Posts Tagged ‘Department of Homeland Security’

• Fiber Optics: Interconnecting Fire Alarm Systems in Large Facilities

  • July 12th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Security Trends
  • Tags: crucial security, Department of Homeland Security, emergency response, Fiber Optics, networked fire alarm system, security systems, surveillance cameras, Technology, Video surveillance

  There are certain larger facilities – such as airports, warehouses, and campuses – that present unique challenges in terms of fire detection and fire control. For buildings such as these, interconnecting all of the local fire alarm control panels to… Read More

• Smarter Security Technology: It’s worth the Investment

  • June 28th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems
  • Tags: access control, ARK Systems, assessment, Bandwidth, cameras, Department of Homeland Security, emergency response, Facebook, security mass notification, smart security, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, video security systems

  Despite less than stellar economic times, there are certain business investments that are still worth the investment, like security. Even as the economy struggles, businesses continue to upgrade their security systems, realizing the growing importance of security.  And as the… Read More

• Physical Access Control: Building a Better Security System with ARK Systems

  • June 15th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Cybersecurity, Security Image
  • Tags: ARK Systems, biometric identification, crucial security, Department of Homeland Security, election, Facebook, Google, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, Maryland, olympic, physical control, security cameras, security systems, service, Surveillance, Threat Conditions, Twitter, Video surveillance

  The term access control is actually fairly vague, covering a wide range of security products, services, and devices. These security solutions include security officers, locks and keys, access cards, key fobs and readers, combination locks, biometric systems, and so much… Read More

• Smart Thermal Cameras :: Surveillance Cameras :: Security Cameras

  • May 11th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Security Image, surveillance cameras
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Department of Homeland Security, emergency response, Facebook, installation, Maryland, security, security cameras, security systems, smart thermal cameras, surveillance cameras, Technology, Twitter

  he cornerstone of any successful security system is perimeter awareness with high quality surveillance cameras. And while there are more than a few options available on the market today, one has emerged from the crowd: smart thermal cameras with video… Read More

• Safety of Whole Body Imaging

  • August 5th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • 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

• IP Video Builds on What you Know

  • June 16th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: Analog, Analog/Digital Hybrid, ARK Systems, Bandwidth, camera, Cat-5e Infrastructure, CCD, CCTV, charge coupled devices, coax cable network, Coaxial Cable, Computer, De-interlaced, Department of Homeland Security, Digital Camera, Digital format, digital video, DVR, DVR Storage, Emergency, HD, high definition, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory System, Image Degradation, infrared cameras, Interlaced, Internet Protocol, IP, IP camera, IP Integration, IP system, IP Video, IP Video Builds on What you Know, LAN, Maryland, Picture quality, Pixels, power-video-data, Progressive Scan, secure facilities, secure IDs, security, security cameras, Security Industry, Security Manager, security personnel, security systems, Surveillance, Surveillance Camera, Tansmission Medium, Technology, unshielded twisted pair (, UTP Cable, UTP Cabling, Video Streams

  Despite all the advantages that IP video lends to the security field, less than 15 percent of current video surveillance systems utilize this technology. Security managers are often leery to switch from a system, analog, that they are very comfortable… Read More

• Is Your Campus Ready for IP Video?

  • June 9th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: access, access control, ARK Systems, biometric, biometric access, biometric ID, biometric identification, biometrics, Budget, camera, camera manufacturers, camera types, card access, CCTV, coaxial infrastructure, cost to maintain, Department of Homeland Security, economic, Emergency, emergency response, Expanding business, Expanding or contracting, fingerprint scans, HD, HDcctv, high definition, high quality video data, high threat risk, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory System, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, How to, HSPD 12, HSPD 3, infrared cameras, Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Video, IP, IP Video, iris scans, Is Your Campus Ready for IP Video?, Lease or own, lens, Lighting, Maryland, mass notification emergency communication, National Terrorism Advisory System, Ongoing costs, retinal scans, secure facilities, secure IDs, security, security cameras, security personnel, security systems, Size of building, smart business choice, smart card, smart cards, Stay or leave, surveillance technology, Technology, telephone access, Threat Advisory System, Threat Conditions, threat level, video equipment, video quality, What is

  Over the past eight years, surveillance technology options have gone from a few simple choices between camera manufacturers, camera types, lens and how many tapes were needed to more complex issues such as choosing between IP Video and HDcctv. And… Read More

• Building an ideal communication network

  • June 3rd, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: 9/11, access, access control, ARK Systems, Available Technologies, biometric, biometric access, biometric ID, biometric identification, biometrics, Budget, Budget concerns, Budget Limitations, Building an ideal communication network, camera, card access, CCTV, communication device, communication devices, communication goals, communication network, data interface capability, Department of Homeland Security, Emergency, emergency response, federal security standards?, fingerprint scans, HD, high definition, high threat risk, high-speed backbone, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory System, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, HSPD 12, HSPD 3, Identify Goals, Identify Limitations, Identify needs, infrared cameras, Internet Protocol, IP, IP addressability, iris scans, Maryland, mass notification emergency communication, National Terrorism Advisory System, Research, retinal scans, secure facilities, secure IDs, security, security cameras, security personnel, security systems, smart card, smart cards, System deployment, System Design, System support, Technology, telephone access, Threat Advisory System, Threat Conditions, threat level

  If you are under the assumption that you can accomplish your communication goals and the ideal communication network with one product, you have been misled. In order to build a network that meets both your current and long term goals,… Read More

• FBI Launches Its Next Generation Identification (NGI) System

  • May 13th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Color Code System, Color Coded System, Core processing, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fingerprint identification, fingerprint scans, Lockheed Martin, Maryland, MBSS, Morpho Biometric Search Services, MorphoTrak, Next Generation Identification, NGI, Replaces Color Coded System, security, Security advancements, security field, Security Maryland, Secutiry Measures, Technology, Terrorism, Terrorism security measures, Terrorist, Video security, Video surveillance, What's new in Security

  The future is now according to this article from the Homeland Security Newswire. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently launched its innovative Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which will gradually phase out the old Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System… Read More

• New Terror Alert System

  • May 5th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: alert directly to law enforcement, Alerts, ARK Systems, credible, credible terrorism threat against the United States, Department of Homeland Security, elevated threat, Homeland Security, imminent threat, impending terrorist threat, intelligence community, major change, Maryland, National Security, National Terrorism Advisory System, National Terrorism Alert System, New Terror Alert System, NTAS, potential terrorist threats, specific, Terror alert, Terror Color, terror warnings, utilize social media sites

  Recently, on April 26, a new terrorist alert system – the National Terrorism Alert System (NTAS) – went into effect. The NTAS replaced the old color-coded alert system that had been in place since 2002. The NTAS will include “imminent… Read More