Posts Tagged ‘security personnel’

• How to Strengthen Security in the Hospital Emergency Department

  • August 25th, 2022
  • Posted in Commercial Security, Hospital Security, Integration, Networked Security, Security Technology, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring, Systems Integration, Video Surveillance
  • Tags: emergency department security, hospital security, medical clinic security, medical facility security, security personnel, security systems

  Over the years, hospital emergency departments have experienced a constant influx of security issues and violent incidents, but they have struggled to keep up with preventative security measures that protect both patients and staff. Hospitals require a healthy mix of… 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

• Designing a Wireless System and Dealing with Wireless Path Loss

  • May 17th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, intelligent technology, Wired Networks
  • Tags: ARK Systems, biometric identification, crucial security, Facebook, security, security personnel, Surveillance, Technology, transmit power, Twitter, wireless path loss, wireless system

  When designing a wireless system, there are several areas of concern when it comes to performance. After all, you want to your wireless system to perform as efficiently as possible. But perhaps no wireless communication concern is bigger than range…. Read More

• Hospital Abduction

  • December 30th, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: ark, ARK Systems, assessment, California Department of Public Health, California’s Reaction to the 2009 Kidnapping, Cottage Hospital, crucial security, design, Details of the 2009 Kidnapping, Facebook, facilities, Fine After 2009 Baby Abduction, Hospital Abduction, Hospital Security Initiatives, installation, Janet O’Neill, mandatory badges, noncompliance with licensing requirements, nursing staff, permanent security greeter in the Mother Infant unit, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Slapped with $50, screening and monitoring of visitors, security guards, security improvements, security personnel, security system, serious injury or death to patients, testing, Twitter

  A 2009 kidnapping incident at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital’s Mother Infant Unit now has the facility facing a $50,000 fine following a state oversight agency review of the unfortunate event. Details of the 2009 Kidnapping: Leanna Patricia Arzate took an… 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