OSN includes several features aimed at easing the transition to an IP infrastructure. For example, most central stations are heavily invested in PSTN technology, and are either inexperienced or lack the resources to handle tasks such as configuring solutions to accommodate different firewalls. To eliminate this technological barrier and ensure seamless connectivity, OSN was developed with the ability to automatically detect how the firewall is configured, and direct the video signal to the most effective protocol available, including UDP, TCP and HTTP. This “plug and play” feature also reduces the time required to install video equipment and connect to the central station. Other OSN features include:

1. Video Verification - OzVision security solutions seamlessly integrate with most of the industry’s on-premise alarm panels. Service providers can now use OSN video to verify an alarm, and avoid false alarm penalties and lost productivity. The central station operator can remotely view real-time activity on premise, whether triggered by alarm or during a scheduled look-in. Additionally, they can simultaneously view up to four video streams to check for false intrusion alarms.
    
2. Customer Access – An important goal of OSN is providing a positive user experience by enabling access to powerful, yet easy-to-use, video monitoring tools by central station operators and the end-user customer (through a central station-branded site). Through Microsoft Internet Explorer, users can access SecureView, the OSN web-based interface, which features four active video windows that allow the operator to view live and recorded streams at the same time.
    
3. Security and Encryption - OSN has two levels of protection. The first firewall opens only the ports required to connect. The user database is then protected behind a second firewall on a separate local area network to limit access for passwords and administration. The video streams are encrypted using the strongest encryption algorithm available today, the Advance Encryption Algorithm (AES 128).
    
4. Offsite Recording - OSN stores video off-premise that can be scheduled on continuous record or by time, event, motion or relay by the user or the central station, with real-time images available 24 hours a day. This capability provides a distinct advantage over digital video recorders (DVRs) that are traditionally housed on-premise and are at risk of being stolen or vandalized.