Cybersecurity
SIA Technology Insights – Fall 2018
In every issue of SIA Technology Insights, we try to look to the cutting edge (and sometimes even to the bleeding edge) of security technology, to ensure you stay current with the steady whir of technology change. In that spirit, we start this issue off with two technologies – social media and facial recognition – that are seeing great adoption in the consumer space and poised to be adopted for security and safety applications.
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Security Market Index – September 2018 Edition
Provided to SIA members as a review of current market conditions, the September 2018 Security Market Index shows that confidence within the security industry seems to be somewhat volatile, with a 6 percentile point decrease since July.
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Ethical Hacker to Address Securing Physical Security’s Future at Securing New Ground
The Security Industry Association (SIA) is gearing up for its annual executive conference, Securing New Ground (SNG), and we’re looking forward to an exciting lineup of discussions on the security business trends that matter most. One of this year’s keynote speakers – Valerie Thomas, executive information security consultant for Securicon – will forecast how the security of your systems…
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Securing Banks in a Digital World
How Technology and Risk Are Changing the Banking Market The banking environment faces a multitude of risks, which are evolving and changing daily. Fraud, at the top of the list, leads to significant losses if not controlled, and today more than ever, banks are laser-focused on minimizing fraud attempts and must adopt a proactive approach…
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Leveling Up in Cybersecurity
Why Cybersecurity Is More Important Than Ever for Security Systems Integrators The 2018 Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace report, issued by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, makes it clear that economic and industrial espionage against the United States continues to be a serious threat. The report names China, Russia and Iran as the top…
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Implementing Cybersecurity Best Practices in Five Steps
Concerned about the cyber risks of security equipment? Cover your bases with these practical recommendations. The rapid gains that technology has made into everyday living have also changed how the security industry operates. In short, physical security has moved from being very simple inputs and outputs to encompassing always-connected devices, which makes the security industry…
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Why the C-Suite Must End Security Convergence Turf Wars
Historically, physical security has been tasked with safeguarding tangible corporate assets, such as personnel, hard copy documents, equipment and the building itself, whereas logical security efforts focus on protecting the corporation by granting or denying access and defending the network against malicious attacks. In most organizations, physical access systems and logical access systems have operated…
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