An education session at ASIS 2012 on Tuesday explored the current state of cybersecurity legislation on the federal level.
- By Brent Dirks
- Sep 12, 2012
Quantum Secure adds new portability and accessibility to its SAFE enterprise identity and physical access management software suite with a new highly intuitive SAFE App for Mobile Devices.
"'No man is an island / Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, / A part of the main.'" Those words, written by John Donne, were at the heart of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei's keynote address here Tuesday, beginning another full day of activities at ASIS 2012. And though the former Nobel Peace Prize laureate did not recite more of Donne's poem, he might well have included the lines, "Each man's death diminishes me, / For I am involved in mankind" because those words verily formed the thesis of his speech.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012
D-Link recently introduced today at ASIS International 2012 the new D-Link DCS-7010L high-definition outdoor mini bullet camera with integrated cloud services support and the D-Link DCS-7513 two-megapixel outdoor bullet camera featuring a Sony Exmor wide dynamic range sensor.
3VR recently announced that it is opening up its Video Intelligence Platform for integration with select hardware partners for the first time.
AMAG Technology, an access control, IP video and intrusion detection solution provider, has collaborated with Milestone Systems to integrate the capabilities of AMAG's new Symmetry V7.0.1
Could ASIS be a fickle tradeshow? It seems to me after opening day of 2012 ASIS, the exhibitors received a rather tepid response to what is otherwise a booming and bustling event.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 11, 2012
Diebold Inc. and KeyBank continue to enhance security for the financial institution's consumers, employees and key assets via a variety of recent electronic security implementations.
The ASIS International 58th Annual Seminar and Exhibits underway here this week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center is also the place and time for the second annual (ISC)2 Security Congress.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012
Arecont Vision recently announced the latest addition to their award-winning IP megapixel camera lineup -- the new MegaBall series.
SpotterRF recently announced that its new, patented radar technology will be used to protect public bridges managed by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA).
Amid the sea that is the ASIS 2012 expo floor, the Morse Watchman's booth (No. 1531) stands out like an unexpected oasis with vibrant green branches sprouting out in palm tree fashion high above the displays below, offering a sort of shade to weary attendees.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012
SALTO Systems, found on the ASIS expo floor at booth 2425, is featuring a range of products but none more prominently that its IP66-rated SALTO GEO, an RFID electronic cylinder that the company says is like none other to be found at the show here in the expansive (and exhausting) Pennsylvania Convention Center nor, for that matter, on the planet.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012
In what has got to be one of the most well-orchestrated, thoroughly thought-out and all-encompassing booth productions on the expo floor at ASIS 2012 taking place this week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Panasonic's booth (#3715) is displaying -- and demonstrating -- all the technology, hardware and other accoutrements necessary to connect and protect a city.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012
SightLogix Inc. recently announced that the SightTracker pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera controller has been integrated with Pelco Spectra and Esprit cameras to automatically zoom and follow detected targets.
In Central Florida, a correctional facility is upgrading its coax‐based analog video surveillance system with a Sony IPELA HYBRID solution.
A day after ASIS Professional Certification Board President Rick Lisko, CPP, led assembled members and ASIS 2012 attendees in a moment of silence in honor of the anniversary of 9/11, the society as a whole is further paying tribute to men and women in uniform by inviting all active law enforcement and military professionals to participate in all seminar and expo activities scheduled for Sept. 12 at no charge.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012
Promising seamless integration and streamlined system management, San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies Inc. on Monday used the prominent ASIS 2012 platform to announce it had reached at least two milestones as a company -- one by partnering with Denmark-based Milestone Systems Inc. and another by reaching integration abilities with Canada-based Genetec Inc.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 11, 2012