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Bill Zalud

Bill Zalud

Bill was the editor emeritus of Security Magazine, and he can be reached at (773) 929-6859.

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Saving Lives in Domestic Violence Situations

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Bill Zalud
June 1, 2007
The government calls it intimate partner violence or IPV; some incidents seep into the workplace with disastrous results. Most of us call it domestic violence; all of us say we
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Responding to Incidents

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Bill Zalud
May 1, 2007
A mesh network makes the incident response system in Dallas work.Prevention is one thing. Responding – quickly and correctly – to incidents is quite another. Technology advances and homeland security
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Oops!...I Did It Again

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Bill Zalud
May 1, 2007
Personal and corporate data are walking out the door inside laptops. The situation is as much physical security as it is logical security.Forget those office supplies or the designer shirts;
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Seeing Is Believing…and Securing

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Bill Zalud
May 1, 2007
Wirelessly, security officers and public first responders can gain a view of an incident site and alarm information even while going to the situation.Let me twist around a Ben Franklin
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Life Safety Time in Boston

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Bill Zalud
May 1, 2007
Fire alarms and smoke detectors are as important as sprinklers, according to Michael Gaffney, life safety and compliance officer at Widener University in Chester, Pa. Joe Cliffe is the service
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A Most Complex Fence Indeed

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Bill Zalud
April 1, 2007
Here is the border scene in the dark, as a human eye would see it or a regular camera.There’s a battle on the Peace Bridge between the U.S. and Canada.
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Partner Perfect

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Bill Zalud
April 1, 2007
It’s a partnership. Chief security officers, systems integrators and consultants agree: The more you know about each other prior to that final hand-shake, the better the decision. The better
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Playing with Trucks; Playing for Keeps

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Bill Zalud
April 1, 2007
Collectible toy tin trucks can be worth thousands but in today’s world of a $308 billion trucking industry, annual losses from theft can total $40 billion. Then there is
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REAL or No REAL ID?

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Bill Zalud
April 1, 2007
First driver's license? After REAL ID is in place, it will take longer to process the ID card and cost more. The REAL ID program mandates the states to collect
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Putting ‘First’ into First Responders

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Bill Zalud
March 1, 2007
Communications interoperability is a top concern for private and pubic agencies that provide first responder services. Talking among themselves is challenging, with business organizations and government just starting to
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