Security Products Magazine Digital Edition - March 2016

March 2016

  • Private and Secure
  • Keep it Simple
  • Seven Superior Steps
  • A Prayer for Security
  • Intelligent Action
  • Cloud-Based Solution


Features

Cyber Impact

Cyber Impact

By Stephen Joseph

Today’s retail banks are nothing like they were in your grandfather’s day. Back then customers conducted all their banking business in a physical branch.


Intelligent Action

Intelligent Action

By Adlan Hussain

There have been many discussions and articles about PSIM over the last five years, but there is also a lot of confusion around exactly what it does, how it is defined, and in what way it differs from other forms of security management.


Helping Security Directors Sleep at Night

By Kim Rahfaldt

Every day the news bombards the public with the newest security breach: stolen identities, intellectual property breaches, unauthorized access, active shooter situations and more.


A Prayer For Security

By Jon Daum

Houses of worship have long been known as welcoming, open havens, offering support and guidance for people in need, but that mission is being challenged by active shooters and other criminals committing assault, theft, arson and vandalism.


Seven Superior Steps

By Pan Kamal

Today’s instant economy requires that more of a company’s business processes be open to external stakeholders.


Keep It Simple

Keep It Simple

By Fernando Pires

Over the past decade, high-tech devices, megapixels, Power over Ethernet, and many other new offerings and improvements have revolutionized the physical security landscape.


Private and Secure

Private and Secure

By Andrew Elvish

Cyberattacks are on the rise. Whether via IT infrastructure or internally, the Security Industry faces the challenge of guaranteeing that the data in their systems remains private, properly protected and encrypted.


CLOUD-BASED SOLUTION

Cloud-based Solution

By Ajay Jain

Even though the security industry has been talking about the concept of “The Cloud” for a number of years, the industry has been slow to capitalize on the capabilities and power of the platform on a widespread basis.


Dealer Strategies

Diversifying Company Assets

Diversifying Company Assets

By Ralph C. Jensen

You’ve heard of IdentiSys, and its mission to supply identification and card solutions to end users in North America.


You Can Benefit

By Larry Goldman

Sales of home automation systems and connected or smart locks are growing every year.


Growing Connection

By Robert Ogle

The industry is starting to see a growing connection between existing home security and home automation providers and their DIY counterparts.


New Products

  • Compact IP Video Intercom

    Viking’s X-205 Series of intercoms provide HD IP video and two-way voice communication - all wrapped up in an attractive compact chassis.

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.”

  • Unified VMS

    AxxonSoft introduces version 2.0 of the Axxon One VMS. The new release features integrations with various physical security systems, making Axxon One a unified VMS. Other enhancements include new AI video analytics and intelligent search functions, hardened cybersecurity, usability and performance improvements, and expanded cloud capabilities