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    • Sept-October 2023

    Critical Infrastructure
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    It's important to note that implementing a large-scale biometric deployment requires expertise in biometric technology, security and project management.
    Biometrics

    Biometrics From Theory to Reality

    Manish Dalal
    Nov. 28, 2023
    Making large-scale biometric deployment for access control work
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    Ensure physical security measures and technologies are in place to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive areas and equipment.
    Security Executives

    Why Critical Infrastructure Is The New Target

    Ahmad Zoua
    Sept. 27, 2023
    Many companies seek outside cybersecurity consultants to help enhance their internal teams’ knowledge and abilities
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    Today there are numerous initiatives to create a single pane of glass to use and manage integrated physical security solutions.
    Access & Identity

    How to Protect Network-Centric Physical Security Systems

    Jeffrey A. Slotnick CPP, PSP
    Sept. 23, 2023
    The migration to a single-pane-of-glass approach limits risk but does not eliminate security threats
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    AI-powered access control systems can learn and adapt to changing threats, making them much more difficult to breach while providing a heightened level of protection...
    Access & Identity

    AI Advanced Analytics That Bring Value to Access Control Systems

    Eddie Meltzer
    Aug. 30, 2023
    As advanced technology options expand, the industry understands there are issues to be addressed
    Steve Lasky, Editorial Director
    Security Executives

    Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

    Steve Lasky
    Aug. 30, 2023
    For almost two decades the United States military abided by the mantra of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” referring to its official policy on non-heterosexual service people. The policy...

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    Critical Infrastructure use video surveillance and advanced analytics as a security baseline for most applications.
    Video Surveillance

    Critical Infrastructure Video Technology a Vital Security Tool

    Frank Pisciotta
    Aug. 30, 2023
    Security executives of critical infrastructure facilities should become familiar with industry guidance documents
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    Security elements, unless a priority of the owner as a prerequisite for an acceptable design, are fighting to be heard in an ever-growing list of design requirements.
    Security Industry Services

    From Building Design to Technology Application

    Pierre Bourgeix
    Aug. 30, 2023
    Crossing the threshold of the future of converged building design
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    Using biometrics in private schools eliminates the need for physical credentials.
    Access & Identity

    Biometrics Implementation in a Private School: A Case Study

    Suprema
    Aug. 30, 2023
    How to enhance security, operational efficiency with biometric access control
    Superintendent Jeremy Gulley serves on the PASS Board of Directors and Advisory Council.
    Video Intercoms

    Campus Safety

    Aug. 30, 2023
    Mass communication is a critical tool for K-12 schools when it comes to safety and security.During a crisis, intercom systems can help to communicate critical messages to staff...
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    Security Executives

    How am I doing, Boss?

    John McCumber
    Aug. 30, 2023
    It’s performance appraisal time. Lucky you. It’s that dreaded event where your HR department proudly manages your input to and progress through the process. Now, if you decided...
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    Security Executives

    The Buck Stops Here for Real Leaders

    Mike Howard
    Aug. 30, 2023
    President Harry Truman uttered the now-famous phrase “The Buck Stops Here.” Truman was a man who stood by those words come hell or high water. He represented the truest form of...
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    The growth in threat vectors and protective needs have created the two security universes of physical security and cyber/information security.
    Security Executives

    Strategies for Protecting Critical Infrastructure

    Edward M. Levy
    Aug. 6, 2023
    Risk management calculations are still a useful tool to apply a formula for measuring risk and threat probabilities from high to low
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    These vintage industrial controls, which cannot be upgraded and are located in facilities too vast to be secured, result in a toxic combination.
    Critical Infrastructure

    The state of energy and utilities cybersecurity posture

    Shane Hasert
    July 26, 2023
    Older systems are vulnerable unless critical infrastructure budgets reflect a growing threat
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    Both converged and hyper-converged infrastructure provide a pre-configured package of software and hardware in a single system for simplified management. But with converged infrastructure, the compute, storage, and networking components are discrete and can be separated. With hyper-converged infrastructure, the pre-configured package is a single product provided by a single vendor. The way it scales up is by up by connecting more pre-configured packages together, whose infrastructure management software keeps it all looking like a single package to its users.
    Security Executives

    Real words or buzzwords?: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

    Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III
    Oct. 9, 2018
    HCI has been a hot phrase in IT for several years, but do its promises hold true for the physical security industry?