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Ray Dean

Ray Dean, CPP, is the founder of PEI “The Security Engineers” - a 34-year-old New York City-based integration firm. He has served as Chairman of the NYC Chapter of ASIS and is a past president of SecurityNet. His company was acquired by Securitas Systems USA in November 2007 and he currently serves as VP of Enterprise Solutions. He can be reached at ray@peisystems.com

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From Good to Great

Ray Dean

July 1, 2008

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Having been in this industry for over 34 years, I have been involved with and known many security directors. Some very well – some just in passing, but I have

Testing and Trying Your Security Decisions

Ray Dean

June 20, 2008

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Ray Dean The role of the security director has changed dramatically over the last several years. I can remember a time, pre-9/11, when getting a budget, no less a substantial

New Tech from ISC

Ray Dean

May 1, 2008

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For the last several years I have spent time as a judge at ISC West as part of the Security Industry Association New Products Showcase or NPS. It is

Shop Till You Drop

Ray Dean

April 1, 2008

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ISC West has come and gone. And, thousands of security professionals gathered in the city of non-information...yes—non-information. (Remember? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!) Some of us tingled

Being Liked Is a Good Thing

Ray Dean

February 1, 2008

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I recently attended a conference that featured the former marketing guru of Harley Davidson as the keynote speaker. He discussed the huge down turn of company sales they faced following

Look Thru the Eyes of Integrators

Ray Dean

January 1, 2008

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I spent a long time trying to decide what my first column should be. Should I focus on access control, intelligent video, the state of the security industry? Whatever…I have

Popular App Mathway Leaks 25 Million User Records

GoDaddy Confirms Data Breach - 28,000 Customers Affected

Texas Movie Theaters to Reopen with Temperature Checks and Plexiglass

Cognizant Anticipates $50-70 Million Loss Following Ransomware Attack

70% of Organizations to Increase Cybersecurity Spending Following COVID-19 Pandemic

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June 17, 2020

Is Your Old Physical Security Technology a Dirty Little Secret?

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Security Magazine

2020 May

This month in Security magazine, we highlight COVID-19 and enterprise security's response. How has the pandemic changed business continuity plans, and what lessons have been learned? Also this month, we profile Chris Hallenbeck, CISO at Tanium, his view on metrics and information security. In addition, security experts discuss video analytics, how to make AI work within your cyber strategy and more.

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