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Security Essentials Bootcamp Style

SEC401 course will provide the information security training you need in a bootcamp-style format that is reinforced with hands-on labs.

Intrusion Detection In-Depth

Intrusion Detection In-Depth delivers the technical knowledge, insight, and hands-on training you need to defend your network with confidence. You will learn about the underlying theory of TCP/IP and the […]

ADI Expo

The ADI expo program is the industry’s largest one day training and sales event! Free to all industry professionals, the ADI Expo introduces dealers to a broad array of brand […]

IANS Information Security Forum

Join Sophos at IANS Chicago where experienced IT and information security practitioners will bring together and share confidential information on the industry?s most important issues, technologies, and trends. The event […]

IP Primer Training (TRI-ED?s 2016 Stadium Tour)

Join us and our top suppliers at Fenway Park in The Champions Club for a day full of networking, demonstration and fun at the game!

Chicago to Settle Police Abuse Lawsuit for $150,000

Posted by dtaitano September 10, 2014 7:20 am Categories: Law Enforcement, Legal. Tags: brutality, Chicago, police, Surveillance.

Surveillance video caught a cop abusing a handcuffed woman during a raid. – Last year, security camera footage caught a police officer slapping and verbally abusing a handcuffed, kneeling woman during the raid of a Chicago tanning salon. This week, the Chicago City Council Finance Committee approved a $150,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed by the woman against the Chicago Police Department.

IP Security Reps Extends Into Midwest Market For Premier Security Products; Announces Expansion Into Metro Chicago

Posted by Stan Lewis August 19, 2014 12:25 pm Categories: Corporate News, Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Chicago, distribution, industry, integrator, Manufacturer Rep, security market.

IP Security Reps Inc. (IPSR), the premier security manufacturer?s representative firm, announced the appointment of a new addition to its sales team. The company has strengthened its team by naming […]

Dumb Or Smarter? CTA Orange Line Robbers Caught On Tape

Posted by dtaitano July 20, 2014 10:06 pm Categories: City Surveillance, Law Enforcement. Tags: Chicago, Chicago 'L', Green Line, Robbery, security cameras, train.

It’s hard to say whether the alleged Orange Line robbers are real smart, or just plain dumb. So smart to be scoping out the route for a couple of hours […]

How To Make Chicago Schools Safe

Posted by dtaitano July 7, 2014 10:39 am Categories: Campus Security. Tags: Chicago, school, school safety.

[Editorial by By Jean Klasovsky] SB2793 is sitting on IL Governor Pat Quinn’s desk. He should sign it. This bill would make suspension and expulsion rates public and require the […]

Chicago Police Capture And Convict Robber Using Facial Recognition

Posted by dtaitano June 9, 2014 5:52 am Categories: City Surveillance, Video Analytics. Tags: Chicago, facial recognition, police, surveillance cameras.

For the first time, Chicago police used a facial recognition program to identify, capture, and convict a robbery suspect. In May, Pierre D. Martin, 35, was convicted in a bench […]

Chicago Ordinance Would Require Videotaping Of Gun Sales

Posted by Stan Lewis May 29, 2014 1:13 pm Categories: Legal. Tags: Chicago, City council, gun sales, Rahm Emanuel, video surveillance.

Chicago could require gun dealers to videotape sales and ban gun stores near schools and parks under Mayor Rahm Emanuel?s latest attempt to heavily regulate firearms sales following a federal […]

Chicago Security Camera Surge Sparks Concerns Of ‘Massive Surveillance System’

Posted by dtaitano May 14, 2014 1:14 pm Categories: City Surveillance, Privacy. Tags: american civil liberties union, Chicago, civil liberties, privacy, Surveillance, traffic cameras.

Between traffic-light cameras, blue-light cameras that scan neighborhoods for violent crime, cameras on board city trains and buses —not to mention private security cameras— there are few places you can […]