September / October 2022
- Remote Monitoring
- Maintaining Volunteer Security
- The Next Evolution
- Tackling Traffic Congestion
- Closing Staffing Gaps
Cover Story
By Brad Donaldson
For too long now, facial recognition technology has been caught in the middle, residing somewhere in between universal and extraordinary.
Features
By Brent Jacot
Smart buildings are essential building blocks within the complex smart city ecosystem as they contribute significantly to the sustainability of cities. Many governments’ visions of smart cities include not only making urban environments more sustainable.
By Fabiola Ruvalcaba
Organizations of every type and size often need to make informed decisions for areas of improvement, enhancement, and change.
By Jordan Lippel
Societal and economic conditions related to increases in operating expenses have created recruiting and retention challenges impacting all employers and increasing guarding costs over the past few years.
By Brian Mallari
Significant innovations in key technology areas have enabled the development of jaw-dropping new video applications and handed a multitude of opportunities to a wide swath of business segments.
By Wade Gibson
Now that summer vacations have come to an end and the skies are getting dark earlier, it’s a good time for homeowners to take a look at their home’s security.
By Alan Stoddard
Today, financial institutions across the globe focus on security and safety more than ever before. Known threats, such as workplace violence, terrorism, and natural disasters, continue to be significant challenges, while cybersecurity risks have expanded.
By Bruce Czerwinski
In early July, residents living in a South London tower block “found out through WhatsApp” about a fire raging above them because they allegedly didn’t hear any alarms.
By Ajay Jain
By design, physical security systems warn security staff of intrusions or abnormal behavior. Unfortunately, they get it wrong most of the time.
By Greg Ayres
The longstanding practice of watching hundreds and thousands of cameras for suspicious behavior, and then reacting, is over. This method has proven ineffective, especially as surveillance continues to proliferate in home, business, smart cities and other connected environments.
By Will Knehr
We hear the term “best practices” a lot, but the truth is, there are still plenty of bad practices in use that put people and assets at risk every day. Many of those bad practices are grounded in one or more of the following myths that commonly lure people and organizations into a false sense of security.
By Anne Insero
The Town of Batavia, New York is a community of opportunity, originally established in 1802 in Western New York. After a fire occurred without any responding fire apparatus, it was determined the town needed its own fire company.
By Kevin Taylor
One of the biggest drawbacks to living and working in modern cities is traffic congestion. It frustrates motorists. It increases the probability of accidents. It can slow response time for emergency services. And, it lowers air quality.
By David Uberig
While many people look to financial institutions for products and services that fit their budget and improve their life, others can potentially see them as an opportunity for something far different.
Departments
INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL
By Amit Kumar
The new world of AI-driven video analytics is a pattern recognition on a massive scale. Known actions and their corresponding reactions analyzed by software, and through the process of machine learning, provided with programs that can detect, analyze new and evolving patterns.
INDUSTRY FOCUS
By Ralph C. Jensen
School is back in session, and I could not be happier and more proud of my third grader. School campuses come with their inherent historical risks.