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One Big Mesh

The high-profile attention to public safety and homeland security is driving the video surveillance industry to adopt newer digital technologies to replace the analog CCTV systems that currently represent most of the camera systems in use today.  One Big Mesh Not surprisingly, the Internet also is transforming the surveillance industry, thanks…

THE FUTURE OF HAND-HELD EXPLOSIVES DETECTION

Disadvantages of IMS Systems IMS instruments normally contain a small quantity of radioactive material as an ionizing source. This radioactive source does not pose any health risks if the system is operated properly, but simply having such a source may lead to extra paperwork and regulatory oversight. THE FUTURE OF HAND-HELD…

Squeezing the Most Out of Your Digital Video Recording System (Part II)

Rather than primarily being used after the fact to review a scenario or sequence of events, video also can be used in more proactive ways as a prevention tool. Properly integrated with existing systems and operational processes, network video can help a wide variety of businesses operate in a more…

Smart Phone Security (Part II)

How To Protect Your Smart Phone Once upon a time, a phone was just a phone: It simply made and received calls. The only security you worried about was if someone had picked up in the other room to listen in. Smart Phone Security (Part II) Flash forward to 2011, and…

Smart Phone Security (Part I)

It probably goes without saying that being a smart person is not a prerequisite for owning a smartphone. Smart Phone Security (Part I) Just Take A Look Around You For more concrete evidence, consider the somehow disturbing results of a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, a Traverse City, Mich.-based research…