Financial Solutions

Increase security and mitigate fraud with correlated infromation from integrate systems

Banks and financial institutions rely on video surveillance and advanced security systems to reduce fraud and increase safety. On an annual basis, these businesses invest millions to deploy technologies that help achieve these goals. Traditional analog-based systems no longer effectively assist banks in fraud mitigation. Rather, financial institutions need advanced networked tools that can leverage the power of the IT backbone to correlate information from traditionally separate subsystems — video surveillance, analytics, access control, alarm management and VoIP, for example — into one platform to increase situational awareness and provide investigators with the tools needed to mitigate fraud quickly and efficiently.

Integrated, networked security solutions are vital to making an institution’s security program more effective. These solutions are designed to help banks manage and correlate security and surveillance data, while improving operations from a business perspective. Next Level's solutions provide integrated, intelligent solutions that are cost-effective; can provide investigators with real-time and stored information to build enforceable cases; and quickly find evidence before criminals can create opportunities for loss.

End-to-End Integration from the Ground Up

For financial institutions searching for a complete security system, the NLSS Security Platform is a cost-effective solution. The NLSS Security Platform combines essential elements such as video management, access control, intelligent analytics, VoIP and remote accessibility into a single platform. Instead of piecing together separate components from various vendors through costly and time-consuming custom integration, the NLSS Gateway — the core of the NLSS Security Platform — integrates traditionally separate subsystems into a single platform enabling the entire solution to be easily installed, managed and operated through a single user interface. This drastically reduces deployment and maintenance costs while making the entire system more intuitive.

Lower Cost of Ownership

Because the NLSS Security Platform is fully networked, banks and financial institutions are able to benefit from a lower cost of ownership as they can leverage existing IT infrastructure. This means there is no additional cabling or computers needed to run and manage the system.

One Network, One Platform

Unlike other security management appliances, the NLSS Security Platform integrates traditionally separate subsystems including video management, access control, VoIP and video analytics into one platform. This enables data from these systems to be correlated together quickly and efficiently to provide investigators and security management with increased situational awareness. For example, integrating video analytics with video management enables operators to quickly and easily search through hours of video by activating specific rules. This enables operators to be more proactive with live video footage, rather than investing hours in the management of standard DVRs or manually locating specific events on tape-based VCRs.

Furthermore, the NLSS Security Platform, the NLSS Gateway and the NLSS Gateway Micro include analytics at no additional cost and no per channel fees. Next Level’s advanced video analytics include:

• Facial grabbing and recognition to identify known criminals. Banks can leverage this intelligent function to check faces against watch lists of known fraudsters.
• Suspicious behaviors in customer-focused areas. These analytics can alert operators of suspicious and potentially fraudulent activities.
• People counting helps banks manage staffing levels during peak hours
• Loitering to identify crowd behavior before an incident begins
• Entry and exit monitoring to manage traffic levels at branches
• Object left behind helps operators identify packages or items of a specific size left in a branch
• License plate recognition to check against criminal watch lists

Centralized Management

The NLSS Security Platform is a fully networked system, meaning that all elements of the security system, be it unlocking IP door locks or viewing a video event, can be viewed from anywhere over the network. Remote management greatly simplifies an institution’s video surveillance operations by providing an interface to easily monitor an entire branch network.

Take Your Messages to the Next Level

With the NLSS HD Media Decoder, financial institutions can update once-static digital signs to eye-catching digital displays complete with audio capability for multi-purpose digital messaging. The NLSS HD Media Decoder can stream virtually any video content to a display monitor in a variety of layouts and sequences. Branches can highlight upcoming customer specials, directions to other local branches, advertising, breaking news or other public messaging. Best of all, since the decoder operates over the network, the content can be updated from a central location.

From a security standpoint, the NLSS HD Media Decoder can be used to update spot monitors to HD display monitors to help operators effectively monitor live video with a crystal clear monitor display. Furthermore, the decoder can be leveraged to set up a public view monitor to deter criminals and fraudsters before an event occurs and ensure customers that an advanced security system is protecting their accounts as well as themselves.