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King’s Subs & Pizza’s move to edge storage threatens the last piece of the analog pie

A Slice of Small System Surveillance

Just before noon on a muggy, New England, summer day, the line inside King’s Subs & Pizza in Andover, Mass. snakes tightly from counter to door so patrons can stay in air conditioned comfort.

Queen of Peace

Queen of Peace

Radius, a second-generation Enterprise Mobile Duress System (EMDS) that leverages a life-safety, wireless infrastructure and duress pendants to locate a mobile person when and where they need help has been the ideal solution.

All Eyes on Campus Safety

All Eyes on Campus Safety

The shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary in December 2012 shattered the sleepy town of Newtown, Conn., and once again shattered America’s notions of what constitutes a safe place.

The Fiscal Side of School Security

The Fiscal Side of School Security

Educators aren’t security experts, so they need to partner with integrators and consultants who can guide them through the practical aspects of designing and deploying a workable security strategy for their schools and campuses.

The state of current affairs includes better access control

Focus on Campus

As part of a continuing effort to improve security for its students, Adams State University is upgrading its access control system with new electronic locks that are easy to reconfigure as requirements change.

Standing Above the Rest

Standing Above the Rest

The Penn-Harris-Madison (PHM) School Corporation exercises its security plan often, and to that end, they invite local law enforcement and their security provider, Honeywell Building Solutions, to participate in enforcement procedures, mock events and planning.

Security Masterpieces

Tyco realized that by offering products in access control, video, intrusion and location visibility that this created a palette of truly-inspired, best-in-class solutions that form security masterpieces.

Stopping Truck Bombers

Stopping Truck Bombers

The following provides examples in which highly-secure, crashrated, vehicle barricade systems and bollards have saved lives as well as buildings and property from the destruction of attacks.



IP video has many benefits outside of security

Empowering the Next Generation

An underappreciated benefit of IP-based video surveillance systems is their ability to transform video into useful information.

Air RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a method for configuring multiple disks or hard drives in a single array. While there are many levels of RAID, focusing on RAID 5 for video surveillance is key.

Putting PIV Cards to Practical Use

Putting PIV Cards to Practical Use

The government recognizes the need to increase security for cyber and physical assets so counter measures to reduce, mitigate and eliminate external and internal terrorist threats have been, and remain, paramount.

Indianapolis airport secures parking structures with call boxes while a charter bus company keeps an eye on everyday threats with video surveillance

Keeping in Touch

About five years ago, the Indianapolis Airport Authority pulled up stakes and moved to the other side of the city’s airfield with new facilities and new security systems.

Access control solutions are a culmination of years of fine tuning and installation experience

Monitoring Detainees

As a part of the GSA-led effort to bring federal buildings in compliance with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive, (HSPD-12) Vector Electric Inc. (VEI) was asked to explore the possibility of adding additional features to the standard FIPS-201 access control systems being upgraded at a number of Customs and Border Protection, Port of Entry (LPOE) facilities.

Facility and operations support for the military

Providing Expertise

In a highly-diversified and complex age of security, our armed forces provide the one fundamental security measure shared by every citizen in the United States: keeping American civilians out of harm’s way and allowing us to enjoy freedom.

Next Assignment: Benghazi

Let’s say, for the sake of argument, your boss comes into your office or cubicle and says, “Your next assignment is to investigate the disaster that is Benghazi.” Would you flinch?

Always Improving

For two years now, I have listened to numerous stories from end users who swear by Honeywell’s products, but mostly they regale their successes because of the company’s customer service. One such example is the Penn-Harris-Madison (PHM) school corporation in Indiana.

Why the owners of Gas Monkey Garage—the focus of Discovery Channel’s hit TV show “Fast N’ Loud”—decided to install HD video surveillance.

HD Video Installation Goes Mainstream

Gas Monkey Garage went from being an unknown auto body shop in Dallas, to a tourist destination for classic car fans from all over the Southwest. After Gas Monkey Garage’s two main men, Richard Rawlings (owner) and Aaron Kaufman (lead mechanic), landed the hit show “Fast N’ Loud” on the Discovery Channel, fans and car aficionados began flocking to their shop.

New Iomnis ION Series Servers Powered by OnSSI

New Iomnis ION Series Servers Powered by OnSSI

ION Series servers pre-configured with Ocularis PS provide a fully integrated surveillance solution for up to 26 cameras.

IC Realtime Delivers Immersive View 360 Degree Surveillance Camera

IC Realtime Delivers Immersive View 360 Degree Surveillance Camera

This technology allows the user to see, record and playback the full 360-degree field-of-view, ensuring that activity is recorded anywhere in the scene at all times.

Verint Adds Innovative Fraud Prevention Solutions with Acquisition of Victrio

Advanced solution to help organization mitigate fraud, reduce loss and safeguard customers while enabling faster authentication time to improve the customer experience.

HID Global pivCLASS Government Solutions First to Complete GSAs FICAM Based E PACS Testing

HID Global pivCLASS Government Solutions First to Complete GSAs FICAM Based E PACS Testing

Products in HID Global’s pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio receives approval for GSA’s new FICAM 2.0 testing program.

exacqVision and IQinVision Team Up for Community Health Network

Megapixel technology key for protecting health systems’ extensive data networks.

Healthcare.gov Exposed Confidential Information

Healthcare.gov Exposed Confidential Information

The security glitch has been fixed, or has it?

Kwikset Smartcode 914 Deadbolt Wins Manufactures Excellence Award at CEDIA

Kwikset Smartcode 914 Deadbolt Wins Manufactures Excellence Award at CEDIA

Joins nine other winners recognized as "Best New Product."

Halloween Safety Tips for the Candy Givers

Halloween Safety Tips for the Candy Givers

How to keep safe during the trick-or-treat rush of Halloween.

Avigilon Improves Safety at Harbor House with Charitable Donation

Avigilon Improves Safety at Harbor House with Charitable Donation

High-definition surveillance system allows emergency shelter to protect residents.

HID Global and Consortium Partners Receive US Cyber Security Grant

HID Global and Consortium Partners Receive US Cyber Security Grant

Grant valued at more than $1.5 million is one of four being awarded this year through the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) initiative.

5 Tips for Selecting the Right Enterprise Remote Monitoring Solution

5 Tips for Selecting the Right Enterprise Remote Monitoring Solution

Mobility and efficiency makes remote monitoring an attractive option to maximize productivity.

Danish City Prevents Vandalism and Violence

Danish City Prevents Vandalism and Violence

Copenhagen suburb uses mobile access to IP video surveillance.

Raytec Lighting Integration with Milestone VMS

Raytec Lighting Integration with Milestone VMS

Allows highest integration of flexibility, management and control over lighting with all other technologies in a security system.

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