The safety and security of any country should be the primary concern of its government. A close eye should be kept on the methods and locations of entry as well as regression from a country, whether by land, sea, or air. Addressing the national security problems and concerns will only prove to be successful upon seeing the holistic magnitude of the situation. A great deal of attention has been poured on airports and airport security, especially after the unfortunate events of September 2001 in the United States. Fortunately the rapid advancements in the field of security technology have greatly assisted in preserving a high level of airport security throughout the nation.

By monitoring the airport and passengers for any suspicious activities, security cameras will assist any country in fighting their number one common enemy, terrorism. The danger of terrorism goes far beyond the walls of the airport, but airports and other modes of transportation facilities are usually the first checkpoint to enter into any country, if the perpetrators and other criminal doers slide easy past this vital checkpoint, there is no telling of what could happen to the innocent civilians of that country. Further more, airports and other transportation facilities, themselves, can be a target to terror attacks. A frequent trend has been spotted in most terror attacks, and that is that they all tend to target places with massive numbers of people, which makes all mass transportation vehicles and all buildings an easy target for evil doers.

Surveillance cameras have quite a few amounts of benefits and advantages which no airport should go without. To start with, the safety and security of passengers of airplanes are greatly enhanced by these security devices. Security personnel can monitor the footage for anything or anyone that might put the visitors at risk. Many of these devices have the capability of transmitting the signal over the internet, thus allowing authorized personnel of viewing a live real-time footage of the airport. If an accident does happen, the observing guards can respond immediately by contacting security officers near the incident to address the issue. However, if the incident is missed due to lack of observation or any other matter, the administrators can quickly refer back to the recorded surveillance video footage to figure out what went wrong, and how it can be avoided in the future.

Adding on, security surveillance cameras will also allow airport supervisors to keep an eye on their employees. Thus, enabling them of finding out the hard workers from the slackers and/or trouble makers. Generally speaking, having an extensive security cameras system in the airport will improve the productivity and spread good conduct amongst the workers, even those with bad intentions, since they will not want to get caught by the cameras. Installing these surveillance devices should not be interpreted as a lack of trust for the managers and workers but rather, a safety measure to protect the property as well as the workers and to ensure that everything is running as planned.

Safety of employees and workers, protection of airport property, promotion of appropriate work ethics and good conduct, and reduction of crime are only some of the many advantages of having a security system in airports.