Many security professionals have used the DLR standard to conduct security operations. Personal recognition is the most accurate form of identification; use of the DLR standard is at the other end of the identification spectrum.
- By Ron Martin
- Feb 01, 2012
ObjectVideo, Inc., announced today the signing of a global patent licensing agreement with Tyco Security Products’ American Dynamics business unit. This agreement provides American Dynamics access to ObjectVideo’s portfolio of video analytics patents as American Dynamics develops and launches a wide-range of its own video analytics software and hardware products.
The IT division’s network team at WKU implemented Milestone’s open platform video management software, XProtect Corporate.
- By Courtney Pedersen
- Feb 01, 2012
Teachers Credit Union, headquartered in South Bend, Ind., is the largest credit union in the state, reaching from inside the Michigan border from Niles, Mich., to Greenwood, Ind.
- By April Noblitt
- Feb 01, 2012
One retail store on the Las Vegas Strip now has a higher level of security thanks to Moonblink Communications.
Salvaging the existing investment in coax cabling is often the number-one reason surveillance users are reluctant to switch to network video. The perceived cost of storage is a close second.
- By Fredrik Nilsson
- Feb 01, 2012
Anyone involved in law enforcement knows how crucial secure document management is to efficiency across all departments.
- By Mike O’Leary
- Feb 01, 2012
A security guard doing his nightly rounds on the perimeter of a power plant encounters a car left in a restricted area outside the security fence. The driver is nowhere to be found. Is this a threat?
- By Steve Surfaro
- Feb 01, 2012
This just in: There are now more cell phone users on the planet than wearers of shoes. That random yet eye-opening nugget comes courtesy of WikiAnswers, so consider the source, but still: more than shoes?
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Feb 01, 2012
Perhaps the most common challenge and opportunity facing any industry in today’s world is creating solutions that can accommodate the transitions that come with the rapid advancement of technology.
- By Michael Regelski
- Feb 01, 2012
Not only do we as U.S. citizens have a right to be concerned about security, we should be up in arms about what the federal government is not doing to protect our country.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2012
The best defense is a good offense. That often-used sports principle applies to military applications. It is an axiom that applies to the security industry, as well.
- By Pete Accetturo
- Feb 01, 2012
The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, Colo., on track for completion in spring 2013, selected AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System.
The G4S partnership, under a program developed to honor IACLEA’s 50 years of service, will support initiatives to enhance campus public safety at higher education institutions around the world.
Woolworth's Limited, an Australian retail market, will soon deploy new visual intelligence software across thousands of existing March Networks video recording systems in a phased upgrade program. The software delivers enhanced live monitoring and searching capabilities that make it even easier for the retailer to centrally manage surveillance video used for security and loss prevention in more than 1,300 remote locations.
Arecont Vision megapixel cameras are finding new applications above and beyond conventional video surveillance solutions. At General Trading Company, a private wholesale food distribution company in Carlstadt, N.J., the Arecont Vision cameras were installed to update the operation by providing an overview of employee performance and productivity and to review inbound and outbound shipments for quality control as well as expand existing surveillance coverage of the facility.
The world's first university pilot of NFC smartphones carrying digital keys was recently completed.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), a trade group for businesses in the electronic and physical security market and SecuritySpecifiers.com, an online resource for security designers, consultants, and specifiers, recently announced their working relationship to co-promote their organizations' goals and activities.
Ask yourself. Would your organization like to have a system that offers quick, easy access for authorized users to enter specific locales or use particular data sets and which can also enforce and document compliance with your policies and procedures? In today’s complex world, however, your authorized users are probably forced to remember multiple passwords and carry different forms of credentials for various applications.
- By Phil Scarfo
- Jan 30, 2012