Fundamental Questions Concerning Aviation Security
Once again it has become apparent that airports need a closer network of security measures, since aircraft remain a possible target for terrorists and can quickly become bombs. Air...
Return on Security Investment
Investments in security not only protect companies from break-ins and theft but also monitor and improve critical processes, such as the availability of communications networks or ...
Starring role at Universal Studios
Hikvision's H264 compression cards are being used in Florida at Universal Studios, an amusement park themed on the entertainment industry where six million visitors a year are invi...
High-tech CCTV solutions
Leading surveillance solutions provider CBC (Europe) is celebrating a surge of interest in its ground breaking Ganz CCTV systems and Computar lenses, experienced during the recent ...
Network Camera Installation at Hongkong Port
Hong Kong is one of the world's busiest ports, as well as one of the most dynamic business, capitals and is governed under a "One Country, Two Systems" arrangement by the People's ...
How and Why to Select Megapixel, IP and Analog Security Cameras
No matter the type of video software, transmission, storage and management, no matter what kind of application ranging from a school hallway to an airport check-in, the heart of th...
Large Screen Systems For Control Rooms
eyevis is a leading manufacturer of large screen systems for control rooms, monitoring centres, information, communication, simulation and virtual reality. Whether in control rooms...
IP Based RF Reader/Controller
Suprema launches Xpass access controller, an IP based RF reader/controller. Packed in a sleek and compact black body, the Xpass features PoE (Power over Ethernet), waterproof, netw...
Intersec 2010: Success, Sun and Security
Epoc Messe Frankfurt, the event organiser of Intersec 2010 in Dubai reports an17% increase in visitors over the three days of Intersec 2010. The show wasa huge success for most com...
Sentries at the Limits of Science
A particle accelerator is used for fundamental scientific research at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. Nobody is allowed to be in the tunnel while e...
A Front-Row View
The new Central de Emergencias 112 de Cantabria, inaugurated on March 3rd 2009, is part of a larger effort undertaken by the government to improve emergency services for the citize...
25 Years of Pioneering Video Security
Now more than a quarter of a century has passed since Dallmeier was founded in 1984. In the meantime, the Regensburg based company has built up an international reputation and is k...
Outdoor Surveillance
Outdoor security is essential for many businesses, with the outdoor perimeter of a site often representing an important security gateway. The threshold between the company's land a...
Always In Focus
EverFocus with their latest CCTV product developments - video recorders, conventional and IP cameras as well as management software. The new Paragon MPEG-4 DVR series by Everfocus...
Axis expands its product portfolio: Thermal Network Cams
Axis is starting the second decade of the century with a big surprise: they have announced the first true network-capable thermal camera worldwide – and at a particularly attractiv...
Sniffing Out Gases
With ever more improved sensors, modern detection technology for flammable and hazardous gases enables the design of highly reliable gas detection systems. The foundation for plann...
Securing Security against the “Triple Threat”
Even the best IT security technologies are useless if someone possesses the "triple threat" - the will, the means and the access to compromise sensitive company data. And, as stati...
Safeguarding Your Reputation
In this article David Tomlinson, managing director for leading data security company, Data Encryption Systems (DES), takes a detailed look at how encryption can safeguard a company...
Integrated Total Solutions
The world is affected by the four megatrends demographic change, urbanization, climate change and globalization. Building Technologies Division provided answers at the Siemens Airp...
Integrated, Open and Future-proof
Within the Siemens Building Technologies Division, the business unit Security Solutions offers customers integrated security solutions ranging from the analysis of requirements and...
10 for 2010: Top Video Surveillance Industry Predictions for the Year Ahead
Alastair Hayfield, Research Manager at IMS Research comments "2009 was not a stellar year for the video surveillance industry. Most companies felt the pinch of the global recession...
On the Right Track
Thanks to their strength and resilience, polyester-glass and epoxide-glass laminates have become extremely popular with yacht manufacturers. Working with these materials, however, ...
Seamless Changeover to Wireless Detectors
Since the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order came into force in October 2006 guesthouses and hotels in the Southwest have had to bring their Fire Protection up to scratch and Ar...
Residential Fire Sprinklers
The majority of fire deaths in the United States, about 85%, occur in the home - the place where we feel the safest. Adding to this tragedy is the astounding property loss. The tot...
Take a Deep Breath
The Micro IV single-gas detector is the successor to the proven Micro III. The key features of the previous model have been retained, and there is now some impressive added functio...
Crime on TV
Villennes-sur-Seine lies about 30 kilometers west of Paris, in the middle of a protected nature reserve. With 4,788 inhabitants, the small and prosperous city offers its population...
Reliable Perimeter Protection
Outdoor security systems detect intruders as soon as a protected area is entered and before intruders are able to gain access to people or valuable objects and assets. Sensors can ...
Seeing in the Dark
Today, the challenge to CCTV professionals is to make sure that video footage is effective on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year. Securing an area during the daytime is one thing. But w...
Emergency Evacuation
In the event of an emergency, employers and building managers have a legal responsibility for the safe and swift evacuation of every person in the building; this will include emplo...
How to Dam Out Unauthorized Access
The Nam Theun is a tributary of the Mekong and flows through Laos. Its role as an energy source will become more significant in the next few years. The completion of the second bar...
Under Lock and Key
Keys are used to control access to so many things these days that there can be serious consequences when one is misplaced or has been taken without authority. Managing who is autho...
A City of Dreams
The „City of Dreams" is a massive new casino project currently under construction in Macau - an integrated urban resort in which there will be exciting entertainment, elegant night...
Creative Monitoring
Visitors who cannot restrain their desire to touch, art thieves who are becoming more refined in response to rising prices on the art market, and acts of vandalism are increasingly...
Interfaces, Integration and Interoperability
If you are only interested in a stand-alone CCTV system for screening and recording video - full stop - then this article is probably not for you. However, most CCTV users these da...
Chipset Evolution - Is the Key
In years gone by, purchasers of CCTV systems would perhaps have looked no further than the outline description of a camera to decide if it was suitable for a specific project. The ...
