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Blogs about security from the editors and contributors of Security Dealers & Integrator, Security Technology Executive and SecurityInfoWatch on security trends, technology, loss prevention, new products and more.

Integrator Insights
Deborah L. O'Mara

Security2LP
Curtis Ballie

The Security Check
Geoff Kohl

Industry Surveillance
Joel Griffin

SD&I Dispatches
Natalia Kosk

The Command Line
Ronen Isaac

Public Safety Watch

The Security Check

Getting security sales pros to work with installers

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: Jun 23 2009 - 11:42pm

Today, in Baltimore at the Electronic Security Expo (ESX), I had a chance to sit on a session titled "The salesperson is not the enemy" by John Brady of

Getting security sales pros to work with installers

The Security Check

Skateboarding and security

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: Jun 16 2009 - 3:07pm

Over in the SIW discussion forums, a group of security officers were discussing how they deal with skateboarders and BMX bike riders who come

Skateboarding and security

The Security Check

The Kevin Rose Twitter alarm monitoring concept

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: Jun 4 2009 - 9:34am

I recently saw this video from Kevin Rose about how Twitter could be used for monitoring of home alarm systems, and it was furthe

The Kevin Rose Twitter alarm monitoring concept

The Security Check

Video monitoring nails criminals

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: Jun 3 2009 - 3:02pm

Keith Jentoft over at RSI Video Technologies sent us in a clip from Southeast Portland's KPTV about how video alarm monitoring helped out a local business owner who faced regular break-ins.

Video monitoring nails criminals

The Security Check

SBInet gets rolling again?

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: May 8 2009 - 12:16am

A little over a year ago, in February 2008, I was writing about the SBInet program in this blog.

SBInet gets rolling again?

The Security Check

Tradeshow organizers get serious about swine flu

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: May 7 2009 - 10:19am

A tradeshow/conference on the topics of defense and security is the perfect place to showcase the necessary precautions to fight H1N1 swine flu, and it's no surprise that you'd see great precaution

Tradeshow organizers get serious about swine flu

The Security Check

Norbain on for IFSEC, but not for 2009

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: May 6 2009 - 10:56am

IFSEC gets some wind in its sails again.

Norbain on for IFSEC, but not for 2009

The Security Check

Swine flu screening with cameras

Author: Geoff Kohl - (about)

Date: May 4 2009 - 12:07pm

This is among the more interesting press releases I've read this morning...it's about cameras that can accurately read human body temperatures to help determine whether someone might have a fever,

Swine flu screening with cameras

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