72% of cannabis operators fail to comply with security and surveillance requirements.
June 13, 2018
With so many new businesses and operations in the emerging cannabis market in the U.S., the field is beginning to adopt many risk management best practices, even above and beyond the myriad compliance requirements that cannabis product growers, producers and vendors must abide by.
Cherokee Nation Entertainment, which operates multiple casinos and hotels in Oklahoma, is utilizing video analytics to detect incidents and improve business intelligence
June 11, 2018
Cherokee Nation Entertainment, which operates multiple casinos and hotels in Oklahoma, is utilizing video analytics to detect incidents and improve business intelligence.
Video analytics can help with risk mitigation and management, and can be an effective way to reduce risk, enable efficiencies, ensure compliance, and keep employees and assets safe.
New York City’s Cathedral of Saint John the Divine Upgrades to a Vicon Valerus VMS System
June 8, 2018
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the largest Cathedral and fifth largest church building in the world, recently completed installation of a Vicon Valerus video management system to secure the Cathedral and surrounding 11.3-acre complex in Manhattan.
The Trump administration urged Congress this week to give it new powers to disable or destroy threatening drones. According to Reuters, written testimony from David Glawe, undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at DHS, and Hayley Chang, DHS deputy general counsel, said that “terrorist groups overseas use drones to conduct attacks on the battlefield and continue to plot to use them in terrorist attacks elsewhere. This is a very serious, looming threat that we are currently underprepared to confront.”
Every organization’s network infrastructure has allowed us to take advantage of smart solutions and other IoT devices to maximize the value of security solutions – not only from a physical security aspect but also from the perspective of operational optimization, which provides an organization with even more value and greater return on its investment. However, simply adding more devices to a network to generate more data and greater awareness isn’t helpful. Because the majority of these devices are network-based at their core, any organization must take caution to protect its network and the sensitive data it contains.
The Broward League of Cities' task force on school security released a 93-page report with 100 suggestions this week, including increasing school hardening, reformed discipline policies and access to mental health resources.
Governor Chris Sununu will boost New Hampshire’s campaign to improve security in public schools by another $10 million, bringing total school security spending to nearly $30 million over the past year.