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Beyond the Box: Security That Works

January 03, 2012
Diane Ritchey
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What do a global news and information company, a large utility, a Fortune 500 electronic commerce and payment processing provider, a diverse hospital and a local government have in common?
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Breaking Boundaries: New Directions in Visual Data

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January 03, 2012
Steve Russell
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As the digital transformation of video has progressed, we’ve seen the same sorts of innovations in video that we’ve seen over the years in other realms of information technology. First came video analytics – a market segment that’s still seeing new and smarter software packages emerge every quarter. Then came innovations in storage, with virtualized servers and cloud storage, which have opened up new ways to reduce storage needs and optimize capacity.
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Overcast but Clearing as the Cloud Comes to Security

January 03, 2012
Bill Zalud
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Already the darling of a growing number of enterprise information executives, going into the cloud has come to their security brethren, bringing the same business advantages but also, not surprisingly, the same risks.
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Social Media, Mobility and the Future of Security Convergence

January 03, 2012
Dan Dunkel
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It is hard to imagine any market sector today that is not impacted by the “Big Three” emerging technologies: Social Media, Mobility and Cloud Computing. The holiday shopping season saw “Cyber Monday” come out of nowhere to replace “Black Friday” as a traditional benchmark for consumer spending. New media and technology are being rapidly indoctrinated into our culture.
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Under Analysis, Making Business Sense of It All

January 03, 2012
Bill Zalud
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The Lexus came out squeaky clean. Then came the Chevy, the Buick, the Honda, and more. Autobell, founded in Charlotte, NC, in 1969 by Charles Howard, is now the biggest car wash chain in the southeast. From the beginning, Howard showcased the latest in car wash equipment technology with a focus on the environment and the community.
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Joel Jensen

Automate and Delegate

January 03, 2012
Joel Jensen
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I’m always amazed at how many of my colleagues still rely on a significant amount of manual data entry to their access control systems. Often, a large amount of employee information is entered at the badging station or after-the-fact at the security office.
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Natalie Runyon

Leadership Behaviors to Drive Innovation in Security Organizations

January 03, 2012
Natalie Runyon
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It is no secret that CSOs need to be business enablers to maximize success and to collaborate across disciplines as part of a broader enterprise risk strategy. In my article from the August edition of Security magazine, business acumen, strategic capabilities and entrepreneurial mindsets are underscored as the key skills corporations are demanding from security executives and are requirements for generating business value and collaboration in an enterprise risk management program.
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Keven Marier

Video Analytics: Basic and Advanced Market Potential

January 03, 2012
Keven Marier
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At the 2007 IMS Analytics Conference in Amsterdam, it was forecasted that the VCA (Video Content Analytics) market would penetrate 40 percent of the security video market. This forecast obviously was prior to the great worldwide recession, however it still proves that there is such a thing as a “hype curve of growth.” This estimate was obviously higher than what has been realized over the past four years.
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Mark McCourt

2012 Prediction: The Year of FDSACC

January 04, 2012
Mark McCourt
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The 2011 Security 500 survey conducted last spring identified that only 19 percent of Security 500 CSOs manage cyber security at their organizations. By the November 2011 Security 500 conference, we had an overwhelming request among attendees for cyber security sessions.
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Bill Zalud

Whose Reputation?

January 04, 2012
Bill Zalud
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As enterprise security executives cozy up to the C-suite folks, there is more focus on protecting the brand and the organization’s reputation. It may be a more complex assignment than first thought.
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Eduard Emde

ASIS President: Agile Effectiveness

January 04, 2012
Diane Ritchey
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This month, Eduard Emde, CPP takes the reins as president of ASIS International President. He’s the first non-U.S. president of the organization and a consultant for BMKISS Europe, in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. “I am convinced that 2012 will continue to be dominated by all facets of cyber-related security risks,” Emde tells Security magazine.
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Marleah Blades

Running Security Like a Business

January 03, 2012
Marleah Blades
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The next generation of security leaders will be challenged in ways previous generations have not. They will be asked to manage and monitor more risks and to identify and address new risks, including those created by drastic shifts in business operation and philosophy. They will have to do this more quickly, with fewer resources in many cases, and they will be expected to think and strategize at a board of director’s level.
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