Smiths Detection recently announced the award of an additional five-year contract by the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) to upgrade and maintain the company’s PROTECT and FirstView anti-terrorism detection and software systems.
Egypt’s Minister of Culture lies awake at night worried about security and the safety of the country’s relics housed in the Mahmoud Khalil Museum. He has every right to worry because security at the facilities is…well, lacking.
Infinova recently announced that during the ASIS 2010 and IFSEC India it will showcase its partnership with Milestone.
Loyola University Chicago recently became the first university to launch an electronic pre-plan program for fire emergencies
Through the eyes of a safety professional, the bucolic scene on a college campus is a complex set of issues that need to be addressed in an emergency. That’s why Loyola University Chicago started to look into employing an electronic pre-plan for its entire campus.
A wave of advanced technology changing the face of airport security
When entering an airport, travelers can’t help but reflect back on the events of Sept. 11, and how things have changed since then.
In recent years, travelers have gained the ability to check in for their flight online, change their seat and download an electronic boarding pass to a PDA. It’s also possible to check the flight status from a PDA before leaving for the airport. The rapid advancements in technology have enabled passengers to be more efficient and informed. But has airport security changed or evolved?
Checking the value of consumer alarms
Every month, more products pour into security magazines and catalogs. We see a torrent of innovation and evolution continually adding features and reducing costs along the way. We need to step back from the tsunami of progress and ask, “So what?” What is the purpose of all this effort? Is there some technical nirvana we can bask in when we finally reach 100 megapixels, or ultimate peace when mesh networks consume our geography? Or is it all simply a pointless game of live fast and die? It is time to step back and consider the true goal.
Is your facility up to Department of Homeland Security standards?
A bewildering variety of technologies is available in the security market, and determining which will meet both future regulatory requirements and your budget can be difficult. The first step is to review your facility and define the various areas that require security. Examples are perimeter security, gate security, access control, visitor and contractor management, building security, live monitoring and an audit trail. There are many products designed to address one or more of these requirements.
G4S Secure Solutions USA is the relatively new name for a well-known company many know as Wackenhut, a successful provider of manned security services. Along with the new name comes a broader focus for the growing company, to include not only manned security services but also the element of technology, which continues to change the practice of security. We spoke to Drew Levine, president of G4S Secure Solutions, about how the company is broadening its approach, which includes acquisitions and internal product development.
Next month, ASIS hits the Big D
As the saying goes, everything’s bigger in Texas. That’s why Dallas is the perfect home for ASIS 2010, one of the industry’s largest and most important tradeshows. The 56th annual seminar will be held Oct. 12-15 at the Dallas Convention Center. Dallas is a lively, forward- thinking city in the middle of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States -- and home to Security Products magazine.
ASIS International presents annual seminar, exhibits in Dallas
More than 20,000 professionals from all vertical industries and government sectors -- from Fortune 100 companies to the Department of Homeland Security -- will gather in Dallas Oct. 12 to 15, for the ASIS International 56th annual seminar and exhibits. For thousands of security management professionals from around the world, and hundreds of product manufacturers and service providers, ASIS 2010 is the best place to meet peers face-to-face, share information and best practices, and discover how others are solving security challenges in today’s complex environment.
The 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games will be one of the world’s most technologically advanced security deployments
For the first time in history, the World Equestrian Games leaves Europe and comes to the United States, where, also for the first time, all eight disciplines will be held at one location: the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., a 1,200-acre working horse farm, theme park and equine competition center. This year, the World Equestrian Games has a title sponsor, Alltech, an animal health and nutrition group.
Clark County tracking access to controlled substances
“We are required to have a system of checks and balances in place that would provide an account of the handling of all controlled substances on medical calls,” said Jeff Reagor, Clark County Fire Department EMS supervisor. “It’s imperative we provide accountability for the drugs we use. Clark County F.D. needed a system that would allow them to know when their narcotic safes were being accessed and by whom.” After researching available products, they found that CyberLock offered the best solution.
The division supplies security and fire controls, sensors and alarm communications products designed to help security dealers design end-to-end solutions for a wide range of residential and commercial customers.
Security Products magazine, the only integrated product magazine reaching the entire security market, announced the winners of its 2010 New Product of the Year Award at the publication’s premiere Virtual Event today.
With ASIS right around the corner, this month’s Industry Insight column is presented in a question-and-answer format, in which network video surveillance expert Fredrik Nilsson and editor-in-chief Ralph C. Jensen discuss surveillance industry trends, as well as what to expect at the show.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is offering school safety information on a new micro-site for principals, security/safety directors and superintendents.
Port of Wilmington implements enrollment, management software to access hot list
The Port of Wilmington, which opened in 1923, is the busiest port on the Delaware River and the leading North American importation site for fresh fruit, bananas and juice concentrate. It also was the first seaport to use the TWIC card, beginning with the TWIC Technology Phase pilot program in October 2003. TWIC is designed to add a layer of security at ports by ensuring that workers in secure areas have received a background check and do not pose a national security threat.
Hard as one may try, our bodies do not lie. In addition to the polygraph and fMRI brain scans that measure physiological responses when someone is lying, researchers at the University of Utah have created ocular motor deception detection technology, which employs eye-tracking technology to measure cognitive responses, specifically pupil dilation, to determine when someone is lying.
New developments are paving the way for the value-focused
Wouldn’t it be remarkable if cameras, access control systems and network monitoring software came with value statements that would allow CSOs to see at a glance what these products can really do for them?