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IFSEC SA: Day 2
September 2011, Technews Publishing, News & Events
It is amazing how many Android and iPhone apps are appearing on the security scene these days. I think companies should supply a Galaxy Tab to each of their employees, or at least to me in particular. And ...

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IFSEC SA: Day 1
September 2011, Technews Publishing, Conferences & Events
Many people were concerned that moving IFSEC SA from Sandton to the Gallagher Conference Centre in 2011 would be a mistake. Fortunately, the first day of the event has proved quite the opposite and I ...

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Show time
September 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
Welcome to the September issue of Hi-Tech Security Solutions. The second half of the year is a hectic one for us. No sooner have we managed to pull off another successful Retail Risk event (see the review ...

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What is your risk profile?
August 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
The recent News of the World hacking scandal has taken pride of place on British television shows over the past weeks. The ease with which some people were able to hack into voice mail messages is astounding. ...

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Deja IP all over again
July 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
I had a couple of interesting conversations this month with system integrators that have been working in our market for some time. As these things go, both said the same thing while disagreeing. On the ...

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Keeping up with technology
June 2011, Technews Publishing, News & Events
Hi-Tech Security Solutions recently published an article in which Suprema’s biometric algorithm was highlighted as gaining the number one spot by FVC, ‘Suprema fingerprint algorithm ranked top in FVC-onGoing’ ...

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Lest we forget the legalities
May 2011, Technews Publishing, News & Events
In the last issue we covered a few cool products from SpyCatcher. While the products we mentioned were all fantastic for having fun, we forgot to mention that there could be legal issues with covert surveillance ...

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Of cards, crackdowns and CCTV
April 2011, Technews Publishing, News & Events
When it comes to card technology for access control, there are technologies that have been hacked and prove easy to hack, and there are other technologies claiming to be unhackable and therefore more ...

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The greening of Hi-Tech Security
March 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
I do not think there could be anybody who has not read about how print magazines are facing the end of their lives in the face of the onslaught of the Internet and new cool technologies like tablet computers. ...

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More challenges
February 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
Physical security information management (PSIM) software seems set to become all the rage. Theoretically, this will allow more security technology to be controlled by the same software, by the same people, ...

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Little brothers and sisters are watching you
November 2010, Technews Publishing, News & Events
Here we were thinking that big brother was growing all the more powerful and intrusive with every passing day. Not that he/she/it is not, it is just that the British have done away with the need for big ...

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A surprising Securex
October 2010, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
Over the last couple of years there have been quite a few moans and groans about Securex, or IFSECSouth Africa Securex 2010 as it is now officially known. I am not sure what exactly was different, but ...

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Products are irrelevant
September 2010, Technews Publishing, News & Events
Regular readers will know we often harp on about convergence and integration. Our belief, based on customer input is that the old way of doing security in silos is on the way out and being replaced, if ...

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Another dot bomb or boom?
August 2010, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events
In our preparation for the convergence feature in the September issue, we have come across a strange phenomenon, a maturing market. Or at least, that is what I am told it is. It seems there is a mood ...

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