For years, businesses have relied on on-site security guards, but amid rising labor costs, staffing shortages, and advancing AI, this traditional model is becoming inefficient and expensive. While a physical presence can reassure employees and customers, guards have limited visibility and can’t effectively monitor large or high-risk properties around the clock.
Today, commercial businesses and organizations need more than a static presence to protect employees, customers, and assets. They require complete, reliable coverage and the ability to respond instantly across all locations and hours.
CHeKT meets this need by equipping security providers and central stations with virtual guard capabilities. The CHeKT Proactive Visual Security Platform allows teams to continuously monitor live video feeds, detect suspicious activity in real time, and trigger alerts to stop potential threats before they escalate — all from a remote location.
This proactive oversight extends security coverage, deters crime, and enables rapid response without relying solely on physical guards. Businesses gain full situational awareness, reduce risk, protect assets, and maintain operations — all without the cost of on-site guards.
The risk
While the physical presence of a security guard can provide reassurance, their effectiveness is limited by a simple reality: no person can watch everything at once. Those limits become even more apparent when coverage needs stretch across expansive properties, long perimeters, or isolated areas commonly found at distribution centers, construction sites, universities, and large office campuses.
Even a small team can’t cover every critical zone at once, leaving blind spots and vulnerable access points. Adding more staff only raises costs without closing the coverage gap.
Relying solely on human guards keeps security teams on the defensive — particularly if someone calls in sick or unexpectedly resigns. This leaves a partially staffed team that can typically respond only after an incident is underway or damage has occurred, increasing the risk of trespassing, theft, vandalism, and operational losses.
Because delays of even a few seconds can turn a minor breach into a significant financial event, businesses need a proactive approach — one that can remotely monitor the entire perimeter and deliver immediate detection and rapid intervention to protect assets, employees, and operations.
The solution
CHeKT combines AI-powered threat detection with real-time visual verification to proactively protect large-scale properties. By integrating cameras, alarm panels, IP speakers, and cloud-based analytics, the platform enables security providers to replace or augment on-site guards.
Any professional security camera can connect to the CHeKT Video Control Panel, instantly becoming part of a proactive security system.
Here’s how it works:
- Intelligent Detection: AI analytics turn each camera into an active threat detector, identifying real threats while filtering out false alarms.
- Customizable Alarm Zones: Designate high-risk areas with real-time intrusion detection that automatically sends live video alarms to security providers and agents.
- Real-Time Verification: Operators can view exactly what triggered an alert and make informed decisions within seconds.
- Immediate Deterrence: Visual and audio warnings can be triggered automatically or manually to stop intruders in their tracks.
- Verified Response: Law enforcement receives video-verified alarm events, resulting in faster response times and higher apprehension rates.
The CHeKT Proactive Visual Security platform puts video at the center of protection, equipping security operators, monitoring centers, and security guard teams with the visibility and control needed to stop theft as it unfolds — not after.
The impact
Proactive visual security does more than reduce theft — it transforms how you manage and protect commercial properties, securely.
Instant Threat Detection and Response
AI-powered video analytics provide immediate visibility into potential threats — like break-ins or suspicious activity — giving operators the insight needed to respond strategically as events unfold.
Proactive Deterrence and Risk Mitigation
Security operators — on-site or remote — can trigger automatic sirens, lights, or live audio warnings through connected IP speakers, often deterring intruders or correcting unsafe behavior in real time.
Verified Alerts for Faster Police Response
With verified visual confirmation, security personnel or monitoring services can provide police with accurate information about the situation, including the number of suspects, their descriptions, and the direction of travel. This often leads to prioritized dispatch, faster arrival, and greater chances of arrest.
Financial Protection and Operational Continuity
Preventing incidents is the ultimate goal, but if one does occur, CHeKT’s verified video footage simplifies insurance claims and supports loss recovery. Businesses with advanced safety protocols may also qualify for lower insurance premiums, helping offset the investment in Proactive Visual Security solutions.
Detect, deter, and stop criminal activity before it happens
Criminals take advantage of the fact that security teams can’t be everywhere at once. They look for unmonitored or out-of-the-way spots and watch patrol routines, delivery times, and employee activity to figure out the best moment to strike. CHeKT’s Proactive Visual Security isn’t just a cost of doing business — it’s a strategic investment in the safety, stability, and long-term success of the operation.
The platform provides security companies, monitoring centers, and end users with a unified way to monitor live video feeds, detect suspicious behavior in real time, and trigger alerts and responses that prevent loss and protect people.
CHeKT delivers:
- Visual Threat Detection: AI-powered video analytics that instantly alert operators and customers with live, actionable, situational awareness.
- Deterrence and Prevention Tools: Automated or live audio broadcasts, lighting control, and visual warnings to deter crime.
- Visual Monitoring of Alarm Zones: Pre-defined high-risk areas, coupled with strategically placed cameras, show exactly where alarms are triggered.
- Response and Apprehension Capabilities: Real-time video evidence and verification to ensure faster, more accurate law enforcement engagement.
Get proactive about securing commercial properties
Threats evolve, and your customers expect their security to evolve with them. With CHeKT Proactive Visual Security, you can provide your customers with a cost-effective virtual guard solution that reduces risk, deters threats, and stops crime in real time, even across high-risk locations. All while helping offset the rising cost of on-site guards.
Call 1-224-442-4358 or book a demo to see how CHeKT can turn your existing security cameras into a live, proactive defense system.
