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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — There are certain things you know you are always going to get when the summer roles around. There’s nice weather, trips to the beach, cookouts… and door-knockers. The increase of door-knockers also comes with an increase in complaints. The latest controversy involves the state of Arkansas and an alarming number of complaints received by Arkansas Attorney General …

Most of today’s security and monitoring systems have been designed around camera technology which has its inherent benefits and drawbacks. But the public is becoming increasingly worried about how some newer camera-based technologies like facial recognition are being used for surveillance. As companies look to adopt the latest security technologies to keep people safe, privacy needs to be a key …

GSX 2019 is being held Sept. 8-12 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Ahead of this year’s show, SSI reached out to Tim Baker, Honeywell Building Technologies, director of marketing, commercial security, to find out what the company will be showcasing at GSX. What is the top product or offering you are showing off at GSX 2019, and what makes it …

Integrators who install a lot of security products in high-end residential and commercial environments should strongly consider selecting thermal security cameras.

FAIRPORT, N.Y. — Bosch will introduce a substantial expansion of its video portfolio at GSX 2019, including more than 50 new products. These include fixed and moving security cameras, plus recording and management solutions. The company says it now offers intelligent video solutions for all segments of the security market — from those that need simple, cost-effective surveillance to those that demand …

Redundant systems provide backup for main components or resources in scenarios where they may fail or underperform. If one component of a system malfunctions, another can ideally come to the rescue, keeping the performance of the overall system at a prime operational level. When safeguarding mission critical sites, two technologies that security integrators are increasingly using to provide redundancy are …

In this week’s Top Surveillance Videos… The security industry is no stranger to false or “nuisance” alarms. The same can be said for law enforcement. Whether they are dispatched for an alarm or due to a concerned neighbor, police officers experience almost everything imaginable. I mean, we’ve seen police respond to a home intruder that turned out to be a …

Headlines in August featured some troublesome news for the security industry. This is an industry that is entrusted by its customers to keep them safe. However, we’ve seen a number of issues arise when it comes to safety and privacy. A YouTuber revealed earlier this month how easy it is to bypass SimpliSafe contact sensors by using a $2 wireless …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Vicon Industries, a designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware and cameras, introduces its integrated thermal camera sensor solution. Vicon says new series of high-powered thermal sensor cameras seamlessly integrate with its high-speed SN683D p/t/z dome camera to detect, identify and track intruders using thermal detection, and is combined with targeted surveillance from the p/t/z for …

LONDON — Revenue from global sales of equipment used to screen people for explosives, weapons and contraband is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6% over the 2018-2023 forecast period, according to IHS Markit. Several emerging technologies, including millimeter and terahertz waves, have entered the commercial space, helping to address challenges to passenger screening at …

MILWAUKEE —Johnson Controls introduces the new exacqVision C-Series, which is said to take the guesswork out of sourcing a system for a live video monitoring station. The C-Series supports 16-32 video streams at full HD and ensures smooth playback during live monitoring or search, according to the company. The C-Series offers three options — Standard, Pro and Pro Plus — each with …

AUSTIN, Texas. — Eagle Eye Networks announces it has made enhancements to the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS, adding support for 15 additional third-party mobile and body-worn cameras. The Eagle Eye VMS provides simultaneous operations, search and Cloud storage for fixed and mobile cameras, according to the company. Eagle Eye says while managing and retrieving body-worn camera video has typically been a separate process …

Attendees at Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2019 will have their hands full this year as they attempt to navigate over 500 exhibitor booths scattered throughout the expo show floor. Formerly known as ASIS Seminar and Exhibits, GSX 2019 will be held in Chicago Sept. 8-12 at McCormick Place, the largest convention center in North America. In addition to the hundreds of …

Providing surveillance equipment with the connectivity to satisfy these objectives has been a central challenge since the inception of streaming technology, and real time video has much more significance when it comes to prevention of, rather than response to, threat. Not only is wired connectivity more expensive to deploy, it also limits the coverage individual cameras can achieve – with …

OKLAHOMA CITY — A security systems installer has been sentenced to life in prison for secretly videotaping young girls and teens in their bedrooms and bathrooms for years. Prosecutors said Ryan Aaron Alden hid cameras in the bedrooms, bathrooms and closets of four Oklahoma homes where he was working. Alden was busted after one of the homes called an HVAC company …

TEANECK, N.J. —  Hanwha Techwin America, a global supplier of IP and analog video surveillance solutions, will announce its latest multisensor cameras at GSX in Chicago, being held Sept. 8-12 at McCormick Place. The new cameras feature motorized varifocal lenses for control of focal length, angle of view and zoom for each direction. Each sensor supports remote pan, tilt, rotate, zoom (p/t/r/z) …

AUSTIN, Texas — ReconaSense, a provider of physical security intelligence and next-gen access control, announces the debut of its ReconMobile command-and-control center that lets users lock down facilities, tap into video surveillance systems, and/or report and respond to an emergency from a mobile device. The ReconMobile app suite enables security teams to “see” and take action across multiple facilities without having to …

Cloud-based video surveillance is the latest trend in the security market. It offers numerous benefits for both integrators and end users. Martin Renkis, general manager Cloud solutions, global security products at Johnson Controls, is the person responsible for all of the company’s Cloud-based solutions for physical security. Johnson Controls is entrenched in the commercial security world, but also handled all the …

In this week’s Top Surveillance Videos… Look, we all get mad at our significant others once in a while. But that’s just part of life. Forgive and forget, right? It can probably go without saying, but under no circumstance should you ever intentionally poison someone… even if that someone is your soon to be ex-wife. Unfortunately, that is exactly what …

Global Security Exchange (GSX) will be held in Chicago on Sept. 8-12 at McCormick Place, the largest convention center in North America (check out what goes into securing the expo center, here). ASIS Int’l has assembled educational programming that offers more than 300 sessions, organized into 17 subject-matter tracks. The GSX session lineup is billed as addressing a wide variety …