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On the Editor's Desk

Mission 500 Security Softball Game raises more than $40k

by: 
Paul Ragusa
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

It probably wasn’t the best idea for me — physically speaking, that is — to try and play 7 innings (no snickering!) of softball this past Sunday in support of the Mission 500 Security Softball Game, held on a beautiful day in Overpeck Park, New Jersey.

On the Editor's Desk

ADT continues its growth spurt

by: 
Paul Ragusa
  - 
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

There’s been a lot of activity with ADT Commerical lately and it looks like the commercial side of business continues to grow organically and through acquisition.

On the Editor's Desk

Global smart home market still growing

by: 
Paul Ragusa
  - 
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

The global smart home market is forecast to grow by nearly a factor of five to reach more than $192 billion in 2023, up from $41 billion In 2018, according to the latest Smart Home Device Database from IHS Markit.

Monitoring Matters

Phishing, smishing and vishing: what do they mean and how to protect yourself

by: 
Ginger Hill
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

I have a special affinity toward cybersecurity, probably because I’ve witnessed it grow from not even being a word, much less a concept to indoctrinating itself into society on a second by second basis.

Monitoring Matters

Why seeing a star on your driver’s license is a good thing

by: 
Ginger Hill
  - 
Friday, August 23, 2019

I remember in elementary school those little gold, silver, red, green and blue foil star stickers the teacher would put at the top of my paper, each color reflecting my grade: gold for the perfect score of 100; silver for 90s; blue for 80s; and green for 70s.

On the Editor's Desk

Is in-home delivery driving security spending?

by: 
Paul Ragusa
  - 
Friday, August 23, 2019

Anyone who has fallen victim to the dreaded “porch pirates” can understand why the current smart home trend of in-home delivery of packages continues to catch on.

On the Editor's Desk

SIA provides analysis of rules related to NDAA

by: 
Paul Ragusa
  - 
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

If you’re part of the security industry, there’s little doubt you haven’t heard about the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule announced last week that started the ball rolling on the prohibition to procure certain Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance equipment.

Monitoring Matters

5 important facts you need to know about the Texas-based ransomware attacks

by: 
Ginger Hill
  - 
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Whomever is the culprit for all these ransomware attacks on local U.S. government entities sure is getting a ton of notoriety in the media.

Monitoring Matters

Discovered at DEFCON 27: automated license plate readers (ALPRs) being hoodwinked by clothing

by: 
Ginger Hill
  - 
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

It seems Joe Public is shouting “privacy here, privacy there, privacy everywhere,” as people are pushing back against certain technologies that could, or people believe could, misidentify them and track, monitor and record their actions, or be the catalyst to their personal information and identi

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