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Ensuring Security Success for Aetna
Aetna Inc. is a world-class healthcare and life insurance company, but when it came to their access control and security requirements, they previously had incompatible security systems and reader types spread over nearly 100 field offices nationwide. The system was inefficient to manage because it required maintaining multiple records for each badge technology type, had no direct interface to human
Suit of Armor
As CCTV surveillance technology has improved, so have the enclosures that protect the cameras from vandals, criminals and prying eyes. Domes and enclosures have become less obtrusive, more stylish and indestructible as the technology has advanced. Sometimes the best protection for a CCTV camera is not necessarily a hardware solution. The most reliable, cost-effective, vandal-resistant schemes can
Equitable's assets tightly secured
A report of a stolen laptop computer at The Equitable Life Assurance Society in New York recently prompted an investigation within the company's security department.Security staff reviewed the previous day's CCTV tapes with staff members and checked the access control system to identify employees in the area when the theft occurred. An individual was identified and interviewed. The employee confessed,
Security rates high at Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's is the largest rating agency and financial publisher in the world. The company provides independent, analytical services and information to the world's financial markets.Headquartered in the Wall Street section of New York City and owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Standard & Poor's employs a staff of approximately 2,200 in New York and maintains regional offices in major cities
Access control, CCTV and alarm management have been integrated into a Software House C-CURE 8000 system that delivers greater efficiency, economy and ease-of-use. | ntegration of the lighting function into the security management system has resulted
Up until three years ago, all of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company's buildings (some 40 in the United States) used standalone, hard-wired security systems for access control and CCTV. As a result of a major upgrade, security at buildings across the country is now managed over the Fortune 100 company's local and wide area networks. Access control, CCTV and alarm management have been integrated into
Bet On Being Watched
Following state approval as a digital recording system for Blackjack game surveillance, the Intellex digital video management system from American Dynamics, San Diego, has been selected for deployment at the Mazatzal Casino in Payson, Ariz. Security officials at Mazatzal Casino first began their research into adding digital recording when the State of Arizona began considering a proposition to include
Access control, CCTV and alarm management have been integrated into a Software House C-CURE 8000 system that delivers greater efficiency, economy and ease-of-use. | ntegration of the lighting function into the security management system has resulted
Up until three years ago, all of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company's buildings (some 40 in the United States) used standalone, hard-wired security systems for access control and CCTV. As a result of a major upgrade, security at buildings across the country is now managed over the Fortune 100 company's local and wide area networks. Access control, CCTV and alarm management have been integrated into
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The Boeing Co., Chicago, has awarded a two-year contract to Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc., New York, to implement a smart card-based identity management system. Over the next five years, more than 200,000 Boeing employees, contractors and partners are scheduled to receive a multifunction smart card providing access to information systems and buildings. As part of a re-building
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ISC Expo forms team with AC&SSIThe International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC Expo) is forming a partnership with Access Control and Security Systems Integration magazine to develop a targeted security management conference track for the conference in New York, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. Discussions sponsored by the magazine will provide security system solutions to issues facing security professionals.
Orchestrated Security
When Robert Harris was planning security for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, little did he know that some day he would be in charge of one of the city's newest cultural landmarks. He is now director of security for the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which is the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. When the Music Center Operating Company opens the facility's massive, glass doors to the public
Protection Preventive
When a patient is admitted to Norwalk Hospital, a security supervisor visits on the first day. The supervisor addresses a series of questions with the patient including what personal valuables they had at the time of admission and whether the property should be sent home with a family member for safekeeping. The supervisor also educates the patient about safety procedures. One of my primary missions
CCTV
Featuring simultaneous record and replay technologies and pre-trigger recording of event sequences leading to alarms, 2nd Eyes is a digital video recording system made by Primary Image, Surrey, England. Its scaleable architecture can be configured from one video input channel to almost unlimited expansion, according to the maker. Up to eight channels can be provided in a single module, and further
SITE REPORTS
The 5.6 miles of Minneapolis' Midtown Greenway project for transportation and recreational uses will be monitored with a digital video multiplexer/recorder from GE Interlogix Video Systems Group, Corvallis, Ore. There are also plans to install 21 GE Interlogix cameras and 20 Code Blue towers along the Greenway. The Pima County Jail, Tucson, Ariz., has adopted 13.56 MHz tags, cards and readers from
Sun Microsystems integrates access control worldwide
Use of a universal system simplifies coordination of security needs, while saving installation and administration costs.Sun Microsystems, a world leader in networked workstations and Internet technology, and the designer of the Java programming language, is growing worldwide at an astonishing rate. So, too, is Sun's physical size. With building, equipment and technology assets expanding into the billions
Video cameras pixels optimal exposure
A new wave of video cameras provides highly definitive images in which each pixel is tweaked to its optimal exposure in order to clearly capture both dark and light areas within the frame. They are based on the D2500 Video Imaging System chipsets for high-performance security cameras introduced by Pixim Inc., Mountain View, Calif., in September 2005. The Orca family of chipsets uses Pixim's Digital
Advanced care hospital has advanced security
Every baby is tagged with a sensor on his or her bracelet, which transmits signals to antennas placed on the ceiling throughout the unit. At Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., the 100 full- and part-time security officers who work under the supervision of Kevin Cullen, director of security, pride themselves on being ready to meet any crisis. The 1,000-bed advanced care hospital has the
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