Hospitals are among the most difficult locations in terms of maintaining security. Not only is the safety of vulnerable patients at stake, so is the safety of the expensive equipment used to treat them. Large campuses see the entrance and… Read More
Archive for the ‘Security Technology’ Category
Additional Video Surveillance Uses Outside of Security
Video surveillance cameras are extremely useful in security situations and before the advent of smart technology that’s all that the cameras were usually used for. Now with IP-based software and networked surveillance cameras, they can be used for a lot… Read More
Combining PSIM and PIAM to Improve Situation Awareness
During the roughest part of the recession, many companies opted to purchase existing security systems instead of creating entirely new systems. With many different types of systems, including older legacy systems, it is difficult to manage different security systems that… Read More
New Security Video Surveillance Analytics Trends
With all of the advances in video technology, the security industry has made huge advances with regards to video surveillance. There are many improvements to video surveillance systems that will have lasting impacts on the industry. These security and video… Read More
How Updates in Video Management Software Helps Security
We have entered a new era of video management software in which frees hardware from software scalability. In the beginning of video management software, the security industry was focused on the NVR, and its main function was to record networked… Read More
Do-it-Yourself Security vs. Professional Security Design & Installation
With the current state of the American economy and more and more information readily available on the Internet and YouTube, more business owners are going the do-it-yourself (DIY) route for everything from cleaning to repairs. However, there is one area… Read More
How safe is your Child’s School?
Following the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings, the general public, especially parents and school employees, has had a new-found interest in improving school security. But how? School Safety Checklist Those who ignore History are doomed to repeat it: Before looking into… Read More
Remote Video Surveillance: The Future of the Security Industry
Remote Video Surveillance: The Future of the Security Industry Perimeter security is a constant struggle for many commercial facilities, but does it have to be? What if a security guard could send a picture of a suspicious car to a… Read More
Access Control in Schools: Are your Children safe?
Today, more than ever before, it is incredibly important to monitor who comes and goes from our schools. And that is easier said than done. Between parents, vendors, volunteers, employees, and substitute teachers, the typical school experiences a lot of… Read More
Can Computers Replace Human Surveillance? Researchers say yes!
The United States government has recently funded the development of an automatic video surveillance technology designed by two researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Alessandro Oltramari and Christian Lebiere. The automatic surveillance technology is intended to detect and report illicit behavior. Oltramari… Read More