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  • November/December 2015

    • November/December 2015

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    When an incident report concerning a threat on or to campus is submitted, the first task of a threat assessment team is to collect as much information as possible to determine the potential for risk. Threat cases each require an individualized approach and the more information that can be gathered the better.
    Emergency Safety Equipment

    Campus Threat Assessment Teams Help to Mitigate Risk

    Katie Johnson
    March 15, 2016
    Centralized and secure record-keeping is key for Virginia colleges making their campuses a safe haven
    Photo by Steve Lasky
    Julie Stroup, with the City of Houston's Mayors Office and DHS, talks to a packed house at 2015 Houston Secured Cities about the video surveillance infrastructure developed by the city and how it has been deployed.
    Industry Trade Associations

    My Point of View: 2015 Secured Cities Highlights Partnerships

    Steve Lasky
    Dec. 21, 2015
    We have just completed our 7th Secured Cities Conference this past month in Houston. And if there was one overriding theme that permeated the more than 40 presentations and panel...
    Photo Courtesy of Alison Belcher, City of Houston
    Some of the key players in the City of Houston/Harris County Datacasting project included, (L-R) Mark Foster, Houston Police Department Air Support Unit; Jack Hanagriff, City of Houston Office of the Mayor & Homeland Security; Chief Mark Slinkard, Houston PD; Chriss Knisley of Haystax Inc.; and James Chong, CEO/President of Vidsys.
    Video Surveillance

    City of Houston Collaboration Leads to Innovative Solution for First Responders

    Dec. 21, 2015
    Using existing broadcast television signals to deliver Public Safety video and data, regional USASI district wins 2015 top award
    The Virtual Port system utilizes a map-centric situational awareness application to provide a user friendly screen to reach the various capability modules and data. It is simple to use and navigates through rich layers of information. The simplicity of design and web based development allows it to be accessed and utilized on mobile tablet devices (e.g. iPad). The platform continues to evolve in its development, providing the opportunity to include additional layers of data to optimize visualization of the Port.
    Video Surveillance

    Virtual Port Concept Powers Unique Security Project

    Randy Parsons
    Dec. 21, 2015
    Port of Long Beach search for world class management solution takes coordinated multi-agency effort to succeed
    Write to Ray about this column at ConvergenceQA@go-rbcs.com. Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III is the principal consultant for Ray Bernard Consulting Services (RBCS), a firm that provides security consulting services for public and private facilities. Ray is an active contributor to the educational activities ASIS IT Security and Physical Security councils. In 2018 IFSEC Global listed Ray as #12 in the world’s top 20 Security Thought Leaders. For more information about Ray and RBCS go to www.go-rbcs.com or call 949-831-6788. Ray is also a member of the Content Expert Faculty of the Security Executive Council (www.SecurityExecutiveCouncil.com). Follow Ray on Twitter: @RayBernardRBCS.

    More content from November/December 2015

    Photo by Steve Lasky
    Some of the prime players in the Houston Area UASI District datacasting project and the top winner for the 2015 Security Innovation Awards include: Top Row Left to Right -- Malcom Davis, Asst. Vice President U of H Public Safety, Jack Hanagriff, CIKR Protection Coordinator Houston UASI, and Joshua Adams, Director of Technology Houston Public Media. Bottom Row Left to Right -- Chelsea McKeathen, Emergency Management Specialist, University of Houston, Kelly Boysen, Director of Emergency Management U or H OEM, Peg Faver, President Consolidated Telcom Services, and Carroll Faulkner, CFE Telecom.
    Government Security Systems - Installation & Service

    Out-of-the-Box Solutions Highlight 2015 Security Innovation Award Winners

    Steve Lasky
    Dec. 21, 2015
    Houston area UASI district brought together multiple partners to deploy a new technology called datacasting and win top project award
    Deploying several hundred Axis cameras across the state of Hawaii to function in a variety of roles, Hawaiya Technologies, Inc. has completed a five-phase project to assist multiple end users in the surveillance of harbors and sites.
    Video Surveillance

    Tropical Surveillance Across Hawaii’s Archipelago

    Dec. 21, 2015
    Critical infrastructure project employs video surveillance to solve myriad security and Public Safety issues
    Using technologically advanced video surveillance cameras coupled with the use of intelligent real-time applications and team collaboration tools, the City of Hollister Police Department revolutionized the management, resource deployment and information delivery to provide security for the 2015 Hollister Bike Rally.
    Video Surveillance

    Taking Municipal Security to the Third Dimension

    Dec. 21, 2015
    Integrator helps City of Hollister successfully use technology to manage a large-scale event that posed Public Safety threats
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    Information Security

    Cool as McCumber: Making the Grade

    John McCumber
    Dec. 21, 2015
    As a graduate school faculty member, I always had one hard and fast rule: no one was allowed to change their grade after the final was administered. I even had that specific rule...
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    Video Surveillance

    Big Book - Winter 2015

    Dec. 14, 2015
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    Ray Coulombe is Founder and Managing Director of SecuritySpecifiers and the CONSULT Technical Security Symposium. Email him at ray@SecuritySpecifiers.com, or contact him through LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/raycoulombe or follow him on Twitter: @RayCoulombe.
    Integrators

    Tech Trends: Megatrend Watch

    Ray Coulombe
    Dec. 14, 2015
    How cyber security, big data, apps, IoT and others will cause future disruption to the industry