A Chicago-based bank found out that rapid growth
MICHAEL FICKES
No matter how you look at it, growth costs money. And unplanned growth costs more money.For years, security technology did not accommodate planning for...
Attack spurs upgrade at hospital
DON GARBERA
"We have our own career criminal," says Ben Scaglione, director of security, New York Cornell Campus of The New York Presbyterian Hospital.In 1996, a...
Digital badging saves time and money at MicroAge/Pinacor
SCOTT FARRER, CPO
MicroAge/Pinacor, a Fortune 500 computer integrator and distributor based in Tempe, Ariz., depends on its Corporate Security Services division for functions...
Preserving order in the court
WILL POLLOCK
A multi-phased, integrated system brings high-tech, networked security to courthouse buildings in Collin County, Texas.Municipal buildings and facilities...
Chevron aims for worldwide single-card access
MICHAEL FICKES
Access control and closed-circuit television systems for Chevron Corp. reached a breaking point back in 1993 at one of its Bay area facilities. A software...
Las Vegas airport security leaves little to chance
CAROL CAREY
With the opening of Phase 1 of its planned $100 million expansion, Las Vegas' McCarran International airport can now accommodate 45 million passengers...
McGraw-Hill consolidates and upgrades security
DON GARBERA
The publishing industry provides us with communication, information and education in the form of newspapers, periodicals and electronic publishing. Publishing...
Deere & Company upgrades security continent-wide
AC&SSI Staff
Famous for farm equipment, the $12 billion corporation has expanded into other business areas, and is completing the first phase of a world-class security...
Financial Institutions
DON GARBERA
Security at Travelers: Varied technologies at multiple locationsInsurance company in Hartford, Conn., gets results combining equipment and procedures....
Holy Cross safety commitment extends to equipment solutions
AC&SSI Staff
The College of the Holy Cross is committed to providing a secure, productive environment for its 2,700 students who enjoy some of the most sophisticated,...
The card that could
MICHAEL FICKES
The transportation authority in Chicago has developed a photo ID program that badges groups of riders at special fares.For many organizations, badging...
Bridgeport Hospital's O'Donnell and staff provide a safe, secure environment
DON GARBERA
Security mission: To protect against urban threats at the 450-bed hospital in Connecticut. Located in the middle of one of the largest urban areas in...
Motorola's worldwide business units take proximity company-wide
AC&SSI Staff
Through technology standardization, the company achieves single-card access throughout its global facilities.In Tempe, Ariz., home to Motorola's newly...
Smart Cards and Security
STUART EVANS
Smart cards are coming; are you ready? For many years, smart card technology has been a classic example of a solution in search of a problem. As of 1998,...
Smart Cards and Security
GEORGE PARTINGTON
A 'smart' ID solution at U.K. hospitals Doctors at National Health Service Trust hospitals in London keep their medical history and access credentials...
How one biotechnology research and development company protects its ideas and processes with security technology
MICHAEL FICKES
The biotechnology research and development companies clustered in southern California live in fear of scientific error and industrial espionage.Inside...
Making the most of a student ID card
AC&SSI Staff
For over a century, Howard Payne University has prepared its students for life-long learning by upholding traditional values. There is nothing traditional,...
Touching all the bases: security at Orioles Park in Baltimore
MICHAEL FICKES
Protecting the facilities, players and fans at a major league baseball stadium may well pose one of the toughest challenges in the security profession.The...
Security is comprehensive - but not intrusive - at John Hancock complex
CAROL CAREY
Until recently, an employee of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston might have used one identification card to enter the complex's...
Card Access a Popular solution in Bermuda
Staff
Among Bermuda's 60,000 residents, access control cards issued by security company Bermuda Central Station are almost as common as driver's licenses and...
Credit Suisse First Boston
DON GARBERA
A leading investment banking firm relocates in New York and implements a security system that is networkable throughout its international holdings.Credit...
Proximity system helps Salt River Project grow
Staff
Utility company's access control system takes care of "a couple of years' worth of headaches."Jim Trujillo knows access control. Within the last two years...
Getting integrated security down to a science at Perkin-Elmer
DON GARBERA
Using existing company infrastructure, the security communications system is on-line at all times, allowing instant transmission of an alarm condition.At...
Keeping Security risks at bay at San Francisco International Airport
PATRICIA BARNES
San Francisco International was among the first airports in the country to begin improving systems to conform with stricter security regulations imposed...
Security without reservations at New York's Peninsula Hotel
DON GARBERA
The Peninsula Hotel's security operation lives up to the hotel's first-class reputation. The Peninsula Hotel is in the heart of New York's most prestigious...
