Skilled employees more important than larger security budget: Survey

Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, today announced the results of a survey of 167 attendees at...

IP vs. Analog Security Surveillance to reach ‘Tipping Point’ by 2014

The CCTV and video surveillance market continues to be headed to a “tipping point” in 2014, with revenue for network video overtaking analog for...

Avigilon launches manifesto on the use of responsible surveillance in the CCTV industry

Avigilon, a leader in high-definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance solutions, recently launched its first manifesto, championing the use of responsible surveillance in the...

Peruvians spend $1,000 a year on private security

Despite the exciting trends and industry buzz surrounding mobile technologies, wireless locks and hosted access control, more long-standing and less sensational trends such as...

Access control industry moves towards open standards

Despite the exciting trends and industry buzz surrounding mobile technologies, wireless locks and hosted access control, more long-standing and less sensational trends such as...

Hundreds of fake security guard licenses under investigation

Hundreds of people in Florida are under investigation, accused of getting fake licenses to be gun-carrying security guards. Five people were accused of forging...

Al Qaeda bomb maker may have developed deadly explosive

Al Qaeda terrorists could try to bring down planes using an undetectable explosive soaked into their clothes, officials fear. The organisation’s bomb-makers are reportedly...

Syria ‘legalises’ private security firms

Syria's president has passed a decree legalising private security firms, faced with a 29-month armed revolt against his rule that has pinned down the...

Atlanta police want to make false alarms pay

Atlanta police responded to 65,000 burglar alarms last year, and they estimate nearly 62,000 of them were false. Burglar alarms cry wolf across the...

Video door phone market poised for growth

The $1.8 billion global door phone market is transitioning from audio to video technology, with video set to grow and account for 50 percent...