Why one system
Most facilities end up with a patchwork: one app for cameras, a different one for door entry, a third for alarms, and a clipboard for the rest. We install a unified platform where every camera, every door, and every sensor reports to the same dashboard. Less software to learn. Less drift between systems. And when something happens, the camera, the door log, and the sensor alert are all stitched into the same timeline.
Who it's for
- Retailers and storefronts protecting inventory, entry points, and parking. Schools, daycares, and educational campuses managing classroom access and grounds. EMS bays, fire stations, and municipal buildings with public access and restricted zones. Faith communities securing sanctuaries, education wings, parking lots, and donor records. Offices, warehouses, and any facility where keys aren't enough anymore.
Why Hawk IT
We plan camera placement and door coverage around your actual operation — sight lines, lighting, traffic flow, after-hours behavior — instead of mounting whatever fits the spot. We integrate cameras, doors, sensors, and alarms into one platform. And we stay on the line when you need to add a door, pull footage, revoke a credential, or change a schedule.
Video surveillance
Cameras that filter the noise.
Modern IP cameras with on-device AI that recognize what they're looking at — and only alert you when it matters. No more scrubbing through six hours of an empty hallway.
- Face detection and recognition for known and unknown individuals. Vehicle detection with license plate recognition. Package detection (delivery arrived, package taken). Person, animal, and object differentiation. Customizable detection zones and line-crossing alerts. Two-way audio on supported cameras — talk to a visitor from your phone. Smart doorbells with motion zones, package detection, and visitor history. Indoor, outdoor, weather-rated, and vandal-resistant cameras. Local recording with optional cloud backup — your footage, your control.
Sensors
Eyes on the things cameras can't see.
Cameras catch what they can see. Sensors catch everything else. We integrate the environmental and motion sensors that protect your facility from the threats that don't show up on video — water leaks under the floor, smoke before the room fills, a temperature spike in a server closet, or a door that opened when it shouldn't have.
- Indoor and outdoor motion sensors with adjustable sensitivity. Door and window contact sensors. Glass-break detection. Water leak sensors for server rooms, kitchens, and storage areas. Smoke and carbon monoxide sensors. Temperature and humidity monitoring for server closets and storage. Tamper detection on the sensors themselves. All sensors tied into the same dashboard as your cameras and doors.
Access control
Keys are a liability. Replace them.
Modern access control gives you real-time logs, instant credential revocation, and the ability to define who can open which door, when, and how. No more lost keys, copied keys, or "who has the master?"
- Multi-credential support — PIN, keycard, key fob, or phone tap (mobile/NFC). Time-based schedules — automatic locking and unlocking by day and hour. Per-door, per-person, per-schedule access policies. Real-time event logs — every swipe, tap, code, and entry attempt. Tailgating detection — alerts when more people enter than credentials were used. Door-prop and forced-entry alerts. Visitor management with temporary credentials that auto-expire. Two-way audio at entry points for visitor screening. Integrated with cameras — every access event is linked to the video.
Alarms
When something trips, everything responds.
An alarm is most useful when it's connected to everything else. A motion sensor trips in an after-hours zone — the nearest camera starts recording at full resolution, the door at the closest exit locks down, and you get a verified alert with the video clip attached.
- Audible alarm horns and strobes integrated into camera and sensor events. Programmable alarm rules — what trips what, when, and at what severity. Geofenced arming and disarming based on staff phones. Scheduled auto-arm and auto-disarm (after-hours, weekends, holidays). Push notifications, SMS, and email alerts with attached video. Verified alarms with video evidence — fewer false dispatches. Optional integration with monitored security service providers.