What Direction Will the Security Industry Take Toward Large-Scale Networking?
As one of the key areas of the existing security industry, video surveillance lays a technical and hardware foundation for "video perception," one of the most critical technical challenges of the Internet of Things. Meanwhile, the rise and development of IoT technology has also broken through the narrow confines traditionally held by video surveillance. On the one hand, it introduces deeper and higher-level information-based management, establishing a shared management platform that resolves interconnectivity issues among different departments. On the other hand, the IoT elevates existing security surveillance systems to a more intelligent level, where video capture, management, and application are all processed more effectively through intelligent technologies. The development of the IoT concept will drive video surveillance toward greater intelligence, digitalization, and informatization.
IoT applications can enhance the value of security products
According to Jin Zhaowei, President of ZTE Microelectronics Co., Ltd., the security industry is one of the important application areas of the IoT. The future development of the IoT industry will inevitably drive the progress of the security industry. Unlike the functions and characteristics of traditional security surveillance, IoT-based security systems feature broader coverage, greater intelligence, and higher precision. Taking existing video surveillance as an example, IoT-based security systems tend to emphasize video "perception." Built on a powerful network support platform, they enable more precise positioning, intelligent video analysis and processing, minimize false alarms caused by various interferences, and support highly intelligent human-machine interaction. The application of the IoT in the security industry has greatly compensated for the shortcomings in various aspects of traditional security development and has accelerated the rapid growth of the industry.
However, judging from current practical results, many surveillance devices act as "hindsight experts." Although they can improve case-solving rates, their preventive features are not prominent, leaving many security devices as mere decorations. IoT applications make security systems more intelligent, allowing more incidents to be prevented in a timely manner through intelligent security systems, containing events before they occur, and thereby enhancing the value of security products.
The increased value of security products is conducive to the sustainable development of the security industry. On the one hand, it makes security a necessity, facilitating the formation of a security service market. On the other hand, it helps transform security products from industrial goods to consumer goods, accelerating the marketization of security products.
It is thus evident that the continuous development and maturation of the IoT industry provides more possibilities for the security industry to move toward intelligence and informatization, and will drive rapid growth in the security industry from multiple perspectives, including technology, market, and applications. From every angle, the impact on the development of the security industry is positive and catalytic. In short, the emergence of the IoT presents a great opportunity for the security industry. Will the security industry leverage the development of the IoT to build world-class security enterprises? This requires security manufacturers to implement strategies at the corporate development level, enhance their technical capabilities, management proficiency, and marketing expertise, seize development opportunities, and stand out in competition with home appliance and IT companies.