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JetBox 9532 Linux-ready VPN Router allows users to connect and remotely manage card readers, cameras and speakers
posted on 21/03/2010
Korenix has launched the intelligent embedded Layer3 PoE VPN Router computer with serial ports for providing efficient and flexible network connectivity for remote telemetry and surveillance systems in industrial networks. Equipped with 4 additional RS232/422/485 serial ports, the JetBox 9532 Linux-based embedded platform allows users to connect and remotely manage card readers, cameras, speakers and other access and security control devices ... [more]
USB memory sticks forgotten in clothes to be washed at the local dry cleaners
posted on 20/03/2010
From 6th April onwards if data is lost and it causes a major security breach, this could now cost a company up to £500k with new powers given to the Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) to fine companies who have not sufficiently protected customers details under the Data Protection Act . In the last year, 4,500 memory sticks have been forgotten in people’s pockets as they take their clothes to be washed at the local dry cleaners. Howeve... [more]
C3 monitors the tracks and tunnels of the Gautrain rail in South Africa
posted on 19/03/2010
C3 Shared Services (Pty) ltd has been appointed by Bombardier to supply and install a combination of two military grade technologies, namely Opgal’s thermal cameras combined with ioimage intelligent video analytics, to monitor the tracks and tunnels of the Gautrain rail. As a member of the Bombela Consortium, Bombardier Transportation has been contracted by the Gauteng Provincial Government of South Africa to provide an 80-kilometre (50-mile)... [more]
Controlware's Mobile Module for Cware Video Management Software enables CCTV surveillance and camera management on the move
posted on 18/03/2010
Controlware's new Mobile Module for Cware VMS releases the power of CCTV from the confines of the control room and onto mobile phones and PDA's. Security personnel, mobile patrols, emergency services, Loss Prevention and Facilities Managers can now benefit from secure access to their CCTV systems and get live and recorded CCTV surveillance at their fingertips. With Pan, Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) camera control remote surveillance and identification of ... [more]
A third of organisations admit they do not have a system in place to adequately deal with security breaches
posted on 18/03/2010
Stewart Room is a partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP and is the author of three books the most recent titled Butterworths Data Law & Practice (2009). Stewart Room offers organisations structured advice to keep them out of court, and avoid the £500K fine to be levied by the Information Commissioner from April, should they experience a security breach or data loss. This is an area where organisations inherently fail to plan as, according to... [more]
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