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2013 STE Security Innovation Awards: Collaboration is the key to innovative security projects

Steve Lasky

Dec. 17, 2013

Diverse projects highlight Security Technology Executive's 2013 Security Innovation Award winners

Spanning an entire city block, the Taino Towers complex boasted a four-story central building surrounded by four 35-story glass and concrete towers. The project was known as a “pilot block,” meant to serve as a new urban model for the integration of low-income housing into large cities across the United States.

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Security Innovation Awards Gold Medal: Taino Towers security project showcases collaborative success

Francisco Lantigua

Dec. 16, 2013

Crime moves out of Harlem low-income housing complex with high-tech video surveillance solution

As a non-profit organization, Memorial Hermann had a budget and a limitation on what it could spend. The key was to get the most value for the dollar and to formulate a return-on-investment that its C-level executives could recognize.

Healthcare

Security Innovation Awards Silver Medal: Leadership and innovation merge to secure Houston-based hospital system

Joseph Bellino

Dec. 16, 2013

Major security retro fit for legacy systems for 13-hospital group in Houston

One of the key benefits of the new IP-based system has been the seamless integration of the many technologies. While there are a lot of capabilities, everything runs off Milestone’s single integrated platform XProtect corporate video management software (VMS). Chosen for its flexibility and scalability, Milestone XProtect can grow consistently with the needs of the Park Service and its partners.

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Security Innovation Awards Bronze Medal: Leading technology providers unite to secure Lady Liberty

Dec. 16, 2013

Partnership and collaboration yields ‘monumental’ security upgrade

Nick Chandler is a Senior Consultant for Data Center & Application Delivery at Burwood Group, a consulting firm specializing in IT management and infrastructure solutions. Chandler specializes in the design and deployment of Data Center infrastructure technologies, including core networking, server virtualization, and unified storage. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Chicago, Ill., Burwood Group serves local, national and international clients, helping them bridge the gap between business strategy and technology solutions.

Cybersecurity

If disaster strikes, how quickly can you recover?

Nick Chandler

Dec. 16, 2013

The longer an organization takes to recover, the more costly it becomes

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A crowd of revelers ring in 2014 in New York City's Times Square this week.

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Ringing in the New Year, learning from the old one

Steve Lasky

Dec. 16, 2013

Keeping pace with techology not easy task for society

George Campbell is emeritus faculty of the Security Executive Council (SEC) and former CSO of Fidelity Investments. His book, Measures and Metrics in Corporate Security, may be purchased at www.securityexecutivecouncil.com. The SEC draws on the knowledge of security practitioners, experts and strategic partners to help other security leaders initiate, enhance or innovate security programs and build leadership skills.

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Metrics For Success: Measuring Security’s Financial Performance

George Campbell

Dec. 13, 2013

Every senior executive collecting a paycheck has a financial scorecard that shines a quarterly positive or negative light on their performance. When I reported to our company’...

John McCumber is a security and risk professional, and author of Assessing and Managing Security Risk in IT Systems: A Structured Methodology, from Auerbach Publications. If you have a comment or question for him, e-mail Cool_as_McCumber@cygnusb2b.com.

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Cool As McCumber: It’s Time to Check the Box – Again!

John McCumber

Dec. 13, 2013

Usually, the fall weather in and around Washington, DC is the best time of year. Yesterday’s fall weather, however, was that first cold slap of reality announcing winter is on...

Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III, is a leading security consultant and author, who over 26 years has led many noteworthy security projects for international airports, nuclear disarmament facilities, sports stadiums, water districts, energy utilities, hotels, manufacturing plants and multiple-tower high-rise facilities (www.go-rbcs.com). Follow him @RayBernardRBCS

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Convergence Q&A: Caught on Video - Trees Stealing Video Disk Storage

Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III

Dec. 13, 2013

Q: Eight months ago we put in an outdoor megapixel camera security video system, and were getting more than 30 days of storage. Now we’re down to 10 days—but we haven’t changed...