City surveillance as a service. Which countries will be safer tomorrow? Those that invest more today in cloud technologies and services are probably more likely to integrate their systems, because the cloud is an indicator, albeit certainly not the only one, of a culture of sharing.

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City Surveillance as
a Service.
Andrea Sorri

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Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) for Safe City
> IP surveillance can be provided also as a cloud
service
> System management and storage can be handled
remotely from professional technicians and security
specialist, in geographically distributed datacenters
and without any investment in hardware
> City Surveillance as a Service will be one of the
cases
For sustainable and scalable system – Private and Public cooperation

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City Surveillance as a Service – Architecture
Internet
Centralized
> access management
> network security management
> storage
Distributed
> secure access to live and saved video
> results from advanced applications
> access from any device, mobility support
> regulated law enforcement direct access
Video installation
> any size
> any locations
> any connectivity
> intelligent video applications

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City Surveillance as a Service – Edge features
> Easy to install and deployable cameras
– in any locations, from one to many
– any connectivity, from fibre to LTE
> The unique One-Click feature makes it easy to add
cameras to the system
– Enables to connect private cameras to public security
platform
> Analytics at the edge running on the camera platform
– Tampering, EIS
– Activity, tracking, sound, LPR

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> The video streams from each camera reach the
centralized network infrastructure through an highly
secure encrypted communication channel
> Here are performed the core functionalities of the
solutions as
– Video recording
– Access and network security management
– Backup
– System management
– Analytics for forensic
City Surveillance as a Service – Centralized features

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> All the functionalities can be accessed from different
control rooms, any device, time and place and with a
native mobility support for smartphone and tablet
> The user of the solution have granted a secure access to
live and saved video, can receive the results from
advanced applications for further integration or for direct
usage
> Moreover is possible to assure regulated law
enforcement direct access to the videos when needed
City Surveillance as a Service – Distributed features

7. Benefits of VSaaS for
City Surveillance

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> Scalability and flexibility, covering any future needs is just a
matter of service options
> Protection from technological obsolescence, no hardware
investment in software license, disks and servers. More convenient
camera upgrade
> Centralized IT and networking management means no needs to
have an in-house staff of top professionals for a once-in-a-while
job
> Availability of advanced and up-to-date features and
applications that usual budget concern prevent to have
> Without huge upfront costs the town can have a flexible and
scalable surveillance network, always up-to-date, always
available
Benefits at town level

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> The integration among different video sources is by-design,
overcoming any interoperability, data retrieval and format
conversion problems
> No more missing videos due to delay in fetch them, obsolete
hardware recorders or inadequate maintenance
> Facilitated timeline reconstructions and any forensic activities
using advanced applications
> Video management always aligned with legal requirements and
procedures
> Any citizen that want to collaborate is able to provide quickly and
effortless the best information available
Benefits for police

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> Citizens can be part of the network, granted the permission to
access to they recordings when needed for investigative
purposes
> Citizens can collaborate also with videos from mobile phones
and other sources
The centralized infrastructure will provide the same
management quality and accessibility functionalities regardless
the source
> Secure and professionally managed video access means an
effective answer to citizens’ privacy concern, avoiding the legal
responsibility of a private owned and management infrastructure
Benefits for citizens

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> Trusted long term solution provider
– Municipal company?
– Utility?
– Ministry of interior?
> Power and connectivity
– Flexibility, robustness and connectivity might be a
constrain
> Private contribution
– Define a model to allow private to join the system to
allow access to police to pull video in case of need
Challenges

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