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  • What's Stopping Robot Deliveries From Making It The Last Yard

    Forbes - Oct 2, 2023

    A robot tries to walk into a bar. Or maybe your office or loading dock. But it can’t get in without an ID or a keycard or a credential—something, anything, to prove it’s authorized.

  • Automated access, dark delivery, and a look at future logistics

    SecurityInfoWatch Jan. 5, 2023

    The national transportation infrastructure is a two-dimensional affair—roads on a map, however the third critical element is time

  • Danger, Will Robinson: Why the Future of Security will be AI and Robots

    LinkedIn · May 23, 2018

    Sci-fi fans and Netflix junkies across the galaxy have welcomed the 2018 release of a rebooted Lost in Space featuring an all new cast, including a vastly upgraded…

  • Edge Computing and What it Means to Physical Security Professionals

    LinkedIn · October 4, 2017

    Now that you’ve mastered the meaning of cloud computing, you might be dismayed to learn that “edge computing” is the new, new thing…

  • Physical Security and the API Economy

    LinkedIn · August 28, 2017

    Earlier this year, Forbes Magazine hailed 2017 as “The Year of the API Economy.” If you’re not following this important trend, what you need to know is that APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)...

  • State of AI and Security

    LinkedIn · August 7, 2017

    Over the weekend I read two articles on AI by mainstream publications that challenged a lot of the conventional boosterism that typically surrounds the topic. They both have implications for physical security in the age of connected…

  • The Future of Mobile Credential Standards

    Security Magazine · Feb 1, 2017

    Mobile credentials are proliferating as a replacement for key cards and other physical credentials for access control. In the current market, every manufacturer and service providers is, for the most…

  • Internet Of Things Trends Boosting The Commercial Security Industry

    Source Security · Nov 30, 2016

    The security industry is at ground zero of IoT. In fact, the single largest group of consumer IoT devices being deployed is for home automation and residential...

  • How Switching Gears Could Save Your Small Business

    Huffington Post · Mar 19, 2015

    As entrepreneurs, we're all motivated to disrupt a market or positively impact the world, but sometimes the original idea doesn't always go according to plan. Fortunately, many of the entrepreneurs…

  • Changing Security with Big Data, the Internet of Things and Social Media (3 of 3)

    Security Magazine · Feb 1, 2014

    If we want to provide the safest world we can for those who rely on us, it’s incumbent on our industry to start looking at what sorts of additional data can help…

  • How Will Big Data Change Security? (2 of 3)

    Security Magazine · Oct 1, 2013

    In this article, we look at some specific examples of how Big Data techniques can provide benefits at several scales of analysis. Note that these examples are only the tip of the iceberg. They are just…

  • How Will Big Data Change Security? (1 of 3)

    Security Magazine · Apr 1, 2013

    In this three-article series, we will look at the underlying technologies that make up the Big Data revolution, and we’ll examine which of these technologies hold the most promise for improving the way we deliver…

  • Will the Real Cloud Security Please Stand Up?

    Security Systems News · Apr 18, 2012

    I attended TechSec Solutions earlier this year, and I've just returned from ISC West, and it's clear to me that many people still don't understand the difference between real cloud solutions and products that…

  • Enhancing the Security Experience with Social Applications

    Security Magazine

    Social spaces will be able to identify and know their inhabitants, visitors, guests, caretakers, administrators, and any other people who interact with them…