A Password Plight
By John Clark and Christopher Paidhrin
Some consider security to be beyond the reach of usual measures of return-on-investment, but most would agree that the costs of a security program should...
Tackling Risk
BY STEPHANIE SILK
Helmets, pads and gloves are normally on hand at each year's Super Bowl to protect the players and keep the game safe. However, protecting the stadium...
Contactless Smart Cards: Not Just Access Control |
BY ROBERT M. FEE
Here is the challenge: Establishing a multi-application capability while allowing for easy integration during ongoing operations, flexibility and scalability...
REAL ID Backlash
By Sandra Kay Miller
Transitioning driver’s licenses into smart cards raises privacy concerns, but creates opportunities for a new functionality....
The Right Technology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is in the process of swapping out its access control system, which includes 800 card readers, 1,500...
Code Pink
At Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y., where doctors and nurses deliver up to 7,000 babies a year, security is drum tight against baby snatchers. Ten years...
Dual Control
By TOM TULLI
Criminal activity in the business arena is evolving to include more than just theft or destruction of physical items. The theft of data and information...
Miners Use Active RFID Systems For Accountability Underground
Miners working in Anglo American's Chilean copper mines have recently implemented active radio frequency identification (RFID) systems from VUANCE Ltd.,...
Crisis Communication Comes of Age
By Jim Crumbley
Workplace shootings, gang violence, infant kidnappings, inmate escapes, hostage situations, bomb threats, tornados, hurricanes, terrorism hospital security...
Expanding Under Lock And Key
In 2000, the former Good Samaritan Hospital became part of Banner Health, an organization that operates 20 hospitals in seven western states. With 17,000...
Updating And Unlocking A Classic
BY Stephanie Silk
After being closed for a two-and-a-half year, $440 million rehabilitation, the Plaza Hotel in New York reopened in December 2007 with newly replaced hard...
Streamlined Locks
By Carol Carey
A streamlined, updated door locking system has provided the Hilton Atlanta Northeast with greater reliability, versatility and style in managing guest...
Harboring Safety
By Stephanie Silk
The Port of Halifax Canada's Atlantic Gateway to the World is home to terminals, oil refineries, ship stations, cargo and supply chain activities, Navy...
Project ID-Vault
By Jacqueline Emigh
It's no longer surprising to come across a situation where the same ID management system is used for controlling access to computers, buildings and grounds....
A View of the Future
By Stephanie Silk
The Surveillance Studies Network, a group of British academics, have come out with a study entitled A Report on the Surveillance Society a look ahead...
Networking Access Control
By Ray Shilling
You are a security director for a major national retail chain with more than 250 geographically distributed stores. You recently hired a regional security...
Balancing Man and Machine
By Marc Bognar CCP
The 20th century witnessed the most rapid change of any century so far and all because of advances in technology. Each decade brought a revolutionary...
New Security For New Developments
By Michael Fickes
Of the 3,000 or so retail shopping centers in the United States, a little more than 130 of them mix together various kinds of commercial real estate space...
Hacker AT THE DOOR
By Ashley Roe
DEF CON is widely thought to be the largest underground hacking convention in the world. The yearly convention caters to hacking enthusiasts, IT and security...
A Printer For All Tasks
Unalaska, the 11th largest city in Alaska, is a bustling community of just more than 4,000 residents located along the Aleutian Chain approximately 800...
Access (And Cost) Control
When Parkadon Management Inc., a property management company specializing in Federal Section 8 housing, was looking to upgrade its access control management...
The Essentials of Badging and ID Solutions
By Bill Kiechafer
Much has been said and written recently about emerging technologies in the security industry, including the convergence of physical security and information...
RFID Awakens
By Michael Fickes
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology isn't just for paying highway tolls anymore. A new RFID world is emerging, and it may offer a host of...
Beyond Keys In Kansas
Derby, Kan., is a city of some 20,000 people, about 10 miles outside of Wichita. In 2000, the city began a major building spurt, culminating in the new...
RFID-Based Security and Tracking at Virginia Ports
To enhance the security and efficiency of cargo container shipments at its terminals, the Virginia Port Authority has chosen Radio Frequency Identification-based...
