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New Announcements from ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS
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Hirsch Electronics announces Velocity 3.0.
The award-winning Velocity Security Management System integrates access
control, video, alarms, badging, smart cards, biometrics, Role-Based
Access Control (RBAC), partitioning, identity management, FIPS 201 and
more. The system is IT-centric, highly secure, and scaleable to even the
largest organizations. Visit www.WeSecureBuildings.com
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News
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Will the rapid
rise of cyber-crime continue in 2007?
Computer security experts say 2006 saw an
unprecedented spike in junk e-mail and sophisticated online attacks from
increasingly organized cyber crooks. Few of them believe 2007 will be
any brighter for the millions of fraud-weary consumers already
struggling to stay abreast of new computer security threats and avoiding
clever scams when banking, shopping or just surfing online, according to
a Washington Post report.
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for the rest of the article
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InfoSecurity tops list of
executive worries
The compromise of corporate information systems is the
number-one worry of business executives, according to a survey of 197
senior executives at corporations with $1 billion or more in annual
revenue.
The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, revealed that 61 percent of
the executives cited data breaches as their biggest worry. Terrorism (55
percent) and corporate malfeasance (40 percent) round out the top-three
potential crisis situations.
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Security
concerns influence school design
A 2005 school security and land price study has
prompted school officials in Collier County, Fla., to change the way
they build new schools.
Officials sought a new design for schools to keep students in a more
enclosed space, according to a report in the Bonita Daily News. Veterans
Memorial Elementary School, scheduled to open in the fall, will be the
last one-story, open-air school built in Collier County, says Alvah
Hardy, executive director of facilities management for the district.
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Mobile security, RFID to have
largest impact on IT security
IT security managers may want to take heed: emerging
technologies like mobile security and RFID should be making a
significant blip on your radar screens.
According to David Strom's article in InformationWeek, mobile security
and RFID are two of the top five technologies projected to have a major
impact on IT managers in 2007 and beyond.
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Secure Your Facilities with CyberLock
Videx manufactures CyberLock electronic cylinders designed to convert
mechanical locks into full-functioning access control systems. A record
of every entry and attempted access is stored in both the cylinder and
key. One key can be used to access CyberLocks installed in doors,
cabinets, containers, and padlocks throughout an entire facility.
www.videx.com/lock17
Videx, Inc.
1105 NE Circle Blvd.
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-758-0521,
Fax: 541-752-5285
sales@videx.com
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Business Beat
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- Stanley Security Solutions, New
Britain, Conn., has partnered with STOPware, San Jose, Calif., a
Brady company, under which Stanley will market and sell the
PassagePoint visitor management solution from STOPware.
- GlobalOptions Group, New York, has combined its two
investigative units, CBR and Hyperion Risk to form
GlobalOptions Fraud and SIU Services, which will be based in
Nashville, Tenn.
- NovusEdge Inc., Austin, Texas, has announced that its
EdgeProtect IP-based asset protection suite has been chosen as main
component of the Facility Explorer Asset Protection solution from
Johnson Controls, Milwaukee.
- On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc., Suffern, N.Y., and
AgileMesh, Richardson, Texas, have formed a strategic partnership
to provide video surveillance solutions over rapidly deployable wireless
mesh networks, mainly for the use of public safety forces including
SWAT, HAZMAT, emergency rescue and firefighter teams.
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Lenel, a UTC Fire & Security company, is a leading provider of software
and integrated systems for commercial security markets. Lenel's flagship
OnGuard security platform provides an open, seamlessly integrated
solution encompassing access control, alarm monitoring, identity
management, smart cards, biometrics, intrusion detection, digital video
management, intelligent video and IT convergence. www.lenel.com
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People in the News
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- Jason Beardsley has joined
Optex, Chino, Calif., as vice president of sales.
- Tom Pacholke has joined SchemaLogic, Kirkland, Wash.,
as vice president of professional services and support.
- Dan Baker has been appointed vice president of business
development for Niksun, Monmouth Junction, N.J.
- Ron Lakey has been appointed president and chief operating
officer of Devcon International Corp., Boca Raton, Fla., as well
as to the position of president of Devcon Security
Services.
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Events
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Announcing the 2007 Security Industry Calendar
of Events, available online at securitysolutions.com/current/calendar2007.
To submit your event for inclusion in the 2007
securitysolutions.com Industry Calendar, please send the relevant
information to aroe@securitysolutions.com
Jan. 7-11
AAAE 21st Annual Aviation Issues Conference 2007
Hyatt Regency; Kauai, Hawaii
Organizer: American Association of Airport Executives
Information: E-mail aaaemeetings@aaae.org
www.aaae.org
Jan. 8-10
IDC at Consumer Electronics Show 2007
The Wynn; Las Vegas
Organizer: IDC
www.idc.com
Jan. 10
Risk Management e-conference
Organizer: Security and Technology Online (SATO)
Information: E-mail info@satoevents.com
www.satoevents.com
Jan. 13-19
SANS Bootcamp 2007
Walt Disney World Swan Resort; Orlando, Fla.
www.sans.org
Jan. 18-19
TechNet Far East 2007
Tokyo
Organizer: Association for Communications and Electronics Professionals
(AFCEA International)
Information: E-mail Tina
Swallow
www.afcea.org
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Cover Story: A Matter
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Fish, Small Fish, by Clarissa Jacobsen: Working with large and small
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