The Importance of Security Consultants in Designing Effective Security Systems

by Zack HammAccess Control, CPTED, Premises Liability, Security Consulting, Security Technology, Vulnerability AnalysisPosted on No Comments

In an ever-evolving world with increasing security concerns, it has become imperative for businesses and organizations to prioritize the implementation of robust security systems. However, choosing the right approach and ensuring an effective security setup is not always straightforward.  A renewed trend that was prevalent a couple of decades ago was for integrators to offer …

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UPDATED – WRAL and Other News Agencies Effectively Building a “How To” List for Utility Terrorism

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It’s not news that two Duke Energy power substations were attacked in Moore county last week.  There is a ton of speculation about why the attacks were carried out and by whom, but the thing we aren’t short of information about is what they did and what law enforcement is doing about it. Various articles …

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NEC and Conduit Fills for Communications and Security Cabling

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A question that comes up frequently for us when working on security projects with high density device counts is conduit fill.   That National Electrical Code typically wants to limit conduit fill to less than 40% of the capacity for cables in the raceway.  This is based upon the dimensions of the conductors and the potential …

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Playing Around with the PinPoint Survey Application using Amazon Data

by Zack HammAccess Control, Application Development, CPTED, Premises Liability, PSIM, Security Consulting, Security Technology, Vulnerability AnalysisPosted on No Comments

We put together a quick demo of the PinPoint Survey Application using some public data scraped from the web for all the US Amazon sites.  The equipment names and photos are all generated, so don’t get too excited about thinking there are real Amazon security equipment details being posted on the web. Some of the …

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The Impact of Closed Circuit Television

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Almost 30 years ago when I was first entering the security industry, closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras weren’t terribly different from the cameras that were being used to for movie and television production.  They were smaller, typically had less resolution and no audio, but the basic principles were the same.   Charged Coupled Device (CCD) cameras …

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Layers – Not just for Onions and Ogres

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[dropcap style=”square” color=”blue-grey”]S[/dropcap]ecurity has been thought of and taught to others as a “layered approach” for centuries, and as such is not a new concept.   The Romans used layered concepts in their infantry tactics as well as their defensive fortifications.   With all due respect to “Shrek“, security is like an onion, and is a complex …

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