Go further with Security Center 5.13

Security Center 5.13 focuses on making Security Center easier to manage and maintain. That means you can take advantage of the deep functionality continuously built on over the years.

Simplified video management

New: Quick search enhancements

Quick search makes finding specific video footage easier. Pinpoint the exact moment you’re looking for instead of scrubbing hours of footage to see when an item appeared or was removed from an area. 

This feature is now in its own tile so you can find it faster. Also, you no longer need to draw a selection box around the area of interest—just zoom in where an incident occurred, and Quick search will initiate. Then simply scroll through the video thumbnails of the area to spot what you’re looking for. 

The functionalities below from previous Security Center versions can help you do more with your video management:

Replace cameras while keeping configurations

When a camera stops working or becomes outdated and needs a replacement, redoing the configuration takes some time to get it back online. 

We’ve made it easier with Unit replacement. Now, a camera’s existing configurations can be maintained and transferred to the new unit. This can help save valuable time on maintenance, especially if there are hundreds of cameras that need to be replaced at once.

Centralize password management

Manually updating passwords of all your units is an inefficient use of time and can strain limited resources. Within Security Center, you can manage password updates for all your cameras, and avoid accessing each unit individually. 

Stay cybersecure with Firmware Vault 

Manually verifying the need for firmware updates can expose your organization to cybersecurity risks. It can also impact productivity and have your teams missing out on important features and upgrades.

Instead, within the Firmware Vault you can store certified camera firmware and get alerts to available updates in a secure online repository with Security Center. This ensures that your cameras remain up to date, secure, and compliant with cybersecurity best practices.

Maintain secure and reliable operations with OSS support

For some organizations or critical deployments, maintaining access control operations in the event of a network failure, power outage, or in offline scenarios is crucial. Security Center 5.13 has OSS (Open Security Standard) support for DESFire. With this optional feature*, doors and locks don’t require a live connection to a network to validate and authenticate credentials. This ensures secure and reliable operations for your deployment, even when offline.  *requires Softwire 11.6 and Synergis Cloud Link 3.2.0

Control user management

Security Center 5.13 introduces two improvements to user management. First, we’ve added the ability to automatically deactivate users based on inactivity across different systems, including Active Directory and Security Center. 

Second, we’re giving users more control by sending a notification when someone attempts to connect to your workstation remotely, so you can approve or deny access.

Additional capabilities

Here are a few other enhancements coming with Security Center 5.13:

• Full control of quad views in de-warped cameras
• Warn users when retention settings exceed disk space
• Enhanced encryption for digitally signed video files (Upgrading to SHA-256)
• Filter doors by controlling devices in reports and tasks
• Make live ALPR data more accessible outside of Security Center
• Cut down on noise from malfunctioning equipment by filtering out events from specific entities
• Easily access filters for audits and activity trails for areas

For all the details, you can read the release notes here.

Ready to upgrade?

Now is the best time to upgrade so you can take advantage of all the new functionalities and get access to support for flexible, hybrid deployment options.

We would like to remind you that, Security Center 5.8 will reach end-of-life (EOL) on December 31, 2024. And Security Center 5.9 will be EOL on December 31, 2025. 

If you’re currently running Security Center 5.9 or below, please reach out to your Accredited Genetec Channel Partner for more information and to schedule your upgrade.  

Transition from Web Client to Web App

Note that Security Center 5.13 is the final version that supports Security Center Web Client. Security Center Web Client will no longer be supported in Security Center 5.14 and up, with the Genetec Web App being the exclusive web interface in future.