The economic slowdown created by the pandemic has forced many retail chains, restaurants, hotels, banks and financial institutions with a retail presence to cut back on staff and change their business models.
- By Brent Duncan
- Sep 04, 2020
The physical security industry has before it an incredible opportunity: to lead business digital transformation (DX) through security convergence.
No one will argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way we interact in public spaces.
COVID-19 has changed
a lot of things about
life and business Some
opportunities have been
challenging, other plans
have been nimble exercises of security
technology stepping up to the place,
swinging for a home run.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 03, 2020
Paxton is pleased to announce that their free COVID-secure live webinars are now available on demand - they can be watched anywhere, anytime at your convenience.
TSA security checkpoints to help protect workforce and passengers from COVID-19
Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International-Thurgood Marshall Airport and Tampa International Airport are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time.
Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian is reporting that dozens of passengers have been banned from flying with the airline for refusal to comply with the airline industry’s mask policy.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Aug 10, 2020
I’m not trying to minimize the worries of that pandemic thing, also known as COVID-19, but there are some interesting things happening the security world, including who is exploring use of new solutions, helping others in need and what’s happening to our trade shows. Here’s a look.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Aug 07, 2020
While hard timelines remain estimations and could change with a new spike in COVID cases, organizations are planning for the time when they can reopen their gates.
- By Peter Ford
- Aug 07, 2020
Cloud security is an increasing concern as more organizations transition to use public cloud providers in either a hybrid or cloud-native model.
- By Cliff Krahenbill
- Aug 07, 2020
Professional sports in general is having a rough go of it in 2020. For that matter, so are college athletes and when you get right down to it, most Americans and the worldwide population is struggling with COVID-19.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Aug 05, 2020
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of cloud adoption was growing steadily. Since March, however, when “shelter-in-place” orders began sweeping the nation, we’ve seen cloud computing usage skyrocket.
- By Joe Vadakkan
- Jul 30, 2020
Organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show announced the 2021 event will be online-only.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are seeing an immediate need for thermographic technology.
- By Maurizio Pejoves
- Jul 20, 2020
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement encouraging all retailers to adopt a nationwide policy that requires customers to wear face coverings or masks to protect the health and well-being of customers, associates and partners during the coronavirus pandemic:
We have charted the fortunes of the world’s physical security business over the last 12 years.
- By Jim McHale
- Jul 08, 2020
The latest victim of the COVID-19 security trade show series in 2020 will be IFSEC in London. Originally scheduled for May of this year, IFSEC officials moved the event to September. Now organizers have canceled the event altogether.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 29, 2020
ADT Commercial is donating meals to healthcare workers at five major hospitals across the United States to express gratitude for those caregivers who have been on the frontlines in the nation’s fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic.
To help maintain the readiness of first responders, the Georgia Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency began COVID-19 priority testing June 15, for first responders at all specimen points of collection (SPOC) sites throughout Georgia.