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3 tips to better manage tool sprawl to maximize existing spend

February 2, 2024

Every security leader has, at one time or another, been faced with the challenge of maximizing the value they get from their existing toolset.

EDG receives the 2023 Elliot A. Boxerbaum Award for security design

Security Staff

October 16, 2023

Electronic Design Group has been awarded the 2023 Elliot A. Boxerbaum Award by SecuritySpecifiers for excellence in security design.

Security Design Project of the Year awards accepting nominations

The Elliot A. Boxerbaum Security Design Project of the Year program, put on by Security Specifiers, is accepting nominations

Security Staff

May 25, 2022

The award — put on by SecuritySpecifiers, its annual CONSULT event, and co-sponsored by Security magazine — recognizes collaboration, design excellence, uniqueness, creativity and administration factors that contributed to a highly successful security project.

How to Protect Your Access Control System Against Cybercrime

Responding to the Evolving Threat Landscape

Derek Arcuri

December 11, 2018

Criminal cyber activity evolves at an incredible pace. Today’s cybercriminals are constantly on the lookout for security gaps that will give them access to your facilities or a wide range of important, private and sensitive information. In our increasingly interconnected world, the potential avenues of exploitation seem greater than ever.

ONVIF: A Vital Tool for Retrofit Projects

Per Björkdahl

December 11, 2018

Security directors are no stranger to the necessity of blending legacy physical security devices and software with newer products and services. Whether you are a retail business in search of higher resolution camera technology for more accurate images, or you’re the head of a multi-location organization that wants to leverage new access control card reader technology with existing hardware without installing completely new door controllers, card readers and wiring, retrofits are a large percentage of installations, encompassing many of our industry’s technologies.

How Modern Security Solutions Are Engineered for Greater ROI

3 Ways Businesses Are Deriving More Value from Their Security Systems

Jimmy Palatsoukas

October 16, 2018

Measuring a return on investment (ROI) for security infrastructure is challenging. Most organizations primarily view security investments as a must-have capital expenditure. They know security systems are fundamentally necessary to protect people and assets and keep operations running smoothly. So while these technologies fulfill objectives and successfully help security teams prevent incidents, organizations oftentimes will ask: How can we truly quantify the value of a breach that never occurred?

Primary Considerations and Pitfalls for Security Control Room Design

Developing an effective SOC requires more than just the streamlining of physical security systems

Dan Gundry

September 11, 2018

Though many security managers tend to have tunnel vision on the techy aspects of building a SOC, often the most important things to consider are the most basic and in a command center environment, that begins with an operator-centric design.

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Symmetry Access Control Software version 9

Facilitates Simpler Installation and Upgrades

March 1, 2018

AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Access Control Software V9 comes with a new installation method, which installs over the previous version, eliminating the need to uninstall the earlier version, saving time and money.

Getting the Greenlight: How to Sell Video Surveillance Systems to the C-Suite

Scott Dunn

January 30, 2018

If you would love to upgrade or expand your security technology but are struggling to get the funding, I’d like to suggest a few strategies that could get your project the greenlight.

4 Best Practices for Global Integration

Why More Isn’t Better and Communication Is the Key to Better Global Business

Mike Kuhn

January 30, 2018

With estimates hovering around the $1 trillion mark for security products and services spending in the next five years, according to Cybersecurity Ventures’ Cybersecurity Market Report, it’s no wonder security executives are on the lookout for best practices for global integration. The best approach is for security systems integrators to invest in and embed with their global customers to provide consistency and serve as their single point of contact for all their systems integration needs.

ON DEMAND: In this webinar, Regina Lester, Vice President of Security & Safety Operations at Toledo Zoo, will share her insights on implementing security technologies in the entertainment sector and the challenges all organizations face — large and small — when it comes to balancing budget and security.

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