Q -
Is the Internet a secure environment for VINCI system
connections?
A -
Yes.
The privacy and security issues regarding information
sent over the Internet are fairly well known even
to non-technical users. As a result of these
issues, data transmitted over the internet
(eg, from remote locations to a central station,
or from IP cameras) are vulnerable to a variety
of attacks, rendering such data largely useless
for serious security applications. Further,
systems utilizing the internet for the receipt of
data must necessarily be able to accept internet-delivered
files, thus exposing such systems to abusive exploitation.
Security and surveillance systems (other than VINCI)
are subject to these same risks, as they use standard
web-browser protocols.
VINCI has overcome these
issues by developing its own proprietary protocols.
Because all VINCI System data are sent using these
proprietary protocols, the VINCI Network (VINNetwork)
is even more secure than a VPN (of course, one can
still use a VINNetwork over a VPN).
VINNetworks are isolated
from the internet community. This is accomplished
by disabling all standard internet service on the
router and programming the router to accept data
through only one selected port and only when presented
using precisely-defined protocol format.
As a result, VINNetworks are free from the various
risks of internet attack inherent in the use (by
others) of standard internet protocols, and monitoring
personnel are unable to access the internet for
personal use within the VINNetwork.
Q - In this age of digital image
manipulation, can you trust that the images you
see on your computer are valid and realtime?
A -
Imagine an attack on your video security system
involving the simple theft of your images of a surveilled
site, with those images then prepared into a (say)
30-second loop and then fed back into your system.
Even alert and well-trained monitoring personnel
would be blinded from the attack, since they would
be relying on the appearance of normalcy on their
monitoring screens.
VINCI Systems are designed
specifically to provide users with valid real-time
data in our risk-filled real world. VINCI
System products communicate using VINCI's own protocols
(rather than standard internet protocols), rendering
data packets far more difficult to intercept.
Further, VINCI System products maintain bi-directional
communication with all system cameras utilizing
dynamic code that changes each second. As
a result (and by direct contrast with other video
security systems), it is virtually impossible to
decrypt or mimic VINCI video data.
Q - OK, I understand that
VINCI products are the gold standard in video detection.
But, will they overwhelm my company's network resources?
A -
Surprisingly, VINCI System data may be effectively
transmitted over small-bandwidth networks.
You can run VINCI over your company network and
experience no degradation at all. This is
because VINCI Systems incorporate several intelligent
algorithms. First, VINCI proprietary compression
algorithms (far superior to off-the-shelf compression
algorithms used by almost all other systems) significantly
reduce file size. Second, VINCI video detection
algorithms permit transmission of only pertinent
images. Third, VINCI permits you to define
the maximum bandwidth that may be utilized by VINCI.
Taken together, VINCI (by stark contrast with other
video detection systems) eliminates the common industry
problem of degrading network performance through
the unregulated transmission of "fat"
image files.
In fact, VINCI System products can transmit relevant
information in realtime even on networks that can
make only a few kilobits available. (By contrast,
other systems may well need thousands of kilobits
simply to avoid slowing down yournetwork.)
Q -
How many cameras can be connected and surveilled
by one VINCI System?
A -
VINCI System modules can directly connect up to
256 cameras. Using the VINCI RECEPTC module, 1,024
VINCI System modules may be monitored. Hence a maximum
of 262,144 cameras may be monitored by one VINCI
System.
Q -
In our old VCR system, we had good video images
so we thought we had good recordings, but the recorded
images were so bad they were useless. How can we
avoid that problem with VINCI System products?
A -
VINCI System images presented on the multiplex screen
have already been recorded and then re-created,
so the user is instantly aware if there is a problem.
In addition, VINCI System products constantly monitor
signal quality, and alert users if quality falls
below a user-defined level.
Q -
Do VINCI System products stop surveillance while
operators are checking alarms?
A -
No. VINCI System products continue to function uninterrupted
while alarm events are being checked and reviewed.
Q -
Will changes in the background such as cloud movement
trigger false alarms?
A -
No. VINCI System products use a unique algorithm
to eliminate false alarms from environmental changes
such as cloud movement.
