IBM has announced new security software to help secure data and identities, and to reduce security inhibitors that organizations face in implementing mobile, cloud, and big data initiatives.
Axis Communications received The Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for its Lightfinder technology in the Physical Security category. Lightfinder enables outstanding performance in network cameras during difficult light conditions, especially in low light.
Security Industry Recruiting Center has been launched by the SIA, ESA, and CSAA as an online resource to match qualified job seekers with security industry employers.
HID Global announced the initiation of a comprehensive, multiyear project to establish a new North American center of operations. The new Genuine HID Operations Center will be located in Austin, Texas.
New Jersey hospital ramps up security program.
- By Mary Wilbur
- Oct 17, 2012
According to a recent report from IMS Research, the security systems integration market is growing at an average rate of more than 7%, and should continue to do so until reaching $30 billion in 2016.
Individuals, who believe that technologies dreamed up in science fiction novels, movies, and comic strips could one day become a reality, make up the optimists and futurists in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate.
In order to improve on-the-job safety for firefighters, Drexel University was awarded a three-year, $1 million fire prevention and safety grant.
In Sunnyvale, CA, Bitzer Mobile Inc. launched Bitzer Enterprise Application Mobility (BEAM) 2.2 for tablets and smart phones, which provides the capability for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Corporate Owned Personally Enabled (COPE) environments.
One does not necessarily think “security” at the mention of former Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl “Moose” Johnston’s name (unless, of course, it’s the special type of security he provided by blocking for Emmitt Smith during the mid-1990s when the team won three Super Bowls in four seasons and Smith was on his way to becoming the all-time NFL rushing leader), but the insights on leadership and team building the former No. 48 imparted Wednesday to an audience of security professionals attending the morning keynote reception for day two of GovSec West 2012 were right on target in keeping with the convention’s theme of “Teamwork.”
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Oct 11, 2012