The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2020 winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards, with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, receiving the 2020 Best New Product Award.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has selected the George Washington University to lead a new Center of Excellence (COE) that will deliver a pilot Master of Business Administration program focused on security technology transition (STT) from federal research and development to operational use.
Perhaps the most significant security advancement made at the enterprise level over the last two decades has not been technology, but rather its perception.
Dr. Stacey Hall has been named the new interim Director of The University of Southern Mississippi’s National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4), following the retirement of the center’s founder, Dr. Lou Marciani.
The smart building market is expected to grow from about $7.4 billion in 2017 to nearly $32 billion in 2022, according to a recent report by Garner Insights. That’s more than a quadruple increase in just 5 years!
As more organizations strive to integrate physical security, wireless connectivity and building automation systems with their overall IP network, new challenges arise.
At the turn of the century, facial recognition technology was more science fiction than fact. Rapid advances have fueled a proliferation of this technology — which continues to expand into new areas of public and private life. At the same time, various states and municipalities are enacting new, stringent laws regulating the use of facial recognition technology by commercial entities.
