Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) products help to solve two problems. They extract the most relevant and interesting data from the deluge of security information sources, including cameras, video analytics, access control event logs, intrusion sensors, HVAC & environmental sensors, fire and other alarms, crime statistics; and PSIM products give us a view into security system usage, performance, regulatory compliance, and general security anomalies previously very difficult to acquire. PSIM systems, designed and optimized to integrate and analyze information from traditional physical security devices and systems and present the necessary data to identify and help resolve the situation in real time. PSIM, is the rapidly growing technology category that marries physical security device management with the automation and reasoning capabilities of computing. A complete PSIM software system provides all the necessary tools for situation management including: