Stow the crystal ball. What rolled out in Dallas at the ASIS International event earlier this fall or even at the spring International Security Conference in Las Vegas may indicate what will be specified next year. But, as in the past with security video and its camcorder chip origins, what’s happening with consumer electronics, computer gaming, homeland security and at the futures conferences of the National Association of Broadcasters may point to more developments.
Video system components used outdoors by the city of Dallas are mounted inside protective weather-resistant enclosures. Live Large. Think Big.” It’s the new slogan for the city of Dallas, Tex, and
Michael Lynch, chief security officer for DTE Energy, has learned to catch the bad guys and reduce energy theft. “You hear the clichés about working harder and smarter, but we focus on the stuff that makes a difference – we don’t follow the hot thing of the month, we try to keep it simple and hold people accountable,” says Dave Abramson, manager of loss prevention for Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Jeff Woodward wanted to do it right the first time. After all, you might only have one chance in your career to build a security system from the ground up.
Country Joe McDonald sung his question about war in the 1960s: “It’s 1-2-3, what are we fighting for?” Well, besides freedom and survival and dispatching evil, often one outcome of
These days, if you don’t want to be found, or even if you do, there’s a great likelihood that someone will find you. For Jeff Schoepf, CPP, security director for
A one-of-a-kind security video monitoring system that balances protection and privacy allowed cameras in sensitive locations, according to Bill Sullivan, Marshfield chief of police.Products turn into systems and systems turn
At the heart of the New Meadowlands Stadium (NMS) is the deft integration of guest service and security. It is designed to focus on deterrence as a highly secured, hard
The reactive solution, like the forensics, can be either analog, IP or a hybrid of both. There are reactive solutions that are proprietary systems with all components from a single
Once a new technology rolls over you, the adage goes, you’re either part of the steamroller or part of the road. There has been a lot of tech rocking and