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By Bill Burgess · July 2007

This month’s expert looks at four up-and-coming technologies

RISK management is a key focus for nearly all business owners and also is the motive behind the decision to invest in advanced, top-of-the-line physical security systems. Some of today’s new technologies in the security industry seem to come straight out of a James Bond movie. Forward-thinking manufacturers have made improvements in technologies like Web-based access control, biometrics, intelligent video and asset tracking to stay a step ahead of end users’ security needs.


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By David Coughlin ,JD, CPP · June 2007

This month’s expert focuses on how museum security can be streamlined to protect valuable assets

LOOKING to visit the official Hormel SPAM Museum? Hightail it to Austin, Minn. Or if you want to see an entire museum dedicated to different types of barbed wire try LaCrosse, Kan. Museums can house anything from valuable pieces of artwork, such as the Mona Lisa, to priceless, ancient artifacts like Egyptian mummies, or even a rare oddity such as a Pez dispenser that bears the face of Betsy Ross, the woman who sewed the first American flag.


By Skip Sampson · May 2007


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By Skip Sampson · May 2007

This month’s expert looks at biometrics and its real-world implementations


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By Bill Savage · April 2007

This month's expert focuses on financial institutions and the threats that plague them


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By Greg Young · March 2007

This month’s expert unveils the truth behind smart buildings

MOST have heard stories of the so-called smart buildings that align security and access control functions with fire, HVAC, lighting and audio systems.


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By Mike Borths · February 2007

NEARLY 10 years ago, the security industry was inundated with stories of systems promising to track valuable assets, making objects much more difficult to steal.


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By Dave Shelton · January 2007


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By Steve Morefiled · December 2006


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December 2006

This month's expert makes his predictions for the technologies making headway in the coming year


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