Security Products Magazine Digital Edition - April 2016

April 2016

  • Data Tells All
  • Coming of Age
  • Protecting Client Assets
  • 360-degrees of Security
  • Lockdown!
  • Following the Code


Features

Next Big Challenge

Next Big Challenge

By Thorsten Held

Yes, the world has changed a lot over the last five years and now we’re facing the next big challenge: the Internet of Things (IoT), and how to get it right.


Data Tells All

Data Tells All

By Danny Piangerelli

The public has spoken. It is clear as day. Mobile is winning. People are increasingly using on-the-go applications in their everyday lives.


Following the Code

Following the Code

By Lori Greene

There are seven basic code categories for electrified hardware used to control access or egress, and each has seen recent code changes.


Dovetailing Cybersecurity into an IoT World

Dovetailing Cybersecurity into an IoT World

By Vince Ricco

When it comes to cybersecurity the world falls into two camps: those focused on securing their hardware and applications as a closed system, and those who recognize that converging technologies calls for a more ecosystem-centric approach.


Coming of Age

By Eric Chang

Law enforcement, homeland security, surveillance, emergency response and military operations may span a range of operations, but they all share a crucial need for a detailed, real-time picture of rapidly changing events from various field locations.


Protecting Client Assets

Protecting Client Assets

By Kim Rahfaldt

TelX helps companies build more agile businesses faster with reduced infrastructure complexity and broader reach to new markets.


360-Degrees of Security

360-Degrees of Security

By Jumbi Edulbehram

As a camera views and records in 360 degrees, a circular, distorted image is produced, making it essential to process the image so that the human eye can comprehend the image easily.


Lockdown!

Lockdown!

By Minu Youngkin

Wireless locks are increasingly becoming the solution of choice in commercial facilities worldwide.


Dealer Strategies

Simplify the Complexity

By Keven Marier

Customers looking to invest in a network- based physical security system have many more options than the traditional analog world used to provide.


Always Room for a Consultant

Always Room for a Consultant

By Ralph C. Jensen

In the security industry, a completed camera installation, active access control platform, and all its moving parts are nothing short of a work of art.


Covering All Bases

By Scott Lindley

As any security dealer or integrator knows, there are two revenue results of making an access control sale: the proceeds from the original sale itself and the potential recurring revenue that can be wrought from the sale down the road.


Campus Security & Life Safety

Growing To New Heights

Growing To New Heights

By Ralph C. Jensen

Business is booming in higher education, and campuses all around the country are stepping up to the challenge to enhance security.


Unique Challenges

Unique Challenges

By Andrew Elvish

With almost 33,000 students and just under 5,000 academic and administrative staff, BYU takes its responsibility to provide a secure environment for students, staff and visitors very seriously.


Organizing a Team

By Brandon Arcment

Now that mobile identities can be carried on phones for physical security applications, they are merging with smart cards into centralized identity management systems.


Holding an Open Door

By Mark Crandall

A top tier university serving more than 40,000 students needed a cost effective way to improve the level of security at its non-card access controlled doors.


Smarter Surveillance

Smarter Surveillance

By Brian Carle

School surveillance continues to be one of the most important markets for video surveillance, And with good reason.


New Products

  • HD2055 Modular Barricade

    Delta Scientific’s electric HD2055 modular shallow foundation barricade is tested to ASTM M50/P1 with negative penetration from the vehicle upon impact. With a shallow foundation of only 24 inches, the HD2055 can be installed without worrying about buried power lines and other below grade obstructions. The modular make-up of the barrier also allows you to cover wider roadways by adding additional modules to the system. The HD2055 boasts an Emergency Fast Operation of 1.5 seconds giving the guard ample time to deploy under a high threat situation.

  • EasyGate SPT and SPD

    EasyGate SPT SPD

    Security solutions do not have to be ordinary, let alone unattractive. Having renewed their best-selling speed gates, Cominfo has once again demonstrated their Art of Security philosophy in practice — and confirmed their position as an industry-leading manufacturers of premium speed gates and turnstiles.

  • A8V MIND

    A8V MIND

    Hexagon’s Geosystems presents a portable version of its Accur8vision detection system. A rugged all-in-one solution, the A8V MIND (Mobile Intrusion Detection) is designed to provide flexible protection of critical outdoor infrastructure and objects. Hexagon’s Accur8vision is a volumetric detection system that employs LiDAR technology to safeguard entire areas. Whenever it detects movement in a specified zone, it automatically differentiates a threat from a nonthreat, and immediately notifies security staff if necessary. Person detection is carried out within a radius of 80 meters from this device. Connected remotely via a portable computer device, it enables remote surveillance and does not depend on security staff patrolling the area.