Archive for October 2022
Four Video Surveillance Trends Alarm Companies Need to Know
Emerging Technologies Can Strengthen Partnerships, Build RMR During the past two years, organizations around the globe have increased their reliance on video surveillance. The explanation as to why is both simple and intricate all at once: Video has become the source of advanced security and operational insights that enables leaders to adapt to the contemporary…
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Knowing Is More Than Half the Battle
Protective Intelligence Technology Can Turn Data Into Insights and Action Physical security teams are in a state of telemetry overload. From CCTV cameras to access control systems to the vast number of public records databases used to investigate threat actors and persons of concern, teams have more data and more information at their fingertips than…
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Getting Ahead in the Cloud
Leaving Behind On-Premises Access Control Is a Step Toward the Future The shift has begun. Or, more accurately, is gaining momentum. Since 2020 and the pandemic-induced hybrid workplace, IT and security teams have faced mounting pressure to reevaluate their physical access control. Many teams have found that their on-premises systems simply will not cut it…
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Turning Security From Reactive to Proactive
Intelligent Video Monitoring Can Be Used to Prevent, Not Just Investigate, Crimes Video surveillance has become the primary data source for security and insights that help businesses operate. Typically, video is a reactive process used to investigate a crime after damage has been done. But more impactful solutions are now available. Proactive video monitoring (PVM)…
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Five Reasons to Consider Upgrading to a Modern, Open-Architecture Access Control System
Legacy access control systems are often costly to maintain, less secure than newer systems and potentially not able to meet the standards required for modern regulatory compliance, yet many organizations continue to use aging access control systems so long as badging in and out works – or until security breaches reveal important vulnerabilities in their…
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The March to Mobile: How Mobile, Cloud-Based Access Control Is Changing Security
“Mobile” might seem like a buzzword in the access control industry these days; however, use cases and demand are rapidly increasing. According to a 2021 survey from Campus Safety, 62% of respondents have purchased access control solutions with mobile credential options over the past two years. What’s more, an estimated 14.7 million mobile credentials were…
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Security Industry Association Welcomes Peter Boriskin as Chair of SIA Standards Committee
Boriskin, chief technology officer at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, will lead the guiding body of SIA’s standards programs. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Peter Boriskin, chief technology officer at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, as the new chair of SIA’s Standards Committee. In this role, Boriskin will lead and work with committee…
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SIA New Member Profile: HiveWatch
New Security Industry Association (SIA) member HiveWatch is a cloud-based security fusion platform that works with clients’ existing security systems to power their global security operations centers (GSOCs) through multisensor resolution. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California, supports a hybrid remote workforce and has clients across the United States and globally. SIA spoke…
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The Added Value of Security Data for Proptech
According to Snowflake Inc., a data warehouse usually consists of data sources from operational and transactional systems. But wait, doesn’t that describe an access control system? And if so, why is it taking companies so long to consider security systems as one of the fundamental data sources for any data warehousing solution? I mean, the data has always been there – right? There are in fact…
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Legacy Systems: Rip and Replace or Keep Them Going?
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Cybersecurity Advisory Board is marking the occasion with a series of blogs, articles and videos containing helpful tips and guidance on key cybersecurity topics. In this blog from SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board Vice Chair Antoinette King – founder of Credo Cyber Consulting – learn…
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