A central monitoring station is at the heart of achieving situational awareness. It’s how you combine elements such as cameras, sensors, access control readers and even drones into a single, fully integrated and streamlined system – which, as the name suggests, can be managed from one centralized location. It’s not just about getting eyes and ears on multiple rooms, sites or city blocks, a central monitoring station must be able to analyze the situational data it has collected and activate the right people when it’s time to take action.