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Chillicothe High School Gets Excellent Results with Megapixel Surveillance

May 16, 2013

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Chillicothe High School, in north-central Missouri, has deployed HD megapixel cameras as part of its new IP video surveillance system.

How to Converge PSIM and PIAM for Total Situational Awareness

May 14, 2013

By Ajay Jain

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As companies grow, security becomes both a bigger challenge and a more urgent concern. Companies typically add new security systems as they grow, often resulting in an assortment of disparate systems that lack centralized management.

Securing Mobile Access in the Age of “Consumerized” IT

May 14, 2013

By Simon Bain

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As budgets are cut or frozen in today’s stagnant economy, the IT department is under increasing pressure to reduce office costs and effect efficiencies by enabling staff to work away from their desks.

How to Detect and Thwart Recent Fraud Trends

Internal Controls Improve; Collusion Schemes Increase

May 14, 2013

By Claire Meyer

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As fraud controls get stronger, criminal elements start teaming up to beat the system. But, as Jason Lelio points out, collusions schemes get harder and harder when faced with stringent internal controls.

How Boston’s Hotels Maintained Security after the Marathon Bombings

When Trouble Came to Boston, Training and Partnerships Helped it Rally

May 14, 2013

By Michael J. Soper

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For many of Boston's hotel security directors, the day started like so many other Marathon Mondays, a calm morning full of excitement and anticipation for the events about to begin in the quaint New England town of Hopkinton, 26.2 miles from the Marathon's finish line in Boston's historic Copley Square.

SIA Subcommittee Seeks to Overcome Perimeter Security Language Barriers

May 1, 2013

By Claire Meyer

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A new SIA subcommittee seeks to educate end users on perimeter security requirements and best practices, especially for video detection.

How Australia’s Westfield Shopping Centers Control and Monitor Key Access

April 25, 2013

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The Westfield name in retail is synonymous with high quality properties that offer an efficient and dynamic environment for retailers and a quality shopping experience for consumers.

Easing Migration and Saving Money with Ethernet Adapters

April 23, 2013

By Ronnie Pennington

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The migration from analog infrastructure to networked systems continues to gain traction at a rapid pace given all the inherent benefits networked technology provides for video surveillance and security applications.

Vendor System Integrations Accelerate in the Security Industry

April 23, 2013

By Josh Sookman

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With the shift from analog to digital and few managed systems to many, security operations teams are facing new challenges when it comes to managing vast amounts of real-time and archived information, and making sense of it all when important decisions need to be made quickly. Meet big data.

The Economics of New Smart Thermal Cameras

April 8, 2013

By John Romanowich

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Thermal video analytic cameras are rapidly becoming the new standard for securing outdoor assets. Now that smart thermal camera prices have fallen below the $5,000 MSRP price barrier, one of the most fundamental security functions – theft prevention – can now be addressed economically using sophisticated thermal camera solutions.

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Changing the Perception of Security in Healthcare

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