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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


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?


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.


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New Products

  • AC Nio

    AC Nio

    Aiphone, a leading international manufacturer of intercom, access control, and emergency communication products, has introduced the AC Nio, its access control management software, an important addition to its new line of access control solutions.

  • 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.

  • Camden CM-221 Series Switches

    Camden CM-221 Series Switches

    Camden Door Controls is pleased to announce that, in response to soaring customer demand, it has expanded its range of ValueWave™ no-touch switches to include a narrow (slimline) version with manual override. This override button is designed to provide additional assurance that the request to exit switch will open a door, even if the no-touch sensor fails to operate. This new slimline switch also features a heavy gauge stainless steel faceplate, a red/green illuminated light ring, and is IP65 rated, making it ideal for indoor or outdoor use as part of an automatic door or access control system. ValueWave™ no-touch switches are designed for easy installation and trouble-free service in high traffic applications. In addition to this narrow version, the CM-221 & CM-222 Series switches are available in a range of other models with single and double gang heavy-gauge stainless steel faceplates and include illuminated light rings.