By John Wagley, Security Management. Mobile devices can be easily lost or stolen. One application, which works with both Apple and Android platforms, can quickly and accurately track devices and offers a host of additional security features at relatively low cost. To begin using iHound, users must download the application to their phone or iPad. [...]
As fans descend on Indianapolis, the city, NFL and stadium security are preparing for security and safety threats. The National Football League’s showcase event will consume 44 blocks in the heart of the city, closing off streets and forcing an anticipated 150,000 or more fans to jockey with downtown workers for space much of the [...]
The Super Bowl is not only one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year but one of the biggest party weekends as well. The gathering of family and friends with a large focus on eating and drinking can definitely yield some unexpected challenges. All Hands Fire Equipment is reminding Football Fan’s to use [...]
Officers apprehended two suspects inside the Fraternal Order of Police in Tallahassee after central station detected activity on January 23,2012. Central Station Operator Tamkea Manuel received the alert from inside the building just before 2:00 am. She immediately dispatched the Tallahassee Police Department and let them know of the movement inside. Officers quickly arrived on scene, located [...]
From ConsumerReports.org. Online shoe retailer Zappos.com has been targeted by hackers, company CEO Tony Hsieh reported on Sunday. Personal information—including e-mail addresses, names, phone numbers, and shipping addresses—for more than 24 million Zappos customers may have been compromised, Hsieh wrote in an e-mail to employees. In an additional and separate e-mail to customers, Hsieh said: [...]
Started with Real Social Security Numbers From the Securitymagazine.com blog. It pays to advertise, maybe. A Palisades Park, New Jersey man admitted January 9 he ran an identity theft ring that peddled Social Security cards to scores of Korean clients who used them to steal millions through fraudulent bank loans, credit card bust-outs, and other [...]
Researchers in Japan are developing a car-seat scanner that may prevent auto theft by identifying you by your bottom (base) line. By Giselle Smith on msn.com. Video: Cars Most Likely To Be Stolen Forget fingerprinting, iris scanning and face recognition — soon, your car may know you by a more, ahem, dominant feature: your [...]
From Security Magazine The U.S. Healthcare Industry Facing More Threats The Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by ID Experts, surveyed 72 healthcare organizations and found the average cost of data breaches to these organizations rose from $183,526 in 2010 to $2,243,700 in 2011. [...]
Tech giants Google and Apple are working on cloud security technology that will make the humble password redundant. The firms are set to introduce devices that will use facial recognition as a means of unlocking them, which could bolster the security of work-issued mobile phones. The move is, in part, to address the growing trend [...]
Sure, most parts of the U.S. may be headed for a long winter, but spring will eventually come! And with it comes an opportunity to fight crime. Here’s a new concept: battling the bad guys with Bougainvillea? Foil felons with Fuchsias, and chase criminals with Camellias? Can flowers actually help prevent crime at your property? [...]
