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: Security is the new tech theme, since the recent serial bombings. And mere closed circuit television (CCTV) for monitoring and surveillance in key public places are not enough. With increasing threat to global security and a constant need for personal protection, there is a growing acceptance of new technologies to tackle any evolving situation in real-time.

Modern day security systems are offering the ability to integrate access control and identification, intrusion detection, building and fire controls, together with advanced chemical, biological, radiation/nuclear, and explosives sensors, ground radar, thermal imaging, and mobile platforms. The growing acceptance of new technologies is also offering the security surveillance equipment market limitless opportunities.

A recent Frost and Sullivan study pegs the market for security and surveillance equipment in India at Rs 1,800 crore.The worldwide CCTV market, which comprises both IP-based CCTV and conventional CCTV, is anticipated to increase at a CAGR of over 13% from 2007 to 2011. Global spending on video surveillance too is expected to increase from $630 million in 2006 to around $2 billion in 2013.

Sachin Gupta, who is the international sales manager at US-based ICx Technologies, a developer of sensor technologies for diverse security applications says: “Advanced technologies now allow people to detect many more threats over wider areas and to respond faster and more effectively. For instance, wide area technologies create virtual, multi-layered fences in urban, rural, marine and desert environments. Handheld, point and continuous monitoring detectors provide highly sensitive, accurate information in real, or near real-time.”

Security analysts inform that in today’s ever changing security environment, first responders, security officials and military personnel all face similar threats. Weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical, biological or nuclear threats, as well as improvised explosive devices, pose a threat to civilian, commercial and military targets alike. Therefore, fast and accurate detection, identification and tracking of the intruders becomes necessary not only to interdict the target, but also to assess the potential hazard and necessary response.

“Our integrated security platforms meet the needs inherent in today’s security environment. From your favourite amusement park, to your local metro stop, to the front lines, our technologies help secure citizens’ daily life,” says Gupta.