Most retailers want to keep their security systems up to date without having to replace the existing hardware installed in their locations. A hybrid system that supports analog cameras but also newer digital IP cameras provides a solution to have state-of-the-art security monitoring capabilities for a reasonable budget. Especially for retailers that want to connect their Point-Of-Sale systems to security systems, this approach to upgrading their security system has shown many benefit: monitoring stores, addressing loss prevention, monitoring employees, better footage archiving, and much more.