Violence in the workplace is taking on a position of greater priority and attention for businesses as they reopen after a year of COVID-19-related closings. In recent months, an increase in reported violent incidents at business locations across the country is shifting security concerns beyond virus transmission to a renewed focus on the steps companies can and should take to help protect their people, patrons and visitors from the threat of violence on their properties
- By Patricia G. Coureas
- Jun 25, 2021
In the past, the Lee Health security department installed many different analog video and access control systems to secure each site. Over time, the technology began aging and failing.
- By Despina Stamatelos
- Jun 01, 2021
Physical security infrastructure has traditionally been seen as a sunk cost; an expense that represents a cost of doing business.
- By Tom Hesterman
- Apr 01, 2021
No matter the security criticality of your facility or the sophistication of your security system, simple key control is a foundational process of physical key management that helps control access to crucial assets, people, information and spaces.
- By Tim Purpura
- Apr 01, 2021
Amid the health, economic, natural, and social crises we’ve experienced in the past year, the critical role that security plays in creating safe and healthy environments is more apparent than ever.
- By Mark Duato
- Apr 01, 2021
Healthcare facilities were already a complex security environment due to the number of moving pieces and literal life or death situations faced daily.
- By Andy Bedlack
- Apr 01, 2021
With the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across our nation like wildfire in 2020, the new normal had to adapt itself quickly to all situations.
- By David Antar
- Mar 02, 2021
The trend that has catapulted to the top of the list for vehicle perimeter security is securing temporary events with certified crash equipment that can be installed in only 15 minutes
Even as we appreciate and applaud our healthcare professionals, most of us can do little more than watch as systems everywhere face the tremendous pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As businesses and governments enter a new era of workplace safety, two prerequisites are preparedness and the ability to pivot quickly.
- By Mark Robinton
- Feb 01, 2021
A 14-year-old boy in Florida has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after opening fire on deputies in Hardee County. The incident took place Nov. 26, in Wauchula, where the three deputies were sent to respond to a potential burglary.
Since June, protests have been happening across the United States. As civil disobedience increases, law enforcement agencies will prepare for the possibility of protests across the country. The potential continuation of political unrest means private security professionals must also be prepared with a plan that is tactically sound and protective of people and property.
- By Michael Morrison, Josh Hocieniec
- Nov 23, 2020
The NFL Players Association is looking into a complaint filed by New York Jets players about the presence of security cameras in the locker room at their training facility in Florham Park, N.J., a source close to the union confirmed to ESPN.
SoFi Stadium, home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers and future site of Super Bowl LVI, 2023 College Football Championship, and the 2028 Olympics, just got a little safer.
Interface Security Systems recently provided Thrive Restaurant Group, one of Applebee’s largest franchisees in the United States, with scalable network, communications and security services.
A television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator following opposing rallies was charged Monday with second-degree murder, according to the Denver district court clerk’s office.
The Dover International Speedway’s high-banked, one-mile concrete oval race track is known as “The Monster Mile”.
- By Barbara Rizzatti
- Oct 06, 2020
Security a hospital campus is very different from protecting a typical commercial building.
- By Stephen Martorano
- Aug 07, 2020
Today, there is significant increase in the number of hospitals, clinics and outpatient centers that are being built or remodeled across the country, in part due to the rise in demand for healthcare from an aging population and more access to health insurance.
- By Jeff Elliott
- Aug 07, 2020
On so many levels, 9/11 drastically altered the event security landscape.
- By Corey Meredith
- Aug 07, 2020