Using voice for emergency evacuation: Last July, a woman allegedly bolted through a security checkpoint at Newark Airport’s Terminal C before being detained by law enforcement. The security breach caused “significant alarm” among airport travelers, said a news report. Some passengers [...]
LiDAR augments camera systems: Physical security is a critical operational element for companies and organizations both in the public and private sectors that requires a high degree of accuracy, scalability, and operational efficiency for incident handling. Traditional camera-based systems have [...]
Severe weather disruptions plan: Worldwide, businesses face security threats daily. With a workforce returning to the workplace following the COVID-19 pandemic, physical security professionals must confront an ever-growing list of challenges. In 2021 there were 20 separate weather and climate-related disasters [...]
Video surveillance for proactive security: For as long as businesses have leveraged security systems, there has been a need to differentiate between false alarms and actual incidents that require a response from guards or law enforcement. False alarm rates are [...]
Executive protection: Training staff Executive protection professionals face a unique set of threats as they work to protect the high-risk individuals they serve. Coordinating with all staff involved in the security and life of a protected individual can help security [...]
Access control and climate risk management: Climate change is happening, and while regulatory standards toward net-zero emissions are just starting to be put into place, organizations may soon be required to track and disclose their emission levels. Under a new [...]
Security and compliance - opportunity for startups: Startups are inherently risky. Product/market fit, staffing, supply chain management, finances and funding, and burnout — it’s no wonder 75% of VC-funded startups fail. Emerging security threats add another complex layer of risk, [...]
Biometrics - flexible and effective: these devices provide unique advantages for security applications. For a long time, security solutions such as access control had only one option for evaluating access authorities: “Something you have,” in the form of a key. [...]
Pros and cons of biometric access control: The dynamics of the university space are ever-changing, especially in the fast-paced world of the “roaring ’20s.” More people than ever before are attending college and university, with a growing 16.6 million undergraduate [...]
Lessons learned from healthcare security: Pamela Brown started in security as a uniformed officer before working her way up to the role of Director of Security at Park Nicollet Health Services (Park Nicollet), a healthcare system that includes Methodist Hospital, [...]
