WASHINGTON—Iris recognition technology's performance in one-to-many applications is getting faster, is more accurate than facial recognition, and five organizations are leading the pack in terms of quality, according to a recent report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
BURLINGTON, Mass.—Corporate campuses and manufacturing facilities, which fear fallout from negative newspaper headlines, are helping drive the market for mass notification systems, according to comments during a recent emergency management seminar held here.
PHILADELPHIA—At 58 stories and 975-feet tall, the Comcast Center is the tallest building between New York City and Chicago. It is also the first skyscraper to be completed since 9/11, construction having been finished in 2007.
MINNEAPOLIS—The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport will spend $20 million to upgrade its aging surveillance system with high-definition digital cameras, according to a news report.
WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Homeland Security this week approved a group of bills that would impact, among other things, the country's preparedness for an attack by weapons of mass destruction, port security, and the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program.
Martha Entwistle from Security Systems News, SDN's sister publication, talks to Tyco Integrated Security CTO Jay Hauhn about the organization's post-split strategy and the race to the cloud.