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Bill Zalud

Bill was the editor emeritus of Security Magazine, and he can be reached at (773) 929-6859.

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Down to Business: The Analytics of Biometrics

Time and attendance, physical and logical access control applications, together and separately, are emerging as drivers in biometrics.

Bill Zalud

May 8, 2013

Time and attendance, physical and logical access control applications, together and separately, are emerging as drivers in biometrics.

Boardroom Trends Go Viral

Bill Zalud

April 1, 2013

It’s never boring in the boardroom. At the later part of the 1990s, “paradigm shift” emerged as the buzz phrase, popularized as business speak until it was overused to the point of becoming meaningless.

Adding Value with RFID, Prox, Contactless Innovations

Bill Zalud

April 1, 2013

Beyond physical access control, technology that includes proximity, RFID and contactless smartcards, readers and their system platforms is moving outward to a diversity of business missions.

Brightening the Night with Day/Night Cameras

Bill Zalud

April 1, 2013

Ain’t it funny how the night moves. When you just don’t seem to have as much to lose.

Hackers: ‘Wen’ It’s Time to Protect the Brand

Bill Zalud

March 1, 2013

Energetic entrepreneurs innovating. Job-creating small businesses. Free ranging capitalists especially free from government’s interference while growing a free market economy. The contributions from the one percent. Themes raised before and during the U.S. Presidential election last year and resonating today.

Paul Sarnese, system safety director, Virtua, Facilities Services, pictured with Ruth Hutchinson, surveillance specialist

Four Aspects of a Winning VMS System

Bill Zalud

March 1, 2013

Hold it. Don’t open that award envelope yet.

How to Build a Complete Access Control System

Bill Zalud

March 1, 2013

Welcome to the adventures of complete facility access control solutions. Enterprise security leaders and integrators face diverse mysteries here, but each can be solved with an intelligent mixture of technology, security focus and IT collaboration, seasoned with a big dose of bottom-line business benefits.

Top Security Guarding Companies Report 2013

Managing Expectations for Security Officer Success

Bill Zalud

February 1, 2013

It’s a balancing act. It’s always been. But today, it takes more understanding and sensitivity, more training and supervision.

9 Ongoing Trends for Surveillance Analytics

Bill Zalud

February 1, 2013

The video analytics drums are beating louder these days. But now may finally be the time when technology advances, security-and-beyond enterprise-centric applications, IT’s big data notion and smarter systems integration are trending to real, cost-effective benefits.

Wireless devices with security camera views

Using Wireless Surveillance for Tough Applications

Bill Zalud

January 2, 2013

First of all, it is better to hard-wire security video, especially when it comes to megapixel cameras. But there are times, locations and missions where wireless makes the best sense.

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