Control of Key Possession Ensures High Security
At one time, keys were kept in boxes or drawers with little or no control over who had access to any given key. Even as security systems entered the digital and then the networked ...
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Videowall Equipment for Lugano Police Control Room
Lugano is situated in the very south of Switzerland idyllically at the shore of the lake that owes his name to the city. As with everything else, people in Switzerland place great ...
Bosch Celebrates 10 year Cooperation with Wagner
Bosch and Wagner celebrated 10 years of successful cooperation in air sampling smoke detector systems on 23 September 2013 in Langenhagen. The program also included the presentatio...
Video Surveillance: CCTV Upgrade at the University of London
Students and local residents will feel safer as Samsung Techwin DVRs are at the heart of new CCTV systems installed by Link CCTV Systems at eight University of London Halls of Resi...
Security for Public Transportation - Advances Through Intelligent Systems
Public transport has long been identified as a favoured target for terrorists. The Madrid train bombing in 2004, in which 191 people were killed and 1,800 were wounded, is one rece...
Perimeter Protection of Solar Parks: Cost-Saving with Thermal Imaging Cameras
Spanish security specialist Omega Seguridad has already secured over 20 solar parks across Spain and its neighboring countries. The company always tries to convince its customers t...
Pave the Way for NFC-based ID Services - NFC Technology Is Ready to Play a Major Role in Security
Since 1992, Legic is driven by the vision to enhance a secure and simpler everyday life for people and organisations. The company represents an international network of companies a...
Protection, Monitoring – and Smartphones Open Doors
SimonsVoss has enhanced its Electronic Locking and Access Control System 3060 with a newly designed protection function. With it, door locking devices can be activated or deactivat...
Security Trends for 2014 and onwards: IP technology as an enabler for better business
CCTV is predicted to reach its tipping point in 2014, according to IMS Research (now part of IHS). The new report entitled The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipmen...
Control Rooms: On the Go – Non Stop
Following the formation of Eyevis UK in the Summer of 2007, the company installed its first ever UK control room video wall system at Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council Urban T...
Video Surveillance: Easy on the Eyes
The Allianz Arena in Munich is no longer just one of the largest and most attractive football stadiums in Europe, it is now also one of the safest. The video surveillance system in...
Improved Airport Security Operations
Friedman Memorial Airport (Sun), which provides air service facilities to South Central Idaho and the Sun Valley resort area, has become the first airport in the US to implement Qu...
GIT SECURITY AWARD 2014 – the Winners
Again it was a neck-and-neck race for the GIT SECURITY AWARD 2014. Only three products in each of the five categories could win: Those ones the most readers were voting for - via f...
A New Record for Dubai?
Renowned as the region's largest and most comprehensive security and safety show, Intersec 2014 will offer you a unique spectrum of products from the fields of Commercial Security,...
"Smart" Evolution in IP Surveillance
Along with IP solution's growing popularization, professional users don't only seek better resolution, but instead, additional technologies to improve reliability, image usability,...
CEM AC2000 Chosen for Central Bank of Nigeria Security System
CEM Systems, a division of Tyco Security Products, has announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria has selected their AC2000 SE access control and security management system to secu...
Axis Brings Megapixel Video to a Newly-opened Casino
RIU Pravets Golf Spa and Casino Resort is a luxury complex in a unique location near Sofia in Bulgaria. The facility offers several restaurants of different sizes and has conferenc...
RFID Technology for More Mobility and Security of People in Need of Protection
The protection of people and property has an important place in the security considerations of today‘s companies and establishments. Whether in healthcare, in public facilities or...
Alarm Systems: A Secure Take off at Sheremetyevo Airport
As part of a large-scale modernization initiative, Russia's largest airport Sheremetyevo in Moscow was equipped with a new and IP based video surveillance solution as well as with ...
Earliest Detection to Protect People and Assets
The addition of two new detectors from Siemens - again featuring the company's unique ASAtechnology (Advanced Signal Analysis) and selectable parameter sets - means the comprehensi...
Manage Security Effectively: G-SIM Security Information Management System from Geutebruck
Created as part of a mammoth customer project - G-SIM has meantime become the new Security Information Management System from Geutebruck. Conceived for medium to highly complex, ne...
Video Management: Flood Alert
The severe floods of 2002 and 2013 have impressively shown the immense extent of damage that natural events can cause in our intensively farmed and densely populated landscape. In ...
Air Cargo Security: Interview with Harald Zielinski, Lufthansa Cargo AG
With a transport volume of around 1.7m tonnes of freight and post as well as 9.5 billion freight ton kilometers sold in 2012, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the leading companies worldw...
Intelligent Management of Mobile Devices in Education
One of the biggest trends in twenty-first century education has been the delivery of teaching materials by digital means, usually through student use of laptop computers, notebooks...
Access Control: The End of Dealing with Legacy Security Systems
Dealing with legacy systems is a repetitive problem in the security management industry. Meeting the security policy with legacy systems can be tough, maintenance is expensive and ...
Video Management: See More, Understand Better, Perform Faster
SeeTec has introduced the successor of the SeeTec 5 video management software: "SeeTec Cayuga" is named after a North American Indian tribe. The contintent's original inhabitant...
Effective Video Management Increases Safety on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Thinking of railways in Switzerland unavoidably conjures up images of the famous Glacier Express. And it‘s true that the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn does operate this internationally ...
A+A Trade Fair and Conference with Strong Focus on Prevention
From 5-8 November the International Congress of A+A - Safety and Health at Work - will be held for the 33rd time now at the Düsseldorf Congress Center. The organiser, Basi, invites...
Fire Detection: Silent Alarm Standard
The introduction of a new standard [EN54-23: Fire alarm devices - Visual alarm devices] has been postponed until 31 December 2013, but manufacturers need to act now to ensure thei...
Meeting the Needs of the First Responder in the Modern World
With the threat to society from toxic chemicals and explosives increasing exponentially, the need for portable devices that can detect and analyze a broad array of hazardous chemic...
Now Possible: Standardized Data Centre Construction
With a system called "RiMatrix S" the systems supplier of IT infrastructure solutions Rittal is introducing the world's first concept for standardized data centre construction. Whi...
Integrated Safety and Security for Smart Cities
Urbanization is one of the megatrends of our time. According to the United Nations, by the year 2025 the global population will have grown to over eight billion, with significantly...
Axis: Market Leader for Video Surveillance Takes a Step into the Access Control Market
At Asis show in Chicago Axis surprised the security world with the announcement of entering the physical access control market with the new Axis A1001 IP based door controller. The...
Trends in Video Surveillance: Multi-faceted, Easy-to-use and Cost-effective
The past decade has brought a great deal of change to the surveillance industry. After experiencing challenging financial times globally along with several tragic events that threa...
CCTV: A Look at a Quarter of a Century‘s Growth at Moxa
Over the time it takes for a little acorn to mature into a solid tree standing proud, Moxa has developed from a small technology integrator into a million dollar company that serv...
