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• 20 Things You Should Know About Networked Video

  • August 25th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: 20 Things You Should Know About Networked Video, Analytics, ARK Systems, Bandwidth, high-speed video, high-speed video communications, HTTP protocol, integrated security systems, integrators, IP systems, IT security, l.o.s., l.o.s. technology, latency, Network, network design, Networked Video, secondary networks, security, security systems, Storage, Surveillance video, technological breakthroughs, Video, Video analytics, video communications, video management, VSI Summit, Wireless, Wireless applications, Wireless line-of-sight

  What can video now do that it was not able to before? What is the future of video? Those were just a few of the questions addressed at the Video, Security and Integration Summit (VSI Summit) in Atlanta. The Summit,… Read More

• Biometrics

  • August 19th, 2011
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  • Tags: ARK Systems, biometric identification, biometric identification system, biometrics, can credentials, card readers, credential, credentials, flash pass, identification system, Laboratory tests, personal identification, Pilot facilities, pilot program, scan, security, technological, technological hurdles, Transportation Security Administration, Transportation Worker Identification Credential, TSA, TWIC, TWIC program

  The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is, after a long and drawn out process, entering a promising new phase. This article from HSToday.us explains. After 11 September 2001, the federal government decided to credential every worker with access to sensitive… Read More

• The great debate: HDcctv versus IP video

  • August 11th, 2011
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  • Tags: access, access control, ARK Systems, CCTV, Emergency, emergency response, HD, high definition, HSPD 3, infrared cameras, Internet Protocol, IP, IP Video, Maryland, secure facilities, security, security cameras, security field, security personnel, security systems, Surveillance, Technology, Threat Advisory System, Threat Conditions, VHS

  As technology continues to expand, your decisions begin to become more and more complicated. What was once as simple as picking a manufacturer and grabbing a box of 24 VHS tapes is now so much more complex.   In the… Read More

• Safety of Whole Body Imaging

  • August 5th, 2011
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  • Tags: adiation-emitting, adiation-emitting machines, ARK Systems, baggage screening systems, baggage-screening machines, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Congressman Ed Markey, dangerous, dangerous amounts of radiation, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Ed Markey, Full-body, full-body X-ray screening machines, Greg Soule, health, health and safety, health hazards, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Imaging, Inspector General Richard Skinner, Joe Pistol, levels of radiation, machines, malfunction, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH, public health, public health and safety, radiation, radiation health, radiation health and safety, Safety, Safety of Whole Body Imaging, screening machines, screening systems, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, TSA Administrator Joe Pistol, TSA spokesperson, unsafe levels of radiation, Whole body, Whole Body Imaging, X-ray, X-ray screening machines

  A joint report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in September 2008 found that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) did not take proper care of some baggage-screening… Read More

• Addressing Privacy Concerns

  • July 28th, 2011
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  • Tags: ACLU, Addressing Privacy Concerns, American Civil Liberties Union, ARK Systems, cameras, Campus, Campus Safety, Chicago, Chicago Police, Concerns, Decreasing privacy, increase the quantity of video surveillance cameras, Increased security, Increasing Security, Privacy, Privacy Concerns, privacy concerns surrounding surveillance cameras, Private video Systems, protect privacy, push for privacy, Racially Profiling, Safety, Spying, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, System, Systems, Technologies, Technology, Video, Video surveillance, video surveillance cameras, video Systems, video technology, window blackening

  When does increasing security start to decrease privacy? That is the questions addressed in this article from CampusSafetyMagazine.com. Recently, there has been an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union about Chicago’s plan to increase the quantity of video surveillance cameras… Read More

• Mass Notification Know How

  • July 22nd, 2011
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  • Tags: Advancements, Applications, ARK Systems, audible notification, capability, commercial facilities, Communication, ECS, Effective, effectiveness, Emergency, emergency communications systems, emergency messages, emergency situations, Fire Alarm, fire alarm systems, Immediate, live-voice emergency messages, Mass Notification, mass notification systems, MNS, Notifications, Notify, Real-tine information, security, security field, Technology, Threats, UFC, Unified Facilities Criteria, visual notification, ways to improve communication

  The security field is always looking for ways to improve communication, especially in terms of mass notification systems (MNS). The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) defines mass notification as “the capability to provide real-time information to all building occupants or personnel… Read More

• Top 7 Technology Trends

  • July 15th, 2011
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  • Tags: Analytics, Analyze, Anaolog, ARK Systems, Bandwidth, cameras, Customer Service, Data, Data Storage, Developments, DVR, Edge Devices, Equipment, Evolving, Features, Hard Drives, HDcctv, high definition, High-tech, Images, Innovations, Integrated, IP, IP-based Systems, megapixel cameras, Network, Products, Recording, Scurity Systems, security, security field, Signals, Software, Sohpisticated, Storage, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance systems, Tech Trends, Technology, Top 7 Technology Trends, Traditional Security, Transmits, uncompressed video, VCR, Video, Video Alarm Verification, Video Management Software, Video Management Systems, Video surveillance, VMS

  Technology is always evolving. Because of this, it is very important to stay up to date on recent tech trends and developments, especially if you are in the video surveillance/security field. Video surveillance was introduced in the 1970’s with the… Read More

• Tech Spending on Rise

  • July 7th, 2011
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  • Tags: Agencies, ARK Systems, Attacks, Chief Technology Officer, CIA, Companies, Computer, Computer Hackers, Corporate, Corporate Spending, Data, Data Breach, Educated, Education, FBI, Fox, Global Spending, Government, Government Agencies, Government Spending, Hacker Group, Hackers, Hardware, High Alert, High-profile, information, information technology, information technology security, LulzSec, New Hardware, Nintendo, PBS, security, Security Companies, Security Officials, Security Products, Services, Software, Sony, Spending, Spending on the Rise, Stole, Stole data, Tech Spending, Tech Spending on Rise, Technology, Websites

  Corporate and government spending on information technology security is quickly growing. Global spending on security products and services, which is currently around $55 billion in 2011, is projected to reach $71 billion by 2014, according to Lawrence Pingree, research director… Read More

• HD Surveillance Performance Improves as Demand Rises

  • July 1st, 2011
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  • Tags: ARK Systems, Bandwidth, Bandwidth Consumption, CCD, CCD Imager, CMOS Imager, Column Correction, Column Correction Processing, Dark Current, Data, demand continues to increase, Demand Rises, HD, HD Performance, HD Surveillance, HD Surveillance Performance, HD Surveillance Performance Improves as Demand Rises, high definition, High-definition video, High-definition video surveillance, Image File Size, Improvements, IP, Low-light, Low-light operation, Manufacturers, maximize the benefits of HD, Megapixel Camera, Megapixel Imaging, megapixel technology, Performance, Performance Improves, Pixel Size, Processing, Read Noise, recording video surveillance data, security field, Storage, Surveillance Performance, Technologies, Viable Option, video storage hardware, Warm Environments

  As demand continues to increase for High-definition video surveillance, the security field also continues to improve upon HD performance, specifically in regards low-light operation and bandwidth consumption. This article from SecuritySales.com explains. One of these technologies that has seen drastic… Read More

• Putting Wireless to Work for You

  • June 23rd, 2011
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  • Tags: Alternative Path, ARK Systems, automatically reconfigure, Budget, Business security, camera, card access, CCTV, Commercial security technology, Cost-effective, Emergency, emergency response, HD, Head-end, high definition, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory System, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, infrared cameras, Internet Protocol, IP, Maryland, Putting Wireless to Work for You, Residential technology, secure facilities, secure IDs, security, security cameras, security personnel, security systems, Security Technology, Self-heal, Self-Healing, Signal Verification, Technology, Upgrade, Upgradeable, Upgrading, Wireless, Wireless business security, Wireless Security Camera, Wireless Security System, Wireless Technology

  In today’s economy, one thing is for certain; budgets are as tight as they have been in recent memory. But a small budget does not excuse the use of poor security technology. Because of this, wireless intrusion technology has become… Read More