Despite all the unknowns in this case, we do have one solid and incontrovertible fact: Flanagan was apprehended very quickly by Virginia State Police. The reason is because he was detected by an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system.
- By John Chigos
- Sep 03, 2015
Complimentary one-day admission, Wednesday, September 30th.
Teenager texts apology to the parents of the students he was about to kill.
- By Ginger Hill
- Sep 02, 2015
A new report says some of the top baby monitors are vulnerable to basic hacking attempts.
- By Matt Holden
- Sep 02, 2015
A brief history of unsuccessful attempts in light of current presidential debates between candidates.
- By Ginger Hill
- Sep 01, 2015
Pacific Gas & Electric has been fined $50,000 for an incident that occurred at its San Jose substation.
- By Matt Holden
- Sep 01, 2015
No one can argue that IP video surveillance cameras surpass their analog predecessors thanks to the higher resolution and vastly improved quality images.
The continuing threat posed by global terrorism has driven huge amounts of government investment into electronic surveillance, as well as both wide and targeted physical monitoring systems in our cities.
- By Matthew Naylor, Nicholas Dynon
- Sep 01, 2015
Security systems today are getting more sophisticated to some, and less to others.
- By Charlie Howell
- Sep 01, 2015
Cloud computing offers numerous benefits, such as powerful processing capabilities, improved access, higher availability and significant savings with on-demand hosting.
- By Amit Cohen
- Sep 01, 2015
Parking facilities—both outdoor lots and structures—represent a significant security challenge. Most facilities are easily accessible to the public.
- By John Mosebar
- Sep 01, 2015
From data breaches to security system compromises, there’s a ‘cloud’ hanging over hosted environments, labeling them unsafe or subject to easy compromise.
- By Brian Matthews, Ralph Shillington
- Sep 01, 2015
Airports have many security requirements and challenges, and part of the challenge arises because of the mix of people on-site, including airport staff, airline staff, contractor and vendor staff and travelers.
- By Fernando Pires
- Sep 01, 2015
Phil Lake doesn’t have to work. He retired only to find himself back behind the desk running an integration company in Austin, Texas. His retirement, I guess, is working some more.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 01, 2015
With four or more access points around your property, there is no way that you can keep eyes at all entry points, especially if all can’t be viewed from a single location.
- By Scott Lindley
- Sep 01, 2015
The management needed to make sure the residents in their care were safe and secure in their rooms and within the facility itself. With an on-site pharmacy, securing and monitoring certain areas was also a priority.
- By Rachel Williams
- Sep 01, 2015
The majority of our editorial efforts focus on commercial and industrial security.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 01, 2015
It was important that all EMT workers wore the proper identification to help keep
them safe and secure on the job, and allow hospitals and other facilities to recognize
them quickly.
- By Monique Merhige
- Sep 01, 2015