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Cyber Crime Sparks Bigger Fear Than Burglary
AVG Technologies, a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of its own research study that showed U.S. citizens are more concerned about being the victims of cyber crime than burglary or assault....
Identity Theft, Financial Fraud Remain Top Concerns For Consumers
Fears about identity theft and financial fraud are top global concerns for consumers, according to the latest results of the Unisys Security Index....
Safety Self-Assessment Tool Allows Schools To Compare Each Other
CDW Government Inc. (CDW-G), a source of Information Technology (IT) solutions to educators and governments, has published the 2008 School Safety Index Self-Assessment Tool, enabling school and community leaders to take CDW-G’s School Safety Index survey and receive an instant score showing how their school or district compares to the national school safety average, which CDW-G reported in May. ...
Report Finds Massachusetts Colleges Lacking Effort For Security
Massachusetts public colleges and universities have been slow to adopt widely accepted security practices since last year's Virginia Tech massacre, in many cases failing to apply basic measures, according to a critical report that calls for sweeping changes across the state system to avert campus violence....
An Overview Of Demonstration And Protest Statutes
The Security Executive Council (SEC) now offers compilations of state-specific statutes for preventing illegal or dangerous behavior during protests, demonstrations, picketing situations and labor disruptions. ...
2008 ASIS Conference Brings Specialized Sessions To Attendees
Several sessions related to attacks of intelligence or physical nature will be among the offerings at ASIS International 2008, the 54th annual seminar and exhibit taking place on Sept. 15-18 in Atlanta. ...
Shoplifting and Retail Loss Decline Continues, Survey Says
Retail theft, including shoplifting, employee theft, administrative error and vendor fraud is down, according to a recent annual survey conducted by the University of Florida with a funding grant from ADT Security Services....
Forum Initiates Risk Management, Analysis Taxonomy Standard
The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium focused on open standards and global interoperability within and between enterprises, has announced that the organization’s Security Forum has initiated work on a risk management and analysis taxonomy standard. ...
Trade Show Exhibitor Seeks To Reduce Carbon Footprint, Start Trend
Security provider AlliedBarton Security Services seeks to inspire other companies by attempting to reduce its carbon footprint by exhibiting in Denver at the BOMA show but leaving its tradeshow booth in Pittsburgh....
Taxis Receive New Specifications For In-Vehicle Cameras
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has announced that new specifications have been approved for In-Vehicle Camera Systems (IVCS) currently in use by TLC-licensed medallion taxicab and for-hire vehicles in place of bullet-resistant partitions....
Video Surveillance Forecast Down, But Storage To Soar
According to a recent report from IMS Research, the U.S. market for network cameras, video servers and NVRs this year will not likely grow as fast as it did in 2007, where it is estimated to have increased by 45 percent....
Report Finds IT Security Challenges And Solutions Mismatched
CDW Corp., a provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, has released the CDW User-Proof IT Security Report, a survey of business information technology (IT) professionals, which reveals a disparity between the most common IT security headaches and businesses’ deployment of solutions that could relieve them....
New ASTM Standard To Cover Control Room Protection
Subcommittee E54.05 on Building and Infrastructure Protection is currently working on a proposed new standard that deals with control rooms, WK18256, Guide for the Physical Protection of Control Rooms for Infrastructure Facilities Against Forced Entry and Ballistics Attack....
University of Maryland Follows Higher Education Segway Trend
Currently, the security departments at more than 80 universities and colleges use Segway Personal Transporters for campus security patrols (up 25 percent since the first of the year). ...
PSA Security Network Enjoys Successful 2008 PSA-TEC
Attendees reaped the benefits from a comprehensive training program during the 2008 PSA-TEC held May 5-9 in St. Charles, Ill. PSA offered training tracks for owners and senior managers, sales and project managers, purchasing agents and technicians with more than 400 course hours during the weeklong conference....
Video Surveillance Software Revenue To Grow Fourfold by 2013
Video surveillance systems have existed for many years, but until recently, extracting useful information from them was labor-intensive, time-consuming and tedious. Now, however, the quickening transition from analog to digital video has made it possible to use software for detection and analysis....
Workshop On Standards For Anti-Terrorism
A Workshop on Satisfying Anti-Terrorism Requirements Through Emerging Standards will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. ...
Annual Competition Promotes International Security Innovations
The American Regional Semi-Final of the 2008 Global Security Challenge (GSC), the world's largest international security innovation competition, offers entrepreneurs and start-ups the opportunity to showcase their security inventions and compete for more than $500,000 in cash-grants. ...
Risky Online Behavior More Likely To Happen In Small Businesses
Trend Micro Inc., a developer of Internet content security, reports that in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan, employees in small companies took more online risks while on the company network compared to their counterparts in larger organizations, according to the results of a study that explores corporate computer users' perceptions of and experiences with security threats....
Security Executive Council Online Store Offers Training Videos
The Security Executive Council online store has added three new training videos to its lineup of industry-leading security resources. ...
Southern Miss Sports Security Management Center Forms Board
A national advisory board with key relationships in the world of sports and security is the newest partner of the Center for Spectator Sports Security Management at The University of Southern Mississippi....
Study Finds One In Five Businesses Lacks Continuity Plan
Despite the man-made and natural disasters that are a reality today, many businesses are not fully prepared to maintain their business operations in the event of an emergency, according to an annual AT&T Inc. study on business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness for U.S. businesses in the private sector....
Emerging Network Video Interface Standard To Offer Flexibility
Three suppliers of IP video technologies—Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corp.—will cooperate to create an open forum aimed at developing a standard for the interface of network video products. ...
ASIS 2008 Conference Will Feature Expanded Education Program
ASIS International, an organization for security management professionals worldwide, is offering more than 175 educational sessions of interest to security practitioners of all levels at its 54th Annual Seminar and Exhibits....
