Security Tips


Improve Your Chances of Surviving a Plane Crash

Improve Your Chances of Surviving a Plane Crash

Practical tips airplane safety tips detail what you should do before and during a flight as well as during an emergency situation.

home security tips for new years travels

Home Security Tips for New Years Travels

Top 5 tips to help keep your abode safe and security while you're away ringing in the New Year!

6 Halloween Safety Tips Every Adult Needs to Know

6 Halloween Safety Tips Every Adult Needs to Know

There's thousands of safety tips for children on Halloween, so parents, these are just for you!

How to Set Up Your Twitter Profile as a Security Professional

How to Set Up Your Twitter Profile as a Security Professional

Learn step-by-step how to set up a Twitter account along with reasons why you should.

10 Top Cyber Security Safety Tips

In honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, these not-so-familiar tips will help keep you safer online.

A Guide to Protective Clothing for Security Personnel

4 Tips to Ensure Superb Usage of Protective Vests

Whether a stab, spiked-weapon or bullet-proof vest, these tips detail how to best care for your vest, why you should never substitute and why you need to keep yourself safe.

Tips and Strategies for Securing Datacenters

Tips and Strategies for Securing Datacenters

It's a given that datacenters have sophisticated cybersecurity tools, but what about the facility itself?

Best Practices for Key Control

Best Practices for Key Control

Key control and asset management technology are reliable and cost-effective methods to improve security by ensuring that facility keys are properly managed with regard to access, storage and tracking.



Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Digital Security

Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Digital Security

Protect your digital life with this checklist of must-do security tasks.

4 Easy-to-Do Tips to Defend Against the Target Hacks

4 Easy-to-Do Tips to Defend Against the Target Hacks

Hey Target shoppers! Here's your special of the day to keep your shopping experience at Target out of the hands of the "bad guys."

The 12 Days of Security Tips

The 12 Days of Security Tips

Over the next 12 days, check back for updated safety and security tips, clever lyrics and holiday fun with Security Today as we explore the 12 Days of Christmas...security style!

Playstation 4 Security Tips for Safe Gaming

Playstation 4 Security Tips for Safe Gaming

Helping you and your family stay safe while enjoying your Playstation 4 gaming journey.

5 Things to Do Before 8AM to Protect Yourself Online

5 Things to Do Before 8AM to Protect Yourself Online

Grab your cup of coffee, and take 5 minutes to make sure you stay safe online!

Top 8 Android Security Apps, Android Security Apps, Android Security, ESET Mobile Security, CoverMe Secure Messenger and Vault, Where’s My Droid, G Cloud Backup, SurfEasy VPN for Android, App Lock (HI AppLock), Keeper Password and Data Vault, App Cache Cleaner

Top 8 Android Security Apps

Awhile back, I explored the Top Security Apps for iPhone, so I felt that it was time to do the same for Android smartphones. For the Android security apps, I focused not only on ratings and recommendations, but also on finding cost-effective, easy-to-use security apps that won’t kill your budget!

Halloween Safety Tips for the Candy Givers

Halloween Safety Tips for the Candy Givers

How to keep safe during the trick-or-treat rush of Halloween.

Personal Safety Tips to Help You Through the Holiday Season

Personal Safety Tips to Help You Through the Holiday Season

As personal safety seems to becoming a trend, it is wise to brush up on personal safety tips.

Staying Organized and On Schedule at ASIS 2013

It’s time to get in the tradeshow spirit as ASIS International’s 59th Annual Seminar and Exhibits begins on Tuesday!

Home Security System Tips

Home Security System Tips

The following tips help to provide a guideline to selecting the home security system that will work best for your home, based on your lifestyle.

Top 10 Security Apps for iPhone Plus 5 FREE Bonus Apps

Top 10 Security Apps for iPhone Plus 5 FREE Bonus Apps

With over 500,000 apps in the Apple App Store, what security professional has time to wade through that list? I have compiled a list of the top 10 security-related, must-have apps.

Internet Explorer Browser Security Tips

Internet Explorer Browser Security Tips

Don't become the next Internet victim! From lurking spyware to sophisticated hackers, you need to build a line of defense to help ensure safe Internet browsing. Consider the following tips to establish your safe browsing plan with Internet Explorer.

Featured

  • Allegion, Comfort Technologies Implement Mobile Credentials at the Artisan Apartment Homes in Florida

    Artisan Apartment Homes, a luxury apartment complex in Dunedin, Florida, recently transitioned from mechanical keys to electronic locks and centralized system software with support from Allegion US, a leading provider of security solutions, technology and services, and Florida-based Comfort Technologies, which specializes in deploying multifamily access control, IoT devices and software management solutions. Read Now

  • Mall of America Deploys AI-Powered Analytics to Enhance Parking Intelligence

    Mall of America®, the largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America, announced an expansion of its ongoing partnership with Axis Communications to deploy cutting-edge car-counting video analytics across more than a dozen locations. With this expansion, Mall of America (MOA) has boosted operational efficiency, improved safety and security, and enabled more informed decision-making around employee scheduling and streamlining transportation for large events. Read Now

  • Security Industry Association Launches New “askSIA” AI Tool

    The Security Industry Association (SIA) has unveiled a brand-new SIA member benefit – askSIA, a conversational AI agent designed to help users get the most out of their SIA membership, easily access SIA resources and find the latest information on SIA’s training and courses, reports and publications, events, certification offerings and more. SIA members can easily find askSIA by visiting the SIA homepage or looking for the askSIA icon in the top left of webpages. Read Now

    • Industry Events
  • Industry Embraces Mobile Access, Biometrics and AI

    A combination of evolving workplace dynamics, technology innovation and new user expectations is changing how people enter and interact with physical spaces. Access control is at the heart of these changes. Combined with biometrics and AI, mobile access control has become increasingly crucial for deploying entry solutions that are seamless, secure and adaptive to user needs. Read Now

  • Sustainable Video Solution Delivered for Landmark City of London Office Development

    An advanced, end-to-end video solution from IDIS, with a focus on reducing waste and costs, has helped a major office development in the City of London align its security with sustainability objectives. Read Now

New Products

  • Automatic Systems V07

    Automatic Systems V07

    Automatic Systems, an industry-leading manufacturer of pedestrian and vehicle secure entrance control access systems, is pleased to announce the release of its groundbreaking V07 software. The V07 software update is designed specifically to address cybersecurity concerns and will ensure the integrity and confidentiality of Automatic Systems applications. With the new V07 software, updates will be delivered by means of an encrypted file.

  • QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC)

    QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC)

    The latest Qualcomm® Vision Intelligence Platform offers next-generation smart camera IoT solutions to improve safety and security across enterprises, cities and spaces. The Vision Intelligence Platform was expanded in March 2022 with the introduction of the QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC), which delivers superior artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing at the edge.

  • ResponderLink

    ResponderLink

    Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global leader in gunshot detection solutions, has introduced ResponderLink, a groundbreaking new 911 notification service for gunshot events. ResponderLink completes the circle from detection to 911 notification to first responder awareness, giving law enforcement enhanced situational intelligence they urgently need to save lives. Integrating SDS’s proven gunshot detection system with Noonlight’s SendPolice platform, ResponderLink is the first solution to automatically deliver real-time gunshot detection data to 911 call centers and first responders. When shots are detected, the 911 dispatching center, also known as the Public Safety Answering Point or PSAP, is contacted based on the gunfire location, enabling faster initiation of life-saving emergency protocols.