The poll of security professionals estimated that an average of 8.6 million CCTV cameras will be in place by 2018, compared with the current figure of 4.2 million cameras. This figure includes deployments at people’s homes as well.
The survey was carried out by Mirasys, the open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance provider. They polled 150 delegates during IFSEC who came from different vertical sectors including banking, government, public sector and retail. When asked what features delegates valued most in surveillance security systems, professionals ranked ‘improving picture quality’ as their first priority followed by ‘making systems easier to use’ as second.
The survey also found that 84 per cent of delegates felt that previous CCTV implementations had been successful and achieved their main objectives.
As the UK security market moves more and more towards a digital or IP-based security standard, the poll investigated the level of penetration of digital systems. In all, 73 per cent of delegates had installed digital or mixed systems at their facility, while 18 per cent remained using analogue formats.
