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Down to Business: The Analytics of Biometrics

Time and attendance, physical and logical access control applications, together and separately, are emerging as drivers in biometrics.

May 8, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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Time and attendance, physical and logical access control applications, together and separately, are emerging as drivers in biometrics.

It’s never boring in the boardroom. At the later part of the 1990s, “paradigm shift” emerged as the buzz phrase, popularized as business speak until it was overused to the point of becoming meaningless.

Adding Value with RFID, Prox, Contactless Innovations

April 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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Beyond physical access control, technology that includes proximity, RFID and contactless smartcards, readers and their system platforms is moving outward to a diversity of business missions.

Brightening the Night with Day/Night Cameras

April 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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Ain’t it funny how the night moves. When you just don’t seem to have as much to lose.

Hackers: ‘Wen’ It’s Time to Protect the Brand

March 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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Energetic entrepreneurs innovating. Job-creating small businesses. Free ranging capitalists especially free from government’s interference while growing a free market economy. The contributions from the one percent. Themes raised before and during the U.S. Presidential election last year and resonating today.

Paul Sarnese, system safety director, Virtua, Facilities Services, pictured with Ruth Hutchinson, surveillance specialist

Four Aspects of a Winning VMS System

March 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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Hold it. Don’t open that award envelope yet.

How to Build a Complete Access Control System

March 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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Welcome to the adventures of complete facility access control solutions. Enterprise security leaders and integrators face diverse mysteries here, but each can be solved with an intelligent mixture of technology, security focus and IT collaboration, seasoned with a big dose of bottom-line business benefits.

Managing Expectations for Security Officer Success

February 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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It’s a balancing act. It’s always been. But today, it takes more understanding and sensitivity, more training and supervision.

9 Ongoing Trends for Surveillance Analytics

February 1, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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The video analytics drums are beating louder these days. But now may finally be the time when technology advances, security-and-beyond enterprise-centric applications, IT’s big data notion and smarter systems integration are trending to real, cost-effective benefits.

Using Wireless Surveillance for Tough Applications

January 2, 2013

By Bill Zalud

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First of all, it is better to hard-wire security video, especially when it comes to megapixel cameras. But there are times, locations and missions where wireless makes the best sense.

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Changing the Perception of Security in Healthcare

In this Security exclusive, Gail Lenehan, President of the Emergency Nurses Association, and Bryan Warren, President of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety, discuss the reputation security has in the healthcare industry and its effect on workplace violence.

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2013 May

This month in Security, discover how security can span the globe with our special feature on Securing the Global Enterprise. Also, determine how to do business in conflict zones, learn the top 11 errors in emergency planning, get smart about smartphones and study the consequences of performing temporary security for temporary employees.

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