Bush to deliver "State of Secure Union" tonight
President Bush will propose boosting domestic security spending by about 9 percent in his 2005 budget during tonight's State of the Union address, The...
ASIS releases employment salary survey
According to the ASIS International 2003 Employment Survey, security professionals saw their overall compensation in 2002 go up 13 percent from 2001's...
Air Force to adopt ASIS International CPP program
The U.S. Air Force Security Forces Directorate and ASIS International (ASIS) have reached an agreement to offer the Certified Protection Professional...
Mail room security stepped up in European Parliament
European Union institutions have stepped up mail room security, as five more suspicious letters were intercepted at the European Parliament a day after...
Passenger background checks a go
The U.S. government is moving forward on a computerized system containing background information on air travelers despite resistance from airlines and...
New Years brought search for dirty bombs
The U.S. government sent teams of scientists with radiation detection devices to four major cities over the New Year's holiday to search for dirty bombs,...
Security guard allegedly lifts more than $500,000 in art
A painting was stolen from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in New Mexico last week, but it was quickly recovered, and a security guard who reported the theft...
Maritime security deadline passes with little action
Nearly 80 percent of the nation's ports, ferry terminals and fuel-chemical tank farms failed to meet an end-of-the-year deadline for submitting maritime...
The AutoTrack feature for dome cameras from Bosch Security Systems wins Access Control & Security Systems' top honor
Corrina Stellitano
The 2003 Product of the Year is an intelligent camera function by Bosch Security Systems called AutoTrack which turns the Lancaster, Pa.-based company’s AutoDome and EnviroDome cameras into devices with a brain. The second annual Product of the Year award is presented by Access Control & Security Systems magazine....
US-VISIT implemented nationwide
The 10-15 second process of biometrically identifying most foreign visitors to the United States was implemented Monday at ports of entry and airports...
Government security market continues growth
New research projects that U.S. government end-users will generate $16 billion in revenues in 2009, after the industry generated revenues totaling $7.49...
U.S. nuclear labs facing another review
Worries about missing keys and other security lapses at some of the nation's top-secret nuclear weapons labs have prompted the federal agency that maintains...
Airport security chiefs removed from duty
Two Transportation Security Administration-appointed airport security chiefs have been removed from duty since Jan. 1, both being placed on administrative...
Security Hot Spots: Parking Lots
CORRECTION: 2004 WALL CALENDAR - CLICK HERE
There was a mistake on the print version of the 2004 Industry Calendar distributed along with the December 2003 issue of Access Control & Security Systems....
Editorial Submission Guidelines
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS EDITORIAL GUIDELINES Now more than ever, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental facilities are looking...
Honoring Excellence
The Access Control & Security Systems New Product of the Year Award was established to honor excellence in new product development in the security industry....
ASTM calls for white papers on building security
ASTM International, a standards development firm, is calling for submissions for its "Symposium on Building Security in an Age of Terrorism," sponsored...
High alert for the holidays
Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge on Monday urged people to "just go about your business" despite the decision to raise the national terror-attack...
NEMA releases new standard for exit sign visibility
The Emergency Lighting Section of NEMA, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, has released EM 1-2002, Exit Sign Visibility Testing and Requirements...
Industry growth may prompt future investment in security
After growing nearly 7 percent per year from 1996 to 2001, the global security industry is expected to grow at a rate of approximately 8.5 percent annually...
Full Contactless
Jeremy Zimmerman
The U.S. Department of the Interior has undergone a 10-year process to implement enterprise-wide technology, including contactless smart cards....
Security Through Secrecy
Beth Wade
Are we safer because we are secret? In a growing number of states, legislators are answering “Yes.” Since Sept. 11, 2001, 39 states have expanded or amended open meetings and public records laws, limiting public access to security-related information. It is an exercise that pits public safety against the public right to know, and it challenges lawmakers to weigh intent against consequence....
ASIS: Legislative win for workplace investigations
ASIS International achieved what it calls the most significant legislative victory in its 49-year history when President Bush signed into law a bill reauthorizing...
2003 New Product of the Year contest
Click below to be forwarded to the ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS 2003 NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR contest Web site. 2003 New Product of the Year contest...
