Detecting Plastic and other Explosives at Molecular Level
Unfortunately, some explosives are easier to detect than others and sniffing out the highly explosive PETN has, until now, been a time-consuming and expensive process. To reliably ...
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Multiple Sensor Fire Detectors with Selectable Operating Parameters
The addition of two new detectors to the Cerberus PRO range from Siemens now enables one solution for any application. They feature the company's ASA technology (Advanced Signal An...
The Latest Applications of IP Cameras in Retail Outlets
Retail theft cost store owners around the world US-$107.3 billion last year, which is the equivalent of 1.36 % of global retail sales. Retailers need to cut these losses. CCTV help...
Security for Banking: Adapted Security Systems for New Branch Concepts
The world of financial service providers was undergoing an extensive structural and organizational change long before the international financial crisis. As a result, innovative an...
Video Management Software Helps Bank to Secure Their Most Vulnerable Installations
Banks are a type of business that devotes special attention to security. One of the reasons for this is that having a good reputation is very important to them. Banks use video sur...
Thermal Imaging Cameras for Home Security
All over the world, the perimeters of industrial parks, airports and harbors are being protected with the help of thermal imaging cameras from Flir Systems, but the security soluti...
Surveillance Solution Ensures Safety in Swiss Multi-storey Car Park
Lucerne is one of Switzerland‘s most beautiful cities. As well as the world-famous Kapellbrücke and the water tower, the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL) attracts many vis...
Geutebruck Provides Security for European Space Center in French Guiana
The ‘Center Spatial Guyanais' (CSG) otherwise known as the Guiana Space Center near Kourou in French Guiana is the spaceport, which France shares with the European Space Agency (ES...
Protection against Eavesdropping of Cellphones
The adversary - such as a secret service, for example - always likes to listen in. Anyone who makes mobile phone calls must take that into account. Both private companies and gover...
Efficient and Energy-Saving Server & Storage Solutions
Pivot3 started out in 2003 with the intention of radically simplifying servers, memory and networks and making them more affordable. It was the first manufacturer to bring a comple...
Win an iPad: Online Survey about Network Video Surveillance Systems
The video surveillance division of Sanyo is interested in your opinion and experience of Video over IP systems and invites you to take just a minute or two to answer the questions ...
Building a Critical Communications Infrastructure
In particular, the recent riots in England have shown that any sort of trouble can break out unexpectedly, anywhere, at any time. When it does, the rapid and effective response of ...
Home of Cricket Secured by Mirasys Recording Solution
Lord's Cricket Ground has been the ‘Home of Cricket' since 1787, and is widely viewed as the game's spiritual ‘headquarters'. Owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Lord's is said...
Automated Parcel Tracking Secures Transport Logistics at DPD
DPD, with over 7,500 employees and one of the leading parcel and express couriers in Germany, has taken up the cause of guaranteeing its customers high reliability and efficiency. ...
Interview with James Walker, Managing Director of Dallmeier UK
A long financial crisis; increasing material costs; more frequent crime; higher electricity charges; new formats and standards; ever more stringent environmental regulations - the ...
Explosion Protected Equipment for Critical Areas
Extraordinary considerations must be taken when using electronics in certain industrial environments. This articlewill provide an overview of security applications in potentially e...
Dallmeier Appears in Hollywood Film “Unknown”
Who wouldn't give their eye teeth to appear in a Hollywood blockbuster. Now, Dallmeier has managed to do just that: the Regensburg-based manufacturer of video surveillance solution...
What a Carry On!
PREVIEW The final version of the full article will be published in GIT SECURITY 5/2011 (September 14th) Unfortunately, some explosives are easier to detect than others and sniffin...
Cameras Reduce Illegal Dumping in Pennsylvania
Alburtis is a borough in Lehigh County and a suburb of Allentown in the state of Pennsylvania, USA. Residents of Alburtis can dispose of lawn clippings, tree limbs and shrubs at th...
Evacuation Lifts: Future Solutions for High-Rise Buildings
Evacuation of multistorey buildings in the event of fire is effected today almost exclusively via stairwells. However, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001 show...
Three Cheers for New Fire Detection
Located in the Dutch province of South Holland, the Schiedam region became internationally known in the 18th and 19th centuries as one of the world's foremost producers of jenever....
IP Video Management to Protect Patients
Since its founding in 1852, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London has been dedicated to children's healthcare. Each year, there are over 170,000 patient visits to the hospi...
Secure Identity Solutions: New Legic Reader Chip Generation
The market for contactless identification technology is constantly moving. Requirements for advanced security and reliability are increasing, along with demands for comfortable and...
CCTV: Geutebruck Video System Secures New Concept Hotel
With the opening in 2010 of his Vasano abito suite hotel in the centre of the German city of Leipzig, hotelier and entrepreneur Gregor Gerlach has introduced a new concept to the G...
blueSmart Enables Intelligent Access Organisation
A new technology combines convenient management of complex building structures with a subtle, contemporary design: blueSmart is the name of the latest generation of electronic acce...
Transport Security Expo from 13–14 September 2011
As industry professionals prepare to gather for Transport Security Expo, there can be no doubt whatsoever that they continue to face major challenges in meeting the threat posed by...
ONVIF Compliance Is Not Enough to Integrate High End Camera Functionalities
ONVIF is the right way forward for the video surveillance field, but it is becoming increasingly important for engineers and camera manufacturers to find an open video management p...
Progressing from Analog to Digital Surveillance
IP is here and it offers a myriad of benefits. But navigating the road to IP requires careful consideration of many factors, from network infrastructure to physical security needs....
Siemens Building Technologies Develops Integrated Solutions for Its Customers
Matthias Rebellius has led as CEO the Fire Safety Security Products Business Unit at Siemens Building Technologies for the past three years. During a visit to the international co...
The Development of Video Technology over the Last 20 Years
Axis and the Safety and Security publications of GIT are both successful prodigies of the nineties, sufficient reason for them both to take a look back at their roots - and also to...
Interview with Dr. Magnus Ekerot, New Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of Mobotix
More responsibility and more influence - that was what Dr. Magnus Ekerot, formerly Managing Director at the Swedish display manufacturer Beijer Electronics as well as with Axis Com...
Thermal Imaging Camera Detects Potential Fires at a Very Early Stage
Thermal imaging cameras are used for a wide variety of applications. Thanks to their ability to measure temperatures in a non-contact mode, they can also easily be used for fire pr...
Germany‘s Most Modern Casino – Also Right Up-to-date in Security Technology
The City Palais in Duisburg has been one of the lighthouse projects in the modernized city center since opening in 2007. As well as a very varied choice of gastronomy and shopping,...
CCTV: High Security in the Palmares Technologies Building
In the West African country of Benin stands the Palmares Technologies Building, the most secured building in the country. A provider of high security systems and identification sol...
Walsall Academy Upgrades to a Powerful Hybrid Surveillance System
Built in 2003, Walsall Academy in Bloxwich, West Midlands is a state-of-the-art educational facility that offers 1,150 secondary students the opportunity to specialize in science, ...
