October 2012
Features
By Robert Muehlbauer
There were dreams and promises of Minority Report-like video intelligence that could predict a crime before it happened. Fortunately, industry expectations have come back down to earth, and we’ve learned some valuable lessons along the way.
By Neal Creighton
Despite networks’ best efforts to thwart them, motivated, sophisticated attackers are going to get into a network.
By John Graham
New IP-based surveillance solutions leverage advanced wireless protocols and solar power to allow property owners to extend the reach of their surveillance system without the expense.
By Rich Mellott
Centralized management of security solutions is not a new concept for large enterprise environments.
By Jim Krachenfels, TJ Roe
Industrial Ethernet is a powerful tool when planning for the deployment of remote security monitoring in any setting that has environmental challenges.
By Sanjay Jain
As virtual offices and remote workforces become the norm, so does the need for a secure mobile collaborative environment.
By Matt S. Nelson
In wireless technology, change is the only constant. Today’s world contains many technologies that are considered to be “high-tech,” and wireless technology definitely qualifies.
By Greg Peratt
The transition from analog to IP video systems has been a dominant market trend in the last several years, and the associated technology transition has similarly dominated the attention of integrators and end users.
Networking Security
By Matt Krebs
The individual cash pay-outs might be small, but for Texas Title Loans—a chain of 14 short-term loan shops stretching from Dallas to San Antonio—keeping an eye on the till was creating big problems.
By Ralph C. Jensen
Convergence has come, and while there are still analog cameras being produced, bought and installed, the security industry has become a networked prism.
By Greg Peratt
New developments in network cameras are enhancing their role as imaging sensors at the edge of IP video networks. The new landscape in imaging includes cameras that offer new capabilities, can see better and are smarter and more versatile.
By Naeem Zafar
The lesson of Pandora could be, in short, that containers secure enough to lockdown all the evil in the world are probably secure enough to protect good things, too.
By Del V. Salvi
Privacy was an immediate concern when the Council on Aging in Marshfield, Mass., sought to install a video surveillance system.
Dealer Quarterly
By Ralph C. Jensen
Rob Hile’s security career started somewhat quietly, in sales and business development with a leading manufacturer of HVAC controls and security platforms.
By Bill Moran
Traditional systems that required heavy upfront IT infrastructure investments have given way to cloudbased systems.
By Ralph Maniscalco
The importance of telecommunication companies on the security and home automation scene is becoming increasingly apparent as more end users become educated about the latest technology.
Government Security
By Kevin Kozlowski
More government agencies are taking their physical access control system (PACS) to the cloud, and it’s easy to see why.
By Rick Ramsay
The city of Selma, Ala., seamlessly manages a high-definition surveillance system by implementing control center network video management software (NVMS) with HD Stream Management.
By Geri B. Castaldo
It has been eight years since President George W. Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) into law and four years since its compliance deadline.