security.
And feel free to schedule a demo with a CHeKT partner to experience next-gen visual alarm monitoring firsthand.
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]]>Video Verification: How to Stay Ahead of False Alarm Ordinances
Introducing NEW ebook on how to reduce false alarms.
As communities continue to grow, cities across the United States are implementing new false alarm ordinances to improve public safety. One of the most critical measures is requiring video verification of alarms before dispatching police. This approach ensures police resources are used efficiently and that response times are faster when real threats occur. With growing demands on police resources, reducing false alarms has become a top priority.
Alarm systems remain a key part of crime prevention for both residential and commercial properties, but false alarms can be costly and disruptive. Repeated false alarms not only waste valuable law enforcement resources but also delay responses to genuine emergencies — ultimately undermining a community’s ability to keep crime in check.
The rise of city ordinances on false alarms
Because of this, many cities are increasing fines and penalties for property owners and security monitoring centers responsible for false alarms. To further address these challenges, more municipalities now require video alarm verification — adding an extra layer of protection that upgrades traditional alarm systems into video-based security solutions.
That’s where CHeKT comes in — a proactive visual security platform designed to help security providers, property owners, and businesses meet these new city requirements while improving how they protect what matters most.
Why false alarms happen — and how AI and visual verification change the game
Our ebook, Reducing False Alarms With AI-Powered Detection and Visual Verification, explores why a modern security program must stop nuisance signals at their source, provide clear visual context when real events occur, and make it easy for operators to act quickly. Combining video with AI delivers the most practical, scalable solution.
Download the ebook to learn how CHeKT approaches the problem with a proactive, video-first security platform that connects cameras, alarms, and people into a single workflow. Whether you’re an security service provider, a monitoring center, or protecting your own facilities, CHeKT Proactive Visual Security helps you put video at the center of protection — bringing together cameras, alarm panels, IP speakers, and AI analytics in the cloud to verify alarms in real time and stop threats as they unfold.
CHeKT Proactive Visual Security: The key to complying with expanding city ordinances
The CHeKT system enables security video monitoring centers to visually verify alarms and review live video footage before notifying the police. This feature helps prevent false alarms and reduces the strain on law enforcement.
With a verified alarm comes greater situational awareness. Police know what they’re walking into and can deploy the necessary resources to take quick, informed action to protect people and property. It also leads to fewer wasted dispatches.
Beyond preventing false alarms, verified video also provides stored visual evidence of criminal activity, which is crucial in investigations, helping identify suspects, and supporting criminal proceedings.
Benefits for Customers:
- Greater confidence in their security: Real-time visual confirmation provides reassurance that their system is working when it matters most.
- Fewer false alarms: Reduces the chance of unnecessary dispatches and the risk of fines or penalties.
- Faster, more accurate response: Verified alarms lead to quicker police response in real emergencies.
- Reduced property risk: Prompt response helps limit damage or loss from criminal activity.
- Real-time monitoring: Customers can view live video of their property anytime, from anywhere.
Benefits for Police Officers:
- Faster response times: Verified alarms help officers act quickly on credible threats.
- Fewer false dispatches: Reduces unnecessary calls and keeps officers focused on real emergencies.
- Better situational awareness: Access to live video gives officers a clearer understanding of what’s happening before they arrive.
- Stronger community relationships: Efficient, accurate responses build public trust and cooperation.
- Enhanced officer safety: Better information means officers can approach each situation with greater awareness and preparation.
Stay ahead of growing alarm ordinances
Adoption of video alarm verification is growing nationwide, and as more communities adopt stricter alarm regulations, staying ahead of compliance requirements has never been more critical.
CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security makes it easy to stay compliant with these evolving standards by verifying alarms through live video before police are dispatched. It’s an ideal way to upgrade traditional alarm monitoring systems to video-based protection.
Beyond compliance, video alarm verification strengthens public safety by helping ensure faster, more informed responses to real threats. With CHeKT, property owners, monitoring centers, and law enforcement can work together to prevent crime more effectively.
Our ebook also provides CHeKT’s blueprint for security success, showing how AI-powered detection and visual verification can be seamlessly integrated into your security infrastructure and monitoring workflows to virtually eliminate false alarms.
Inside, you’ll find
- A deployment guide to make AI-assisted video verification consistent, repeatable, and effective across every site
- 5 key metrics for Proactive Visual Security
- FAQs from dealers and operators
- Actionable steps to implement CHeKT
Download the ebook, Reducing False Alarms with AI-Powered Detection and Visual Verification, to explore these tools and insights.
Then, see how it all comes together — book a demo to experience CHeKT in action or sign up to become a CHeKT security partner today.
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]]>Countless variables impact the operational cost, response time, and effort the monitoring center requires—especially for services that rely on human discretion and situational awareness.I wrote this to serve as a practical framework—a 90% rule—to help security providers and monitoring centers better define the service tiers and begin structuring fair, scalable pricing models.
Introduction
Security challenges evolve across industries, making the need for effective video monitoring greater than ever. To protect assets, prevent unauthorized access, and respond quickly to security events, you must choose the right monitoring service. This choice meets operational goals and customer expectations.However, video monitoring is not a single solution.
By understanding the distinctions between service types and use cases, security companies can align service offerings with customer needs and establish appropriate recurring revenue models. This guide outlines three primary video monitoring tiers: Video Alarm Monitoring, Video Surveillance Monitoring, and Remote Video Guarding. We developed each tier for different objectives and levels of operator involvement.
This guide outlines three primary tiers of video monitoring: Video Alarm Monitoring, Video Surveillance Monitoring, and Remote Video Guarding—each tailored to different objectives and levels of operator involvement. We developed each tier for different objectives and levels of operator involvement.
The Importance of Selecting the Right Video Monitoring Service
When you are about to evaluate video monitoring solutions, the key questions to ask include:
- What is the primary security objective?
- How much human intervention or discretion is required?
- What are the physical characteristics of the site?
- Is there an expectation of after-hours human activity?
- What is the budget for monitoring services?
So, how do you select the right video monitoring service for your customers? We break it down into tiers of service. Each tier of service brings a unique operational scope, level of discretion, and pricing model. Understanding these distinctions helps service providers establish SOPs for monitoring centers, create meaningful expectations with clients, and predict monthly operational costs.
Tier 1: Video Alarm Monitoring
Video Alarm Monitoring is the most basic and often the most cost-effective form of video monitoring. It is designed for fast, event-driven responses where no human discretion is needed. When a video zone is triggered, the central station operator reviews the associated video clip. If a person is visible, the operator treats it as a verified event and initiates a response.
This process is simple and relies on clear parameters: The operator treats a person detected in a secured zone—whether interior or fenced exterior—as a security breach.
Consequently, this model works best in environments where providers expect no human activity during monitored hours. Typical applications include interior retail or office spaces, warehouses, fenced storage yards, and areas monitored by panic or duress systems. Since the operator’s task is limited to verification, and there is no requirement for extended observation or discretionary judgment, costs remain low and are generally billed per event. However, if alarm activity is excessive, overage fees may apply.
The key benefit is rapid verification and response with minimal monitoring expense. That said, this service isn’t suited for environments where occasional authorized after-hours presence occurs or where clients need behavioral analysis. For those cases, a more advanced tier is required.
Simple, Fast, and Cost-Effective
This is the entry-level service. When a video analytics zone is triggered, an operator quickly reviews the video. If a person is visible, it’s treated as a verified event, and a response is initiated.
Best for:
- Interior secured areas (offices, retail, storage).
- Outdoor fenced yards with no authorized access.
- Panic button or duress alert monitoring.
Cost Structure:
- Usually event-based.
- Minimal operator time = low cost, unless volume is excessive.
Key Benefits:
- Fast and consistent verification.
- Low monthly fees.
- Clear black-and-white SOP (person = threat).
Limitations:
- No discretion, no context.
- Not suited for sites where after-hours activity may be authorized.
Tier 2: Video Surveillance Monitoring
This tier provides a balance between automation and operator involvement. In Video Surveillance Monitoring, the operator reviews triggered events and applies discretion—deciding whether the activity warrants a response based on behavior and context. This approach is ideal for sites where occasional after-hours activity is expected, such as storefronts, service areas, or properties in urban environments.
Rather than dispatching every time the system detects a person, the operator assesses their behavior.If it’s suspicious or clearly criminal, a response is initiated. Otherwise, the event is documented, and no further action is taken. To support this discretion, monitoring centers must define clear SOPs and must train operators accordingly.
This service is typically priced as a flat monthly rate per site, with a predefined number of handled events included. For enhanced effectiveness, we recommend enabling two-way audio communication, allowing operators to engage individuals on-site and reduce escalation.
The benefits of this service include a reduction in false alarms and the ability to proactively assess threats. However, the reliance on human judgment introduces the potential for inconsistent decisions, especially in cases where activity is ambiguous or context is unclear. Still, this tier offers a valuable middle ground for clients needing flexible monitoring without the cost of live observation.
Discretion-Based Observation
In this tier, operators are expected to assess behavior. If a person or vehicle is seen, they decide whether the activity appears suspicious or authorized before escalating.
Best for:
- Storefronts, restaurants, or light commercial sites.
- Equipment yards or banks with occasional after-hours activity.
- Sites with low but possible human presence.
Cost Structure:
- Typically priced per site, with an included number of monthly handled events.
- More operator training and judgment required.
Key Benefits:
- Reduced false alarms.
- Two-way audio communication can de-escalate issues.
- More proactive threat identification.
Limitations:
- Requires clear SOPs.
- Judgment introduces some variability and training needs.
Tier 3: Remote Video Guarding
Remote Video Guarding represents the highest level of video monitoring, designed for environments where ongoing observation is necessary. Operators actively watch live video streams following a triggered event, often across multiple cameras, and maintain observation until the situation resolves.
This service best suits car dealerships, logistics yards, distribution centers, or high-value properties where after-hours activity is common and requires thorough review. Operators follow detailed service agreements that define when to initiate dispatch, how to engage with audio, and what actions to take depending on the situation.Operators must observe live until the area is clear, not just review a single event clip. The use of two-way audio is critical here—not just for verification but also for deterrence and communication.
Providers design this tier to identify specific behaviors or patterns defined in the service agreement, not to verify every human activity.Due to the extended operator time, this service has the highest cost. Pricing models will vary — some are time-based, others per camera — but the defining factor is the significant operator involvement required to deliver the service effectively.
While it costs more, Remote Video Guarding provides unmatched protection, tailored protocols, and proactive deterrence. Clients who select this tier must understand the value of live engagement and must prepare to work closely with their monitoring partner to fine-tune expectations.
Live, Active, Custom Monitoring
This top-tier service allows operators to remain live on camera during active events, observe multiple angles, and take ongoing action until the situation resolves.
Best for:
- Vehicle lots, logistics hubs, and high-theft zones.
- Sites with regular nighttime access that need constant oversight.
- Government, infrastructure, or high-value environments.
Cost Structure:
- Highest of all tiers.
- Typically time-based or camera-based pricing depending on service level.
Key Benefits:
- Live deterrence and proactive action.
- Custom SOPs per client/site.
- Tailored communication protocols.
Limitations:
- High cost due to operator time.
- Requires a defined service agreement outlining what constitutes a dispatchable event.
Key Factors to Consider to Match the Right Tier to the Right Site
To properly align service levels with customer needs, it’s important to:
- Understand the site layout and risk profile—interior secure areas vs. outdoor open zones.
- Identify whether any human presence is expected after hours.
- Ensure technology like AI filtering or audio talk-down is in place to support the operator’s role.
- Collaborate with your monitoring partner to establish clear SOPs based on the tier selected.
To structure your price, you should also consider:
- Secure area type: Interior vs fenced exterior vs open lot.
- Expected after-hours access: Always unauthorized or occasionally allowed?
- Technology tools available: Audio talk-down, AI detection, camera layout
- Client expectations: Is “monitoring” simply verification, or active engagement?
Takeaway
In summary, you can’t slap a flat price on remote video monitoring—but you can build a framework that aligns to your customer needs, operator actions, and billing structures.
As you begin to define service tiers and site profiles up front, you’ll:
- Improve pricing transparency
- Enhance operator performance
- Build better client relationships
- Protect your margins
If you’re a dealer or central station leader that wants to refine your approach—or just want to talk shop—I’m always happy to share what we’ve learned.
Before selecting the right video monitoring service for your customers, take a look at how monitoring operators take advantage of CHeKT Proactive Visual Security.
Conclusion
Remember this: remote video monitoring costs aren’t just about how many cameras are deployed—they’re about how much operator time and decision-making is required. Define the appropriate tier of service—Video Alarm Monitoring, Video Surveillance Monitoring, or Remote Video Guarding—you want to give your customers to ensure they get the protection they need. Then, you should set clear expectations, and build a pricing model that reflects the true value of your offering.
Use this framework as a starting point. While it won’t cover every scenario, but it will help structure conversations, standardize service offerings, and align your security solutions with operational realities.
If you’re a dealer, integrator, or monitoring partner and you’d like to explore how to implement these tiers or structure your pricing, I’m happy to connect.
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]]>As a business owner, protecting your business is crucial for its success. Unfortunately, crime and theft have become major issues many businesses face today. In many cities, businesses are closing their doors due to these problems. But, CHeKT proactive exterior video security can help.
Leveraging CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security platform can help you prevent these incidents from happening and safeguard your business’s property and assets.
CHeKT offers a powerful video security system that can monitor your business’s exterior cameras in real-time, providing instant alerts if any suspicious activity is detected. With CHeKT, you can proactively deter crime before it happens, giving you the peace of mind that your business is protected.
What are the benefits of using CHeKT for exterior video security?
For starters, CHeKT’s active deterrent measures of automated audible announcements, lighting, and sirens in real-time of suspicious activity provide an immediate first line of security defense. Real-time alerting to the command center with live monitoring capabilities means 24-hour operators can initiate live audible warnings and immediately dispatch security before a break-in occurs. With live video monitoring and visual situational awareness, you can catch criminals in the act, increasing the chances of apprehending them and preventing future crime.
Perhaps the most significant advantage of using CHeKT for exterior video security is the protection it provides for your business’s future. With so many businesses closing due to crime and theft, it’s more critical than ever to take proactive measures to protect your livelihood. By investing in a robust security system like CHeKT, you can demonstrate to your customers and employees that you take their safety seriously, which can help build trust and loyalty.
Investing in CHeKT’s exterior video security can also lead to potential savings on insurance premiums. Insurance providers often offer discounts to businesses with adequate security measures in place, which can help reduce your operating costs.
How CHeKT Delivers
In summary, CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security platform offers a comprehensive solution for businesses concerned about crime and theft. With real-time monitoring, deterrence, and potential savings on insurance premiums, investing in CHeKT can help protect your business’s future.
If you’re a business owner concerned about crime and theft, don’t wait until it’s too late – invest in CHeKT today and safeguard your business for years to come.
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]]>For years, security companies have installed alarm systems & surveillance systems in the same location. However, creating a video monitoring solution for the client is often expensive, time-consuming, and difficult to maintain. This post explores how the CHeKT Proactive Visual Security solution changes all that.
CHeKT provides a turnkey method of turning a reactive video surveillance system into a proactive visual security solution. With the CHEKT Video Control Panel, your AI-based cameras become instant alarm detection zones with notifications to a simple-to-use customer mobile app and alarm signals to 24/7 video command centers.
At the heart of the CHeKT Proactive Visual Security solution is the Video Control Panel. It eliminates cumbersome networking and alarm reporting challenges and gives the central station operator a rich proactive video monitoring portal and customers a powerful video security solution.
Features of the CHeKT Video Control Panel
- Acts as a Universal Video Communicator for most camera brands.
- Creates video notifications and alarms only when armed.
- Generates video notifications and alarms from camera analytics, AI servers, analog sensors, or API calls.
- Provides customers and alarm monitoring centers with live video and alarm video.
- Supports automated and manual live audio broadcasts for mass notification and criminal deterrence.
- Allows automated and controllable web relays from the customer app and alarm monitoring center.
- Requires No Port-Forwarding.
- Expands up to 100+ video channels for remote monitoring.
- Offers remote programming and management to ensure a low cost of ownership.
- Allows remote access to IP cameras and recorders through the CHeKT dealer portal.
- Encrypts video and data transmission to and from the site.
- Uses an Alarm communication protocol for communication into any alarm-receiving software platform.
- Supervises device connectivity and video stream health.
CHeKT Dealer Portal
The CHeKT Dealer Portal gives security integrators a cloud platform to manage all their connected devices. Integrators can securely manage all IP devices on a connection site through the CHeKT Video Control Panel, without port-forwarding. Furthermore, integrators manage automated actions, AI filtering rules, audio messages, and customer access directly through the CHeKT dealer portal.
CHeKT Monitoring Portal
An alarm monitoring center’s most critical responsibility is a consistent and accurate response to an alarm signal. Therefore, when video monitoring is introduced into the central station, that responsibility can not be negatively impacted. This is where CHeKT’s video alarm communication protocol and the operator’s video monitoring experience surpass other video monitoring solutions.
The CHeKT cloud sends all alarm signals following standard alarm center protocols. This ensures operators maintain standard processing and response practices. However, because CHeKT delivers a video-centric alarm signal, it instantly presents the operator with the CHeKT video monitoring portal. Once the portal opens, the operator gains clear visual awareness of the alarm’s cause and live access to the protected site’s cameras. Ultimately, the CHeKT Monitoring Portal gives operators a consistent video response across all video camera brands and all sites.
Features of the CHeKT Monitoring Portal
- Response agents access live video and video alarm events within less than three seconds of processing the alarm.
- Agents gain live situational awareness of all cameras from the protected property.
- Agents access pre and post-alarm video events of all triggered cameras.
- An intuitive Site Map of camera locations guides operators during the response.
- Supports automated and on-demand audio broadcasts for mass notification and criminal deterrence.
- Allows Web relays for controlling lights, sirens, gates, doors, and more.
- Maintains a consistent video monitoring interface for all camera brands across all accounts.
- Agents instantly engage the customer with CHeKT’s SMS verification feature.
- The system audits all activities on the customer account record.
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]]>The CHeKT Proactive Visual Security Platform enables security companies to deliver real-time, proactive video and alarm monitoring using cameras. This site provides the resources and tools to design an effective CHeKT system. With CHeKT, visually monitored security offers the situational awareness needed to deter and apprehend criminals effectively. If you are ready to get started with CHeKT Proactive Visual Security, download our Solution Summary Brief for more details.
If you’re a security provider, this blog walks you through a few simple steps to establish your CHeKT Security Dealer account and purchase your first CHeKT Video Control Panel.
Alternatively, if you’re a consumer seeking a proactive visual security system for your home or business, contact one of our certified providers in your area using our interactive find a dealer locator.
Purchasing Equipment
The best way to get started with CHeKT Proactive Visual Security is by purchasing the CHeKT Visual Security Kit four-camera kit. Our key distribution partners below can supply all your CHeKT equipment
While many cameras with edge analytics work with the CHeKT Video Control Panel, not all provide equal performance. To ensure reliable video security and alarm zone detection, your must prioritize accurate detection. CHeKT cameras feature precise video analytics, prebuilt rules, an embedded 3W speaker, and active deterrent lights for visual and audible alerts. We recommend starting with the following system:
- CKB308 with 4 CKIPC4MPT-12vDI Cameras
- Optional: 15w IP Speaker for Automated and Live Remote Audio Broadcasts (CKIPS15w)
Please note: We restrict access to the CHeKT Online Store to our existing security dealers. However, all CHeKT equipment is available through the distribution partners.
Request Dealer Access
We believe that our customer experience is as amazing as our product. Therefore, this experience begins when you request a CHeKT Dealer Account. If you use one of the premier monitoring center resellers listed here, contact them; they will create your dealer account directly under their monitoring station profile. This step gives you instant alarm receiver connections and a single bill from the monitoring center.
Alternatively, if you’re a central station or would like a direct dealer account, complete and submit this Become a Partner form, and we will contact you to get you set up.
If you already have an account, you can log in here.
Training
Once you access the CHeKT Dealer platform, you’ll find a lot to explore. To ease yourlearning curve, we recommend watching our instructional videos and scheduling a training session with our support team. We want to help you get started.
Deploy
Hands-on experience is the best way to learn. Significantly, your confidence in designing, selling, and supporting the CHeKT system will grow after your first installation.
Begin by installing your first Video Control Panel in your office. You will find handling the device in a familiar setting highly beneficial. Next, set up a Video Control Panel at a loyal customer’s home or small business. This approach lets you see the benefits firsthand and gives your technicians a safe environment to build confidence.
Target Installation Opportunities
Talk with Current Customers: Review your current customers to identify suitable candidates for your first installs. Consequently, ong-time clients make ideal initial installations.
For new sales, focus on small to medium commercial accounts with exterior assets needing proactive video security. Remember that the CHeKT Video Control Panel, CHeKT Cameras, and CHeKT IP Speakers offer the most comprehensive solution.
Prioritize Exterior Asset Protection: Traditionally, exterior detection has been avoided due to high false alarms. With CHeKT, you can now offer a proactive video security system with automated visual and audible deterrence. Focus on securing exterior assets within a fenced area
Get The Message Out
Custom Dealer Branding: First, consider branding your new visual-verified service with a name that stands out to your customers. Promote this unique offering to differentiate yourself from competitors. Furthermore, as part of the Professional and Premium plans, CHeKT gives you custom-branded graphics and videos at no charge. Upon registering as a CHeKT Dealer, you receive a welcome email detailing these marketing benefits.
If you haven’t received this information, please contact us by phone +1 224-442-4358 or email [email protected].
We look forward to partnering with you!
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