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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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Proposal
Standardizes Video Analytics For Loss Prevention
In order to boost the effectiveness of retail loss
prevention and to improve the in-store customer experience, Cisco
submitted a proposal to standardize how computers describe surveillance
video for image analysis to the Association for Retail Technology
Standards (ARTS), a division of the National Retail Federation. A group
of retailers asked Cisco to work with them to develop a consistent way
to access video analytic metadata from various vendors.
Video surveillance has traditionally been used in retail for loss
prevention. With the aid of computer processing and analysis of video,
retailers can further enhance loss prevention efforts and better
understand customer behaviors, as well as improve the customer
experience.
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"Street View"
-- Illegal Or Annoying?
Google's Street View stunned many with its photos of
the unsuspecting, from a man climbing a front gate to another walking
out of a strip club, but it's hardly the first time the company has
compiled a massive database of material that some would want to remain
private -- and that raises security issues.
Street View is a map that allows users to zoom down to street level,
viewing 360-degree panoramic photos and they stroll through town one
mouse click at a time. Like so many technologies, it began as something
useful for military purposes before people saw a more general use -- or
potential abuse, say in the case of a criminal that might use it to
choose a possible target.
But now with Google serving up images from the sky with Google Earth,
creating street-level images with Street View and tracking customer
behavior in cyberspace, some are starting to ask: how much is enough?
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NCTA
Convention Shows Intelligence And Risk
A lineup of government and business security experts
warned attendees at the North Carolina Technology Association's "Five
Pillars" conference that competitors, foreign agents and even
disgruntled employees pose serious risks to keeping trade secrets safe.
The conference's goal, according to News 14, Cary N.C., was to bring
businesses together with the intelligence community. It's a partnership
the NCTA hopes will offer ways to protect valuable assets.
"An example is an e-mail sent from another country which has a program
in an attachment that once it's open, it can draw information from that
company," says Nathan Gray, FBI Special Agent in Charge.
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Security
Technology Needs Human Guidance
Diverse, accurate methods for detecting bomb material
and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are entering the marketplace,
but even when fully automated or integrated with each other, these
technologies offer little protection without personnel trained to think
like the adversary, say industry and research experts.
"The advances we're seeing in detection technologies are impressive, and
it's an area where people are trying to fully automate the process, but,
at the end of the day, security is human-based," says Amotz Brandes, a
former Israeli soldier and currently director and managing partner of
Chameleon Associates, Canoga Park, Calif., a security consulting firm.
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IT
Professionals Losing Database Security, Study Says
Databases are among the most widely deployed, complex,
and fastest growing technologies in corporate infrastructures, according
to Dark Reading, a security news source for enterprise IT and network
security professionals. Stocked with vast amounts of business-critical,
sensitive records, they're now the focal point in highly-damaging data
breaches. It's a safe bet that perpetrators will target databases even
more in the days ahead.
Yet, as businesses rush to provide real-time information flow inside and
outside their organizations, database security remains one of the least
understood and most under-funded aspects of corporate security -- and IT
is yelling for help.
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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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- Fortress Technologies, Oldsmar, Fla., a
provider of security and secure wireless solutions, is launching a
Certified Partner Program for both the government and commercial
sectors.
- Scottrade Inc., is partnering with McAfee Inc., Santa
Clara, Calif., to provide McAfee's all-in-one firewall, anti-virus,
anti-phishing and anti-spyware software to its customers at no charge.
- Alert One Services Inc., Williamsport, Pa., is releasing the
first two-way talking help button with 24-hour monitoring. The product
will be called "ClearCall."
- IBM has entered into an agreement for acquisition of
Watchfire Corp., Waltham, Mass., a privately-held security
compliance testing software company.
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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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- Gabby Klausner has been appointed chief
financial officer of Acro Inc., Fennville, Mich., a developer of
explosive detection solutions.
- SafetyCare Technologies, a life-safety monitoring company,
has appointed Darryl Burnett, a veteran of the integrated security
industry, as national manager of distribution/facility sales.
- Thomas C. Rapone has joined CapitalSource's Security Lending
Group, Chevy Chase, Md., as a business development officer.
- Steelbox Networks Inc., Atlanta, Ga., makers of network video
distribution and storage devices, has appointed Kin Mitra as vice
president of sales, Americas.
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Events
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June 14
Network System and Switch Selection for Small and Large Applications
Webinar
Topics Covered: OSI Network layers and IP Video cameras, Layer 2 and
Layer 3 switches, routers, IGMP snooping and the GX System, SMTP e-mail
and DVRs/NVRs, deploying i-Pro cameras on a network
Instructor: Steve Surfaro, strategic technical liaison, Panasonic
Security Systems
Information: Visit www.panasonic.com/ptech
June 18-20
2007 BICSI European Conference
Citywest Hotel; Dublin, Ireland
Organizer: BICSI
Information: Call (800) 242-7405 or (813) 979-1991 or e-mail bicsi@bicsi.org
www.bicsi.org
June 18-21
Assets Protection Course III: Functional Management
Westin Savannah Harbor; Savannah, Ga.
Sponsor: ASIS International
Information: Call (703) 519-6200
www.asisonline.org
June 20-21
Security Canada Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Sponsor: Canadian Security Association
Information: Call (905) 513-0622 or e-mail staff@canasa.org
www.canasa.org
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