Security Today Magazine Digital Edition - March 2020

March 2020

  • Transforming the Industry
  • All About the Data
  • Create a Standardized Platform
  • Defining Performance Criteria
  • Airport IoT Operations


Features

The Chickasaw Nation standardizes video technologies to secure one of the world’s largest casinos

The Open Platform

By Ralph C. Jensen

The Chickasaw Nation is a federally recognized, independent Native American nation located in south-central Oklahoma. The nation’s territory covers more than 7,600 square miles and is home to a population of nearly 70,000.


Galileo Delivers

By Michael Callahan

ERDC enlisted the services of M3 Technology Group, an audio-visual integrator based in Nashville, Tennessee, to create a unique audio-visual experience not seen in other government facilities.


Validate Your Security Model

Validate Your Security Model

By Marcus Carey

As security threats grow in complexity and scale, organizations are spending major resources to address the threats and minimize risk, including hiring top security talent and purchasing sevenfigure security solutions.


Implementing Commercial Security

By Jim Geyer

Commercial buildings face a universal challenge: how to manage security without encroaching on tenant privacy, comfort and experience.


Essential Management

Essential Management

By Dan Rothrock

There are essential elements that great integrators and managed service providers have that set them apart from the competition.


Defining Performance Criteria

Defining Performance Criteria

By Jason Oakley

There are good reasons that video surveillance is mandated for any casino operation by both federal and state gaming authorities – it has proven to be an effective tool to help ensure safety,


Trucking fleets may be the next targets of ransomware

The Next Victims

By Moshe Shlisel

Among the common types of cybersecurity attacks perpetrated on enterprises, arguably none are as sophisticated, effective or lucrative as ransomware is today.


Secure Your Containers

By Ambuj Kumar

Development and deployment of container-based software has become a popular movement in technology.


Common Mistakes

By Dan Hoban

As the cyber threat landscape has matured and evolved, cybersecurity incidents have become a regular occurrence.


Ohio County Taps Startups for Automation

By Stephanie Kanowitz

Officials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio are looking to digitize and automate paper-based processes at several agencies through a program that encourages governments, startups and small businesses to collaborate on solutions.


Policy Bill Includes Cyber Investments

By Lauren C. Williams

Data on OTAs and prototypes. The House proposed an annual reporting requirement on how the Defense Department is using OTAs.


All About the Data

All About the Data

By Joe Morgan

When you consider today’s smartphones, the phone part is almost ancillary. It’s really the apps and the advanced optics that drive the purchase.


It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

By Kevin Taylor

As the city began strategically deploying surveillance cameras throughout Atlanta, APF invested $350,000 to create the cuttingedge Loudermilk Operation Shield Video Integration Center (VIC).


This is Big Business

This is Big Business

By Ben Vaught

When it comes to government contracting, security spending is big business—and small business too.


Airport IoT Operations

By Hartmut Schaper

The Internet of Things (IoT) has landed in airport operations. More than 20 billion end devices are already networked via the Internet, and there will likely be three times more than this by 2025, according to Statista.


Transforming Healthcare Security

Transforming Healthcare Security

By Pat Scheckel

Security is a top priority at healthcare facilities across the country, but developing and deploying an effective healthcare security strategy is a challenging process.


Reconsidering Used Equipment

Reconsidering Used Equipment

By Kurt Measom

Once you have made the decision to install a security entrance, you may find that your search for a provider brings you to used turnstiles, revolving doors or portals for sale. Naturally, these tend to be cheaper than new products.


New Products

  • 4K Video Decoder

    3xLOGIC’s VH-DECODER-4K is perfect for use in organizations of all sizes in diverse vertical sectors such as retail, leisure and hospitality, education and commercial premises.

  • HD2055 Modular Barricade

    Delta Scientific’s electric HD2055 modular shallow foundation barricade is tested to ASTM M50/P1 with negative penetration from the vehicle upon impact. With a shallow foundation of only 24 inches, the HD2055 can be installed without worrying about buried power lines and other below grade obstructions. The modular make-up of the barrier also allows you to cover wider roadways by adding additional modules to the system. The HD2055 boasts an Emergency Fast Operation of 1.5 seconds giving the guard ample time to deploy under a high threat situation.

  • 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.”