Access Control


The Key to Security

BADCOCK Home Furniture & More is a furniture retailer with a fleet of 45 tractors and 300 trailers, servicing nearly 330 stores in seven states throughout the southeast United States.

A Door Wide Open

IN the last four and a half years, new government mandates for tighter physical security at critical infrastructure sites have led to significant strides in physical access control innovation.

Flying Solo

SECURITY is something the airlines take very seriously, even more so after 9/11. Sun Country Airlines is no exception. And like other carriers, Sun Country is facing cost challenges greater than ever before.

ID Cards Get a Touch-Up

TEN years ago, the use of biometrics for identifying people was only seen in the movies -- too advanced for the real world.

Raising the Grade

THE Jessica Lunsford Act -- named for the nine-year old who was murdered by a construction worker at her school -- sent school districts throughout Florida scrambling to implement fingerprinting and screening systems to comply with the law.

A Human Intervention

THE landscape of information security continues to be dynamic. New threats emerge daily in the forms of new viruses, worms, phishing, pharming, social engineering and identity theft.

A Need for ID

Leaving a Mark on Security

IN a time when identity management and interoperable security initiatives are at the forefront of agendas and presidential mandates, security directors are implementing new biometric technologies that notably increase entry point protection, secure sensitive assets and reduce outside threats.



Saving Precious Time

LOCKOUT/TAGOUT or "red tagging" (also known as clearance tagging) is the critical procedure followed to ensure that equipment at the Fayette Power Project's three coal-fired generating units near La Grange, Texas, are safely shut down and energy sources isolated to prevent accidental release of stored energy, making it safe for their maintenance staff to begin working on equipment.

Playing on the Positive Side of Human Nature

MOST retailers are acutely aware of the impact employee theft has on their business. According to the University of Florida 2004 National Retail Security Survey, 47 percent of all shrink is attributed to employee theft.

Security Simplified

FOR its new Medical Arts & Research Building, the University of Connecticut standardized on a security system by using a simplified approach that combines after-hours electronic perimeter access control with interior mechanical locking. By effectively managing the access to the building itself, a less-complicated keying system that still provides the desired level of security can be used inside.

Vanderbilt Establishes International Headquarters in Germany

New office tied to acquisition of Siemens’ Security Products.

Intercede Receives Lenel Factory Certification

MyID identity and credential management solution interfaces with the Lenel OnGuard access control system.

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New Products

  • FEP GameChanger

    FEP GameChanger

    Paige Datacom Solutions Introduces Important and Innovative Cabling Products GameChanger Cable, a proven and patented solution that significantly exceeds the reach of traditional category cable will now have a FEP/FEP construction.

  • ResponderLink

    ResponderLink

    Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global leader in gunshot detection solutions, has introduced ResponderLink, a groundbreaking new 911 notification service for gunshot events. ResponderLink completes the circle from detection to 911 notification to first responder awareness, giving law enforcement enhanced situational intelligence they urgently need to save lives. Integrating SDS’s proven gunshot detection system with Noonlight’s SendPolice platform, ResponderLink is the first solution to automatically deliver real-time gunshot detection data to 911 call centers and first responders. When shots are detected, the 911 dispatching center, also known as the Public Safety Answering Point or PSAP, is contacted based on the gunfire location, enabling faster initiation of life-saving emergency protocols.

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.”