GUARDING THE CITY OF ANGELS
By KATE HENRY
Los Angeles is a metropolis unlike any other: It has a population of nearly four million socio-economically and ethnically diverse residents, occupying...
PRODUCT FOCUS: FIBER OPTICS
Video conferencing fiber-optic Data transmission system on one fiber Designed for secure and interference-free video conferencing in large campus and...
FACE VALUE
By CORRINA STELLITANO
Last year, 53 million tourists entered America's casinos hoping to catch a stroke of good fortune. Lurking among them were sinister professionals who...
REMOTE ACCESS
By TOM PATRICK McAULIFFE
There are advantages to being able to log onto a secure Web server to view video feeds from multiple security cameras and to control pan/tilt/zoom functions....
Biometric Standards Pave The Way For Greater Implementation
Jennifer Pero
As interest in biometrics grows, industry standards and related activities are emerging from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST)...
PUBLIC ACCESS CONTROLLED
At Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, the security system formerly consisted of a five-foot fence, several readers with one master code, and...
Biometrics At The Border
Paul Rothman
Our nation's borders could be its most visible security risk. The United States has more than 7,500 miles of borders. Each year, more than 500 million...
GATEWAY TO THE WORLD
By KATE HENRY
In today's highly charged, post-Sept. 11 aviation security climate, no airport employee or airline passenger in America, no matter how innocuous, senior,...
It takes three
By BILL HOLMES
Precise identification is the foundation for security. Whether confirming building access to employees, validating a pilot entering an aircraft, or completing...
HIGHER CONTROL
By MICHAEL FICKES
The 9 a.m. meeting began ahead of schedule at the Orange County, Calif., offices of C. A. Gamble and Assoc., a consulting engineering firm specializing...
ACCESS CONTROL FROM A CONTINENT AWAY
In the middle of the night, something breaks an infrared beam protecting the perimeter of a critical data center for the United Kingdom operations of...
Who's Controlling The Keys?
By Peter Guidi
Access control the process of managing the flow of people into, throughout and out of our facilities is achieved through a layered approach that identifies...
PHOTO I.D. and BEYOND
by JACQUELINE EMIGH
Like other state governments, Washington State faces an increasing barrage of security threats from irate citizens and terrorist groups. To help head...
U.S. government finds solutions to control vehicular access
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, has implemented portable barrier systems from Delta Scientific Corp., Valencia, Calif., to protect entrances from...
Technology secures remote access
By Diana Kelley
Many enterprises are realizing the need to provide their users, partners and customers with remote access to their internal network or Web servers. Allowing...
NEW SECURITY HEIGHTS
By MICHAEL FICKES
Like most Americans on Sept. 11, Carlos Villarreal was glued to his television from the moment he heard about two airliners striking the two tallest buildings...
AVON CALLING FOR ACCESS CONTROL AT DATA CENTER
Shortly after last Memorial Day, security officials at Avon Corp. faced a daunting challenge the access control at its corporate data center had crashed...
KEEPING ORDER IN THE COURTHOUSE
By KATE HENRY
Like building a dream house, building a dream security operation from the ground up presents unique design opportunities, but flights of fancy have no...
FACE RECOGNITION ON THE JOB
Prince George's County, Md., is a hub of innovation. It was the birthplace of telegraphic messaging, the mass production of antibiotics and the U.S. military's...
Trust in the palm of your hand
By Johannes Lehrhofer
eBusiness is built on trust. In the offline world, trust is generated through personal relationships, physical signatures, and other evidence, in the...
COMBINING SAFETY AND SECURITY
Delayed exit devices and electronic strikes play a key role in maintaining building security without compromising life safety at the world headquarters...
REACH (SAFELY) FOR THE STARS
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
In the far reaches of interstellar space, a star goes nova its light suddenly increases as the star builds to a fiery end. Soon, the star's mass collapses,...
THE HOUSE RULES
By KATE HENRY
Frigid winds are better associated with the rolling prairie of southeastern Minnesota than are balmy breezes. But there, on the banks of the Mississippi...
AT AN INTERNATIONAL CROSSROADS
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Situated on 103 wooded acres 50 miles south of Los Angeles, Soka University of America is an idyllic retreat from the bustling pace of Southern California...
SCHOOL MODERNIZATION INCLUDES SECURITY UPGRADES
The 30,000-student Glendale Unified School District is undertaking the task of refurbishing each of its 30 schools. Among the improvements will be upgraded...
