The Password is Biometrics
By JACQUELINE EMIGH
Fingerprint verification allows Los Angeles facility to do away with multiple log-ins....
How Can We Protect Our Critical Infrastructure From Cyber-Attack?
By PAUL ROTHMAN
Computer networks everywhere were under attack. The Sapphire (or Slammer) Worm was spreading throughout the Internet like wildfire, doubling in size every...
Roadblocks To Disaster
By CORRINA STELLITANO
Stopping weapons disguised as vehicles requires varied approaches -- and available technology stands ready to do the job....
City of Edmonton Upgrades Access Control
May 1, 2003
15 years ago city officials in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, Canada, wanted an electronic access control system that could help protect dozens of...
Faces In The Crowd
Michael Fickes
In a test conducted for the Virginia Beach Police Department during the summer of 2002, facial recognition software found and matched faces in a crowd...
TECHNOLOGY EXPOSING TROUBLE
By Michael Fickes
Suppose a man hid a gun made of composite plastic in his suit coat and walked through a security portal at the front door of a courthouse. Today, the...
Twelve Steps To Assessing Vulnerability
Feb 1, 2003
Tom Allen, vice president of security systems for Johnson Controls Inc., Controls Group, Milwaukee, manages a subsidiary focused on large design-build...
Meeting Security Needs Of Leased Public Buildings
Paul Rothman
Securing a government building can become more complicated if someone else owns the building, and a government agency is leasing the space. Our biggest...
SMARTER VIDEO SYSTEMS
by MICHAEL FICKES
In the 1995 attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh parked a truck in front of the building and walked away. After the explosion,...
U.S. Congress Pioneers Audio Search Technology
Jacqueline Emigh
The U.S. House of Representatives is one of the earliest adopters of emerging technology aimed at searching through reams of audio and video with instantaneous...
On Duty In Lakewood, Colo.
Michael Fickes
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department uses private security officers to protect the integrity of crime scenes and to guard prisoners during hospital...
Photo ID and Beyond: Washington State’s Department of Social and Human Services is taking steps to avert attack
by JACQUELINE EMIGH
SETTING PRIORITIES to Protect the Nation's Infrastructure
by PAUL ROTHMAN
