July/August 2019
- Moving to the Door
- A Winning Security Plan
- Relying on Power
- Thermal Imagers Deployed
- Using Mass Notification
Features
By Ralph C. Jensen
Mohegan Sun is a premier gaming and resort destination covering 185 acres of reservation land along the banks of the Thames River in the foothills of southeastern Connecticut. First opened on Oct. 12, 1996, Mohegan Sun can truly be classified as a mega- resort.
By Greg Hamm
By their very nature, terrorist attacks and errant drivers, who can also create untold damage, are unpredictable and predicated on surprise.
By Mark McCormack
In the world of sports, oftentimes there’s as much action in the stands as there is on the floor. That’s why the Milwaukee Bucks felt it was so important to design their new stadium with a network of security cameras to safeguard the welfare of players and fans alike.
By Christina Luttrell
Recent years have confirmed that data breaches are here to stay. Breaches are growing both in intensity and frequency.
By Dana Pruiett
Criminals often view houses of worship as soft targets. The mission of these groups needn’t change but for the safety of clergy and congregants, leaders must commit to hardening their facilities against those that would do them harm.
By Suzi Abell
Dominion Nickel Alloys Ltd. operates on a global scale. Dominion specializes in the purchasing, sorting, processing, and marketing of a broad range of high temperature and specialty nickel-based alloys.
By Richard Brent
While video surveillance often takes center stage in security deployments, equally as important is audio.
By Paul Shain
Event venues and sporting complexes pose unique security and communication challenges. Numerous factors, including crowd size, whether the event is indoors or outdoors and what time of day the event is taking place all impact how a safety plan is developed.
By Richard Kanadjian
The term “bad actor” once only referred to someone making a living in Tinsel Town. Now governments have used those words to describe rogue operators who carry out missions or perform actions with the intent to weaken or harm a country for the good of another.
By Moses Anderson
As engineers, integrators, and administrators of IP video management and other network-based security systems, we have a heavy reliance on the network.
Networking Security
By Mike Sprunger
For many companies, deploying security information and event monitoring (SIEM) technology to strengthen the ability to identify potential security threats has been an unreachable goal.
By Aluisio Figueiredo
The shipping industry is being tasked to improve productivity, increase speed of operations and mitigate risk from new and potentially devastating forms of attack from both external and internal potential threats.
By Greg Schreiber
Cybersecurity and physical security no longer exist in two different worlds. Each now supports and depends on the other as part of a comprehensive risk and liability management program.
By Scott Lindley
A special word of caution needs to be emphasized when changing over to mobile systems. Many legacy access control systems require the use of backend portal accounts.