Security Today Magazine Digital Edition - April 2020

May/June 2020

  • Understanding AI in Video Surveillance
  • Collaborative Partnerships
  • Balancing Safety, Security and Privacy
  • Technologies Driving Impact
  • Generating National Headlines


Cover Story

Using Facial Recognition

Using Facial Recognition

By Dan Grimm

Airports are unique places. They are accessed by thousands of people every day. Few other facilities in the world have to screen so many individuals for personal and environmental safety while providing a positive experience.


Features

Balancing Safety Security and Privacy

By Paul Baratta

Hospital safety and security is a series of if-then scenarios. If we can prevent patients from falling out of bed, then we can avoid serious, costly injuries.


Collaborative Partnerships

By Scott Ridder

Integrated security solutions have become standard within the security industry, but recent years have seen a shift in the way companies want to manage their integrations.


Generating National Headlines

Generating National Headlines

By Frank Spano, JD

It is no surprise that tragedies on college campuses generate national headlines. Fortunately, active shooter incidents on campus are extraordinarily rare events, and campuses remain far safer than the community at large. However, shootings are not the only concern.


Technologies Driving Impact

Technologies Driving Impact

By John Petruzzi

Technology has always driven change, whether evolving communications in people’s everyday lives or offering new functionality across business applications.


Understanding AI in Video Surveillance

By Brian Carle

Many video surveillance professionals have come across the terms Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL). But what do those terms mean, and how do they affect Video Surveillance?


Departments

INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL

The Sooner, The Better

By Richard Aldrich

Does an organization need to invest in a safety app? The short answer is yes, the sooner the better. For the longer answer we must consider the technological, behavioral, and legal trends.


INDUSTRY FOCUS

Surviving the COVID Crisis

By Ralph C. Jensen

COVID-19. Where to begin? This pandemic appears to be nowhere near controlled or over, and it certainly has taken its toll worldwide and on all Americans.


Government Security

Finding Flexible Systems In The Age of Converged Security

By David Helbock

While access control is an essential consideration for any business, nowhere is it more necessary to maintain real-time oversight of who is on-premise than in a governmental facility — whether at the federal, state or local level.


Implementing a Video Plan

By Stuart Rawling

There’s a specific paradigm shift in the world of video that might be bigger than the transition from analog to IP more than 15 years ago.


Solving the Challenges

By William (Bill) Brennan

Security managers, CSOs and other personnel tasked with mitigating risk at an organization are the first link in a long and vitally important chain.


New Products

  • Camden CV-7600 High Security Card Readers

    Camden CV-7600 High Security Card Readers

    Camden Door Controls has relaunched its CV-7600 card readers in response to growing market demand for a more secure alternative to standard proximity credentials that can be easily cloned. CV-7600 readers support MIFARE DESFire EV1 & EV2 encryption technology credentials, making them virtually clone-proof and highly secure.

  • FEP GameChanger

    FEP GameChanger

    Paige Datacom Solutions Introduces Important and Innovative Cabling Products GameChanger Cable, a proven and patented solution that significantly exceeds the reach of traditional category cable will now have a FEP/FEP construction.

  • 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.