Artificial Intelligence has begun to impact industries in a big way but nowhere has the impact been as profound as it has been in the security vertical. New and innovative solutions are being released not just be established security vendors but also by smaller startups and together these solutions are adding value to the security operations of an organization. Let's discuss how AI shall impact the video surveillance industry in the near future. Initially, in the days of CCTV cameras the video used to be streamed live on the TV screens but very little effort was made to make any meaningful analysis of a possible security incident. The video surveillance solutions in those days were always reactive and continue to remain so in large parts of the world. Most agencies as for CCTV footage only when an incident has occurred or when there is a massive threat perception.

Video surveillance is one of the fastest growing segments in the physical security industry. In the prevailing security environment, the need for video surveillance is growing exponentially. From smart cities to stadiums, from retail mega-markets to homes, video surveillance has become a pervasive phenomenon. Several petabytes of video data are being generated globally every year from this growing number of video surveillance installations. However, a large amount of video which is captured is never analyzed for actionable intelligence and, in many cases, a large team of human operators is required to monitor the video feeds.