Archives: July, 2009

We noted in a Barrier Briefs post yesterday that the emphasis in port security has shifted from preventing cargo theft to controlling access to the port areas themselves. PRO Barrier Engineering is well-suited as a partner in port access planning, given the range of vehicle access control barriers we have available. Our barriers represent solid […]

Here’s a lengthy treatment from Government Technology of the new approach to port security – attention to access control, rather than simply the pre-9/11 emphasis on preventing cargo theft. “Security prior to 9/11 was more about cargo theft and pilferage than it was about access control and knowing who’s coming in and out of our […]

An example of the Internet’s power for instruction and coordination comes in the Toolkits on Serve.gov, especially the Community Preparedness Toolkit. This toolkit is an easily navigated primer on being prepared should an emergency or disaster strike a home, business or community. Since planning and preparedness are forms of security, it’s a form of security […]

It would be good if Mount Rushmore security officials are able to share insights with fellow security professionals into what they’re learning from Greenpeace’s recent success in hanging a protest banner from Abraham Lincoln’s head. The banner had a “Stop Global Warming” message. A spokesman for the National Park Service at Mount Rushmore said the […]

Hitachi, Ltd., is testing a face recognition security system at an electronics store in Chiyoda Ward, Tokoyo. The system is designed to recognize individuals whose images have been captured previously. It’s capable, reports SecurityInfoWatch.com, of “dramatically narrowing down likely matches from a list of about 10,000 faces in only a second once a specific face […]

The importance of providing effective supervision/oversight of security programs was brought home vividly to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this week. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on how its investigators entered 10 federal high-security buildings carrying components for bombs through doors being monitored by contract guards. Once inside, the investigators assembled […]

The Electronic Security Expo has announced the winners of this year’s Maximum Impact Awards for security effectiveness. See the list of winners in categories from Access Control Equip and Alarm Systems to Wireless Telecommunication Services and Video Surveillance here.

Here’s an interesting “anthropological” take on security, as reported by Bruce Schneier: When a company grows past 150, it’s time to issue name badges. That’s because – Schneier quotes the research – “150 is the cognitive limit to the number of people a human brain can maintain a coherent social relationship with.”  Of course, this presumes […]