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It’s not hard to sell end users on the idea of remote access for their surveillance systems. In today’s business landscape, everyone expects instant access to a full array of media right at their fingertips. So why should video surveillance be any different? In fact, it’s typically the end user asking about it in the first place! The challenge comes, not in supplying remote access, but in supplying remote access securely.
With the growing overlap of professional and personal lives, the need for remote access to video surveillance has grown from a luxury to a necessity. However, connecting to remote cameras can be challenging especially when the cameras are located behind routers or firewalls. Axis Communications offers a solution to provide end users with remote access that is easy, secure, and reliable, Axis’ Secure Remote Access technology.
Scott Dunn, Senior Director, Business Development Solutions & Services, Axis Communications, Inc. explains the importance security plays in their remote access technology. “Secure communication is the core of Axis Secure Remote Access. It uses multiple levels of authentication to establish an encrypted communication between a client and the cameras in the surveillance system.” But it doesn’t stop there. “In addition to the security precautions built directly into Axis Secure Remote Access, all Axis products are hardened with some of the toughest defense mechanisms in the industry to keep the end user’s data safe and secure from the moment the device is turned on.”
Axis Secure Remote Access makes it possible for a smartphone or PC client to access Axis network cameras when the client and the cameras are located on different local networks. Using external mediator servers, the client and the camera can find each other and establish a secure peer-to-peer connection.
Axis Secure Remote Access eliminates the need of manual port-forwarding or router configuration making installation that much easier. Even better, it comes included with any solution built off of Axis Companion or Axis Camera Station. These video management software solutions incorporate the ability to view from anywhere in the world. In order to keep response time to a minimum and reduce latency, Axis Secure Remote Access is supported by multiple mediator servers set up around the world. The redundant environment also secures the availability of the system.
The easy installation and usage of Secure Remote Access makes it compatible with any style of security in the marketplace. Its optimized flexibility makes achieving a safer and more secure world easier for each and every user. This solution is ideal for busy small business owners, branch managers, IT departments, and just about any member concerned with the security and safety of their work place.
Mr. Dunn points out that this solution was created, as all Axis solutions are, in response to users’ needs. “Axis focuses on products and solutions designed with the needs of our users. Axis Secure Remote Access is just another solution built with those needs in mind from the ground up.”
Secure. Remote. Access. It’s what the end user is looking for. It’s what they need. And it’s what you can provide.
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