In the past, physical security was relatively easy. Station a guard at a security checkpoint, make sure doors are locked with the right kinds of locks, and set up an old-school CCTV system to deter criminals. The conversation these days… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘security’
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Why Multifactor Authentication is Taking the Security World By Storm
You may have heard the term multifactor authentication before. More and more, we’re seeing all kinds of software—from email accounts to social media profiles—take advantage of the idea. In short, it means requiring two forms of authentication before being allowed… Read More
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How is Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Surveillance?
When we spot a CCTV camera in person, it’s hard not to get the gut feeling that someone is watching you. In a way, that’s historically been one of the benefits of CCTV systems—the feeling that someone is watching can… Read More
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5 Tips for Improving Parking Lot Security
Parking lot security is key for everyone involved: clients, business-partners, visitors, employees, and security personnel as well. Depending on the nature of your industry and the layout of your facility, keeping your parking lot secure can be paramount to securing… Read More
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What’s the Link Between Cybersecurity and Physical Security?
These days, much of the buzz surrounding security centers around cybersecurity. It makes sense considering how rapidly data has become integral to our daily lives. For a business, keeping customer data safe is essential—and for a government entity, keeping data… Read More
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Why Security Integration is an Idea Being Widely Adopted
More and more organizations are beginning to realize the number of risks their physical facilities or information systems may face. System integration has a long history of being adapted, though it’s beginning to become much more encompassing of a term…. Read More
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The Five Levels of Automated Driving Explained (And How They May Impact Security)
Automated driving is a bit more complicated than most people believe. In fact, SAE International, a U.S-based association that develops standards regarding transportation and automation, has come up with different “levels” of automated driving. Each of these levels correlates to… Read More
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How Scanning the Undercarriage of Vehicles is Essential to Security
Security professionals agree that scanning the undercarriage of vehicles is a necessity if you want to take security seriously. We’ve come a long way from the days where mirrors were used by security personnel to see beneath cars—nowadays, experts are… Read More
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Why Keeping the Energy Sector Secure is Becoming Even More Important
Maintaining the energy grid is already essential—it’s part of what keeps traffic lights functioning and security systems from failing us. There’s no denying that modern society has a reliance on electricity that makes it difficult to imagine us maintaining our… Read More
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3 of the Biggest Physical Security Vulnerabilities
These days, the conversation around security and what kind of vulnerabilities has made a massive shift. Traditionally, security was all about whatever protections were in place to secure a physical area, but that’s not the case anymore. The definition has… Read More