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Security in 2012: When Better Isn't Good Enough

December 01, 2011
Diane Ritchey
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As a general rule, forecasting is a bit of guessing. Even economists, whose job it is to make sense of hardcore data and then give solid analysis, often are reduced to intelligent guessing. But security leaders know better. They know what they’ll likely face in 2012, namely terrorism, workplace violence, fraud, cybercrime, regulatory compliance, natural disasters, theft, intellectual property, brand protection, budget concerns and more – the same trends identified in Security magazine’s 2011 Security 500 report.
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CPTED: Safer Communities by Design

December 01, 2011
Sarita Hill Coletrane
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The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) intensively works with stakeholders from cities across the country to inform and teach them key strategies to make their communities safer – by design. The strategy is crime prevention through environmental design or CPTED.
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Proud to be Security

December 01, 2011
Diane Ritchey
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Jeff Karpovich, CPP, CHPA, is proud to be Chief/Director, Security and Transportation for High Point University (HPU) in High Point, NC. Not only is he affiliated with an outstanding university: it was named number three among Regional Colleges in the South in “America’s Best Colleges” 2011 edition, published by U.S. News & World Report, and has been ranked as one of the top 610 colleges and universities across the country in the list, “America’s Best Colleges,” created by Forbes.com.
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Securing the Cash Flow

December 01, 2011
Bill Zalud
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Sorry, but Willie Sutton never did say that he robbed banks because “that was where the money was.” But, after his last stay in prison, he did do television commercials for Connecticut’s New Britain Bank & Trust Co. to hawk the company’s new MasterCard.
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‘Tiering’ Up about Video Storage

December 01, 2011
Bill Zalud
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Storage costs money. With the growing attraction of megapixel cameras coupled with expanding security video uses ranging from forensics to marketing, the storage price tag can go up and up. Then, depending on the devices and their closeness to the IT operation, there is the cost of running and cooling the gear as well as the investment in backup and redundant storage systems.
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The Muscle Behind the Door

December 01, 2011
Bill Zalud
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Cards. Biometrics. PINs. Keypads. Readers. Software. Databases. Wiring. They are all part of door access control solutions. But there also is the gear that keeps the door locked until identity is authenticated: the electromagnetic locks and electric strikes.
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Steamed Up Over Communication Problems

December 01, 2011
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Who would have figured? A growing group of people now identify themselves as steampunk, a subgenre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history and speculative fiction.
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Scalable? No Problem

December 01, 2011
Keven Marier
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How well a hardware or software platform can adapt to increasing demands defines the term scalability. This term is becoming the de facto reason why the security industry has been replacing older DVRs with newer storage solutions. The popularity of video encoder devices as standalone appliances versus bundled into the DVR is accelerating this industry shift even further.
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Business Evolution Requires Active Security Alignment

December 01, 2011
Marleah Blades
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Business continues to change, and if the next generation of security leaders hopes to succeed, they must be prepared to change with it, says Dick Lefler, former VP & CSO of American Express and current Chairman and Dean of Emeritus Faculty for the Security Executive Council. This will require, among other things, a much more active pursuit of alignment with the organization’s structure, goals and strategies.
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What Every CEO Should Understand

December 01, 2011
Mark McCourt
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During the past year I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet and interview the best and brightest CSOs. Each was asked what every CEO should understand about security. Their ideas, advice and wisdom are shared with you in this month’s column. What should your CEO know? Share it with us at mccourtm@bnpmedia.com
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The Human Factor

December 01, 2011
Bernard Scaglione
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In today’s technological world, the focus of access control and identification are mainly electronic – utilizing identification cards, biometrics, numeric keypads and passwords. One critical component of access control and identification that is routinely over looked is the use of people.
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