February 2016
- Where video Data Will Take Us
- Protecting the Network
- Getting the Right Badge
- Safeguarding the Power
- Meeting Federal Requirements
- A Thankless Career
Features
Virgin Islands Port Authority secures the islands with access control
By Kim Rahfaldt
The remote geographic location with each island being separated by miles of ocean posed some challenges for the project, making air, land and sea transportation necessary to complete the job.
Continued increase in data breaches reinforces need for holistic security approach
By Gregory Grant
The daily increase in the number of cyber attacks launched and the success hackers are having against heavily guarded businesses are a wake-up call for all companies to be more proactive and vigilant in their security efforts.
The state of video surveillance and where storage is taking the industry
By Brian Grainger
Successful companies read the tea leaves and saw IoT-connected devices coming. This includes video surveillance, which is now among the fastest growing industries in terms of data generation and adoption of new data storage technologies.
How to choose the perfect ID card printer for your business
By Monique Merhige
Each industry has its own specific requirements for photo ID card solutions. The guidelines used by each market vary depending on the type of badges that companies need to print and the frequency.
Providing protection for some of the nation’s most valuable assets
By Brittany Lauridsen
You are on duty at a large power station when you hear a gunshot coming from the South side of the facility. This shot triggers your security systems sniper detection alarm.
Departments
Industry Focus
By Ralph C. Jensen
Because of recent news and my frequent visits through the security checkpoint, I have come to lack confidence in TSA employees.
Industry Professional
By Ralph C. Jensen
Thirty years ago, maybe more, the dream of the IP camera was about to make its debut. The technology, as I remember it, wasn’t all that well received, but that didn’t mean it was a bad idea. It became an exercise of marketing the future to the here and now.
Industry Vertical
Bank employees think about security a lot
By Scott Thomas
We almost never think about the fact that the public flows through our banks day after day or that suppliers and partners are in and out of branch locations, some requiring access to sensitive areas, all the time.
Networking Security
Improving physical security with operations’ team help
By Ajay Jain
For many years, physical and network security existed as separate disciplines, each managed by an independent operations team on its own side of the house with little or no crossover between the two.
Saratoga Springs’ businesses, residents and tourists are safer with secure VMS
By Courtney Dillon Pedersen
Every summer, the Saratoga Race Course brings thousands of visitors to the City of Saratoga Springs, NY. The revenue generated during the racing season boosts the city’s economy for the rest of the year.
More often than not, passwords are left as defaults
By Brian Carle
In the past two years several high profile data breaches, namely the Target data breach in 2014, have put greater focus on the data security of all network connected devices.
The transformative impact for video intercoms and network technology
By Karl Hill
Have you ever stopped to notice that as video surveillance goes, so goes the security industry? Nowhere is that more evident than in the major shift from analog to IP technology.