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• WZC Celebrates Two Decades of Emergency Responder Radio Systems

  

  Projects at health care and senior living facilities illustrate gaps in indoor radio signals and the role of coverage testing. more

• US RFID Market Projected to Reach Billions

  Increased demand for real-time inventory tracking and supply chain visibility is expected to drive significant industry growth through 2034. more

• Rethink Credentials

  Access control readers have been around commercially since the 1980s, along with physical badge credentials to open doors. Initially, these were magstripes, then proximity cards, then smart cards. The problem is, however is, these are still cards. Plastic cards that identify who you are, and where you work. In a world where technology is being innovated faster than ever before more sustainable alternatives are required. more

• The Key Issue

  It is February 2014. A woman is getting ready in her room on a cruise ship when she hears a knock on the door; it is a crewmember delivering breakfast. She is not presentable so she tells him to leave it by the door. more

• Improving Entrances with AI

  With the evolving dynamics of cloud storage and the ability to harness and proactively employ an ever-increasing pool of big data, AI in the form of machine learning and deep learning has become a disruptive technological force in the physical security industry. more

• The Use of Technology

  Customers and the public trust security firms to safeguard people, places and information. This trust is quickly destroyed when security staff commit a crime, which is often due to inadequately prescreening job candidates during the interview process. more

• Bringing Rapid Identification

  As biometric readers play an increasingly prominent role in law enforcement, one of the newest high-value use cases is the ability to identify persons of interest on the street using smaller mobile biometric readers that are easy and safe for officers to both carry and use. more

• Popularity of Key-Copying Machines Spark Concerns About Potential Criminal Use

  Security consultants say that they are advising clients against proximity cards for access control due to the ease of copying some electronic access cards. more

• Workplace Violence Is Leading Companies To Adopt Stricter Security Measures

  Employers are becoming more vigilant about workplace security, implementing intensive screenings for job candidates and electronic badge systems for employees. more

• Advancing on Two Fronts

  The way that smart cards are issued has changed dramatically in the last several years with the advent of cloud-based systems that enable the entire process to be managed and executed remotely, and with printer/encoder breakthroughs that significantly boost throughput, reliability and energy efficiency. more

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