Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that $722,400 was awarded through the Florida Defense Support Task Force (FDSTF) Grant Program to three projects to protect military installations across the state.
Security automation engine used to establish standardized and efficient screening procedures for staff and visitors
New virtual experience delivers world-class security education, networking, and marketplace all over the globe
- By Brent Dirks
- Jun 22, 2020
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 8 checkpoint near Pine Valley, CA, arrested 12 undocumented migrants who were being smuggled within a hay-stack on a tractor-trailer.
The Monitoring Association (TMA) presented its 2020 Excellence Awards virtually yesterday via GoToWebinar.
SAFR from RealNetworks, Inc. has announced SAFR® Inside, a new app component of its Facial Recognition and Computer Vision Platform that runs on ACAP enabled cameras with edge processing capabilities. SAFR Inside reduces network traffic and server overhead and thus lowers overall deployment costs.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is inviting security researchers to find vulnerabilities in its System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware systems.
Security managers, CSOs and other personnel tasked with mitigating risk at an organization are the first link in a long and vitally important chain.
- By William (Bill) Brennan
- Jun 18, 2020
Hospital safety and security is a series of if-then scenarios. If we can prevent patients from falling out of bed, then we can avoid serious, costly injuries.
- By Paul Baratta
- Jun 18, 2020
The 2021 must-pass defense policy bill could be a prime vehicle to give the Defense Department and its contractors more time to comply with a governmentwide ban on Huawei and other China-made telecommunications equipment.
- By Lauren C. Williams
- Jun 18, 2020
Does an organization need to invest in a safety app? The short answer is yes, the sooner the better. For the longer answer we must consider the technological, behavioral, and legal trends.
- By Richard Aldrich
- Jun 18, 2020
Integrated security solutions have become standard within the security industry, but recent years have seen a shift in the way companies want to manage their integrations.
- By Scott Ridder
- Jun 18, 2020
Many video surveillance professionals have come across the terms Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL). But what do those terms mean, and how do they affect Video Surveillance?
- By Brian Carle
- Jun 18, 2020
While access control is an essential consideration for any business, nowhere is it more necessary to maintain real-time oversight of who is on-premise than in a governmental facility — whether at the federal, state or local level.
- By David Helbock
- Jun 18, 2020
COVID-19. Where to begin? This pandemic appears to be nowhere near controlled or over, and it certainly has taken its toll worldwide and on all Americans.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 18, 2020
It is no surprise that tragedies on college campuses generate national headlines. Fortunately, active shooter incidents on campus are extraordinarily rare events, and campuses remain far safer than the community at large. However, shootings are not the only concern.
- By Frank Spano, JD
- Jun 18, 2020
Airports are unique places. They are accessed by thousands of people every day. Few other facilities in the world have to screen so many individuals for personal and environmental safety while providing a positive experience.
There’s a specific paradigm shift in the world of video that might be bigger than the transition from analog to IP more than 15 years ago.
- By Stuart Rawling
- Jun 18, 2020
Technology has always driven change, whether evolving communications in people’s everyday lives or offering new functionality across business applications.
- By John Petruzzi
- Jun 18, 2020
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 17, 2020
Mission 500 and The New Jersey Electronic Life Safety Association (NJELSA), teamed up for the second year in a row during the NJELSA Annual Symposium, held March 11-13 at Harrah’s Atlantic City for a School Backpack Building Event.
Boxerbaum Award submissions still to be accepted; 2021 event set for San Antonio
Customers with a cloud-first strategy and those looking for a hybrid VMS solution can now deploy a pre-configured XProtect as an elastic solution available globally with high flexibility and low maintenance.
RAS Watch has announced the launch of its contact tracing service to proactively identify and trace infectious disease outbreaks, such as COVID-19, within a business.
It is a well-known fact, and has been for several years, you don’t take a handgun on an airplane. Yet, people continue to pack a weapon in their carry-on luggage as though it is perfectly fine. You don’t even have to reach the fine print. Handguns now allowed on airplanes.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 15, 2020
Amazon’s facial recognition software has been a staple for police departments, using the program to provide identities on cold bases. Prisons and jails in Florida also have been using the platform in its databases, storing thousands of mug shots of anyone who has ever been “behind bars.”
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 12, 2020
People, Health and Safety is a highly advanced autonomous solution combining video, thermal, voice and biometric sensors with optimized hardware, software and AI to reduce the frustration and logistical complexity of complying with new public health mandates.
Thanks to the shift to work from home in many organizations due to COVID-19, a number of different cybersecurity challenges are beginning to emerge.
- By Brent Dirks
- Jun 10, 2020
HWPco, a Professional Services Organization (PSO) with a strong focus on its existing sales as a service platform, today announced that the company has launched a redefined “Rep” model which offers a new suite of technology services.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore special agents and Maryland law enforcement partners have seized over 14,000 unapproved COVID-19 treatment capsules and several unapproved COVID-19 test kits as part of ongoing Operation Stolen Promise investigations.