Banking & Financial

Bank Employs New Security Tactics

Aug 14, 2007 3:32 PM

Once inside First Mutual Bank's main branch in Bellevue, Wash., people might wonder where the windows are....

As Good as Gold

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM By Ashley Roe

As the largest financial institution headquartered in the Western United States, Wells Fargo & Co. was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells and William Fargo...

Banks Could Increase Profitability With Stronger Security Measures

Mar 26, 2007 3:08 PM

Consumers would take advantage of more online banking services if banks provided stronger identity protection, suggests TriCipher, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based provider of authentication solutions to protect against fraud and identity theft....


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Enterprise/Corporate Security

2008 ASIS Conference Brings Specialized Sessions To Attendees

May 13, 2008 4:12 PM

ASIS International 2008 will offer several sessions related to convergence....

The Next Level of Convergence

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM By Michael Fickes

Microsoft Corp.'s salespeople are putting the company's global security department to work. When talking to local, state and federal agencies about Microsoft...

Open Up The Dialogue

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Building contractors and specifiers have unique perspectives and valuable positions in building design and in selecting a security system. Working with...


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Government

San Francisco To Test Drinking Water Security System

May 13, 2008 4:17 PM

Improving the security of U.S. drinking water systems has gathered urgency since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced an $8 million grant to San Francisco to help the city develop and evaluate a contamination warning system for its drinking water supply....

REAL ID Backlash

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM By Sandra Kay Miller

Transitioning driver’s licenses into smart cards raises privacy concerns, but creates opportunities for a new functionality....

Port Security A Key Topic At Homeland Security Conference

Feb 26, 2008 4:24 PM

At the fourth annual ThinkTec Homeland Security Innovation Conference last week at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston...


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Hospitals & Healthcare

User Access A Common Concern In Health Care

May 13, 2008 4:15 PM

During the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008 conference in February, 64 percent of those who took part in a survey said compliance and user access control were their top security concern....

Health Care Benchmarking Study Points To Areas For Improvement

May 6, 2008 2:51 PM

GE Security Inc., Bradenton, Fla., has announced the results of its Health care Benchmarking Study, the first survey to assess security in the nation’s hospitals in nearly a decade....

A Well-Timed Upgrade

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

For Freeman Health System, expansion was just what the doctor ordered. This 392-bed, not-for-profit, three-hospital system provides comprehensive health...


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Hotels & Casinos

AirDefense Conducts Comprehensive Study Of Wireless Security

May 6, 2008 2:53 PM

AirDefense, a company in the wireless LAN security market, has unveiled results from its comprehensive study of the wireless airwaves at hundreds of Las Vegas retailers and hotels/casinos....

Enabling HD

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM By Stephanie Silk

The Chumash Casino Resort, a 200,000-square-foot hotel and casino complex located in Santa Ynez, Calif., a city 35 miles north of Santa Barbara, offers...

Video Surveillance Deployed At One Casino, Upgraded At Another

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The Gold River Casino in Anadarko, Okla., owned by the Apache Nation, has deployed the Latitude Network Video Management System (NVMS) from DVTel Inc.,...


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Retail

European Retail Rolling Out More Security Pilot Programs

Apr 29, 2008 4:16 PM

Retailers in Europe are beginning to warm to the idea of network video surveillance and video content analysis, with a number highlighting 2008 as the year that they will begin rolling out new installations and pilot programs. ...

System Lockdown

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Burlington Coat Factory has deployed technology from Savant Protection Inc., Nashua, N.H., on its chain-wide network of point-of-sale systems in an effort...

Food Terrorism Risks Studied In Arizona

Feb 12, 2008 4:21 PM

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, awareness has heightened to the idea that the nation's food supply could be at risk of possible attack....


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Schools & Universities

The Genesis Of An Emergency System

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Cleveland State University (CSU) is making a name for itself these days, not only as a quality educational institution, but as a national leader in campus...

Documented Results

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Before installing a video surveillance system, administrators at Penn Manor High School, Millersville, Pa., and the school's full-time resource officer...

Putting Video To The Test

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Video has long played an essential security role as the Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS), Fort Smith, Ark., cope with incidents such as vandalism, theft...


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Transportation

Schneider National Security Summit Covers Supply Chain Solutions

Apr 29, 2008 4:13 PM

According to the International Cargo Security Council, $12 billion worth of cargo is stolen in the United States every year....

RFID Technology Keeps Track of School Bus Riders

Mar 25, 2008 2:10 PM

Seattle-based Zonar Systems has said it is providing RFID technology to the school bus industry to answer the iconic 1969-television question...

Travel Company Says Security Is a Business Traveler’s Chief Concern

Mar 18, 2008 3:37 PM

Expedia Corporate Travel surveyed more than 1,000 U.S.-based business travelers to better understand their security concerns while on the road....


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