Posts Tagged ‘SIA Technology Insights’
Find articles published in the SIA Technology Insights journal, a twice-annual journal focusing on emerging security technologies, and authored by SIA members.
Mapping Security Back to the Business
HiveWatch’s Ryan Schonfeld Discusses How Data Is Critical to Showing Value More than ever, physical security leaders are being asked to do more with less (or more with the same) to optimize their security programs and deliver results. This involves a thorough understanding not only of risk, but also of how the business handles that…
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Leveraging the Advantages of Access Control and Intercom Integration
Aiphone’s Brad Kamcheff Discusses How, When Combined, the Two Systems Can Enhance Security and Operations Trusted and cost effective, intercoms have long been a mainstay in the entry control space. They are recognized as one of the first tried and true technologies to manage access into controlled areas. Today, they continue to be successfully deployed…
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Analyzing Data to Protect People and Assets
Intellicene’s Alan Stoddard Discusses How Intelligent Security Operations Can Support Comprehensive Risk Management Organizations across all sectors face an array of security and safety challenges. From workplace violence and terrorism to theft and natural disasters, the stakes are higher than ever before. It is clear that traditional approaches to protecting infrastructure, people and data are…
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How Thermal Cameras Can Boost the Return on Security Investment
Thermal cameras can enhance both situational awareness and operational efficiency Since the days of analog video, companies using both visible and thermal sensors to improve situational awareness at their facilities have focused primarily on surveillance. By leveraging sensors positioned at areas of interest, a single person could monitor multiple sites. Today, the concept has not…
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How FICAM Revisions Enable New Security Solutions in the Government Sector
Face biometrics now equivalent to fingerprints under FIPS standards For government facilities and civilian organizations alike, establishing an effective physical access control system (PACS) is a top priority. Given the sensitive nature of the resources and information contained within many U.S. government facilities, though, designing a PACS that complies with the latest updates to Federal…
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Using AI Technology to Mitigate Risk and Enhance Productivity
Software can relieve workers of an increasing number of tasks Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent in daily lives. Unlocking a phone with facial recognition, using voice assistants such as Siri or Alexa, traveling in self-driving cars, and relying on fraud detection algorithms are examples of people using AI without necessarily recognizing it as…
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How AI Solutions Make Parking Lots Smarter – and More Secure
Artificial intelligence solutions promote a better, safer customer experience Parking lots and garages are the third most crime-prone areas in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. More than one out of every 10 property crimes occurs in these areas, totaling about 1,400 incidents every day. Property owners, city officials and campus administrators…
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How External Illumination Benefits License Plate Recognition
More Light Equals Improved Analytics Invented in 1976 at the Police Scientific Development Branch in Britain, automated license plate recognition (ALPR) represents one of the first applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. At the most basic level, ALPR systems capture an image of a vehicle’s license plate and transform the picture into alphanumeric…
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Visualization and Delivering Data to Enhance Situational Awareness
Visualization solutions can enable better and faster decision making Critical decision making requires access to information. Organizations rely on data visualization to present a common operating picture for more efficient assessment, faster analysis and improved responses. It can also play an essential role in enhancing surveillance systems that use cameras, as they generate large amounts…
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Using Crowdsourcing to Secure Events
Deployment of a reporting app can vastly increase situational awareness, responsiveness Now that the event industry has rebounded from the COVID-related downturn, the landscape of in-person events has changed significantly. Festivals, sporting events, concerts, exhibitions and conferences all look and feel much different than they did before the pandemic. Not to mention that horrific instances…
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