Security Products Magazine June 2013 Digital Edition

July 2013

  • THERMAL IMAGING - The Heat is On
  • AIRPORT SECURITY - LAX Gets IT
  • TRANSPORTATION SECURITY - Meeting the Challenge
  • MARITIME SECURITY - To Store and Protect


Features

Meeting the challenge

Meeting The Challenge

By Greg Peratt

After 9/11 and the recent bombings in Boston, the issue of security has become an increasingly pressing matter across the country


LAX gets it

LAX Gets It

By Anthony Incorvati

According to LAX, the airport is undergoing a $4.11 billion capital improvement program that covers everything from new high-tech gates to receive latestgeneration aircraft to upgraded retail and restaurant outlets. Enhanced security is a major part of this investment.


Intelligent Protection - The next generation of Intermodal security

Intelligent Protection

By Rebecca Ufkes

Cargo theft is the costliest crime in America, reporting an estimated $25 billion in merchandise stolen, with incidents on the rise, according to the International Cargo Security Council.


The Heat is On

The Heat Is On

By Christopher Lindenau

As police surrounded the suspected Boston bomber hiding inside a boat stored behind a Watertown, Mass., home last April, officers with a thermal camera peered through the hull and tarp to watch his every move.


To Store and Protect

By Olivier Thierry

IP surveillance allows port officers access to relevant information from anywhere at any time, and delivers automatic incident alerts and alarms to reduce incident response times.


Strength in the alternative

Strength in the Alternative

By Sarah Colson

When it comes to choosing the best digital security and surveillance solution, there is a lot of confusion around bestof- breed solutions compared to commercial off-the-shelf or turnkey solutions.


Stop theft in its tracks

Stop Theft in its Tracks

By Per Hanssen

You don’t produce 170 million barrels of oil in a single year without being an innovator. That’s exactly what EOG Resources Inc. is—an innovator and a game changer.


Campus Security & Life Safety

Cheating Wars in the Classroom

Cheating Wars in the Classroom

By Scott N. Schober

High tech may give students unfair advantage.


Intrusion Detection

By Joey Rao Russell

Audio security technology monitors in real time.


Safeguarding the Future

By Bill Jacobs

Universities face innumerable threats, the complexity of which increases with each violent incident like the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School or the bombings during this year’s Boston Marathon.


Printers increasing security

Printers Increasing Security

By Eric Widlitz

DPS had a few sporadic ID system capabilities throughout the district; however, this made it difficult to implement standard process improvements that would speed up the creation of new IDs at the beginning of each school year.


Staffing Issues

Staffing Issues

By Sam Docknevich

Security has never been more important to organizations of all sizes and industries across the United States.


more access control

More Access Control

By April Noblitt

In today’s more dangerous world, electronic access control assuredly provides a heightened solution to mechanical locks.


School security gets smarter

School Security Gets Smarter

By Steve Surfaro

From program management to application and deployment, security practitioners from schools, corporations and government agencies are asking: Do we have enough security?


New Products

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.”

  • FEP GameChanger

    FEP GameChanger

    Paige Datacom Solutions Introduces Important and Innovative Cabling Products GameChanger Cable, a proven and patented solution that significantly exceeds the reach of traditional category cable will now have a FEP/FEP construction.

  • Compact IP Video Intercom

    Viking’s X-205 Series of intercoms provide HD IP video and two-way voice communication - all wrapped up in an attractive compact chassis.