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Smarter Security, Inc., provider of premium, innovative entrance control and outdoor security solutions, announced a leading chemical company ordered Fastlane® Glasswing optical turnstiles for a building on the east coast. DHS directives for chemical companies moved the company to better control the entry to the office building and witnessing the operation and beauty of Fastlane turnstiles installed nearby was compelling.

Keeping pedestrians safe, protecting structures from accidental or intentional automobile crashes and force protection (keeping employees and visitors from harm) have always been campus safety concerns. A wide variety of campuses find peace of mind through the use of barriers, barricades and bollards for vehicle-based physical access control at their perimeters.

BCDVideo has announced the release of their second-generation of its SMARTcontrol Management Suite. The system-monitoring package comes standard on all of BCDVideo’s enterprise access control and video recording platforms. SMARTcontrol 2.0 takes system monitoring to the next level – simply and proactively.

Recent events highlight another important change ? the need to secure the business from the impact from cybersecurity. The new UL regulations are going to significantly improve quality before the industry suffers major failures. Improvements to communications, networks, and security standards will raise consumer confidence and build the industry reputation. Welcome in the new UL827 standard for central station software and operating sites.

A new type of sensor, that is much faster than competing technologies used to detect and identify hidden objects, has been developed by scientists at the University of Warwick. Called ?Q-Eye?, the invention senses radiation across the spectrum between microwaves and infra-red, known as the Terahertz (THz) region of the spectrum – a goal that has challenged scientists for over 30 years. It works by detecting the rise in temperature produced when electromagnetic radiation emitted by an object is absorbed by the Q-Eye sensor, even down to the level of very small packets of quantum energy (a single photon).

A face, though?that?s different. We?re stuck with our faces. It?s prohibitively expensive to change them beyond recognition, if it?s even possible. Facial recognition and other biometrics bind data about us to us like nothing else. And, once corporate metadata can recognize and glom onto our bodies?in all their ?everlasting sameness??we can never escape that link.

News has emerged that hackers have successfully duplicated copies of fingerprints used to unlock the Samsung Glazy S5 phone. According to security firm, FireEye, who will give a presentation at today?s RSA conference on the matter, a flaw in Android makes it possible to steal the personal information so it can be used elsewhere.

Nortek Security & Control LLC, a Nortek, Inc. company (Nasdaq: NTK) and a leader in the residential and commercial security and smart control markets, announced it acquired mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS) and telehealth business assets from privately held Numera, Inc. Headquartered in Seattle, Numera creates best-in-class, easily implemented, mobile PERS products and cloud-based software platforms that enable providers and healthcare-related companies to create new safety and health monitoring services for their customers.

As these technologies surge forward and spread outward, there are mounting legal questions about how they?re used, and more importantly, how we consent to that use. One lawsuit underway in Illinois against Facebook (and a similar case in that state against Shutterfly) accuses the service of running afoul of state ?biometric privacy? statutes (laws that remain unique to Illinois and Texas).

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Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN ) released d?zlCam, its first all-in-one trucking navigator with a built-in dash cam that serves as an on-board eyewitness. Truckers can rely on firsthand video footage that continually records the drive and automatically saves video footage on impact.

How Adding Video Integration Can Improve Safety in Schools Mark Nazarenus For school officials in today’s world, the safety of students and staff is a top priority. But improving safety in schools is about much more than just metal detectors, door security, or video surveillance.

While the news from the 2015 National Retail Security Survey wasn’t all great – with retailers having suffered losses in the previous year to the tune of $44 billion – there was, it turns out, a silver lining. The overall shrink percentage reported – 1.38 percent – was actually the lowest in the 24-year history of the survey.

Did you know that the global installed base of security cameras was estimated at 245 million cameras in 2014? This was the headline number from our most recent research report on the video surveillance camera installed base. This report used over a decade of IHS video surveillance data to size the installed base of analog, network, and HD CCTV security cameras.

CNET has just published a very good round up of DIY security home cameras. The article is a fairly comprehensive review of 23 cameras for the home market. Accordingly, these cameras are described as offering simplicity, mobility, advanced feature sets, smart home integration, etc. CNET has put the guide together to simplify the purchasing decision. As always, the devils in the details. If you’re in the market, or just want to learn more about the latest DIY camera offerings take a read at the link below.

Heathrow Airport has one of the busiest car parking infrastructures of any airport globally. With 14 public carparks handling up to 50,000 vehicle movements and 1000 intercom assistance calls per day the parking contractor, Apcoa, decided to explore better ways to manage such high and growing volumes of traffic, customers, equipment and services.

PROMISE Technology announced the company will provide its surveillance cloud platform to Asahi Net who will launch a video surveillance cloud service in Japan later this year. The solution for Asahi Net is based on Milestone Systems XProtect® Corporate video management software (VMS) and PROMISE?s cloud surveillance platform – a complete and integrated solution that not only includes VSky A1970 scale-out storage, but also a customized software solution from PROMISE that manages the system and the installation and configuration of the IP cameras.

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced that it is the winner of a 2015 Airport, Seaport, Border Security award from Government Security News (GSN). NICE Suspect Search was recognized as the Best Video Analytics Solution in the surveillance systems category.

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ZKAccess, a leading provider of biometric and RFID security solutions, is pleased to announce the release of its EC10 Elevator Control Panel, a secure, scalable, and affordable access control solution primarily designed to control floor access. Floor access can be restricted based on various user credentials, including fingerprint and/or proximity card.