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Retailers Urged To Manage Crowds On Black Friday

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:50:44 +0000

In 2008, a worker was trampled to death while a mob of shoppers rushed through the doors of a large store to take advantage of an after-Thanksgiving Day Black Friday sales event. The store was not using OSHA recommended crowd management measures.

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New Partner Added To Ameristar Stable

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:11:28 +0000

Ameristar Fence Products recently acquired the assets of ATG Access Inc (Lillington, NC), a subsidiary of ATG Access Ltd based in Merseyside, England.

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Emergency Preparedness: Facility Professionals See Room for Improvement

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:51:48 +0000

In spite of obstacles, fms largely report making progress in emergency preparedness and business continuity planning since 2001, while also noting there is more work to be done.

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Commitment To Emergency Preparedness Still Strong

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:30:20 +0000

As the 10-year anniversary approaches, commercial real estate and facilities management professionals are still reinforcing the resulting changes and integrating new best practices to keep their buildings and occupants safe.

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Web Portal for HID Identity on Demand Services

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:46:09 +0000

HID Global recently extended the benefits of its HID Identity on Demand services to include a secure web portal that enables customers and channel partners to monitor and manage all aspects of card personalization projects, from design and ordering through data transmission, high quality multicolor printing, programming and on-time delivery throughout the world.

Through this service HID has been offering card design, database management, and card personalization, as well as management of administrative tasks of customer ID badging projects since September 2009. With the addition of the new secure web portal, HID Global’s Identity on Demand services further simplify

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Spring Cleaning? To Shred Or Not To Shred?

Anne Vazquez — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:27:36 +0000

With spring in full swing, many organizations are planning to or are already in the throes of purging paper records and other items that they no longer need to store.

Whether overseeing this for their own department or helping other departments in the organization to clear out their offices, facility managers should ask the following questions: Do I know what documents are in the filing cabinet? The storage closet? The top desk drawer? It could be anything from Social Security Numbers to Tax Returns to Payroll statements; all confidential information that could be detrimental to employees and their companies

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FRIDAY FUNNY: Saved By The Filing Cabinet

Heidi Schwartz — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:05:05 +0000

A study recently released by the New York Police Department revealed the following advice: when faced with a workplace violence incident involving a shooter, head for the nearest filing cabinet and hide...OR start flinging office equipment and supplies.

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Half Million Locksets For Habitat For Humanity

Anne Vazquez — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:41:32 +0000

Yale Locks & Hardware, an ASSA ABLOY Group company, has donated 500,000 locksets over its 10 year partnership with the organization.

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New Standard Supports Security Providers’ Code of Conduct

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:20:50 +0000

ASIS will develop two American National Standards to support the recently signed International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers.

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FRIDAY FUNNY: No Laughing Matter for Fountain Lady

Heidi Schwartz — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:44:55 +0000

So what do you do, facility managers? Can you train your staff to respond to situations like this so they react "professionally" rather than instinctively? Is it possible to stifle the natural inclination to laugh when you see something like this unfold in front of your eyes?

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Effects Of Fatigue In 24/7 Security Operations

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:55:36 +0000

The ASIS Foundation has released Fatigue Effects and Countermeasures in 24/7 Security Operations—the latest of its Connecting Research In Security to Practice (CRISP) Report series.

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NEW PRODUCT FLASH: PalmSecure LOGONDIRECTOR by Fujitsu and IBM

Anne Vazquez — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:46:47 +0000

Designed for use with PCs in an organization, this product integrates Fujitsu biometric authentication technology with IBM Tivoli Access Manager to protect data.

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Nine Things You’re Not Destroying But Should Be

Anne Vazquez — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:34:39 +0000

In addition to paper files, what other items should facilities consider keeping secure upon disposal?

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Express Ship For Arrow Pointe SFIC Cores

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:34:03 +0000

Arrow Lock's Arrow Pointe SFIC cores are now available for express shipment, providing a five-day lead time for these SFIC keyways.

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Getting The Right Information To The Right People

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:21:55 +0000

The lack of information sharing prior to 9/11 surprised and shocked many Americans. As the events of that day unfolded, and the subsequent investigations into the whys and hows revealed weaknesses, the nation quickly learned that information sharing systems were not where they needed to be.

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NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Custom Printed Safety Vests

Anne Vazquez — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:53:54 +0000

These employee garments from American Safety Vest increase the visibility of the wearer.

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Bold Thieves At Security Event

Anne Vazquez — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:37:18 +0000

At the ASIS 2010 security trade show this month, members of the night cleaning crew helped themselves.

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Grants To Combat Graffiti Awarded

Anne Vazquez — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:15:02 +0000

Keep America Beautiful has announced the organizations that have been awarded $2,500 grants through the 2010 Graffiti Hurts Grant Program.

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Cyber Theft Solutions

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:51:15 +0000

Three service providers have joined forces to provide comprehensive cyber theft prevention, detection, and response mitigation services.

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Facility Professionals and Workplace Violence

George Deutsch — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:53:34 +0000

America is reeling from a spate of recent workplace violence incidents that have rocked companies across the country.

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NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Dinion and FlexiDome IP Cameras from Bosch

Anne Vazquez — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:12:13 +0000

Support for the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) standard ensures the 40 new fixed body models integrate with compliant video products from other vendors.

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ASIS to Recognize Heroic Acts by Security Officers

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:11:51 +0000

The ASIS Foundation, in partnership with the Brownyard Group, has re-established the W.H. Brownyard Meritorious Award--nominations will be accepted until 8/31/10.

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: How Can Fms Protect Vital Information?

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:54:12 +0000

Identity thefts resulting from electronic data breaches are common in the news today. These information breaches, often at the expense of large corporations, are not only newsworthy but are under attack by law enforcement agencies world wide.

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Broadened Security Options Through AlliedBarton

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:29:40 +0000

This provider of trained security personnel has launched a Strategic Partnership Program to offer clients access to related products and services.

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NEW PRODUCT FLASH: SecureLock Ceilings From Armstrong

Anne Vazquez — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:55:09 +0000

This suspended ceiling system is designed to resist or prevent access to the plenum overhead.

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