Member companies and representatives of the Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) will be present at the INTERSEC 2020 show in Dubai next month. OSSA – an industry body comprised of leaders, influencers and innovative organisations from all facets within the security, safety and surveillance space – formed to help the industry focus on creating new value by reducing market fragmentation and addressing common challenges.
The aim is to bring together the industry to move forward together with one united, global approach to:
- Create harmony across security and safety solutions focused on common Operating Systems and Application Programming Interfaces (API);
- Drive the creation of one digital marketplace regardless of brand;
- Define hardware and software measures to increase the levels of data security and privacy protection across brands;
- Define specifications to ensure the right levels of performance
OSSA Technology Stack specification
In the first full year of existence, OSSA member companies by creating the first common Technology Stack specification
In the first full year of existence, OSSA member companies achieved a major component of the organisation’s vision by creating the first common Technology Stack specification including a vendor-agnostic Operating System (OS) hardened for the security and safety market. This first big step allows for installation and execution of third-party apps on video security devices. It enables app developers to develop one single software application that is suitable for all cameras leveraging OSSA’s Technology Stack, independent of brand.
The next steps in early 2020 are firstly for the OSSA-driven digital marketplace to go live and secondly for camera manufacturers to introduce their first commercial versions of products leveraging OSSA’s Technology Stack. The marketplace will give integrators and users the ability to easily add customised functionality to their cameras and security systems by way of installing apps (already developed by the early adopters and available at the launch of the marketplace) on video security cameras. It’s expected additional app developers will soon contribute solutions downloadable across devices and brands.
INTERSEC Dubai 2020
From INTERSEC, some OSSA member companies will showcase prototype cameras based on OSSA’s commonly defined Technology Stack. Visitors can learn more about the vision of OSSA, its progress and how involved companies are revolutionising the market, by visiting the Hanwha Techwin booth and enquiring with one of the OSSA representatives.
