Standard CCTV is essentially a digital witness that records a crime while it happens, often leaving you with nothing but high-definition footage of a person in a mask walking away with your belongings. scOS is fundamentally different because it is a proactive 'digital bodyguard.' While traditional systems rely on basic motion detection that is frequently triggered by wind, rain, or animals, scOS uses our proprietary MotionX technology. This AI is trained to ignore 'noise' and focus exclusively on 'important activity,' such as a person loitering or attempting to conceal their face. Unlike passive systems, scOS doesn't just watch; it intervenes. Using automatic property boundary detection, it knows exactly where your land begins and can trigger escalating responses—including instant lighting and AI-generated voice warnings from external IoT speakers—to deter an intruder before they ever reach your door. It transforms your security from a recording device into an active deterrent that stops crime in its tracks.

Absolutely. scOS is designed to be brand-agnostic, meaning it can transform your existing 'dumb' cameras into a world-class intelligent security system. We are compatible with almost all professional-grade wired IP cameras, including major brands like Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Reolink, and Ubiquiti. During our professional UK-based installation, which typically takes between 4 and 6 hours, our engineers will assess your current setup and integrate your cameras into our scOS Intelligence Hub. This hub handles the heavy-duty AI processing locally before escalating important events to the cloud. By using your existing wired infrastructure, we ensure a more stable and secure connection than wireless alternatives, which are susceptible to signal jamming. This approach allows you to upgrade to the most advanced AI security in the UK without the need to replace your entire existing hardware investment, providing a cost-effective path to total home intelligence.

scOS employs a sophisticated three-layer strategy to ensure criminals never see your home as a viable target. The first layer is Presence Simulation; the system learns your household's typical activity patterns and replicates them when you are away, making your home appear occupied to anyone scouting the area. The second layer is our MotionX detection, which identifies 'important activity' with 100% accuracy. It recognises people regardless of how they move or what they are wearing, even if they are using masks or hoods to hide their identity. The final layer is Active Intervention. If an unauthorised person breaches your automatically detected property boundaries, scOS doesn't just wait for an alarm to go off. It triggers an escalating response, starting with instant illumination and followed by clear, authoritative voice warnings delivered through external IoT speakers. This immediate, intelligent response signals to the intruder that they are being monitored by an active system, usually causing them to flee immediately.

Your privacy and data security are at the heart of everything we do at scOS. Unlike many competitors who store data on international servers, scOS is 100% UK-based. This means our company, our technical support teams, and our secure data centres are all located within the UK, ensuring full compliance with GDPR and UK privacy laws. We use a 'Local + Cloud' processing model: the scOS Intelligence Hub installed in your home processes the majority of the AI data locally. Only when the system identifies a significant event is the data escalated to our secure UK cloud for storage and remote access. We never sell your data to third parties, and you maintain complete control over your recordings. Your footage is stored for up to two weeks and is accessible only by you through our secure app, giving you peace of mind that your home's intelligence remains private.

A video doorbell is a reactive tool that acts as a high-tech peephole, showing you who is at your door only after they have arrived. By the time a doorbell notifies you of a visitor, a criminal may have already scouted your side gates or checked your windows. scOS is a comprehensive, whole-property intelligence system that is designed to stop crime before it happens. While a doorbell covers a few square metres, scOS monitors your entire property boundary using AI that automatically detects your land lines. It identifies suspicious behaviour on your driveway or in your garden long before someone reaches your front door. Furthermore, while doorbells often suffer from false alarms caused by passing traffic or pedestrians on the pavement, scOS uses MotionX to focus only on activity that actually matters to your security. It provides a proactive shield for your entire home, rather than just a single point of entry.

Charing’s location on the North Downs Way means many properties are adjacent to public footpaths. Standard motion-sensing cameras would be triggered constantly by hikers and dog walkers. scOS uses MotionX technology, which is specifically designed to ignore activity on public land while focusing 100% on your property. Our AI automatically detects your property boundaries, so it knows the difference between someone walking past on the trail and someone stepping over your fence or loitering at your gate. This ensures you get the protection you need without the annoyance of false alerts from the local walking community.

For Charing residents commuting to London or Ashford, leaving the house empty for long periods is a major concern. scOS provides total peace of mind through Presence Simulation and our conversational AI, scOS Director. Presence Simulation makes your home look active by mimicking your usual lighting and activity patterns. If you want to check in, you can simply ask scOS Director natural questions like 'Has anyone been to the back door today?' or 'Show me any unknown vehicles from this morning.' It’s like having a security guard you can talk to from your smartphone, ensuring you're always in the loop, no matter where your commute takes you.

Criminals often use public footpaths to 'case' properties from a distance. scOS is designed to recognise these patterns of behaviour. Our AI doesn't just look for motion; it looks for anomalies. If the system detects someone repeatedly stopping to look at your property from the footpath or lingering in a way that doesn't match normal hiker behaviour, it can flag this as a potential threat. By identifying this 'casing' behaviour early, scOS allows you to be proactive, perhaps by triggering a light or a voice warning to let the individual know they have been spotted by an intelligent system, effectively 'hardening' your home as a target.