One example from the recent ASIS International: Salient Systems’ new CompleteView Cloud is a hosted video surveillance service powered by Dell OEM Solutions.
Government activity can mandate security activity at numerous types of enterprises. At London-based CMC Markets, security technology from Avigilon covers all egress access points throughout the office, lobby, main coffee area and seminar room, client areas, IT rooms and, of course, the data center.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a delivery model in which applications are hosted at an outsourced data center and sold to the enterprise security or IT user as a monthly subscription. With the physical security industry increasingly shifting to this approach, it is crucial that government buyers understand what security factors to consider when looking for a SaaS provider, according to Steve Van Till of Brivo Systems.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has incorporated fingerprint biometrics and facial images into its common access cards (CAC), which control entry to DoD facilities and information systems including data centers, according to a background briefing by Security and SDM magazines with HID Global experts.
Current background screening pushes criminal, educational, credit and federal tax reports back until after an applicant is actually hired, instead of before.
Investigators from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) were able to obtain drivers licenses and state IDs using counterfeit materials in three different states.
After it was discovered that one armed guard had a criminal past, the 16 uniformed officers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have been unarmed.
Jim Frankild sought out technology to improve his situational awareness. Timothy Phelps wanted security video for judge-pleasing evidence. Wes Hill created a unique metropolitan area network. J.B. Van Hollen rolled out a crime alerting system. In Chicago, at the NATO Summit earlier this year, one of the world’s most sophisticated integrated security systems bridged myriad transportation, school, street and even home cameras to safety contain protesters. And Bryant Garrett finally turned in his VCRs for state-of-art technology. Then there is Ken Deck, who had to concentrate on protecting a vulnerable perimeter.