Expert insights on physical security, electronic systems, industry trends, and best practices.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a costly one, to say the very least. It’s cost loss of lives and loss of livelihoods. It has shut down the entire country, and much of our economic prosperity. As lockdowns are slowly being lifted, and companies prepare to reopen, they are faced with an entirely new set of … Continued
Read MoreWorking in the security and life safety sector is something each of us in this vital industry take much pride in. The work we do is important, and is evidenced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identifying integrators as “essential critical infrastructure workers during the COVID-19 response.” To help navigate these uncertain waters, … Continued
Read MoreWe are all struggling – and working – together to get past the vast and vicious aspects of the Coronavirus. Keeping people safe is Priority #1, and facilities of all types are working diligently through the processes required to clean facilities. From essential business forced to stay open to those forced to close, all are … Continued
Read MoreHere’s What to Do Next As your trusted integrated physical and electronic security provider, NextGen is proactively reaching out to all our known CCure 9000 users to let them know that Software House will cease the manufacture of the iSTAR Pro family of access controllers in April, 2020. This legacy offering has been the wind … Continued
Read MoreIn July 2015, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) proposed changes to seven CIP standards. These changes were officially approved on January 21, 2016. The Commission stated the changes are “designed to mitigate cybersecurity risks to bulk electric system facilities, systems, and equipment, which, if destroyed, degraded, or otherwise rendered unavailable as a result of a … Continued
Read MoreHere at NextGen, we pride ourselves on partnering with the best companies from around the world to bring our customers quality service and products. VideoTec, a provider of video security products, was recently honored by the Onvif Steering Committee for their commitment to helping our industry grow. Congratulations VideoTec! For more information, please click here. … Continued
Read MoreJoin us this week at the NERC’S annual Grid Security Conference (GridSecCon).
Read MoreEvery picture you upload is filled with information; including where it was taken, when, and what kind of device was used to take it. This is called EXIF data. Some sites, such as Facebook, automatically strip it from your photos, but that isn’t the case for many other sites and apps. An advanced burglar knows … Continued
Read MoreOn a recent commute home I listened to a Ted Talk discussing the point that most doctors are affiliated with some sort of drug or device company, which in most cases is also supplying or influencing their salary. Many of these doctors are truly trying to help advance science and medicine which is an honorable … Continued
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