Code Pink
At Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y., where doctors and nurses deliver up to 7,000 babies a year, security is drum tight against baby snatchers. Ten years...
Access Control Goes Green
By Carol Carey
Up until three years ago, all of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company's buildings (some 40 in the United States) used standalone, hard-wired security systems...
SafetyCare Activity Monitoring System
The SafeTrak system by SafetyCare uses facial recognition technology to lock and unlock doors as well as to monitor human movement throughout a facility. The system creates a unique identification number that triggers a facial biometric match for each user. As soon as the user attempts to gain access through a door, a small camera processes a facial image and compares it to the facial biometric associated with the individual....
Linear Standalone Access Keypads
Linear Corp. has introduced three updated keypad models to replace the existing AK-1, AK-2W and AK-3 models. They are the AK-11 (pictured), AK-21W and AK-31 models. Users now have the ability to program timed and toggled keypad features for each individual entry code, which simplifies keypad programming and door wiring. ...
Smarter Security Sleek Optical Turnstile
The GlassWing optical turnstile is an addition to Smarter Security Systems’ Fastlane product series. It includes ¼-in. tailgate detection with angel-wing style glass barriers that recess into the pedestals for authorized personnel. Each turnstile lane includes a microprocessor that is programmed with advanced neural network algorithms. ...
VingCard Contactless Electronic Locking System
Signature RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) by VingCard is an open-platform locking system that is compatible with main RFID ISO standards such as ISO 14.443 A-MIFARE, ISO 14.443 B and ISO 15.693. The system is also compatible with the Near Field Communication (NFC) cell phone technology platform, which allows guests with NFC-ready cell phones to open their room doors. When the system is installed, only the reader and door handle are visible. ...
Arias Tech Security Fog Technology
FlashFog by Arias Tech Ltd. stops intruders and criminals by blocking all visibility through a combination of fog and light. The fog fills any room in about 20 seconds and is reinforced with a bright security strobe that pulsates 12 times per second. The fog is produced by forcing a glycol and water mixture through a heated block assembly. When the glycol fluid passes through the heat exchanger, it is broken down into droplets, which then create a rapidly dispersing vapor cloud....
Super Bowl To Be Patrolled And Watched Carefully
With the high-profile nature of the Super Bowl, police and security agencies in the host cities typically employ the latest technology to ensure the security and safety of those attending the event. Moreover, because of the demands that these large-scale events place on personnel, police agencies need specialized equipment and tools to make each of their officers more productive and efficient.
The Glendale Police Department will be using Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) to provide security services at the Super Bowl. The department will use Segway i2 and x2 police models to patrol the walkways, parking lots and exhibition areas around the stadium. In addition, the police department will also patrol NFL-sponsored events throughout the city during the days leading up to the game. ...
SAFLOK Keycard Access Control Device
Secure Shift by SAFLOK can be installed throughout a hotel property to monitor employee movement and control access to rooms during specified work shifts. The device reads and encodes smart cards, magstripe cards and memory cards. Before beginning their shifts, employees insert their keycards into the device to obtain authorization. Employee keycards are inoperable unless authorized by the device. ...
DMP - Burglary Panels with Cancel/Verify Feature
With a DMP panel with Cancel/Verify users can let control center operators know whether to send help or cancel......
Schlage Security Management System
The Schlage Security Management System allows end-users to migrate seamlessly from one of four levels as their security requirements expand, leaving existing databases and hardware intact. Users can view transactions, video and badging photos simultaneously, eliminating the need to access multiple systems or flip to alternate screens. The software includes integrated digital video management, visitor management and alarm graphics functions. ...
Datastrip Handheld Biometric Terminal
The HSPD-12-certified DSV2+TURBO from Datastrip Inc. is suitable for federal, state and local applications that require instant ID authentication and biometric processing. The terminal processes an array of cards by reading contact and contactless chips found on identification documents such as ID cards, passports, national ID cards, driver’s licenses and credit cards. The unit’s Cardholder Unique Identifier (CHUID) smart card capability enables the authentication of digital ID information, and its 508-dpi fingerprint sensor provides verification for instant biometric processing. ...
Updating And Unlocking A Classic
BY Stephanie Silk
After being closed for a two-and-a-half year, $440 million rehabilitation, the Plaza Hotel in New York reopened in December 2007 with newly replaced hard...
Now & Future TECHNOLOGIES
By Ashley Roe & Stephanie Silk
Technology is coming at you faster than ever before. No surprise if you fall behind on modern innovations, or lose interest in the latest and greatest....
Hirsch Identity Verification Station
The Hirsch Verification Station RUU-201 from Hirsch Electronics confirms the identity of a cardholder to a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart card. The station supports a range of identity verification modes, including HSPD-12/FIPS 201 and Cogent BioGate. The unit includes a Hirsch ScramblePad, which randomly scrambles keypad numbers each time the start button is pressed; a contact smart card reader; a contactless smart card reader; a Cogent Systems minutiae-based fingerprint biometric reader; an LCD display and a processor capable of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) certificate validation....
Delta Bidirectional Optical Turnstile
The 7000-B turnstile from Delta Turnstile Controls now features climb-over detection as an option. The turnstile can function as a traditional optical turnstile or a barrier-type optical turnstile. When the system is used in barrier mode, its steel barrier arms act as an additional visual deterrent to unauthorized access. ...
Zebra Monochrome Card Printer
The Zebra P330m is a high-volume monochrome card printer that prints cards in 5.2 seconds. It was created for users who regularly print large quantities of single-color cards and those who personalize sizeable numbers of pre-printed cards. The printer is easily deployed using USB and 10/100 Ethernet connectivity options. It supports a range of card thicknesses, printing on cards as thin as 10-mil or as thick as 60-mil proximity cards. ...
Smarter Security Optical Turnstile
The GlassWing optical turnstile from Smarter Security Systems is an addition to the Fastlane product series. It includes ¼-in. tailgate detection with angel-wing style glass barriers that recess into the pedestals for authorized personnel. Each turnstile lane includes a microprocessor that is programmed with advanced neural network algorithms....
Companies Moving Toward Smart Card Based Access Control
The access control market provides endless opportunities for smart card applications, although it is still considered an expensive option and less user-friendly compared to some of the available authentication methods. In the next few years, a fall in prices and increased interoperability of smart card-based access control system expect to make access control more attractive in the corporate security sector.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World Corporate Security (Physical and Logical Access) Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $120.4 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach $235.0 million in 2012....
Sentry Group Fingerprint Safe
The fire- and water-resistant DA3930 safe from Sentry Group features a biometric fingerprint lock. Users can choose a dual-lock option to operate the safe with either a fingerprint swipe or a programmable electronic code. The biometric lock features a tubular key and a backlit LCD keypad that manages up to seven users and one manager with program override capabilities and six additional users for a total of 14 stored fingerprints. The interior of the safe holds A-4 size papers, folders and binders and includes a multi-position tray, key rack, a compartment for small items and a door pocket. ...
Products for the Hospitality Market
Digital Door Viewer outside images displayed on an LCD monitor The digital door viewer system consists of a digital camera equipped with a CMOS sensor...
Biometrics Made Easy
By Randy Southerland
When Privaris CEO John Petze recently visited a corporate customer to talk about the company's new plusID technology for biometric security, he knew he...
Streamlined Locks
By Carol Carey
A streamlined, updated door locking system has provided the Hilton Atlanta Northeast with greater reliability, versatility and style in managing guest...
Orsus Situation Management Software
The upgraded Situator v5 software from Orsus creates an environment where all current and future technologies, people and actionable procedures are fused into a unified control and management platform. It helps transfer routine and emergency plans into actionable, adaptive tasks and procedures and integrate them with a variety of security and safety devices, management systems, dynamic data sources and communication systems. ...
Watchman People Counter Device
Using passive infrared technology, Entry Alert by Watchman can alert users when someone enters or leaves a retail store. The technology detects a change in heat between room temperature and body/skin surface temperature and then sets off an alarm. The unit eliminates a need for reflectors that can fall out of alignment in heavy traffic areas. ...
