Smart cards, like other steps along technology’s ever-evolving pathway, biometrics and megapixel cameras to name two others, share ingrained challenges. New stuff is often more expensive than existing stuff. Bring something new in and, often, you have to upgrade other gear that is part of the total system to make it all work together. Then there are design, installation, maintenance and training costs as something new comes through the door.
On March 1 of this year, Kenneth Mazik barreled his SUV through a security fence at the Philadelphia Airport and drove onto the runway. Aircraft controllers were given only seconds to divert an incoming commercial jet before collision with the rogue vehicle. Fortunately, airport police and security were well prepared to deal with the incident; as Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Joseph Sullivan reported on ABC News: “The ground radar kicked in; the tower was alerted immediately and they made sure to divert flights coming in and then quickly shut the airport down.”
Melissa Maddox has a lot of visitors, a lot of very important visitors, who stop in to view their very expensive assets in a very expansive facility.
Public-private partnerships in the security industry are nothing new. Private sector companies have paired up with law enforcement and government agencies for centuries as a business strategy to reduce risk and save money. But the number and size of private security companies and departments have grown exponentially over the past 25 years. Private security concerns, including mitigating terrorist threats, monitoring solutions, compliance issues, cyber security and communication, often overlap with public security problems and thus have increased the demand for protection against loss and liability.
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Some London photographers are finding themselves frequently confronted by security guards and police as they try to photograph the 2012 Olympic sites.
Ninety-five percent of IT industry leader say that their organizations are allowing employee-owned devices.
Extra security guards are being added to the current measures at Oriole Park to keep fans off of the field during baseball games.
The Security Industry Association announces two new speakers to the2012 SIA Government Summit: Chairman Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and New York Times best-selling author Brad Thor.
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While many companies are moving to cloud-based systems, they have to be careful that they don't fail to meet customer execrations.
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This week's top story is the Stanley-Niscayah M&A and how it will affect security professionals like you.
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Investing in a security management system is expensive, time-consuming and a risk. Yes, a risk. You invest days and weeks assessing your company’s security needs.
Single IT asset management solutions facilitate easier training, more secure devices and happier employees.
Video surveillance technology changes often, and so do its requirements. Think outside of monitor resolution restrictions.
You can’t predict the weather, but you can predict your reaction by pre-planning disaster recovery efforts.
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According to sources, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions President Tony Byerly is leaving the company after more than five years there.
Those who work in security are well aware that violence in the workplace is one of those risks that can pose a threat to the safety of employees or visitors to their facility. After all, no industry is immune from this hazard. Some, may however, be less familiar with how the issue impacts industries outside their own.
What if your heavy equipment was useless to a thief? What if it just doesn’t start up and the thief, no matter what he does, can’t get the equipment going? Think that might make a difference?
You can’t predict the weather, but you can predict your reaction by pre-planning disaster recovery efforts.
Investing in a security management system is expensive, time-consuming and a risk. Yes, a risk. You invest days and weeks assessing your company’s security needs.
I was searching my email outbox archives the other day and I ran across a column that I’d written a few years ago about the use of video and integrated security systems. I was adamant that a camera be ruled out for an access control solution versus considering it as an optional feature. I still maintain that assertion. I’m not saying that every door should have a camera – every door should be considered for one – as an integrated component of your access control system.
Financial accounts and more than 350,000 Social Security numbers belonging to current and former staff members and students at UNC-Charlotte were exposed to the Internet.
Ninety-five percent of IT industry leader say that their organizations are allowing employee-owned devices.
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June 27, 2012
In this brief webinar, we will take a look at trends in card personalization systems from the past to the future, for solutions both large and small, and for projects of any complexity.
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