In order to stay relevant in specific markets, many organizations are creating mobile applications and the public safety industry is no exception.
- By Phil Harris
- Oct 07, 2015
A Salvadoran MS-13 gang member illegally present in the United States, who is wanted in his home country on multiple murder charges, was removed from the United States Oct. 4 by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
The presentation was on flaws in IP cameras.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 06, 2015
Nearly 800,000 people in Colorado struggle with hunger. The Food Bank of the Rockies has been leading the fight against hunger throughout Metro Denver, rural Colorado, the Western Slope and in Wyoming for the past 36 years.
- By Wendi Burke
- Oct 06, 2015
The city of Lakeland, Fla., has recently standardized its security operations with a unified security platform that combines video surveillance, access control and automatic license plate recognition systems into one central monitoring and management platform.
- By Andrew Elvish
- Oct 06, 2015
Like virtually every municipality across the country, Moreno Valley in Southern California’s Riverside County has faced budget and security challenges over the past decade.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Oct 06, 2015
Located in Southern California, the city of Santa Ana is home to more than 330,000 people, making it the second largest city in Orange County and the 11th largest city in the state.
Physical security solutions encompass data-driven knowledge to help anticipate future incidents.
- By Brian McIlravey
- Oct 05, 2015
After an attack on the App Store, iPhone and iPad users in China and Taiwan are still at risk.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 05, 2015
Probably the most known access security products are locks – from the standard lock and key to the more sophisticated connected locks – these tools are designed to keep people out. And, in this day in age of campus shootings, perhaps there is no better place for locks than college campuses.
- By Ginger Hill
- Oct 05, 2015
By the last day of a trade show, it's typical to have aching feet, a fried brain and sore muscles from constant interaction on the show room floor, so when PSIA invited me to their PLAI panel discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Hilton Anaheim, I was much obliged.
- By Ginger Hill
- Oct 05, 2015
Another year in the security industry has slipped by and ASIS closes out the season. Of course, there is ISC East and a number of other smaller shows, but the big shows are over until April 2016.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Oct 05, 2015
Wrightstyle is a specialist steel and aluminium glazing company and supplies its fire-rated systems internationally. Lee Coates, the company’s technical director, looks at fire training in the build up to Christmas.
- By Lee Coates
- Oct 02, 2015
IT leaders today face complex threats in protecting corporate IT networks from cyber threats that include spoofing, data theft, denial-of-service attacks and many other network risks.
- By Scott Sieracki
- Oct 01, 2015
As professionals in the commercial security industry, our ears perk up whenever we hear of a security breach—such as recent perimeter control issues at airports, the White House, and other government and public locations.
- By Amy McKeown
- Oct 01, 2015
High definition (HD) and megapixel camera technology continues to evolve, and now 4K is emerging as the latest advancement to video surveillance imaging for security applications.
- By Charles McCready
- Oct 01, 2015
It used to be when attending a trade show that one came away with a tote bag full of printed marketing materials. This practice started to change when CDs and thumb drives were introduced to present these materials.
- By Janet Fenner
- Oct 01, 2015
Dancing Moose turned to Stone Security of Salt Lake City to design and install the state-of-the-art, integrated monitoring and security system.
- By John Bartolac
- Oct 01, 2015
As the Internet of Things becomes more prevalent in today’s world, smart locks and access control systems are at the heart of the revolution.
- By Robert Goff
- Oct 01, 2015
Large hospital environments present unique challenges for a surveillance integrator. Specifically, these challenges can include implementing IP surveillance technology, access control, or networking.
- By Brian Levy
- Oct 01, 2015
Terrorist attacks have forever changed the way we think about security.
- By Erik Reece
- Oct 01, 2015
University Hospital, the teaching hospital of San Antonio’s University Health Systems is a sprawling campus in the South Texas Medical Center, and one of the health system’s 23 locations across the community that needed the latest security technology.
- By Mary Wilbur
- Oct 01, 2015
There are troubling, albeit legal, shenanigans going on not only in the security industry but in several other industries, as well.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Oct 01, 2015
The comings and goings of judges, inmates, attorneys, law enforcement, maintenance staff and others pose a number of safety concerns for courthouses.
- By Fernando Pires
- Oct 01, 2015
At SIA Honors Night, the Security Industry Association (SIA) will honor the late Frank De Fina, former senior director of strategic sales for Hikvision USA Inc., with the 2015 Lippert Award posthumously.
Verint Systems Inc. today announced enhancements to its Verint Situational Awareness Platform™, including the incorporation of advanced solutions to help organizations gain comprehensive situational awareness while driving rapid incident response and enhanced field communications.
At all trade shows, there tends to be overall trends within the security industry that emerge from visiting the various exhibitor booths and this year's ASIS is no exception. The following are the top three trends from the show room floor.
- By Ginger Hill
- Sep 30, 2015
- By Ginger Hill
- Sep 30, 2015
IDIS announced at ASIS 2015 that is has completed the successful integration of its DirectIP™ network video recorders (NVRs) with 360 Vision Technology's Predator HD cameras. Suitable for a variety of applications, the Predator line of full-HD cameras feature up to 574 ft of infrared (IR) illumination and up to 492-ft of ultra-bright white LEDs to provide outstanding night time surveillance in both monochrome and true color.
From my 20 years' experience attending ASIS, I have always found it to be a different kind of tradeshow. Years ago everyone wore a suit, and it seemed like a pretty formal affair. Something has changed.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 30, 2015