June 2012
- RETAIL SECURITY - Let the Finger Do the Talking
- MOBILE SECURITY - One World, One Call
- HOSPITAL SECURITY - End-to-End Surveillance
- ACCESS CONTROL - Supporting PIV-I Cards
Features
By Nicole Segura, Vance Kozik
At the behavioral health hospitals, risk management and staff training programs play an important role in the overall vision of their parent corporation by creating a safe and effective environment for patients, employees, visitors and the general public.
By Renae Leary
Many of today’s growth-oriented businesses aim to extend operations to other states and countries after solidifying success in existing markets, and this trend will only continue to accelerate.
By Bob Fontana
When your physical access control system (PACS) manufacturer tells you its system supports PIV-I “end-to-end,” you might want to do some additional digging to make sure you both agree as to what that really means.
By Greg Peratt
Today’s video surveillance camera manufacturers offer models specifically built for the healthcare setting.
By Rolland Trayte
In the physical security industry, an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure. No one knows that better than Laurie M. Morris, president of Warren Protective Services Ltd., headquartered in Toronto.
By Steve Gorski
For more than 30 years, Equest Therapeutic Riding Center in Wylie, Texas, has provided horse-assisted therapies to adults and children with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities.
By Bill Spence
Retailers need to understand how access control can be integrated into identity management systems
By Jim Spooner
The recently upgraded fire alarm system at the Gulf and Bay Club in Sarasota, Fla., has been a big improvement for the gated condo community’s residents and management, as well as the guards who are on duty 24/7.
By Ian Johnston
A few years back, a number of leading IP surveillance manufacturers got together to discuss the development of an organization that would promote and develop IP standards.
Supplement
By Mary Wilbur
The business proposition of Plato’s Closet, a popular consignment store chain, differs from those of upscale department stores and big box retail outlets.
By John L. Moss
Several months ago, I noticed a set of tire tracks running across my front lawn. Knowing that neither my wife nor I enjoy offroading on our yard, I did some investigative work.
By Ty Estes
How does one of the largest railway companies in the world protect its passengers from terrorist attacks and sabotage?
By Courtney Pedersen
The Nebraska Medical Center is the largest healthcare facility in the state, with 624 licensed beds. Administrators wanted to improve the safety of the facility’s at-risk patients who require 24/7 observation, while also reducing staff and overhead requirements.
By Fredrik Nilsson
Even though the first product launch of a network camera happened in 1996, it was a little more than a decade ago before the device began appearing in the physical security arena.
By Megan Weadock
Education isn’t just for college students. Everyone in the workforce can benefit from continuing to learn throughout their career—especially those of us in the fast-paced, highly technical field of security.
By Jeff Stout
All NVR and hybrid recorders are not created equally. Every manufacturer has different CPU and throughput speed specifications.
By Ralph C. Jensen
In case you haven’t noticed, though it would be hard to miss, Tri-Ed/ Northern Video Distribution is on the move.
By Stacy Deveraux
What hasn’t already been said— numerous times—about the supposed imminent demise of the U.S. hardwire public switched telephone system and new fire alarm communications technologies?
By John Wood
Unlike most things under the sun, there really is something new
and exciting in electronic security training, and this new approach
is poised to vastly improve formal training for those in
the industry.