Posts Tagged ‘existing’

Pier Parking Plan Moves Spaces to New Garage

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The Santa Monica City Council will spend $300,000 to draw up preliminary designs. The 280-stall structure would do little to solve the parking problems along the gridlocked beach front. A three-story parking garage—perhaps like the airy cement structure in Miami that doubles as a glamorous event venue—could be the city’s solution to getting cars off… Read more >>

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7 dos and don’ts to maximize a hospital’s RFID return on investment

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Yedidia Blonde is, a Product Manager at Vizbee RFID Solutions. Vizbee offers RFID applications for multiple industries, including a patient and hospital asset tracking application for healthcare institutions. Here’s what Yedidia had to say about the do’s and dont’s of RFID in hospitals: Radio frequency identification is a very powerful tool for hospital management. With… Read more >>

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Surveillance Video Becomes a Tool for Studying Customers

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Software mines security footage to help business owners see what people do once they’re inside the store. The huge success of online shopping and advertising—led by giants like Amazon and Google—is in no small part thanks to software that logs when you visit Web pages and what you click on. Startup Prism Skylabs offers brick-and-mortar… Read more >>

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UK mailbox supplier selects SALTO Systems to provide electronic locking solution

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of lockable mailbox systems and letterbox anti-arson solutions has selected SALTO Systems to provide an electronic locking solution for its products. The SALTO XS4 locker lock is designed to bring all the advantages of electronic access control to a lockable mailbox and is designed to provide a high level… Read more >>

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GSA’s First Cloud-Based Physical Access System Is Implemented At Neal Smith Federal Building

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

BridgePoint™ Systems, the broadest provider of smart-card readers and enrollment software for Physical Access Control Systems (PACs), today announced that Neal Smith Federal Building has implemented its TrustAlert™ PACS (formerly TrustZone PACS). BridgePoint and its partner, EmbarkIT, installed the new system ahead of schedule and within the facility’s budget parameters. TrustAlert PACS is the only… Read more >>

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Upgrading existing physical access control to comply with PIV mandates

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Beginning in fiscal year 2012, U.S. government agencies must upgrade their physical and logical access control systems to provide federal employees and contractors with more secure and reliable forms of identification using Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials. These credentials must leverage smart card and biometric technology in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology… Read more >>

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Why the Market Has Already Tipped to IP

Monday, December 19th, 2011

One of the most heated video surveillance debates is when the market will ‘tip’ to IP cameras, typically defined as the first year when IP camera revenue exceeds analog camera revenue. However, this debate and metric misses the more important shift that has occurred. Already Tipped Right under Our NosesIn the past year, the market… Read more >>

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Brooklands College rolls out Sophos endpoint solution across its entire network

Monday, October 17th, 2011

The Conficker worm, also known as Downadup, first surfaced in November 2008 and has infected thousands of business networks. The infection attacks unpatched computers by exploiting weak passwords and USB storage devices. The widespread use of USB drives by students has meant that schools and colleges have been particularly badly affected by Conficker – the… Read more >>

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A more common sense approach to security is required

Friday, October 14th, 2011

We’ve seen headline after headline of victims who’ve suffered a security breach. While the severity may vary, each is an example of the concerned organisation’s security measures being found wanting. And the battle has only just begun as, in recent months, security professionals have amplified the cry following attacks from DigiNotar, Anonymous and WikiLeaks –… Read more >>

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Over two thirds of hospitals and healthcare service providers suffered privacy breaches last year

Friday, October 14th, 2011

A new report, entitled “Veriphyr’s 2011 Survey of Patient Privacy Breaches”, summarizes the findings of a Veriphyr survey on Protected Health Information (PHI) privacy breaches of compliance and privacy officers at mid to large sized hospitals and healthcare service providers. According to the findings, more than 70 percent of the organizations in the study have… Read more >>

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