Electical Contractor

According to Security Management, DCH Milburn Audi, a car dealership based in Milburn, N.J., experienced a string of thefts in 2005 that cost the company more than $100,000.

Security is serious business, and most of the men and women who work in physical security treat it as such. However, there are times when loose talk out of shop can cause serious security breaches for a contractor’s commercial and institutional clients.

A largely untapped security opportunity has emerged for low-voltage electrical contractors: fiber optics on perimeter fences.

According to Computer Business Review, University of Portsmouth researchers are working on a three-year project to incorporate artificial intelligence capabilities into visual recognition software that would enable CCTV cameras to turn in the direction of a certain sound and capture it in about 300

According to Security Systems News, IMS Research, a UK-based supplier of market research and consultancy services on a broad range of global electronics markets, is changing its earlier predictions regarding the expansion of the network video surveillance market in the United States, due to the coun

There are an estimated 17,500 museums in the United States. Approximately 21 percent are small museums with operating budgets of $150,000 or less, and 9 percent are large museums with operating budgets of $9 million or more.

Art theft is a growing problem in America’s museums. According to the FBI and Interpol, theft from collections held by cultural institutions is the third-largest illegal trade after drugs and weapons.

Perhaps one of the most critical—and least noticed—supporting roles in the nation’s ongoing defense effort against possible terrorist attacks is being played behind the scenes by the elec-trical contractors who install the security systems in and around our ports and adjacent transportation centers

In the face of a continuing terrorist threat, security measures at airports are constantly being updated and expanded. The responsibility for protecting airports is shared between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and specific air-ports.