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    Critical Infrastructure

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    Critical Infrastructure use video surveillance and advanced analytics as a security baseline for most applications.
    Security executives of critical infrastructure facilities should become familiar with industry guidance documents
    Aug. 30, 2023
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    Security elements, unless a priority of the owner as a prerequisite for an acceptable design, are fighting to be heard in an ever-growing list of design requirements.
    Crossing the threshold of the future of converged building design
    Aug. 30, 2023
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    Using biometrics in private schools eliminates the need for physical credentials.
    How to enhance security, operational efficiency with biometric access control
    Aug. 30, 2023
    Superintendent Jeremy Gulley serves on the PASS Board of Directors and Advisory Council.
    Mass communication is a critical tool for K-12 schools when it comes to safety and security.During a crisis, intercom systems can help to communicate critical messages to staff...
    Aug. 30, 2023
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    It’s performance appraisal time. Lucky you. It’s that dreaded event where your HR department proudly manages your input to and progress through the process. Now, if you decided...
    Aug. 30, 2023
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    President Harry Truman uttered the now-famous phrase “The Buck Stops Here.” Truman was a man who stood by those words come hell or high water. He represented the truest form of...
    Aug. 30, 2023
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    The growth in threat vectors and protective needs have created the two security universes of physical security and cyber/information security.
    Risk management calculations are still a useful tool to apply a formula for measuring risk and threat probabilities from high to low
    Aug. 6, 2023
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    These vintage industrial controls, which cannot be upgraded and are located in facilities too vast to be secured, result in a toxic combination.
    Older systems are vulnerable unless critical infrastructure budgets reflect a growing threat
    July 26, 2023
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    Both converged and hyper-converged infrastructure provide a pre-configured package of software and hardware in a single system for simplified management. But with converged infrastructure, the compute, storage, and networking components are discrete and can be separated. With hyper-converged infrastructure, the pre-configured package is a single product provided by a single vendor. The way it scales up is by up by connecting more pre-configured packages together, whose infrastructure management software keeps it all looking like a single package to its users.
    HCI has been a hot phrase in IT for several years, but do its promises hold true for the physical security industry?
    Oct. 9, 2018