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Facility Management: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Life Safety

04/26/2013 - Damage to a building’s fire and life safety systems can occur during an earthquake, making it difficult for people to evacuate the facility and impeding the work of first responders. Researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute conducted a series of tests on a building that simulated post-quake fires. They assessed how the damage affected the passive and active fire protection systems to contain fire and smoke.
Case Study: Access Control

Case Study

03/26/2013 - Friendship Village found an access control system that protected elderly residents and made system management easy.
Facility Management: Surveillance

Shining a Light on Surveillance

03/26/2013 - Installations that use the sun as a camera’s power source are growing as technological advances make those solar systems more feasible, but many issues need to be addressed for the solutions to work well.
Book Reviews: Access Control

Electronic Access Control

11/26/2012 - This book is likely one of the most current and comprehensive works available in this subject area, says reviewer Paul D. Barnard, CPP, CISM, SFPC.
Daily Headline : Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Comcast’s 9-11 Lessons

09/13/2012 - What Comcast Center learned from 9-11, plus security at the Federal Reserve of Philadelphia and at a U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center.
Editor's Note: Viewpoint

When Did You Last Clean Out Your Mental Closet?

05/17/2012 - When did you last question your security assumptions?
Daily Headline : Best Practices \ Case Studies

From the Archives: Security and the Kentucky Derby

05/04/2012 - In honor of this year's Kentucky Derby, Security Management invites you down memory lane to see a story on securing the 2006 Kentucky Derby.
Daily Headline : Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Building Evacuations

05/02/2012 - Find out how Hall of the States Building Security Director Anthony Meadows handles emergency evacuation procedures in the May digital edition.
Case Study: Access Control

Case Study

03/22/2012 - To enhance security for its tenants, a real estate company adds a visitor management system to its existing program.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Facility Emergency Management

03/20/2012 - The Emergency Film Group (EFG) has released another training video in its excellent series.
Legal Report: Physical Security

Trespassing

02/28/2012 - A bill (H.R. 347) that strengthens penalties for trespassing on certain federal properties has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate has announced that it will consider the measure.
Managing: Surveillance

A Clear View of Liability

02/27/2012 - Surveillance systems must overcome a hierarchy of nine deficiencies to improve their odds of defeating liability claims during lawsuits.
Daily Headline : Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Morning Security Brief: New York Testing Location-Based Alerts, Illegal Gun Sales, Hospital Malware, and More

12/15/2011 - New York is testing its cell phone notification emergency alert system today. An investigation finds that private sellers are willing to sell to buyers who say they can't pass a background check. Malware forces a hospital to close for three days. And more.
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