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Elizabeth Lowe

Cypress Fetes 40 Years & a Winding ‘Path to Success’

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Elizabeth Lowe
March 24, 2023

Founded by Tony Diodato, Cypress has served the security industry for four decades, specializing in secure communication solutions for physical and logical access control. 


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Matt FishbacK

How Integrators Can Leverage the Cloud for Expanded Security Business

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Matt Fishback
March 16, 2023

Many organizations today are aggressively adopting cloud-first initiatives that are pulling security systems — and especially video management — into their operations policies.


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Bob Burnett

3 Ways Security Dealers Can Provide Office Printer Cyber Hygiene to End Users

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Bob Burnett
February 22, 2023

Security dealers and integrators are well positioned to extend their role as trusted advisor by providing end users with advice and guidance on cyber-hardening office printers, especially in hybrid workplaces. 


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Tom LeBlanc

Why Lingering Supply Chain Challenges Require Risk Mitigation

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Tom LeBlanc
February 16, 2023

When it comes to product availability problems, integrators need to focus on what they can control by leveraging risk mitigation strategies.


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Bobby Varma

Integrating Facial Recognition With a VMS? Proceed With Caution

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Bobby Varma
January 24, 2023

Biometric identity solutions are powerful tools with immense potential to improve security. However, before integrating facial recognition with VMS platforms, you should discuss with clients how they intend to use the technology.


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Roy Dagan

Why SaaS Applications Are an Ideal Fit for Physical Security

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Roy Dagan
January 20, 2023

Over the years, IT has realized outsized gains from adopting SaaS. Now it is high time for physical security to reap the many benefits of adopting a SaaS model.


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How Non-Traditional Forces Are Driving Video Security to the Cloud

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Jake Cmarada
January 10, 2023

Cloud-first initiatives and M&As are just two examples of business drivers that security integrators are now adapting their business models to address.


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Dean Nicolls

Contextual Scene Analysis: The Next Step in the Evolution of Video Analytics

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Dean Nicolls
December 13, 2022

With the help of AI, contextual scene analysis enables precision alerts based on a more holistic understanding of live video surveillance.


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Dick Bauer Honeywell

The Public Safety Emergency That’s Not Getting Enough Attention

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Dick Bauer
November 29, 2022

As telecom carriers rapidly retire the nation’s copper wire-based phone systems, and legacy cellular networks are supplanted by higher-speed 4G and 5G services, we are overlooking the severity of a new situation. 


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Austen Byers TXOne

‘OT Zero Trust,’ a Device-Centric Approach to Protecting Assets

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Austen Byers
November 21, 2022

The OT environment is complex and characterized by highly specialized systems — some leading-edge, some legacy — on which the corporate lifeblood of revenue depends.


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