Cloudastructure, a 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning Cloud Video Surveillance Provider, recently Nominated for Multiple Awards in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has already exceeded its Q3 2022 targets in terms of installations, customer growth, and its sales pipeline.
Cloudastructure‘s Q3 growth is continuing at a rigorous pace and has experienced 254% growth in the number of locations, 69% growth in the number of cloud surveillance customers, and 138% sales pipeline growth since the annual shareholder meeting in January 2022.
The company has rapidly expanded operations to meet demand, and installations of the Cloudastructure’s flagship cloud video surveillance solution across the nation illustrates the company’s growing footprint.
“The shift from on-premises video surveillance to cloud-based solutions has begun,” explains Cloudastructure CEO Rick Bentley.
“As recently as last year, we had to explain to customers why a cloud solution was the best solution. We don’t have to do that anymore – we now have vertical markets seeking us out.”
(Learn More about Cloud-based AI Surveillance with Cloudastructure, Inc., CEO Rick Bentley. Courtesy of Cloudastructure, The Security Guy, and YouTube.)
“In February, Gartner predicted that more than half of enterprise IT spending will shift to the cloud by 2025. Our numbers continue to bear that out,” added Bentley.
“The rapid adoption of our cloud surveillance solution shows that businesses are tired of forensic security. They want a proactive solution that can stop crime in its tracks.”
Cloudastructure’s Smart Surveillance is one of the most advanced 21st-century video analytics systems on the market.
While competitors compute analytics locally, or exclusively at the edge, at Cloudastructure, all motion-based footage is encrypted and transferred to the cloud, where advanced AI/ML analytics are performed for greater computational accuracy, economy, scalability, and security.
The system indexes the footage just as Google indexes the web, to enable rapid search capabilities, including facial recognition (with a higher degree of accuracy than human recognition), age and gender prediction, clothing, color, counting and tagging, object detection, License Plate Recognition, make and model of vehicle, line crossing with directional awareness, etc.
The platform also features elastic searches, alert notifications, mobile access, SSO, and the ability to share video footage with just a click.
(Cloudastructure offers 21st-century cloud video surveillance that works with the cameras you already have. Equipped with award-winning AI/ML analytics in the cloud, enjoy a scalable solution that offers a unified view of all locations, rapid searches, mobile access, and unlimited support. Integrate as needed with remote guarding, IoT cyber security, or smart parking for end-to-end security. Courtesy of Cloudastructure and YouTube)
Here’s how the system works:
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Cloudastructure records surveillance camera footage on a dedicated form factor we call a Cloud Video Recorder or CVR.
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The CVR then delivers that data encrypted to the cloud over an outbound HTTPS connection – the same way you log into Gmail or Amazon or your online bank.
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This way, there are no open ports or holes in the firewall, there’s no fixed IP address, and the system requires no VPN.
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Cloudastructure runs all the videos through a computation pipeline of increasing difficulty: every object is indexed much the way Google indexes content), and tags faces, license plates, make/model of car, weapons, objects, animals, etc.
With Cloudastructure cloud video surveillance service, your video is stored off-site, supporting any required retention time. Standard retention can be 30, 60, 90 days, or longer. View footage live or search by person, object, or other factors. (Courtesy of Cloudastructure)
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Cloudastructure analytics can search for bad actors, based on facial recognition software that leads the industry in accuracy, or by age, gender, the color of clothing, mask vs no-mask, or for license plates, particular models of cars, as well as searching by location/camera/etc.
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When clients access either their footage or analytics, they access it within that cloud – there’s no thick client software – it’s 100% browser-based, and there are no DB sync tools across NVRs, etc., that other solutions use.
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The dashboard they see offers the ability to view both live view and recorded history, across all locations AND accounts with role-based access control.
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Cloudastructure‘s Live View enables users to view all their cameras with less than a 10-second delay (always working on making this shorter).
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Because it’s in the cloud, there are no limits to how many people can review recorded or live stream footage simultaneously.
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If public safety officials, for example, need to review the footage of a fire or a shooting, multicasting is no trouble:
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If 1mbps is uploaded from CVR to the cloud, and ten people need to log in and see the live stream, it’s still only 1mpbs upload on the customer’s network—not the 10x one might expect with ten simultaneous viewers
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In short, the system is designed for simplicity and power: a true cloud-based AI/ML surveillance offering.
(See More of the cloud-based storage capabilities of Cloudastructure. Courtesy of Cloudastructure and YouTube.)
Cloudastructure protects the data from hackers and environmental risk, and provides multi-layered redundancy while alleviating the client entirely of managing the server or software, all while offering clients AI/ML software and analytics that allow them to transform their video data into actionable information.
(Learn More about how cloud-based video surveillance keeps the enterprise safe and secure. Securely store, index, and access footage in the cloud, so users always know what is happening, 24/7 from any internet-enabled device. Courtesy of Cloudastructure and Vimeo.)
Cloudastructure has even shed any notion of their personal preferences in terms of “which cloud” or “which hardware,” declaring themselves agnostic in both cases to dedicate themselves entirely to the cloud and software pieces.
The company’s federal clients say they love the unified view, the lack of need for IT support, the easy capacity to share clips between agencies without users being able to access other data, and the additional steps Cloudastructure takes in dealing with privacy, including SSO, 2FA, roles for privacy, FIPS 140-2, and the encryption to go with it.
On-premises systems cannot handle the processing power necessary – video files are large, and processing them takes tremendous computational power that can’t be deployed cost-effectively at every location.
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, with R&D in Silicon Valley, California, Cloudastructure’s award-winning surveillance video management system is designed and supported by world-class technical resources drawn from five continents.
The platform’s unique architecture enables AI and computer vision for a scalable, flexible, cost-effective security solution that eliminates the resource-intensive management and data risks of on-premises solutions.
Cloudastructure enables a unified view of multiple sites for motion, facial recognition/detection, license plate recognition, advanced analytics, remote guarding, and compliance while delivering up to a 75% lower total cost of ownership than other systems.
To Learn More about Cloudastructure Smart Surviellance, please visit www.cloudastructure.com.
Cloudastructure Returns to Compete in 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, and now in its Seventh Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.
Cloudastructure
Best Video Analytics Solution
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Cloudastructure Video Surveillance Solution
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Cloudastructure is a cloud-based surveillance platform integrated with powerful analytics, that uses machine learning (ML) computer vision to recognize objects, faces and more, to allow users to rapidly search video footage much like one does on the web through the company’s sophisticated object tagging capabilities.
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The Cloudastructure cloud-based platform also offers an alternative to on-premises solutions, which can be costly to operate and scale and require on-site monitoring.
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Cloudastructure, clients can securely store their recorded and live video feeds in the cloud through a browser, so they can safely store, index, access, monitor and review their surveillance footage in the cloud, 24/7 from any internet-enabled device.
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards highlight the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.
AST Honors Thomas Richardson, FDNY Chief of Department; Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, President of NEC National Security Systems; and Richard Blatus, FDNY Assistant Chief of Operations, at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon at ISC East.The United States was forever changed 20 years ago on September 11th, and we were fortunate to have many of those who responded to those horrific tragedies join us at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon.
In the days that followed 9/11, the critical needs of protecting our country catapulted us into new and innovative ways to secure our homeland – which is how many of the agencies and enterprise organizations that are today ‘ASTORS’ Awards Champions, came into being.
TSA Administrator David Pekoske addressing attendees at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon in New York City on November 17, 2021. (Be sure to see AST Exclusive Interview, facilitated by Dr. Kathleen Kiernan HERE.) Our 2021 keynote speaker featured a moving and informative address from TSA Administrator and Vice-Admiral of the United States Coast Guard (Ret), David Pekoske; to our attendees who traveled from across the United States and abroad, on the strategic priorities of the 64,000 member TSA workforce in securing the transportation system, enabling safe, and in many cases, contactless travel.
Commissioner Bill Bratton signing copies of his latest work, ‘The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America,’ at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon. (Be sure to see AST Exclusive Interview with Comm Bratton, facilitated by Dr. Kathleen Kiernan HERE.) Legendary Police Commissioner William Bratton of the New York Police Department, the Boston Police Department, and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department was also live at the event, meeting with attendees and signing copies of his latest work ‘The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America,’ courtesy of the generosity of our 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Premier Sponsors.
The 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is Proudly Sponsored by New PLATINUM SPONSOR: NEC National Security Systems (NSS), New Premier Sponsors Rajant Corporation, and guardDog AI, and returning Sponsors ATI Systems, Automatic Systems, RX Global, and SIMS Software!
The continually evolving ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program will emphasize the trail of Accomplished Women in Leadership in 2022, as well as the Significance and Positive Impact of Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in our Next Generation of Government and Industry Leaders. #MentorshipMatters
So be on the lookout for exciting upcoming announcements of Speakers, Presenters, Book Signing Opportunities, and Attendees at the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon in November of 2022 in New York City!
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Honoring the 20th anniversary of the Transportation Security Administration (Team TSA at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon.) In 2021 over 200 distinguished guests representing Federal, State, and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Firms gathered from across North America, Europe, and the Middle East to be honored among their peers in their respective fields which included:
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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ICE Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI)
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Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
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DHS Science & Technology (S&T)
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The National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health (NCDMPH)
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The American Red Cross
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The InfraGard National Alliance
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The Metropolitan Police (MPD)
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Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)
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The Federal Air Marshals Service
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The San Diego Harbor Police Foundation, and Many More!
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Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner (DEAC) Diane J. Sabatino of the Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). American Security Today is delighted to announce, that Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner (DEAC) Diane J. Sabatino of the Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will be the opening keynote speaker at the much-anticipated 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon, on Wednesday, November 16th, 2022.
American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, and now in its Seventh Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.
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The 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program surpassed expectations with a record number of nominations received from industry leaders and government agencies, and drew over 200 attendees to the ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Banquet – an exclusive gourmet luncheon and networking opportunity which filled to capacity, before having to turn away late registrants. Your ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon registration includes complimentary attendee access to ISC East where you can meet the world’s most innovative suppliers and cyber experts, immerse yourself in hands-on tech and learn from world-renowned speakers and thought-leaders.
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The Annual CHAMPIONS edition includes a review of Annual ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firm’s products and services, including video interviews and more.
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From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection, and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION has what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitigate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.
It also includes featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.
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