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    Avoiding that catastrophic organizational event takes a diligent approach to both logical and physical security strategies.
    Eddie Meltzer
    Sept. 8, 2017
    The emergence of hackers targeting electronic security systems is recent and ominous
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    Steve Lasky
    Sept. 8, 2017
    The concept of what constitutes a “secured city” has been converging with other urban drivers since our group here at SouthComm’s Security & Public Safety Group launched the Secured...
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    Sean Ahrens, CPP, CSC
    Sept. 8, 2017
    The competent resilience leader walks a fine line in the organizational hierarchy that requires constant adaptation
    When all stakeholders are brought together to collaborate on planning for the future, they can ensure that efficiency, quality, and safety are taken into consideration.
    Bob Carter
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Surveillance and analytics are just pieces of the overall puzzle of tomorrow’s Smart City
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    With recent advances made to mobile technology and its creation of a more connected public, local businesses, governments and their respective public safety departments have grown better equipped to share critical updates during all types of security and community events.
    Imad Mouline
    Sept. 8, 2017
    A multi-agency response approach can now ensure communication between previously unconnected groups

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    The fusion of technology and internal leadership creates a surplus of information and users seek to gain more insights from this combined data to enhance security and business operations alike.
    Ayal Vogel
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Mitigating risk requires organizations to generate actionable intelligence from all collected data points
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    Simply putting the data into black boxes just doesn’t work anymore. What used to take one black box before 4K video now will take 12, and managing all those boxes – at a larger enterprise takes hundreds of boxes.
    Ken Mills
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Collaboration between an organization’s physical security managers and IT leaders is key to handling influx of data
    The role of a Security Operations Center (SOC) is to persistently aggregate, assess, manage and measure information around people performing roles in key processes that impact the business using technology to provide real-time situational awareness and response as possible.
    Andy Barcly
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Top consulting/integration firm offers formula for strategic SOC and data center deployment
    Collaborative efforts among public safety agencies enhance their ability to mitigate risk, share analytical data and collect useful information from myriad video surveillance feeds.
    James Chong
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Technology can facilitate clear inter-agency communication leading to enhanced public safety
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    Today, even more massive amounts of video are being captured with higher resolution UHD and HD cameras equipped with intelligence to enable highly detailed information analysis.
    Tom Cook
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Advanced technologies move the needle for cameras and storage options
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    If open is better, then the companies that focus on delivering best-of-breed products have a responsibility to make quoting, procurement, commissioning and support more seamless and approachable across various technology manufacturers.
    Tim Palmquist
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Physical security industry needs to take its cues from IT side
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    If you act like an ostrich with your head in the sand and do absolutely nothing, you’re going to present an easier target than the next guy.
    Ryan Zatolokin
    Sept. 8, 2017
    Your IP video could be a network gateway
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    Scalability and integrated solutions provide the right medicine for enterprise system
    Christopher Ensey, COO of Dunbar Security Solutions and founder of Dunbar's cyber security business in 2012. A strategic executive for a high-growth services businesses, Ensey helps t0 provide innovative solutions to address a broad array of security challenges.
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    Sept. 8, 2017
    My old friend Earl called me a couple months ago and invited me for a coffee at his regular purveyor of caffeine. When I showed up, I could see he had already been there for some...
    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. 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
    Over the past year, news media has covered several major cyber attacks on Internet-connected video security cameras and recording systems. This has many corporate IT departments...
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    Sept. 5, 2017
    Company introduces new high-performance rackmount appliances, workstations and storage solutions
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    Port Guardian is a firmware-based feature that comes standard with ComNet’s newest self-managed ethernet switches.
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    High-profile events, like this BCS College Football title game at Florida State, have always been viewed as high-value targets for potentially malicious acts, making heightened security measures standard operating procedure at large venues around the world.
    Don Campbell
    Aug. 22, 2017
    Event organizers weigh options using PIAM solutions with mobile capabilities to address challenges
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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.
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    Aug. 11, 2017
    How penetration testing education opened my eyes to the dangers of social engineering
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