Tailgating detection with security cameras
Tailgating is such a common security breach that it’s among the top three security concerns of Fortune 1000 companies¹. The most challenging problem is that serious security breaches are commingled with polite people holding doors for innocent guests and co-workers.
Physical barriers like turnstiles mitigate the problem, but they’re expensive and nobody likes the vibe of “guns, guards, and gates” in the workplace. Instead, cultivating a “polite and secure” culture — asking everyone to enforce the use of authorized access credentials — is a pragmatic way to reduce the risks of security breaches.
Camio and Openpath detect and deter tailgating automatically using standard security cameras. Each time the number of people passing through an entrance is greater than the number of people authorized to enter, Camio triggers a tailgating alert.
Each tailgating incident can be shared individually with the authorized employees and/or with the security staff. That review process itself motivates culture change. The “tailgating” notifications sent by Camio (via email, Slack, hooks, etc…) use templates that can be customized to match the organization’s culture and risk tolerance. For example, a high-security datacenter may consider tailgating a fireable offense, whereas the maternity ward of a hospital may prefer gentle email reminders to keep the newborns safe.
Regardless of the notification process, the recorded video is annotated with the “tailgating” label that enables fast search and event streaming to SOC staff. The video audit history also provides valuable regulatory compliance. Preventing undocumented and unauthorized entry by people who could do harm is an important part of achieving PCI DSS, SOC 2 and other certifications.
Camio turns standard 2D cameras into 3D sensors — without the cost and complexity of installing specialized devices for infrared, laser, or stereoscopic vision. Historically, security cameras had no intelligence to differentiate between people passing in the foreground and people walking through an entrance. Camio gives existing cameras a new sense of depth and understanding by segmenting and tracking people as they move on a 3D floor-plane grid that defines the areas inside and outside of each entrance.
Tailgating detection can be added to any camera. There’s no additional on-premise equipment required, because the compute power for Artificial Intelligence/Computer Vision is dynamically provisioned in the cloud to analyze each access control event. That SaaS deployment ease also provides budget flexibility in choosing which doors to monitor when.
The latest advances in Machine Learning are redefining what’s possible for physical security systems. Seamless access to data, context, and compute power enable these next-generation integrated solutions. Camio tailgating detection solves a top security priority with the pragmatic convenience of existing security cameras. Learn more at camio.com/tailgating.
[1] “We work closely with the heads of security for many of the Fortune 1000 companies, and tailgating prevention has risen to be one of their top three physical security priorities.” — Ed Batchelor, an industry expert in physical security and Regional Director at Guidepost Solutions.
