- By Tim Cawsey
- May 01, 2006
IN a time when identity management and interoperable security initiatives are at the forefront of agendas and presidential mandates, security directors are implementing new biometric technologies that notably increase entry point protection, secure sensitive assets and reduce outside threats.
- By Ryan Zlockie
- May 01, 2006
LOCKOUT/TAGOUT or "red tagging" (also known as clearance tagging) is the critical procedure followed to ensure that equipment at the Fayette Power Project's three coal-fired generating units near La Grange, Texas, are safely shut down and energy sources isolated to prevent accidental release of stored energy, making it safe for their maintenance staff to begin working on equipment.
- By Michael O'Keeffe
- Mar 01, 2006
MOST retailers are acutely aware of the impact employee theft has on their business. According to the University of Florida 2004 National Retail Security Survey, 47 percent of all shrink is attributed to employee theft.
- By Joe Davis, CPP
- Mar 01, 2006
FOR its new Medical Arts & Research Building, the University of Connecticut standardized on a security system by using a simplified approach that combines after-hours electronic perimeter access control with interior mechanical locking. By effectively managing the access to the building itself, a less-complicated keying system that still provides the desired level of security can be used inside.
- By Beverly Vigue, AHC/CDC
- Mar 01, 2006
New office tied to acquisition of Siemens’ Security Products.
MyID identity and credential management solution interfaces with the Lenel OnGuard access control system.