Posts Tagged ‘mass notification emergency communication’

• Protecting Critical Patient Information :: Physical Access Control

  • July 5th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, business intelligence, Cybersecurity
  • Tags: ARK Systems, best security in maryland, CCTV, contractor, emergency response, hipaa, mass notification emergency communication, security assessment, security cameras, testing, Twitter

  Under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a patient’s personal information and medical history must be protected both physically and electronically. Because of this, HIPAA also requires healthcare organizations with access to critical patient information to assess their… Read More

• School District Unifies its Access Control and Video Surveillance Efforts

  • May 31st, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Cybersecurity, Security Trends
  • Tags: ARK Systems, arksync.com, crucial security, culver county unified school district, emergency response, Maryland, mass notification emergency communication, security personnel, security system, Video surveillance

  The Culver County Unified School District (CCUSD) in California encompasses five elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, a continuation school, and an adult school that contains 7,500 students. And as you can imagine with some many facilities and… Read More

• Surveillance Data and Flash Memory :: Home & Business Security Tips

  • May 24th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Bandwidth, flash memory, installation, ip-based, mass notification emergency communication, megapixel cameras, security, security personnel, Threat Conditions, Video surveillance

  With surveillance systems evolving past the realm of security and safety to also include other functionality – such as the use of surveillance data to predict business trends and provide business intelligence – these systems are now playing integral roles… Read More

• IDs, Credentials, and Biometrics: The Future of Access Control Systems

  • May 2nd, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Cybersecurity, intelligent technology, Public Alerts
  • Tags: ARK Systems, crucial security, Facebook, mass notification emergency communication, security, security systems, Surveillance, Technology, Twitter

  IDs, Credentials, and Biometrics: The Future of Access Control Systems Tell me if this sounds familiar… You carry around a magnetic stripe card with two barcodes. You have to remember two completely different PINS. And you have to carry a… Read More

• Is Your Campus Ready for IP Video?

  • June 9th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
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  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

• Curbing False Alarms

  • May 27th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, central monitoring station, CMS, Convergence, Convergence in fire alarm technology, Cost of POTS, Curbing False Alarms, dispatching police officers to the scene, Emergency, emergency response, enhanced verification, equipment malfunctions, False Alarms, False Alram, falsely announced break-ins, Fire Alarm, Fire Alarm technology, Greater coordination required, Internet Protocol, IP, IP communicators, IP fire alarm communicators, IT infrastructure, Maryland, mass notification emergency communication, National Fire Protection Association's National Fire Alarm Code, NFPA 72, plain old telephone system, Potential savings, POTS, Power backup for IT components, primary means of communicating, primary means of communication, receiving station, Reduce operating costs, Remote diagnostics, Save money, Savings, secondary means of communication, secure facilities, security, security personnel, security systems, Service Calls, Technology, Understand IT standards and practices

  False alarms may not seem like a big deal. After all, a false alarm is better than an actual break in, right? Well yes and no. This article from SecuritySales.com explains just how disruptive false alarms can be. Of course… Read More

• Convergence in fire alarm technology

  • May 18th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Convergence, Convergence in fire alarm technology, Cost of POTS, Emergency, emergency response, Fire Alarm, Fire Alarm technology, Greater coordination required, Internet Protocol, IP, IP communicators, IP fire alarm communicators, IT infrastructure, Maryland, mass notification emergency communication, National Fire Protection Association's National Fire Alarm Code, NFPA 72, plain old telephone system, Potential savings, POTS, Power backup for IT components, primary means of communicating, primary means of communication, receiving station, Reduce operating costs, Remote diagnostics, Save money, Savings, secondary means of communication, secure facilities, security, security personnel, security systems, Service Calls, Technology, Understand IT standards and practices

  As the security industry quickly adopted the use of IT infrastructure and systems into its physical security, the fire alarm industry was much slower to grab on to the new concept of “convergence.” Code changes to the 2007 National Fire… Read More

• DHS Outlines Its New Emergency Communications Plan

  • April 1st, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
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  At the IWCE 2011 tradeshow in Las Vegas, DHS Director of the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) Chris Essid estimated that 3 million people in the U.S. could be considered first responders. But what good is such an elaborate emergency… Read More

• Getting the word out when it counts

  • September 16th, 2010
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, crisis response, emergency communication systems, emergency monitoring, emergency situations, mass notification emergency communication, mass notification systems, MNEC

  Recent events at Discovery Communications and Johns Hopkins Hospital have called attention to the benefits of Mass Notification Systems (sometimes called Mass Notification & Emergency Communications Systems) and have prompted businesses to consider how they would respond in similar situations. The development of Mass Notification systems has drawn heavily on established life safety and fire alarm technology. While fire alarm and MNEC address different kinds of dangers, they share similar objectives