Five important things to think about when picking an enterprise surveillance management system from Epis Technology

Businesses today depend on surveillance systems to keep their physical assets safe, secure high-value areas, and keep an eye on their operations. But as surveillance technologies get better, so do the problems with using, managing, and protecting them. Choosing the right surveillance management system isn’t just about picking cameras anymore. It’s also about making a security system that can grow, is strong, and doesn’t cost too much.

Since Synology Surveillance Station came out in 2008, the company has helped businesses all over the world update their video surveillance systems. Epis Technology adds to this ecosystem by designing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade surveillance solutions that run on Synology’s secure, scalable architecture. Learn more about Epis Technology’s enterprise surveillance solutions.

Epis Technology lists five important things that every business should think about before choosing a surveillance management system. This will help them avoid security holes and hidden costs in the long run.

1. Compatibility: Make sure you can use it for a long time and don’t get stuck with one vendor.

A surveillance system is only as good as how well it works with current and future hardware. A lot of businesses choose cameras first and then try to find a management system that works with those cameras. This shortcut often ends up with:

• Lock-in with a vendor
• Not being able to add new camera models
• Hard to upgrade or add on
• Higher costs of running things in the long run

Synology Surveillance Station works with more than 8,400 camera models, ONVIF standards, and regular updates to make sure it stays compatible.

Epis Technology helps businesses look at their current hardware, find compatibility gaps, and create architectures that are ready for upgrades so that surveillance systems can stay flexible for years to come.

2. Centralized Management: Make IT work less and respond to incidents faster

A modern security system needs to do more than just record video. AI-powered video analytics are increasingly being used to enhance real-time monitoring, automate threat detection, and reduce the need for constant manual oversight. It also needs to:

• Give alerts that can be acted on
• Give people the ability to watch in real time
• Help with customizing the dashboard
• Allow management of multiple sites and servers

Centralized management (CMS), dashboards, and enterprise monitoring tools are just a few of the features that cost extra on many surveillance platforms.

Synology Surveillance Station has built-in centralized management features, and Epis Technology makes these even better by creating unified monitoring environments for:

• Chains of stores
• Organizations that work in health care
• Sites for building and industry
• Campuses for education
• Businesses with more than one location

Epis Technology helps businesses run more smoothly, need less on-site maintenance, and respond quickly to important events.

3. Permission Management: Use Zero-Trust Security to protect your data and cut down on internal risks.

Poor internal permission control is a risk that people don’t think about when using surveillance systems. Many organizations overlook critical surveillance blind spots that can lead to security gaps and compliance risks, especially when systems are not designed with long-term scalability and access control in mind. This makes things less secure if credentials are stolen or used in the wrong way.

Synology Surveillance Station has multi-factor authentication, audit logs, AD/LDAP integration, and fine-grained role-based access controls.

Epis Technology sets up these controls based on the idea of zero trust, which means that

• Strict separation of user roles
• Access to sensitive footage is encrypted.
• Following rules for security and privacy
• Less chance of insider threats

This is very important for industries that are regulated, like finance, healthcare, and government agencies.

4. Redundancy Mechanisms: Make sure that recording happens 24/7 and that the business can keep going.

A surveillance system must always work, even if there are problems with the hardware, power outages, or attempts to sabotage it. True resilience also includes protecting the system against cyberattacks and environmental threats, ensuring reliable performance no matter the challenge. Businesses often want to use redundancy, but they can’t because it’s too expensive or too hard.

Synology Surveillance Station works with:

• 1+1 High Availability
• N+M failover models
• Recording all the time on backup servers

Epis Technology looks at risk levels and comes up with cheap redundancy topologies that make sure:

• No downtime for recording
• Automatic failover during power outages
• Dependable protection for important security footage
• Scaling up across multiple sites without breaking the bank
• This makes sure that facilities that need 24/7 surveillance are always safe.

5. Clear pricing and long-term costs

A lot of surveillance systems seem cheap at first, but they end up costing a lot because of:

• Licensing by subscription
• Extra fees for CMS, backups, or advanced analytics
• Contracts for support that must be renewed

Synology offers lifetime licensing, low-cost camera installation, and long-term stability without having to pay for software subscriptions every month.

Epis Technology helps businesses figure out the real long-term costs of ownership by building surveillance systems that get the most value without giving up security. This predictable budgeting model lets businesses grow without any financial surprises.

Epis Technology is the best partner for your Synology surveillance deployment.

Epis Technology is an expert at making enterprise-level surveillance systems that work perfectly with Synology’s powerful video management platform. We offer the following services:

• Setting up and improving Synology Surveillance Station
• Hardening enterprise security and setting up a zero-trust system
• Designing multi-site architecture and keeping an eye on everything from one place
• Planning for failover, high availability, and redundancy engineering
• Strategies for safe storage, backups, and keeping videos for a long time
• Ongoing help, upkeep, and management of the surveillance lifecycle

A surveillance system that isn’t set up correctly can leave businesses open to cyberattacks, downtime, and compliance problems. Epis Technology makes sure that your infrastructure stays safe, can grow, and follows best practices.

Epis Technology:

Epis Technology provides businesses with IT infrastructure, Synology consulting, large-storage architecture, cloud backup solutions, and full-service surveillance deployment. We use the best technologies in the business to help companies protect their data, make their operations run more smoothly, and build systems that can withstand stress. Epis Technology is your trusted partner for scalable, secure, and high-performance IT solutions. We can back up Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and we can fully support the Synology ecosystem.