When your physical access control system (PACS) manufacturer tells you its system supports PIV-I “end-to-end,” you might want to do some additional digging to make sure you both agree as to what that really means.
- By Bob Fontana
- Jun 01, 2012
In the physical security industry, an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure. No one knows that better than Laurie M. Morris, president of Warren Protective Services Ltd., headquartered in Toronto.
- By Rolland Trayte
- Jun 01, 2012
Education isn’t just for college students. Everyone in the workforce can benefit from continuing to learn throughout their career—especially those of us in the fast-paced, highly technical field of security.
- By Megan Weadock
- Jun 01, 2012
The development of custom video drivers is a huge barrier for less-established brand names. From a stand-alone camera manufacturer’s perspective, it is impossible to gain market share without being included in the more popular VMS platforms. Without strong market share, however, VMS companies cannot devote the time or the energy to support these lower-tier brands.
- By Ian Johnston
- Jun 01, 2012
Security and alarm systems become more complex every day as new services, features, technologies and capabilities are added.
For more than 30 years, Equest Therapeutic Riding Center in Wylie, Texas, has provided horse-assisted therapies to adults and children with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities.
- By Steve Gorski
- Jun 01, 2012
Retailers need to understand how access control can be integrated into identity management systems
- By Bill Spence
- Jun 01, 2012
In case you haven’t noticed, though it would be hard to miss, Tri-Ed/ Northern Video Distribution is on the move.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 01, 2012
What hasn’t already been said— numerous times—about the supposed imminent demise of the U.S. hardwire public switched telephone system and new fire alarm communications technologies?
- By Stacy Deveraux
- Jun 01, 2012
The recently upgraded fire alarm system at the Gulf and Bay Club in Sarasota, Fla., has been a big improvement for the gated condo community’s residents and management, as well as the guards who are on duty 24/7.
- By Jim Spooner
- Jun 01, 2012
Unlike most things under the sun, there really is something new
and exciting in electronic security training, and this new approach
is poised to vastly improve formal training for those in
the industry.
A few years back, a number of leading IP surveillance manufacturers got together to discuss the development of an organization that would promote and develop IP standards.
- By Ian Johnston
- Jun 01, 2012
When the ASIS International 58th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2012) opens in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, more than 20,000 security professionals from more than 90 countries around the globe will converge at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to learn what’s changed, what works and what’s coming next in the industry.
- By Eduard J. Emde, CPP
- Jun 01, 2012
Parkchester South Condominiums, located in Bronx, N.Y, is now using OnSSI Ocularis video and software security to keep its residents secure.
SENTRI, an advanced technology gunshot detection system, has cut gang violence in heavy crime areas in cities like Chicago and Richmond, Calif.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released new test samples to help detect two explosive compounds that terrorists use.
ASIS International (ASIS), an association dedicated to increasing security professionals' productivity, has released its latest ANSI standard, The Security Management Standard: Physical Asset Protection.
Melter Corp., a Mexico-based manufacturer of water-cooled components for the steel industry, has added 50 VIVOTEK network cameras to its 635,000-square-foot office.
MorphoTrak recently introduced MorphoIDent, a mobile terminal for police officers that fits into a shirt pocket.
Smiths Detection, a provider of threat detection and screening technologies, has introduced a high-speed scanner that airports can use to screen checked sluggage for explosives.