PSaaS Surveillance Technology for Commercial and Industrial Properties

By Brent Canfield | May 19, 2025

In recent years, commercial and industrial properties have seen a significant spike in vandalism. In the U.S. alone, business owners report crimes at approximately 42,000 of these properties annually. Restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations, truck stops, waste stations, and other vital locations are particularly vulnerable. While many of these properties have installed a basic security system, deploying advanced PSaaS solutions could improve security and ensure the protection of your assets.

How Can PSaaS Help Boost Your Security Profile?

PSaaS, or Physical Security as a Service, is a comprehensive, cloud-based security model that combines video surveillance, access control systems, alarm management, and other advanced technologies into a one-stop shop that is accessible from any device or location 24/7. SentryPODS, a trusted name in the security industry, recently launched the Fortress – a cloud-based dashboard that allows SentryPODS users to connect to their surveillance systems remotely. This industry-disrupting technology ups the ante on traditional PSaaS offerings, allowing businesses to centralize their security operations through a unified, easy-to-manage portal system that is compatible with all current SentryPODS cameras.

The Benefits of Advanced Security Offerings

Physical Security as a Service offers businesses a laundry list of benefits, including cost savings, access to security experts, and scalability as operations grow. One of the most significant advantages of cloud-based security systems is that users gain the ability to remotely monitor and manage surveillance footage from anywhere, and from any device. Unlike traditional on-site systems that require physical access to control rooms or DVRs, cloud-based solutions allow users to stay connected at all times. Other advantages of PSaaS systems include:

Cost-effectiveness: PSaaS can reduce a business’s capital expenditures and operating costs compared to maintaining an in-house security team.
Access to expertise: Security providers bring specialized skills and knowledge in various security technologies and protocols to the table, eliminating the need for additional organizational staffing.
Scalability and flexibility: PSaaS solutions can be easily scaled up or down based on the changing needs of each business, offering a personalized and flexible security solution.
Focus on core business: Outsourcing security allows organizations to focus on their core competencies rather than managing security operations.
Simplified management: PSaaS can streamline security management and eliminate the need to manage in-house security personnel.
Access to the latest technologies: PSaaS providers have access to cutting-edge security technologies and updates, ensuring a more secure environment for all.

Incorporating Geospatial Technology into PSaaS Offerings

Geospatial technology is a term that refers to the tools that enable users to create location-specific datasets. This technology helps collect data for specific geographic areas and monitor pattern changes within a defined perimeter. Simply put, geospatial means anything relating to a location. This technology is now being used within the security sector and is a vital part of advanced PSaaS offerings. Geospatial data helps enhance PSaaS in critical ways:

Risk Assessment and Threat Analysis: Geospatial data can be analyzed to identify high-risk areas and vulnerabilities, allowing users to strategically allocate resources and strengthen security measures where needed.
Perimeter Security: The geospatial data gathered through a PSaaS system can be used to optimize the placement of security measures like fences, gates, and access control points based on terrain, visibility, and threat analysis.
Surveillance and Sensor Placement: Geospatial analysis helps in strategically positioning surveillance cameras and other sensors to maximize coverage and effectiveness of existing security systems.
Incident Mapping and Response: Using the insights gleaned from geospatial data analysis enables real-time mapping and tracking of security incidents, which aids in efficient resource deployment and incident response.
Emergency Response Planning: Integrating infrastructure data, evacuation routes, and emergency services information with the data collected from a PSaaS system using geospatial data improves emergency preparedness and response strategies.
Access Control and Asset Management: Geospatial data can be linked to access control systems, restricting entry to specific areas and tracking asset movement within a facility.
Situational Awareness: By integrating various data sources and displaying them on a map, geospatial data provides a comprehensive real-time view of the security environment, improving situational awareness for security personnel.

How The Fortress Uses Geospatial Technology to Improve Security

Brent Canfield, founder and CEO of SentryPODS, saw the incorporation of geospatial, cloud-based technology as the next step in the evolution of the security products offered by his company. Realizing that most monitoring solutions lacked centralized monitoring as part of their PSaaS stack, Canfield set out to create a solution. The result was the Fortress dashboard, which provides users with the ability to monitor events, as well as camera metrics and health reports to ensure their surveillance system is working properly. This, combined with the ability to monitor key sites remotely and from any device, allows the user to toggle between a geospatial, cached-imagery perspective to real-time footage and visibility.

The Fortress’s unique, geospatial technology combines the accuracy of a high-performing, threat detection surveillance system with the capability of analytics and AI to provide instant, live surveillance video in any environment or climate. Additionally, combining geospatial data within a PSaaS system improves situational awareness; allows for more proactive threat detection; optimizes resource allocation; improves the speed at which authorities can respond to incidents; allows security personnel to share information with relevant stakeholders; and enables better decision making in security planning as well as day-to-day operations.

Integrating geospatial data with PSaaS provides a powerful and comprehensive approach to physical security, allowing organizations to quickly address threats, optimize security measures, and respond effectively to incidents. And, with this augmentation, a variety of commercial and industrial organizations can take advantage of the new technology to view live camera feeds, check the health of each deployed camera, receive alerts based on specific user needs, and capture high-definition video footage that can be used to prosecute criminal activity.

Lock Down Your Site with the SentryPODS Fortress

Restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations, truck stops, waste stations, and many other key business locations are turning to SentryPODS to secure the safety of their facility. With the addition of a new remote video monitoring dashboard, they are gaining 24/7 access to advanced technologies with the ability to view deployed surveillance systems from any location, across a variety of devices.

The SentryPODS Fortress delivers:

Real-time visibility of every SentryPODS unit you have deployed, using real-time map data.
Access to live feeds from each SentryPODS unit, allowing immediate feedback from areas under surveillance and enhancing situational awareness.
The ability to track vital status markers of your SentryPODS cameras, including temperature, power supply status (AC and battery), and overall battery health to ensure optimal performance.
Notifications via the dashboard that alert you to power failures, motion, virtual line crossing, or environmental changes, ensuring a prompt response to potential issues.
Detailed records of system events and alerts for analysis and reporting after an event occurs.
The ability to add additional SentryPODS units quickly and easily, as needs change.
Cost savings based on an increase in loss prevention, awareness, and real-time access to the data you need to protect your assets.

Improve your security profile with an advanced PSaaS solution built for real-world threats and powered by innovative, industry-disrupting technology.

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