Networked premises security

A method comprising:

• capturing, by a sensor, information about a visitor to a premises without requiring the visitor to provide the information;
• transmitting, by a local processing device, captured information from the sensor to a cloud-based analytics system by a local processing unit that includes a network communication port through which the captured information is transmitted to a network for receipt by the cloud-based analytics system that analyzes the captured information with respect to one or more databases that include criminal history information to determine a threat category for the visitor;
• receiving, by the local processing device, data representing a risk rating for the visitor or a command to perform an action from the cloud-based analytics system;
• and
• in response to receiving the data, outputting a command to an actuator to perform the action or to perform another action determined by the local processing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that are executable by a processor to:

• control information about a visitor to a premises captured by a sensor without requiring the visitor to provide the information and data communicated through a network communications port to a cloud-based analytics system that is configured to analyze the information with respect to one or more databases that include criminal history information and return the data representing a risk rating for the visitor or a command to perform an action;
• transmit the information to the cloud-based analytics system via the network communications port;
• receive the data from the cloud-based analytics system via the network communications port;
• and
• in response to receiving the data, output a command to perform the action to an actuator positionable proximate to an entryway to the premises.