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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.
    Advances in image processing has breathed life into the panoramic IP camera market
    Aug. 26, 2014
    Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III is the principal consultant for Ray Bernard Consulting Services (RBCS) at www.go-rbcs.com, a firm that provides security management and technology support for public and private facilities. For more information about Ray Bernard and RBCS go to www.go-rbcs.com or call 949-831-6788. Mr. Bernard is also a member of the Content Expert Faculty of the Security Executive Council (www.SecurityExecutiveCouncil.com). Follow Ray on Twitter: @RayBernardRBCS
    The truth about network and storage capacities for video
    Aug. 26, 2014
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    Technological security advancements vs. human engineering in Loss Prevention
    Aug. 25, 2014
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    Retail crime is not new, and neither are effective deterrents.
    Information sharing and solid loss prevention management strategies can help deter gang-related store theft
    Aug. 22, 2014
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    Today, the frustration of losing access to mission-critical processes is still as pervasive as ever, but the issue has moved far beyond the boundaries of an occasional inconvenience.
    No longer just a network inconvenience, inevitable system downtime can undermine a company
    Aug. 21, 2014
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    Because adversaries are constantly finding new ways to attack, organizations must go beyond traditional product-driven approaches
    Aug. 21, 2014
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    When talking storage, stable, flexible, scalable, high-availability, easy to deploy and affordable are all attributes that should be in the surveillance solution equation. Simple management and serviceability can be achieved by looking for things like hot swappable drive bays and redundant power supplies which eliminate unscheduled downtime.
    With more functionality being placed on video systems, better planning is crucial for successful deployments
    Aug. 21, 2014
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    Retailers now have access to a multitude of easy-to-use tools for data search, mining and visualization. Every manager should now be thought of as a data scientist, able to decipher data with an eye for patterns and outliers.
    Combination of surveillance tech with big data analytics provides businesses with actionable intelligence
    Aug. 21, 2014
    The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC), which is responsible for all beverage alcohol sales within the province of Nova Scotia through its 105 stores and 58 agency stores operating in smaller communities, is a great example of an integrated strategy..
    Incident tracking and intelligence strategies drive technology to help reduce retail losses
    Aug. 19, 2014
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    Figures from the recent Hayes loss prevention industry survey show that shoplifting apprehensions were up 2.5 percent and recovery dollars increased by 4.5 percent. When it came to cracking down on internal theft, the survey revealed that apprehensions for dishonest employees rose 6.5 percent and recovery dollars rose 2.5 percent.
    Retailers apprehend shoplifters and dishonest employees in record numbers
    Aug. 19, 2014
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    New FERC rules change the landscape of utilities’ risk picture
    Aug. 19, 2014
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    Historically, the largest concern facing many supply chain managers has been securing the products in their warehouses against threats ranging from deceptive pick-up, driver theft, facility robbery, and facility burglary.
    With a mixture of technology, joint business initiatives and law enforcement partners, retailers battle cargo thieves
    Aug. 19, 2014
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    For integrators, hosted and managed services provides them with an opportunity to establish a recurring revenue model. Of course, there are still a number of challenges involved in providing these services, not the least of which can include reassuring skeptical customers of the security of managed and hosted platforms given the ever-increasing number of high-profile data breaches.
    Industry execs offer their opinions on how the technology has evolved and the increasing tech savviness of end users
    Aug. 6, 2014
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    One of the primary pitfalls consultants face when dealing with end user clients is a lack of expectation or perception of what they do. It is imperative that all project partners develop a consensus about why the consultant is needed, what the deliverables will be and what the project roadmap and timetable look like.
    Security consultants often are the glue binding systems projects together
    June 13, 2014