Industry Insights

By Jay Slaughterbeck, Chief Technology Officer, Minuteman Security & Life Safety
For years, perimeter security was largely defined by a physical boundary. Protect the fence line. Control the gates. Install cameras. Detect someone attempting to enter a protected area and respond.

Author: By Doug Cherney, Director of Critical Infrastructure
Our electric grid, water systems, pipelines, transportation networks, telecommunications, and other essential services operate so reliably that we often assume they will always be available.

Author: Eric Joseph | Global Director, Business Development and Strategy
Why higher education's 125 kHz prox card problem is not going away. For years, organizations viewed physical security and cybersecurity as two separate disciplines. One team managed doors, cameras, and alarms. Another protected networks, endpoints, and cloud applications. That separation no longer exists.

Author: Brian Page, Director of Data Centers
In the beginning, access control systems were treated like mechanical infrastructure. You installed them, they worked, and you didn’t think much about them again until something broke.

Author: Eric Joseph | Global Director, Business Development and Strategy
The conversation around Cloud in the security industry has been the topic of discussion for more than a decade and a half and while some people are still asking, or trying to answer, Why Cloud, the conversation has changed and there is no longer a need for such a debate.