Posts Tagged ‘secure facilities’

• Combining PSIM and PIAM to Improve Situation Awareness

  • June 20th, 2013
  • Posted in ARK Systems, intelligent technology, Security Technology, surveillance cameras, Video Camera Networks, Video Surveillance
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Maryland, secure facilities, security, security cameras, security systems, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, Technology, Video, Video surveillance

  During the roughest part of the recession, many companies opted to purchase existing security systems instead of creating entirely new systems. With many different types of systems, including older legacy systems, it is difficult to manage different security systems that… Read More

• The great debate: HDcctv versus IP video

  • August 11th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • 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

• Putting Wireless to Work for You

  • June 23rd, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • 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

• 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

• 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

• More on the Red Threat Condition

  • December 2nd, 2010
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Department of Homeland Security, emergency response, high threat risk, red threat, secure facilities, security, Threat Advisory System, Threat Conditions, threat level

  The final level in our look at the Department of Homeland Security’s Threat Advisory System is the final Severe (Red) Threat Condition. This Threat Condition indicates a severe risk of a terrorist attack and suggests a swift response. This response is usually not meant last long but until the severe threat passes. This Website has all the details, but here are a few key points.

• More on the Orange Threat Condition

  • November 24th, 2010
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Department of Homeland Security, emergency response, high threat risk, orange threat, secure facilities, security, Threat Advisory System, Threat Conditions, threat level

  Continuing our look at the Department of Homeland Security’s Threat Advisory System, we’re highlighting the Orange (High) Threat Condition. This level indicates a high risk of a terrorist attack and is the first level to suggest organizations implement some (though not all) emergency plans.