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FAQ: Top 3 Considerations for Cloud Server Access

March 11, 2014

More organizations are looking to move out of their data centers and private cloud environments and into the dynamic world of public and hybrid cloud architectures.

Consumers Say Organizations Don’t Care About Protecting Their Data

March 11, 2014

Most consumers just don’t believe that the personal and financial data they submit to corporations is safe.

Using a Federated Identity Service as an Authentication Hub

A Million Paths to Everywhere: The Internal Authentication Challenge

Michel Prompt

January 28, 2014

Authenticating users and securely communicating authorization information with a cloud application – or any Web-based portal – requires a common endpoint acting as the enterprise IdP.

5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Cloud Platform

Hormazd Romer

December 10, 2013

So you’ve decided to move ahead with a cloud deployment. Now you’re on the hook to make another critical decision: which platform to select. Public? Private? Hybrid?

How Will Big Data Change Security?

In the first part of this series (published in April 2013) we discussed some of the major technologies that will play a role in the application of Big Data to the practice of physical security.

Steve Van Till

October 1, 2013

In the first part of this series (published in April 2013) we discussed some of the major technologies that will play a role in the application of Big Data to the practice of physical security.

Measuring the Next Step in IP-Based Access Control

IP-based access calls for strategies involving diverse stakeholders and beyond-security applications.

Bill Zalud

September 1, 2013

Wireless. At the edge. Firmware. Multi-technology readers. Near field communication (NFC). In the cloud. Leveraging the network. Scalability. Video integration. Seamless analytics.

Cloud Certification for Government Operations

August 13, 2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced in late July a number of milestones in its continued efforts to spearhead global transparency for cloud services.

How Cloud-Hosted Video Can Benefit the SME and Enterprise Businesses

Jay Krone

June 25, 2013

Storage has never been more important to businesses of all sizes and shapes than it is today.

19th Century Courthouse Goes Digital with Cloud-Based Access Control

June 20, 2013

The Old Lake County Courthouse (or "The Grand Old Lady") was erected in 1878, but recent renovations led to the space's use as retail and offices, as well as a functioning courtroom, all operating with standard locks and keys. This is where the problems began.