Friction Between Physical and IT Security Some of the biggest inefficiencies in your physical and IT protection system are overlapping areas and blind spots. An overlapping area occurs when two or more teams and systems are focused on a single threat. Blind spots occur when no part of your comprehensive system is focused on a potential … Continued
What Factors Increase Alarm Response Times? Legacy systems are notoriously outdated and do not always sync well with modern add-ons and other adjustments. They can also be unreliable and slow. Another common problem is the security and alarm components are often not fully integrated. This can result in multiple departments monitoring various alarms. At first glance, … Continued
Understanding Security Integration An integrated security system integrates all the parts of the security systems together, so they can be controlled from a single control panel that receives and sends signals from one place. Integrating your systems can help to simultaneously and instantaneously interpret, monitor, record, and respond to alarm data generated from multiple systems, … Continued
Understanding the implications for productivity, collaboration and workplace safety can help guide your decision making about creating a smarter office. Thinking through smart workplace considerations can also empower you to improve your organization’s adaptability and robustness. Understanding More Connected Workplaces At the heart of the IoT is connectivity. Not only do most smart devices rely on network connectivity to operate, … Continued
How can you tell if an in-house enterprise monitoring system or a 3rd party monitored security system is the right option for your business? It requires a comprehensive look at the monitoring capabilities, how adaptive they are to evolving technology, how responsive they are to threats, and how well the security controls support your business practices. Security risks The … Continued
A Look Back at Security Not that long ago, corporate and government security functioned vastly different from today. If you’ve made a career out of security, you probably remember when corporate security involved: As the technology evolved, physical security mostly stayed its course while cybersecurity spun up and operated independently. Both physical and cybersecurity acted as autonomous systems, which … Continued
What does it take to highlight the value your security team is returning to the organization so that your department is considered an investment center? The first step is for managers of these departments to view their teams and the role they play in the enterprise differently. Tie the Value of the Department to Critical … Continued
It’s no longer necessary to monitor disparate systems. Instead, you can streamline your monitoring and security operations. There are numerous benefits and efficiencies to be realized by integrating security and monitoring systems. Managing risk with a single, comprehensive security system provides advanced recognition functionality and coordinated response. What Integrating Your Security Systems Together Can Do The … Continued
This issue applies to both run-of-the-mill technologies such as the operating system on workstations and security tools such as alarm monitoring setups. If you need to break out the calendar to figure out when your last technology audit and update was (or worse, if you’ve never had one), you should start planning a review as … Continued
Inefficient or inadequate operator performance can cost companies in both financial and productivity losses. So, what are some of the obstacles that prevent them from responding quickly and with a reasonable level of expertise? Additionally, what are the costs of not providing your alarm monitoring center with the tools they need to do their jobs well? … Continued