I have not considered using a CCTV system for my home security until my team and I have successfully developed NuTACT SmartCCTV system. Why? Well, the traditional CCTV system we are familiar with is very good at recording and allowing you to play back and watch what has happened before. It is sort of fun to play back the videos and see what people are doing when they are not aware of the cameras but it is not really something I enjoy doing frequently. I doubt those people with the traditional CCTV system at home remember how to play back the videos from the DVR by now, let alone knowing if the CCTV system is still working. Most of my friends would tell me that their CCTV system has actually stopped working and the installer has yet to come fix the problem. So much for after sales service right?
More importantly, if my apartment had a break-in, the burglar could just easily take the DVR and along with all the evidence (the recorded videos). I would end up with a few units of useless cameras. Even with the remote viewing capability added during the recent advancement in the traditional CCTV system in Malaysia, it still would not stop the evidence from vanishing if the break-in happened unless the burglar did not even care to take it with him/her because he could be wearing a cap or a mask. The more daring ones probably don’t even care about hiding their faces. After all, what can the authority in Malaysia do about it even when all faces are captured clearly in the video?
Then why not use an alarm system? Of course I thought about it. However, first of all, I am staying in an apartment. Not a very huge one by the way. The only way in or out is through the main entrance, unless the intruder has Spiderman ability, I kind of doubt he/she will try breaking in from the windows at more than 15 floors of height. So buying an alarm system for just an entrance is kind of a waste, and anyways, I hate dealing with false alarm especially those in the middle of the night. When an old friend of mine had to leave in the middle of my wedding reception to go home and check on his home alarm alert, and only to find out it was his dog later, I am convinced I cannot take this sort of worrisome ambiguity.
Furthermore, I am pretty sure now, even when the alarm system is triggered and siren activated upon breaking into the house, the intruders are not deterred from ransacking the place first. I have recently just watched a CCTV video of a 7-minute break-in where a team of 4 ransacked the double storey house with traditional CCTV system and alarm system installed. (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=786642461363476 )
So even if the home owner subscribed to security response team who can arrive in 15 minutes, the burglars are long gone by then with all the valuables. So what is so great about NuTACT SmartCCTV system? In short, NuTACT SmartCCTV system is actually a combination of 3 systems namely, NuTACT Video Management System (VMS), Preventive Surveillance System (PSS) and Multiple Sites Simultaneous Monitoring (MSSM) System. Both PSS and MSSM are cloud-based systems that are behind the portal we call the Cloud Surveillance Management Center (CSMC). Alright enough terms and jargons, let us look at the real benefits here.