Universal's expertise span all of the key security disciplines - CCTV, access control, intruder alarms - in considerable depth. In today's terms this relates essentially to an ability to exploit the IT/networking capabilities inherent in the new generation of security technologies. The impact of digital processes in the performance of CCTV image recording, transmission or vehicle number plate recognition, for example, or the integration of smart card and biometric technology within access control, bring new levels of system performance, reliability and efficiency.