Mark Armstrong, Senior Vice President of Video Solutions at StorMagic, discusses challenges enterprises are facing with their video surveillance solutions, as well as video surveillance trends in the next year.
Surveyed facility managers cite campus access control, site security and occupant safety as key focus areas
July 22, 2021
According to a report released by Honeywell, 93% of surveyed facility managers within the education vertical say they have experienced at least one emergency incident stemming from infrastructure malfunction during the last 12 months, and 43% report a physical site or cybersecurity breach in that time. Nearly half (45%) say they rank site security (video surveillance and campus access control) or fire and life safety systems as a top priority over the next 12 to 18 months.
To streamline the security infrastructure, the non-profit organization turned to a unified cloud platform that would integrate with its existing technologies and allow for scalability and future growth.
Securing a cultural center in Ventspils, Latvia, includes a responsive security system to keep the building safe in lockdown as well as when the hall opens again.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved an antimicrobial air treatment system for intrastate transit and transportation applications in Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The first integrated resort to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in over a decade with a grand opening in June 2021, Resorts World Las Vegas, has deployed turnstiles for perimeter protection.
According to the Titan research project, which specializes in the analysis of regional policy, 77 billion Euros can be attributed to losses connected to natural disasters.
Plano Fire-Rescue Chief Sam Greif has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ Terrorism & Homeland Security Committee.