Can Your Security System Be Used Against You?
As of 2015, nearly 300 million IP cameras have been installed around the world. Many of these cameras have been installed with default usernames and passwords and can be accessed from anywhere in the world. For years, the question has been: How secure is the video that a system produces? But, that question is changing.…
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StoneLock Delivers Speed and Agility Through Innovation
StoneLock Brings Speed and Agility Through Innovation StoneLock, an innovative designer, and manufacturer of secure facial-recognition access control solutions, marked 2016 as a pivotal year for the company. The year was characterized by their entry into new markets, including government, and the forging of new partnerships and integrations with nearly all the leading physical access…
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5 Questions That Cybercriminals Don’t Want You to Ask
All leadership in business has a fiduciary responsibility to protect their company, its shareholders, employees and customers. Part of this responsibility includes detecting cyber-risks and mitigating those risks. To protect your organization, you must take a proactive and comprehensive approach to this quickly increasing risk. At ISC West, a panel discussion led by PSA’s Cybersecurity…
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SIA Member Exchange: Simple and Secure with CINCH systems
SIA Director of Government Relations and CINCH systems Vice President of Sales Dennis Dop CINCH systems, an unusual company name that developed out of the dictionary definition of CINCH, meaning simple and secure. With that meaning in mind, the founders set off to develop encrypted, high-level security systems that are just that—simple and secure. In…
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Dealing With Today’s Active Shooters
Under today’s threat environment, active shootings have unfortunately maintained a very deadly and real threat for businesses and communities. Regardless of the business model or size, employees and guests have fallen victim to these vicious attacks that occur without warning or impunity. At ISC West, a SIA Education session on active shooter will focus on how…
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Security Monitoring Trends to Watch in 2017
As a company that integrates with a wide variety of security monitoring solutions—traditional physical security devices to business risk systems—SureView Systems obtains a unique perspective of the trends in the security monitoring arena. Looking ahead in 2017, here are five security monitoring trends we foresee. VMS Move to the Cloud Each of the major video…
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SIA RISE Profile: Saad Ahsan of UL
Read our interview with Saad Ahsan, Project Engineer, UL Building & Life Safety Technologies, as the Security Industry Association (SIA) spotlights a young professional on the RISE! Are you a young security professional under 40? We want your story! Contact Bryan Miller at bmiller@securityindustry.org to be featured in a monthly profile! What first got…
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Talking Digital Certificates with IdenTrust’s Debra Spitler
When she was a college student at Arizona State University earning her B.S. in Marketing, Deb Spitler had a chance as part of her scholarship funded by Honeywell Home and Building Control to get a free lunch with Honeywell execs. “What college student turns down a free lunch?” jokes Spitler. That free lunch turned into…
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Examining Video Surveillance Total Cost of Ownership
How do you calculate the total cost of ownership (TCO) for video surveillance, and why is it important to communicate to your customers? Join Dean Drako, President and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, at ISC West, April 6, 2017, from 10-11 a.m. for a discussion on video surveillance TCO, including the framework and core financial…
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Security Tech and Critical Infrastructure Protection
Security Industry Association Director of Industry Relations Ron Hawkins recently delivered a presentation on critical infrastructure protection at the Energy, Utility & Environment Conference. Here is a condensed version of his remarks. The risks and security challenges that utilities must manage have increased substantially in recent years. Electricity, obviously, has always been part of the…
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