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Aiphone Corporation Receives Lenel Factory Certification

Aiphone Corporation's IS-IP Series Networked Video Security Communication System integrates with Lenel’s OnGuard access control security system.

  • Aug 04, 2014

XTec Announces 10 Year Homeland Security Enterprise Identity Management Contract

XTec Incorporated awarded long-term work to continue the implementation of the HSPD-12 Program.

  • Aug 04, 2014
Unlock Your Smartphone with a Tattoo

Unlock Your Smartphone with a Tattoo

Place a round, nickel-sized sticker on your skin where it’s easily accessible and tap your smartphone on the sticker to unlock it.

  • By Ginger Hill
  • Aug 04, 2014

Where Current SMS Authentication Fails, the Next Generation Succeeds

Jane and Jake work for the same company. This week they’re on one of those dreaded road trips—three cities in four days—and are, as we all are, completely dependent on their tools of choice while on the move.

  • By Scott Goldman, Robert Foster
  • Aug 01, 2014
Mission Critical Life safety systems play an important role in high-security facility

Mission Critical

Dealing with an obsolete, legacy fire alarm system and a separate, standalone ECS, the building owner’s property management company, Childress Klein Properties, Inc., turned to local Gamewell-FCI distributor Critical Systems LLC, to help them find a new, comprehensive solution.

  • By Brian Carlson
  • Aug 01, 2014
Retrofit to IP

Retrofit to IP

Choice, cost savings, speed of deployment and convenience. This is what the use of existing legacy cable can afford the end-user as they migrate existing, analog-based surveillance, access control or intercom systems to IP.

  • By Guy Apple
  • Aug 01, 2014

IT Security Compliance for Cloud Service Providers

Compliance with increasingly stringent regulations for organizations providing outsourced IT services, particularly in regards to data protection, is becoming more difficult.

  • By Gábor Marosvári
  • Aug 01, 2014
Your Biometric Accepted Here

Your Biometric Accepted Here

While the adoption of biometrics has never been more widespread, highly-successful security- and privacy-enhancing applications have been deployed worldwide across all industries; yet, the general public narrative remains focused more on the risks rather than the benefits.

  • By Phil Scarfo
  • Aug 01, 2014


Pitching a Better IP Solution

Pitching a Better IP Solution

IT professionals are becoming increasingly involved in video surveillance initiatives across all industries. It’s time to build strong relationships with the IT side of the house and include them in discussions about any new system that will piggyback on their backbone.

  • By John Bartolac
  • Aug 01, 2014
Weatherproof Your Equipment

Weatherproof Your Equipment

The days of security systems guarding primarily against theft, vandalism and violence are long gone; instead, camera systems are mostly to protect companies against liabilities such as accidents and negligence.

  • By Gary Bibeau
  • Aug 01, 2014

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  • Report: 47 Percent of Security Service Providers Are Not Yet Using AI or Automation Tools

    Trackforce, a provider of security workforce management platforms, today announced the launch of its 2025 Physical Security Operations Benchmark Report, an industry-first study that benchmarks both private security service providers and corporate security teams side by side. Based on a survey of over 300 security professionals across the globe, the report provides a comprehensive look at the state of physical security operations. Read Now

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  • Identity Governance at the Crossroads of Complexity and Scale

    Modern enterprises are grappling with an increasing number of identities, both human and machine, across an ever-growing number of systems. They must also deal with increased operational demands, including faster onboarding, more scalable models, and tighter security enforcement. Navigating these ever-growing challenges with speed and accuracy requires a new approach to identity governance that is built for the future enterprise. Read Now

  • Eagle Eye Networks Launches AI Camera Gun Detection

    Eagle Eye Networks, a provider of cloud video surveillance, recently introduced Eagle Eye Gun Detection, a new layer of protection for schools and businesses that works with existing security cameras and infrastructure. Eagle Eye Networks is the first to build gun detection into its platform. Read Now

  • Report: AI is Supercharging Old-School Cybercriminal Tactics

    AI isn’t just transforming how we work. It’s reshaping how cybercriminals attack, with threat actors exploiting AI to mass produce malicious code loaders, steal browser credentials and accelerate cloud attacks, according to a new report from Elastic. Read Now

  • Pragmatism, Productivity, and the Push for Accountability in 2025-2026

    Every year, the security industry debates whether artificial intelligence is a disruption, an enabler, or a distraction. By 2025, that conversation matured, where AI became a working dimension in physical identity and access management (PIAM) programs. Observations from 2025 highlight this turning point in AI’s role in access control and define how security leaders are being distinguished based on how they apply it. Read Now

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