CDW

Aug 26, 2008

Denver Prepares For Upcoming Democratic Convention

Aug 7, 2008

Federal and local authorities are girding for huge protests, mammoth traffic tie-ups and civil disturbances at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this month, fearing that the convention will become a magnet for militant protest groups....

The Plastic That Protects

Jul 1, 2008

As photo ID technology improves, and printers decrease in price, security-conscious end-users are finding that there are powerful reasons to choose secure...

Unexpected Crises Spark Opening Of Georgia Training Facility

May 1, 2008

The tornado that hit downtown Atlanta in March is a prime example of the unexpected crises that demand rapid, seamless and efficient communications among...

New Technology Facilitates Planning For Active Hurricane Season

May 1, 2008

Following predictions of an above average hurricane season, Applied Science Associates Inc. (ASA), Narragansett, R.I., introduced a computer modeling...

Citizen Watch

By Ashley Roe

In Laguna Beach, a seaside community of approximately 24,000 in southern California, citizens have taken charge of fire prevention and detection. The...

DIGITAL Eyes

By Ashley Roe

West Palm Beach, the oldest incorporated municipality in Florida, now has eyes watching its streets, helping police officers intercept and reduce crime...

No Room For Error

By Stephanie Silk

Theodore Kaczynski. Eric Robert Rudolph. Ramzi Yousef. These notorious criminals are locked up at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colo., and were among...

One Unread Message

By Stephanie Silk

In a world of evolving technology at every corner, it's no wonder that questions arise as to how these technologies can improve not only convenience but...

Walk, Screen and Detect

By Stephanie Silk

In October 2007, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it would award $52.3 million in contracts to deploy security technology...

New Level of Control

Jan 1, 2008

Beaumont, Calif., city officials are no longer looking over their shoulders. Keeping track of people is second nature to police officers, so when the...

Eyes All Around

By Terry Denison and Tony Sivore

On completion of a multi-million dollar sports complex, the Town of Parker, Colo., needed to do something to ensure that the recreation center offered...

A Canopy of Connectivity

By Ashley Roe

At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), one of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) 10 national laboratories, 4,200 staff members conduct...

Securing So Cal

By Stephanie Silk

As current events repeatedly highlight laptop loss and theft such as the 2006 theft of laptops containing the Social Security numbers of millions of U.S....

PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: A Shared Responsibility

Dec 1, 2007

One of the key issues confronting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), state, local and tribal governments and...

MARITIME SECURITY: Protecting Naval Vessels

Oct 1, 2007

The U.S. Navy protects its ships using what looks like a series of tennis nets sitting on cylindrical-shaped floats that fasten together to form a floating...

Total Visibility

By Ashley Roe

A network security company is helping users to map and identify assets on their networks in a way that is analogous to how sonar enables oceanographers...

A Crash Synopsis

By David Dickinson

In 1985, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DOS) published the original vehicle test barrier methods SD-STD-02.01 to assess...

Automating Cooperation

By Michael Fickes

When Hurricane Katrina knocked out electrical power across the Gulf region, telecommunications companies used gas generators to power telephone switches...

Under Close Watch

Aug 1, 2007

In 2004, after observing a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance project in the city of Westminster in London and a small citizen-led video surveillance...

Building Security With Community Relations

By Bill Farrar

In March 2007, America's Most Wanted featured a story about the murder of a 44-year-old businessman and former military officer in San Diego. The suspect,...

Station Integration

Jun 1, 2007

With Homeland security a more pressing concern than ever, police departments across the country are examining their own internal security systems to be...

Locked But Is It Secure?

By Sean A. Ahrens, CPP, CSC

The most commonly used and least expensive method to control access to any facility's building perimeter and interior space is by use of mechanical locks...

SIA Gears Up For Government Summit

May 17, 2007

This year's Security Industry Association (SIA) Government Summit, which takes place on June 11-13 at the Hilton Embassy Row hotel in Washington, D.C., is designed to keep participants up-to-date on policies driving federal procurement decisions and to create a strong, unified industry voice on Capitol Hill. At the Summit, industry leaders and government end-users will hear from the nation's leading policy experts on issues impacting the GSA Schedules Program, TWIC implementation, "earmarking" federal funds for physical security projects, and the SAFETY Act designation process. ...

Accessible Video

Dec 1, 2006

San Diego County's juvenile detention center, like many across the country, is co-located with the sheriff's department and the probation center. Like...