ASIS: A Daily Look Into The Show

By Karina Sanchez · September 25, 2007

From what Vegas insiders say, Sunday is the worst day of the week to travel to Sin City. But from my own personal experience, any other day is just as bad -- you’re going to experience massive taxi lines and long wait times at baggage claim whether it’s a Tuesday or a Sunday. My flight touched down right in peak crowd time: 3:30 p.m. And this has been my experience at ASIS 2007 since then.

Sunday, Sept. 23

5 p.m. – Check into hotel and prepare for the first line of business for ASIS 2007, a FLIR Press Dinner.

6:30 p.m. – Arrive at the Red Rock Country Club outside of the Las Vegas strip for the FLIR dinner, which includes a live demonstration of its latest product offerings. There, my press colleagues and I sip on wine and enjoy the cool desert air while dinner is being set-up and made ready. We eat a three course meal, which is later followed by a demonstration of the company’s thermal imaging solution. Press attendees are escorted to a mobile viewing station where FLIR professionals are able to demonstrate the difference in cooled and uncooled imaging technologies. FLIR’s own product on display at this time is its uncooled camera, which provides visibly better image quality than the cooled camera. The demonstration showed how well it can distinguish objects that would normally be difficult to highlight in nighttime situations. And it showed how the applications for which this product is used, such as ports and military operations, are suitable for the capabilities this product provides.

10 p.m. – After a nice dinner and product demonstration, we’re ready to head back to the hotel for the much needed rest in preparation for the first day of the show.

Monday, Sept. 24

11 a.m. – My day starts with meeting a number of companies, first of which is Quantum Secure. Quantum Secure is launching its product which is able to integrate all the functions of business automation, access control and identity management into one. I also meet with Brady People ID, which in addition to JAM Plastics, is introducing its Secure Badge Holder. This badge holder is FIPS 201-compliant and designed to prevent “skimming” of a person’s identifiable information from a rogue reader. The product, though simple in nature, protects the information embedded on a smart chip on a badge. Ingenious.

1 p.m. – Meet with Ray Dean and Jon Daum of SecurityNet to discuss Ask The Expert, a contributed column from SecurityNet, which gives insight to the industry from the integrator’s point of view. Major topics we discuss are the crossword puzzle and the columns editorial plans for next year. Prepare yourself for some changes with this column in 2008.

3 p.m. – Sit in on “Integrating Security into a Company Going Global.” This session provided some recommendations for those who are thinking about going global. Beware, it entails more than what you might imagine. After this session, I trekked back to the hotel, where I’m now writing this blog and will soon start to prepare for tonight’s major event – a Sony Press Dinner at the Paris Hotel. Stay tuned for what Sony and other players are doing from ASIS in tomorrow’s blog. I’ll keep you updated!

About the author

Karina Sanchez
Karina Sanchez is the former managing editor for Security Products magazine. She now freelances for Web publishers, trade magazines and corporations.

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