• Home >
  • Back Issues >
  • Security Technology Executive >
  • NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023
  • NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023

    Vanguard Project Award Winners
    Courtesy Big Stock -- Copyright: Sutthiphong
    Deploying a holistic planning approach in conjunction with conducting comprehensive assessments is crucial to mitigating risk
    Dec. 13, 2023
    The security industry's buyer's guide, featuring new products AND the winning products in the annual SecurityInfoWatch Readers' Choice Awards
    Ranger Guard
    “There’s been a great increase of people wanting security just to have that increased warmth and welcome, so people feel comfortable going somewhere,' says Jonah Nathan, Vice President of Houston, Texas-based security company Ranger Guard.
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Private security forces may be more needed than ever as public police departments struggle with recruitment, retirements, high costs for wages and equipment and anti-police sentiment...
    Steve Lasky
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Each year at the Securing New Ground (SNG) conference in New York, the Security Industry Association (SIA) hosts a compelling panel discussion detailing the results of its...
    Courtesy of Big Stock -- Copyright: Freshpixel
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Best practices to help secure Converged Information Technology and Operational Technology Networks

    More content from NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023

    Courtesy Big Stock -- Copyright: Uladzimir Zuyeu
    Dec. 8, 2023
    AI is changing the way businesses are secured around the world
    Courtesy of Big Stock -- Copyright: toonerman
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Retirement means I have been able to resume the pursuit of the most annoying personal sport ever: golf. What makes golf so annoying? Your opponent. If you play tennis or pickleball...
    Courtesy of Big Stock
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Our universities and colleges are haunted. The are haunted by the ghosts of critical thinking, tolerance, debate, reason and diversity of opinion. Ghosts are dead and I can make...
    Q:        I've just been promoted and now I'm in charge of our Workplace Violence Prevention program, something I’m not familiar with. I&rsquo...
    Big Stock
    Dec. 8, 2023
    Collaboration and coordination are two actions crucial to stakeholders when implementing the PASS Guidelines,
    Blakeslee Electric worked closely with Identiv to integrate access control and video surveillance systems into the Caritas Center's unique environment.
    Nov. 22, 2023
    Catholic Charities’ Caritas Center keeps its residents safe with the help of a security management and access control system
    Photo: Harlen Persinger
    Paul Olson, owner of Olson Seed Service (left) collaborated with Vivotek Regional Sales Manager Shannon Benna and Robert Smith of Iowa-based integration firm Tech Zone to craft a security solution.
    Nov. 10, 2023
    As threats against American agricultural targets increase, farming operations like Olson Seed Service are turning to technology to defend against theft, cybersecurity and even...
    Nov. 10, 2023
    Biometric-enabled ID cards prove the be the missing link to student access and safety at the university
    Nov. 9, 2023
    The program recognized the most impactful products introduced from April 2022 to June 2023 in 15 different categories.
    Courtesy of BigStock.com -- Copyright: cherdchai101
    At a soberingly fast pace, fraudsters are using generative AI to exploit gaps between these touchpoints, and bad actors are looking to take advantage of “moments of value” across a brand’s sales or consumer-engagement channels, product offerings, or vertical markets. And they may also go after a business’ consumers directly.
    Oct. 27, 2023
    Organizations need to take a strategic and seamless approach to mitigating expanding fraud risks
    Getty Images
    K-12 schools are experiencing a disturbing uptick in violence and other serious security threats. They’re also feeling the pressure from stakeholders to find new and better ways to improve security.
    Sept. 28, 2023
    K-12 schools are experiencing a disturbing uptick in violence and other serious security threats. They’re also feeling the pressure from stakeholders to find new and better ways...
    Courtesy of BigStock.com -- Copyright: jittawit.21
    Educational institutions face a higher number of cyber-attacks than ever, and these threats can have a devastating impact on students, staff, and institutions themselves.
    Aug. 22, 2023
    The nation’s school districts are facing higher rates of cyber-attacks than almost any sector and must be prepared
    Getty Images
    Schools around the country are soft targets, so we need to be creative and use the resources that are available today that would stop all weapons from coming onto their schools.
    Aug. 21, 2023
    Schools around the country are soft targets, so we need to be creative and use the resources that are available today that would stop all weapons from coming onto their schools...
    Courtesy of BigStock.com -- Copyright: Breaking The Walls
    Many businesses are not well positioned to mitigate these risks because traditional security programs are insufficient in addressing today's complex security issues.
    Aug. 17, 2023
    The time has come for security leaders to step up to the emerging challenges or lose their organizational influence
    Pass Safety And Security Guidelines 6th Ed Cover
    Aug. 8, 2023
    Sixth-edition guidelines are streamlined, easy-to-use best practices addressing the evolving security challenges facing today’s schools
    Courtesy of DJI
    Many police agencies fly DJI drones over our cities, exposing critical infrastructure such as bridges, ports, electrical substations, reservoirs, and hospitals to their sensing and mapping capabilities.
    June 23, 2023
    China’s vast reach into the technology marketplace creates a significant operational security concern for U.S. companies