Prevention is better than cure. At present, the rise in terrorist activities, crime rates, remote monitoring, and data thefts have made people realize the rapid need for security and safety for all segments of the society. Physical and technical securities have become essential for different businesses and they are looking out for solutions to address everything from theft to custom surveillance. This had led to the demand for solutions like video surveillance in all such sectors like BFSI and education, hospitality, airports and other business verticals. While surveillance reduces the risk of the business operations with the need to protect the employee and company assets, they also help in achieving various business objectives. According to a Gartner report, video surveillance market is estimated to reach Rs 5,717.64 cr by 2016, with a CAGR of 32.49 percent. It is expected to top 2.4 billion by 2020.

Well India’s share in surveillance market is quite significant. India is targeting greater than double of the current market growth rate which is 35 percent CAGR. With the growth in the technological development new technologies are being introduced and higher level of services are being adopted in the video surveillance market. On the other hand, India being highly price sensitive market and with mushrooming of several international and national trade sectors the opportunities to sell security products and services has grown immensely. It is therefore a challenging task for the organizations to choose such video surveillance services which they can blindly rely upon.

With the growing crime rates has led to the need for security equipments to establish data security, safe work operations and protecting the organization. Addressing this vital need of organization to find out cost effective and sound Video surveillance services, siliconindia identifies ‘Top 5 Video surveillance Companies’. A distinguished panel of the industry's topmost CIOs, CEOs, VCs and industry experts including siliconindia's editorial board has scrutinized the list of companies in different business touch points. The list intends to help businesses diminish risk and provide them with security on records through high quality protection services.