Why unification is your best path forward
Learn the difference between integration and unification, how it can affect your bottom line, and the benefits of using both at your organization.
Bringing all your physical security and business systems together is a step towards greater operational efficiency and cost savings.
As you build a plan to make that happen, you might be asking yourself: ‘Should I integrate my systems, unify everything together under one platform, or use unification as a first step and then add other integrated solutions into the platform later?’
To find the right answer to that question, it’s important to truly understand the difference between unification and integration.
Check out the infographic below to learn how integrated systems differ from unified security solutions.
Start with unification and integrate later
Every organization and physical security installation is unique. So there’s no cookie-cutter answer as to whether you should choose integration over unification, and vice versa, in your deployment.
That said, unification can offer you a depth of connectivity between your core security systems that can benefit your operations well into the future. You can also complement your unification strategy by bringing third-party integrations into the same platform at any time.
This allows your operators to get familiar and confident using a single vendor platform, while still having access to all kinds of new technologies that best suit your organization.
Two important considerations as you bring your security system together
A key success factor to blending both unification and integration methods is standardizing on open-architecture solutions. This enables greater interoperability between all your solutions and makes the process of bringing new devices or systems into your unified platform much easier and smoother later on.
With cybercrime at an all-time high, supply chain risks should also be on your radar as you decide to integrate or unify your systems. That’s because when all your systems are connected, it’s always the weakest link that will create the biggest vulnerability.
As you bring your systems together, you’re also going to start collecting and processing more data across your operations. Having that extra assurance that your business is protected will help you sleep better at night.
That’s why it’s critical to partner with solution providers that prioritize data protection and privacy. This due diligence will not only help you ward off evolving cyber threats, but it’ll also help you build a strong cyber architecture on which you can confidently expand your security and data processing operations.