Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Leading access control, intrusion detection systems and more shared data and intelligence using Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) specifications in Philadelphia at in a demonstration on Sept. 12. Leading access control, intrusion detection, managed service providers, physical security information management (PSIM), video, and video storage vendors…
ASIS 2012: G4S rolls out incident and case management software
Top Priority Sector: security_services G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. made its RISK360 incident and case management software available nationally on Sept. 12 in Philadelphia. Developed by G4S in collaboration with customers who wanted a better way to expose and mitigate risk, RISK360 helps reduce costs by streamlining incident reporting, case…
ASIS 2012: BRS aims for distributed environment
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Image Caption: BRS AISight Behavioral Recognition Systems Labs (BRS Labs) is aiming to make its artificial intelligence system for video surveillance available in distributed environments, much like Cisco Systems’ video surveillance operations manager or (VSOM). BRS Labs executives announced its new AISight 3.1 for…
ASIS 2012: Dice introduces universal video management system
Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Dice Corp. has introduced what company chief executive officer Clifford Dice said aw a revolutionary cloud-based video management system. The company’s Matrix universal video system can simultaneously deliver alarms and their linked videos to operators, including personal computing devices like iPads, he said. That functionality, he…
ASIS 2012: Global security depends on addressing root causes of strife
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Mohamed Baradei at ASIS 2012 Addressing complicated global security issues like peace in the Middle East and a non-nuclear Iran depends on addressing the root causes of problems there and not the symptoms of strife, said the former head of the International…
ASIS 2012: Assa Abloy launches digital keys for mobile phones
Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Assa Abloy, here at ASIS 2012 in Philadelphia, launched what it calls a mobile “ecosystem” to issue and revoke commercial digital keys on NFC mobile phones, making the devices secure enough to carry access codes that can open doors, cabinets and other secure facilities. Although the…
ASIS 2012: Cyber attacks aren’t the only danger for power infrastructure
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Although organized, deliberate Cyber attacks are one of the most potentially crippling threats out there for the North American power grid, other, less-high tech dangers still lurk that could hobble the electrical system, or even bring it to its knees. Those dangers are constantly…
ASIS 2012: Avigilon aims for video game ease-of-use for video management
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Image Caption: Avigilon’s Martz With the release of its next-generation high definition video management system that allows command of multiple video streams from a central point, Avigilon executives said the company is close to harnessing video-game motion and voice commands for video surveillance systems….
ASIS 2012: Napolitano calls for more private Cyber security effort
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: Napolitano at ASIS 2012 While thanking the private security industry for their important contributions to the overall security of the U.S., Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano called for more work to protect critical infrastructure under increasing electronic assault. In a…
ASIS 2012: Gamma Two Robotics security system augments video surveillance
Adrian Courtenay Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Image Caption: Advanced prototypeVigilus mobilecamera system robot Gamma Two Robotics, a Denver, CO, developer of artificial intelligence systems, has disclosed that ASIS 2012 will be the venue for the unveiling of its Vigilus mobile camera system (MCS), a robotic security system designed to augment…