Organizations in every industry use video surveillance to make decisions that affect the safety of their facilities, employees, visitors, and more. If you use IP security cameras for live monitoring, it’s especially important that footage has low latency and it is as accurate and up to date as possible. But what is considered ‘good’ or ‘bad’ latency when it comes to video surveillance? How does being in ‘the cloud’ affect it? This post will explore the differences between low latency, ultra-low latency, and real-time streaming. We’ll talk about what you actually need for your video security system, and how you can achieve ultra-low latency and real-time streaming.

Many HIPAA-compliant organizations wonder how video surveillance fits into their security solution. Security cameras help hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, labs, rehab centers, and other healthcare organizations secure their facilities and protect patients and employees. However, it’s crucial to maintain HIPAA compliance to protect Personal Health Information (PHI) while using a video security solution. In this article, you’ll learn how to use security cameras in a HIPAA-compliant way, and how you can use video surveillance to strengthen overall HIPAA compliance throughout your entire organization.

In a healthcare environment, you need security solutions you can rely on long-term. That's why many hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, labs, rehab centers, and other healthcare facilities are future-proofing their video surveillance systems by moving to the cloud. With cloud video security, you can modernize and future-proof safety by automatically keeping cybersecurity up to date, supporting flexibility and growth with an integration-friendly platform, and by unifying physical security to save time and resources on a daily basis.

As a hybrid-cloud video security solution, the Rhombus platform requires an annual license associated with each smart device. In this guide, we'll go over what the Rhombus Console License covers, how it helps deliver a simpler and smarter video security experience, and which option is right for your organization.