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Video Surveillance and the Evolving Needs of the End-User: Update, Integrate, Analyze, Act

June 14, 2019

Video surveillance has long been a critical component of facility management and security plans, and it is only expected to grow.

Physical and Cyber Convergence—At Last?

Bud Broomhead

May 8, 2019

We have been hearing about the “convergence” of physical and cyber security for years, but even today there are still debates about whether it has happened yet (spoiler alert: it hasn’t). Part of the challenge might be that the word convergence itself can apply to more than one kind of activity – for example, some believe it applies to the linkages or integration of IT and security systems, while others believe it applies to IT and security organizational structures and teams.

The Rise of License Plate Reader Technology

How LPR can benefit your security program and potential challenges to consider.

Sarah Ludwig Rausch

May 6, 2019

How can LPR technology secure perimeters and lessen cybersecurity threats?

Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 Introduced

April 12, 2019

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Brian Schatz, members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, introduced the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019.

How to Make Informed Risk Management Decisions about What to Store in the Cloud

Mark. B. Cooper

November 1, 2018

Are we asking enough questions about cloud security for organizations to make informed risk management decisions? With cyber threats evolving, cloud servers are a major target and more than 80 percent of organizations store their information in the public cloud, according to Rightscale’s 2018 State of the Cloud Report. This begs the question of cloud security.

The Top 15 Countries for Safe Data Storage

October 3, 2016

Switzlerand and Singapore are the respective best and second best nations on earth for safe data storage.

Q&A: Protecting Your Enterprise’s Electronic Data

John C. Eustice

April 26, 2016

As new threats emerge and evolve, enterprises’ security programs must adjust. From cloud data storage to data breach response, start with the basics.

Archives Data at Massive Scale

April 1, 2015

This series of storage solutions allows businesses to scale, access and archive data at petabyte volumes, which is ideal for backup/archiving, media editing, video surveillance, virtual environments, content delivery and more.

Managing Thumb Drive Security Risks

Network security practitioners are well aware of the challenges posed by removable data storage devices, including thumb drives.

Steven Chabinsky

September 1, 2014

When the Department of Homeland Security purposefully dropped data disks and USB flash drives in the parking lots of federal agencies and government contractors, 60 percent of the found objects were inserted into an agency or contractor network.

Protects On-Site Data from Disasters

April 1, 2013

Managing data or private clouds on-site can be more convenient, but also more dangerous – physical hazards such as natural disasters or fire can leave data storage facilities beyond recovery, losing terabytes of precious data.