Where IT Security and Physical Security Converge

April 2010

  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From transmission to storage, IP floods security market.
  • Watershed, Revisited: Perimeter detection systems keep utility safe.
  • Let the Games Begin: The IP revolution is here.


Features

Real-Time Traffic Control

By Ashish Sharma

The municipality of Vic, Spain, sought to deploy a traffic surveillance network for the Urban Guard that could seamlessly integrate with the city’s existing analog CCTV system. Since there was no communications infrastructure in place, the municipality required a vendor that could implement the entire network.


Signed, Sealed, Delivered

By Jon Epperson

It is no secret that the use of IP video has flooded every corner of the physical security market. Driven by a continuous stream of technology advancements, such as high-definition IP cameras, the IP video movement continues to gain momentum each year.


Watershed, Revisited

By Cosimo Malesci

The city of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management needed to secure critical infrastructure at more than 30 remote locations with perimeter detection systems and video surveillance. Since there were no engineering drawings to show where the underground tanks are located, trenching and boring was not an option.


Departments

A Three-Headed Monster

By David Wilson

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently revised its guidelines regarding how government information systems are protected. The new guidelines mesh best security practices from the private and government sectors and will have a huge impact on the cyber security of government networks. For the first time, there is uniformity in how the government authorizes both its national security systems and non-national security information systems.


Let the Games Begin

By Ralph Jensen

I’ve been waiting for the IP revolution to take shape as much as I’ve been looking forward to getting snow in Dallas. When it snows in North Texas, the city comes to a standstill, and the story monopolizes the evening news. I experienced the same kind of excitement and flurry of activity at the Milestone Integrated Platform Symposium.


Moving Complex Functionality to the Network Camera

By Fredrik Nilsson

The trend of shifting functionality to the edge began a decade ago with the introduction of network cameras to video surveillance systems. The first efforts to leverage the capabilities of this new IP-based technology were in-camera digitization and video compression so streams could be transmitted over an IP-based computer network rather than an analog coax cable run to a head end.