Articles Tagged with ''video surveillance''

Just 29% of data center decision-makers say their current facilities are meeting their needs, and just 6% say their data centers are updated ahead of their needs, says a new survey.

The Department of Energy seeks industry input on the potential development of connected buildings to boost operational and energy grid efficiency.

Sporting events themselves might just be a game, but the security technology, procedures and policies that are employed in and around stadiums and other venues can mean a matter of life and death. Here are some security technologies that some vendors offer.

According to the FBI, in 2018, there were an estimated 1,206,836 violent crimes in the United States. More than 7 million of those crimes were property crimes, and the FBI estimates that reported violent crimes cost victims $16.4 billion.

The NYPD says it plans to use emerging facial recognition technology in limited circumstances for “legitimate law enforcement purposes.”

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) announced the city’s new public transit safety plan, which includes 50 more officers, smart policing technology and a dedicated detective unit.

Twenty-three years ago, when I worked with the Federal Protective Service policing federal facilities where security contract oversight was key, the General Services Administration and U.S. Justice Department designed systems that complimented each other to provide concentric layers of protection against unlawful entry and other threats.

A bill introduced in the South Carolina Statehouse would make school security purchases exempt from sales tax.

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.

There are many new solutions on the horizon for video surveillance, access management, mobile credentials and much more at ISC West 2020.