Posts Tagged ‘IoT’
Securing New Ground Panel to Highlight Shift From Smart Cities to Conscious Cities
It’s almost time for Securing New Ground (SNG), the annual executive conference hosted by the Security Industry Association (SIA), and we’re looking forward to an exciting lineup of discussions on the security business trends that matter most. In one of the event’s featured discussions – The Smart City of the Future Will Be Conscious – a…
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Blockchain: Implications for the Security Professional
We are at peak hype on blockchain, one of the most searched terms on Google. All CEOs and technologists, along with many Uber drivers in New York City, seem to be talking about it. Blockchain is the generic term for the technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a nutshell, the blockchain is a real-time…
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Intelligent Vertical Solutions: Security Trends and Business Opportunities at the Access Control Opening
Cybersecurity: Bridging the Gap Between Physical Security and IT / IoT
Security Megatrends: The Forces Transforming Our Future
Security market leaders took to the stage at Securing New Ground (SNG) 2017 to discuss Security Megatrends™, overarching developments directing the progress of the security industry, in panel discussions on Thursday. Some of the best minds in the industry convened for the first panel, Security Megatrends™: The Forces Transforming Our Future, assessing four market forces…
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SIA Member Exchange: Providing Business Solutions with Panasonic
Andre Greco, Michelle Chapin and Paul Schomburg of Panasonic visit the Security Industry Association. In only eight years, Panasonic underwent an exciting transformation. In 2008, the company once known for its televisions and telephones sold 51 percent to consumers and 49 percent to business. Last year, Panasonic was 95 percent a business-to-business company and only 5…
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The Best Duties and Environments for Outdoor Security Robots
Each of us can think of something we do on the job (or off) that we’d much prefer to hand off to someone (or something) else. That’s the sweet spot for robotics. The best environments and duties for any robot can be found in what we as humans consider redundant, objectionable and unsafe. One vocation…
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SIA New Member Profile: Kwikset
The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomes aboard residential lock manufacturer Kwikset headquartered in Lake Forest, California! SIA caught up with Nick English, North American Sales Manager, Residential Access Solutions, for Kwikset about the company’s recent activities in smart locks and their overall relationship to smart homes. “Multiple studies have shown that the most popular entry…
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How SIA Helped to Oppose Problematic IoT Legislation
On Friday, June 1, California Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson ordered CA S.B. 327 to be placed on the inactive file, which means the bill will not receive further consideration for the remainder of 2017, but could be pursued again next year. (Read a news article on the bill’s withdrawal from the Northern California Record.) S.B. 327,…
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How IoT Allows for Physical Access Integration into 6 Layers of IT Systems
Physical security and IT systems are better together—as explored in this post. But until recently, a specific concept on how to approach the obvious on a technical level was missing. In this blog, we explore the concept of physical security running like an app on the IT infrastructure and what that would mean in terms…
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