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    Integrators and healthcare end-users have pivoted with the times as security work must go on despite COVID restrictions.
    Jan. 15, 2021
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    Recently, healthcare identification methods such as plastic ID cards and barcoded wristbands are giving way to newer solutions featuring one of three biometric technologies – facial, fingerprint or iris recognition.
    Jan. 15, 2021
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    Electronic Access Control can address sometimes overlooked areas where touch-free solutions could be deployed, including on mobile medical carts.
    Jan. 15, 2021
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    From COVID contact tracing to electronic medical record integration, visitor management system options for healthcare organizations are continually evolving.
    Jan. 15, 2021

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    Updated version of the access control spec and growing list of verified products pave the way for widespread adoption
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    Brian Coulombe (bcoulombe@rossbar.com) is Principal and Director of Operations at Ross & Baruzzini | DVS. Connect with him on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/brian-coulombe or Twitter, @DVS_RB.
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    Jan. 15, 2021
    Paul Rothman is Editor-in-Chief of Security Business magazine (www.securitybusinessmag.com). Email him your comments or topic suggestions at prothman@securitybusinessmag.com.
    Take a closer look at a new California law, as well as a new wave of vaccine-related phishing attacks
    Jan. 15, 2021
    Chris Peterson is the founder and president of Vector Firm (www.vectorfirm.com), a sales consulting and training company built specifically for the security industry. To request more info about the company, visit www.securityinfowatch.com/12361573.
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    Jan. 15, 2021
    Timothy J. Pastore, Esq., is a Partner in the New York office of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP (www.mmwr.com), where he is Vice-Chair of the Litigation Department. Before entering private practice, Mr. Pastore was an officer and Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the U.S. Air Force and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Reach him at (212) 551-7707 or by e-mail at tpastore@mmwr.com.
    Latest NIST study confirms vendor improvements in detecting masked faces
    Jan. 15, 2021
    Ric McCullough is President of PSA Security Network. Request more info about PSA at www.securityinfowatch.com/10214742.
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    It is the recent advances in deep learning that have attracted billions of dollars of annual investment in video analytics and has resulted in very significant improvements in video analytics capabilities, which has been good news for the security video industry. However, advances in video analytics have historically been a good-news/bad-news situation for the security industry, which has already experienced two over-hyped phases of video analytics, with a third one on the way.
    Why a good understanding of the computer vision concept is important for evaluating today’s security video analytics products
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    The push for standards and operating consistencies has been an almost Quixotic quest for manufacturers, systems integrators and end-users to facilitate open systems and interoperability.
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    Dec. 24, 2020
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