October 2006
Features
By Sergio Collazo
THE Mount Vernon City School District is located in the southeastern corner of Westchester County, N.Y., operating 15 schools with an enrollment of more than 10,000 students.
By Yuval Ben-Itzhak
WEB-borne threats are among the most serious security risks facing corporations today. An alarming trend shows that malware and browser-based attacks are increasing in frequency.
By Mariann McDonagh
WHEN managing security risks for a critical infrastructure organization, there is no room for error. The Patriot Act defines critical infrastructure as "the systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters."
By Derek Rice
IN 1999, NASA sent a complex digital camera into space as part of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, a telescope that relays images of the universe back to Earth.
By Curtis Salmon
THE first security systems used wires and were typically only used for newly constructed buildings. For existing buildings, it is often difficult or too expensive to fish wires through walls.
By David Kraninger
BADCOCK Home Furniture & More is a furniture retailer with a fleet of 45 tractors and 300 trailers, servicing nearly 330 stores in seven states throughout the southeast United States.
By David Barlow
WHEN Carrefour, one of the largest food retailers in the world, expanded its presence of hypermarkets across three continents, the company hired security system integrator UTI to establish loss prevention systems within the unique shopping environment.
By Walter Hamilton
IN the last four and a half years, new government mandates for tighter physical security at critical infrastructure sites have led to significant strides in physical access control innovation.
By Sherri Sanjurjo
The mission of the Forks Township Police Department is quite clear to all residents who live within the Pennsylvania township. With cameras and DVRs installed, it is evident that public safety and efficient law enforcement is considered paramount. An enhanced quality of life is what has driven installer ICU Security to do what it has done for the community.
By Jeff Brummet
FOR years, the gaming industry has enjoyed a reputation of employing state-of-the-art surveillance technology and protocol.
By Bob McCarthy
THERE are consistently fantastic capabilities of IP surveillance systems being installed in new facilities. Security managers at older facilities may listen with envy about the labor-saving features of new systems and the enhanced reliability they offer.
By Steve Down
THE next time you consider installing a new access control system, you might want to think out of the box and go biometric.
By Bill Rossiter, Rick Heffernan
A leading detector manufacturer recently recalled smoke/heat detectors that had been manufactured over a period of several months last year.
By Tom Heiser
THE Edwin Holmes Co. created the central station intrusion alarm monitoring business model in Boston, in the 1850s.
By Brian Bray
DO not let the semi-rural setting fool you. Lebanon High School in Oregon, with 1,250 students, grapples with the same problems that plague large, inner-city schools.
By Gareth McClean
WHEN you consider the investment companies have made in analog devices, moving to IP can be a difficult task.
Departments
By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
THE arrest of 24 British suspects in the plot to blowup commercial airlines using liquid explosives made chaos of air travel and raised concerns about airport security worldwide.
By Ralph C Jensen
SOME years ago, while working for the Air Force, a cool new word appeared. At least it was new to me. Paradigm.
By Brent Dirks
JUST the thought of making the move from analog video security to an IP-based system can give even the best security manager worries. IP-based systems are becoming more mainstream, advancing security in many applications.
By Security Products Staff
CATCHING up with Altronix president Alan Forman is nearly impossible. He is a busy man, but he has reason to be.
By J. Matthew Ladd
BURGLAR -- or intrusion -- alarms have been around for many years, and they are often overlooked, as excitement focuses on Internet protocol cameras, biometrics, video analytics and other technological marvels becoming part of the security industry.