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Find articles published in the SIA Technology Insights journal, a twice-annual journal focusing on emerging security technologies, and authored by SIA members.
IoT Makes New Security Partnerships Essential
Bringing physical security and IT security together can enhance both For several years now, security professionals have been a part of a remarkable convergence of two worlds – physical and digital. Security systems integrators are shifting from being strictly focused on hardware and electronics to taking into account services, software and networks, and security purchases…
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Don’t Be the Weakest Link
Security, IT Departments Must Work Together to Reduce Vulnerabilities The physical security industry has generally not received a lot of attention when it comes to cybersecurity issues, breaches and threats to data. However, with the shift from analog to IP devices, and with a more converged network of devices, many organizations have found themselves face-to-face…
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A CEO’s Guide to Cybersecurity
Identifying and addressing vulnerabilities must be a priority Cybersecurity responds to leadership priorities just as finances and human resources do. Computers and networks come with flaws and vulnerabilities, as with all other aspects of a business, and these vulnerabilities enable hackers to achieve their goals. The CEO mitigates risk, regardless of domain, by exhibiting leadership…
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Becoming Predictive, Rather than Reactive
A holistic view of physical and logical identities can help to identify insider threats Current events have raised awareness of digital threats worldwide, bringing cybersecurity to the forefront of our global consciousness. It seems that hardly a day goes by without news of an attack and precious digital assets such as personal and financial data…
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SIA Technology Insights – Spring 2016
Some professionals in the electronic physical security industry – especially those who started their careers more than a few years ago – may feel a similar unfamiliarity when they look at the most technologically advanced systems today. Everything is on the network, and computers and data now have as much to do with securing a facility as cameras and card readers. The physical location cannot be secure unless the network is – and vice versa – which is why this edition of SIA Technology Insights is devoted entirely to cybersecurity.
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SIA Technology Insights – Fall 2015
The first half of this issue is about the power of data, and this, frankly, was not intentional. It’s just that five of the SIA members whom we asked to write articles about coming trends and technologies independently proposed pieces on “big data.” Such is the nature of the industry now that data mining has become an important security tool, and software has multiplied the effectiveness of video surveillance cameras, access control equipment and other devices.
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The Public Safety Data Lake
Making the right decisions regarding storage and other issues can vastly increase the value of video surveillance For years, surveillance has largely been deployed either as a closed system or on an appliance. The reasons are understandable: Most customers, companies and partners come from the CCTV days where every system was closed, and that is…
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Transforming Data into Actionable Intelligence
New solutions can identify insider threats before it is too late Ajay Jain, Quantum Secure In every industry, data drives decisions. This might be as simple as an organization reviewing financials to determine whether an expansion is feasible, or it could come in the form of more complex analysis, such as examining a pool of…
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Reducing Retail Shrink with Business Intelligence Software
Data mining can be a valuable new tool for loss prevention professionals Retailers, like most businesses, are attempting to do more with less in an effort to increase competitiveness and profitability. Hardest hit have been corporate support organizations (Target and Best Buy are recent high-profile examples), where corporate loss prevention (LP) personnel who specialize in…
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Big Video Data
Video management systems offer a powerful platform for security and business intelligence From a single store location to multinational enterprises, IP surveillance systems have become extremely prevalent. While the majority of these systems were originally installed to improve security, there has been a recent push by many organizations to leverage the video from surveillance systems…
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