Don't Leave Any Blind Spots: The Ultimate Guide to Total Site Security 

Picture this: You found a warehouse space for your retail business that had everything you could possibly need. It’s spacious, comfortable to work in, and it has security cameras already installed. With the peace of mind that comes from having security included in the space, you relax and put your energy into day-to-day operations. 

A couple of months later, inventory begins to disappear from a dark corner by the loading dock. You log into the building’s surveillance software, ready to catch your thief. To your dismay, there’s a glaring blind spot in the cameras’ coverage. You have no footage of the criminal or the spot they target. 

Just as it’s essential to have up-to-date cameras watching over your business and its valuables, it’s equally important to place those cameras strategically to detect threats of all kinds. Total site security is about using the right tools in the right places, so you don’t miss a thing.

In this article, we’ll explain how you can achieve total site security. We’ll explore the different kinds of camera mounts you can deploy, their roles, their benefits, and how to choose the right ones for your property.

Security Blind Spots: What They Are, Their Causes, and Their Risks

A blind spot is a section of your premises that is not visible via your surveillance cameras, security guards, or sensors, allowing suspicious activity to take place undetected. 

Blind spots are caused either by external obstructions or by the limitations of your cameras themselves:

Obstructing Factors

• Walls & layouts
• Furniture & equipment 
• Poor lighting 
• Remoteness of the environment 

Camera Limitations 

• Incorrect placement 
• Fixed or limited field of view
• Low-resolution footage
• Otherwise outdated technology 

If unnoticed, blind spots can cost you plenty in damages, stolen inventory, liabilities, and hiked insurance premiums, not to mention the revenue you’ll forfeit when the increased crime damages your reputation. 

The bottom line? Incomplete surveillance is expensive. It’s more than worth your money to invest in your security, ensure that you have full site visibility, and prevent these devastating consequences before they happen. 

Key Components of Total Site Security 

There are a few essential steps you need to take to eliminate your security blind spots. Total site security requires a holistic approach that includes comprehensive visual and physical security coverage, real-time monitoring and alerts, as well as the ability to adjust and scale your system to fit your changing needs. Your security system should integrate fully with the rest of your security hardware and tech, and should leave no area unmonitored. 

Reaching total site security requires you to assess your site’s layout, select the camera mounts that will work for your needs, place your surveillance cameras, and continuously reevaluate your footage and site for vulnerabilities. Read on for the basic building blocks of comprehensive site security and why they’re so important. 

Complete & Strategic Coverage 

A site that’s fully protected will feature strategically placed surveillance hardware—specifically, mobile security units and mounted cameras—that monitors every inch of the property. Complete visual and physical coverage will ensure that crime is both detected and recorded. 

Real-Time Surveillance 

While it’s nice to have video evidence of a crime that’s been committed on your property, it’s even better to receive real-time alerts about suspicious happenings and have time to respond before they escalate. 

Adaptability 

To achieve truly comprehensive site security, you have to be prepared to change your plans at a moment’s notice. While adaptability is a fundamental necessity for temporary setups and pop-up events, organizations of every type and in every industry need to be able to adapt to evolving threats and changing circumstances.

Scalability 

Every part and piece of your security arsenal must be able to be scaled to fit differently sized, uniquely shaped, and additional sites. 

How to Implement End-to-End Site Protection

Whether you’re setting up your site security program for the first time or patching up the holes in the one you already have, there are some key steps you should take to start identifying and correcting blind spots. 

Conduct a Site Audit

Your first step toward total site security is to examine every section of your property for vulnerabilities. LiveView Technologies offers free site assessments to make this step easy. 

Define Your Goals

Until you outline exactly what you hope to achieve, your ideas for tighter security are just wishful thinking. Whether you’re looking to crack down on theft, control who enters and exits, or just expand your overall visibility, you must first set clearly defined goals for what you want to achieve.

Select Equipment 

Once you’ve established your goals for your security revamp, it’s time to assemble a hard mix that fits your site’s needs and layout. This mix will include surveillance cameras, alarm systems, access control technology, fencing and physical barriers, as well as mobile security units and other mounts. 

In Practice: Real World Applications 

Though its application may look different case by case, total site security is achievable in every industry and locale. With vigilant evaluation and site-wide video surveillance, any building, property, event can be completely secured. For example, mobile security units can monitor a construction site after hours or large crowds at a temporary fair, and wall-mounted cameras may be used to protect retail stores’ loading docks or warehouses’ perimeters. 

LVT Camera Mounts: Getting A Better Angle 

Changing your vantage point can have a major impact on the things you see. The right mounts for your security cameras will give you the angle—and, thereby, the situational awareness—that you need to detect crime.

LiveView Technologies offers four innovative mounting options for our surveillance cameras: The mobile surveillance unit, wall mount, extended wall mount, and pole mount. Each comes with its own benefits, and we can help you to determine which mounts will be most useful for your site, its infrastructure, its layout, and the nature of your security needs.

Mobile Surveillance Units

Sometimes your security needs are more complex than a camera, a wall, and a few screws. Mobile security units are the perfect puzzle piece for when nothing else fits—-these solar-powered, flexible, and fully self-contained machines, featuring a camera on a mast that extends over 20 feet high, allow you to cover more ground with less equipment.

Because they don’t require traditional installation methods like drilling, cement pouring, a connection to the power grid, or other special infrastructure, mobile security units can be repositioned as needs and circumstances evolve. Equipped with crime-deterrent floodlights, loudspeakers, and AI-powered alerts, mobile units are perfect for recording, detecting, and even actively deterring crime in places that are off the grid or have changing needs.

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Commonly Used: 

• At remote facilities 
• For securing pop-up events
• To aid in disaster management 
• In parking lots and on other spacious sites
• On construction sites
• When security needs change often 

Wall-Mounted Cameras

Cameras mounted directly to a wall are security mainstays, and for good reason. This traditional surveillance fixture is efficient and unobtrusive, but packs all the power you need to protect what’s valuable. Wall-mounted cameras provide a clear line of sight in tight areas, such as alleyways or entrances, and blend right into their environments for discreet site protection.

The wall mount from LVT, in particular, is a cut above its counterparts on the market. Like LVT’s mobile security units, wall-mounted cameras come equipped with cellular connectivity, deterrent lights and speakers, and are easy to install and operate. 

Commonly Used:

• To monitor access points and loading docks
• For watching high-traffic spots
• On sites too small for trailers
• In narrow passageways 
• When securing permanent structures 

Extended Wall Mounts

Sometimes, simple wall mounts aren’t enough to provide full site visibility. Extended wall mounts allow you to connect multiple cameras, hundreds of feet away from each other, for maximum visibility in physically limited spaces.

Cameras supported by LVT’s extended wall mounts feature all of our previously mentioned deterrent mechanisms—as well as all of the functionality of our competitors’ extended mounts—giving you greater visibility and a strong addition to your site security program.  

Commonly Used:

• On facility exteriors too long for traditional wall mounts
• In corners
• At sites that can’t accommodate mobile security units, but need wider visibility 

Pole-Mounted Cameras

When you need an elevated view of your site, but can’t mount a camera to a wall or accommodate a mobile security unit, pole-mounted cameras are an excellent option.

LVT’s pole-mounted cameras offer all the same deterrent features—as well as the same cellular connectivity—as our differently mounted devices, but with a smaller footprint for strategic use on complex sites. 

Commonly Used:

• When securing open lots
• At logistics yards
• On perimeter fences without space for a trailer 
• In spots with no surfaces on which to mount a camera
• At high-traffic spots unsuitable for trailers

See it All with LVT

In today’s world, you can’t afford to skimp out on security. Blind spots aren't just pesky annoyances; in an instant, they can become incredibly costly vulnerabilities. 

LVT is committed to helping you keep eyes on everything, detect crime accurately, and respond to incidents quickly and effectively. Our offering is more than hardware—it’s tailored, end-to-end site protection for your store, construction site, campus, or property of any kind, and it’s scalable to provide multi-location site security. 

Don’t take our word for it, however; see for yourself how our top-of-the-line cameras and range of mounting options can eliminate the blind spots in your security when you schedule your demo today.