Avigilon
Overview
- Overview
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Avigilon, a Motorola Solutions company, provides integrated video security and access-control platforms. Avigilon Unity is the on-premises product family, while Avigilon Alta provides cloud-native video and access control; both are designed to help security teams monitor sites, receive analytic alerts, investigate incidents, control entry, and coordinate response. District security teams use these tools to monitor campuses and review incidents.
Doors, credentials, cameras, and incident information describe related parts of campus security. Facilities, safety, and IT teams coordinate locations, permissions, and response procedures across the deployed product family. A visitor transaction, physical-security event, and sensitive student case have different purposes and audiences. A shared platform still needs to preserve those distinctions in day-to-day administration.
Coordination matters before an incident as well as during it. Teams maintain locations, responder contacts, staff roles, access, and practice arrangements so information can support the intended response. Sensitive student cases, visitor transactions, and physical-security events need their own context even when related tools are available within a shared product family.
Features
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Video security
- Records and displays live and historical video across authorized cameras and sites.
- Provides desktop, web, cloud, and mobile access according to the selected platform.
AI-assisted investigation
- Uses appearance, object, vehicle, license-plate, and other analytics to locate relevant footage faster.
- Can prioritize analytic events through the Focus of Attention interface and alert workflows.
Access control
- Connects video with door events, credentials, alarms, and identity information through Unity Access or Alta Access.
- Helps operators verify entry events and investigate access-related incidents.
Evidence and incident response
- Supports bookmarks, case organization, clip sharing, evidence export, and retention controls.
- Provides maps, alarms, escalation, and integrations for a more coordinated security response.
Deployment choices
- Offers on-premises Unity and cloud-native Alta architectures with different hardware and subscription requirements.
- Districts should specify privacy settings, analytic uses, retention, cybersecurity, failover, and third-party device compatibility.
Student Data Privacy
- Student Data Privacy
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Review the Common Sense Privacy Rating:
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Avigilon Privacy Policy:
https://www.avigilon.com/privacy
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Company News
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