Articles Tagged with ''access control''

Montana University to install access control and smart locks on its campus for a security upgrade

Montana State University-Northern to install access control for a security boost

January 21, 2021

Montana State University-Northern is upgrading its security on its 100+ acre campus which houses more than 1,000 students. Part of the security project will include access control and upgraded locks.

Exterior and interior door options for tighter security amid riots and violent incidents

Physical protection: Three practical tips for securing exterior and interior doors from riots and violence

Sean Smith

January 13, 2021

Learn to integrate robust defenses and protect your enterprise’s exterior openings, infrastructure, property and lives with these door solutions.

Recognize. Respond. Survive. A new approach to workplace violence prevention

Take a proactive approach to preventing violence.

Chad Ayers Andy Sexton

January 11, 2021

If an armed assailant started shooting in your facility, could you, your employees and your organization survive? If your answer is "I have no idea," now's the time to take a proactive approach to preventing violence.

Get more out of your access control

Jonathan Lach

December 29, 2020

Enterprises can increase the value of their access control by using these electronic security systems for more than just managing access at the front door.

Digital signage can help with coronavirus response and reopening

Digital signage and wayfinding technology can help your organization reopen safely

Tomer Mann

December 8, 2020

For venues, software applications for digital signage and wayfinding technology is one example of technology that can help mitigate the risks of in-person operations at the front door and past the entrance to keep organizations running smoothly in the face of an uncertain future.

South Beach Florida Condominium deploys VMS, integrated security and facial recognition

Condos in South Beach add facial recognition to robust security platform

December 1, 2020

Built in 2002, Continuum in South Beach is a two-tower, 38-story resort-style oceanfront condominium located on the southern-most tip of Miami Beach in South Florida. Continuum’s on-site Command Center currently manages 264 channels and growing. The emphasis is on tactical real-time operations and live visualization.

The future of vertical transportation: security risks in elevators and how to use them for access control

The future of vertical transportation: secure, touchless and predictive

Tom Skoulis

November 24, 2020

For most of their existence, the focus of elevator improvements has been on cost and efficiency. While those are still important, new technologies are closing the gap in current building security processes by putting the focus on vertical transportation.

A cluster without RBAC is an insecure cluster

Robert Brennan

November 23, 2020

The Principle of Least Privilege is one of the longest standing principles of security. People (as well as applications) should only have access to the things they need to do their job, and nothing else. While being overly permissive may make life a bit easier in the short-term, it can easily come back to haunt you long-term, whether due to a malicious attack, misplaced credentials, or even an honest mistake.

Planning for the unplanned: How organizations can build their resilience to protests and other unplanned events

Here are five crucial steps your organization can take to ensure business continuity and resilience to protests and other unplanned events.

Hugh Farquhar

November 11, 2020

Despite the ongoing threat of coronavirus, 2020 has been a year of protest. From Minnesota to Belarus, growing social, economic and political change has driven protesters to the streets. However, according to research from the Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), this is no new phenomenom but part of a growing trend. Since 2009, CSIS data shows the number of global mass protests has increased annually by an average of 11.5%.

Touchless access control of interest to americans

Americans surveyed say touchless physical security measures will make them feel safer

November 3, 2020

The survey was conducted online with more than 1,500 consumers who attended ticketed events in 2019, parents of school-aged children, and workers at large factories, warehouses and distribution centers. Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) respondents value the general sense of safety that physical security measures provide, and over half (54%) believe there is deterrent value in those measures.

Digital threats to executives and other high-profile employees are evolving faster than most corporate protection programs. Learn why modern executive protection programs require data-driven, intelligence-led strategies to keep pace with the magnitude of today’s threats.