Fiber Optics - Security beat

Guarding the jackpot: Intelligent perimeter detection for casinos

Casinos face multiple security issues caused by potential bad actors, everything from cheating to vandalism, from theft to vagrancy. A new intelligent technology can monitor for specific keywords and behaviours. The technology scans the entire casino premises constantly for potential threats and notifies key personnel when they happen. Casinos are among the environments deploying the OpticSense system by Huvr Inc., which uses special fibre optic technology called an interferometer to secure lar...

How technology contributes to better healthcare facility security

Video, access control and visitor management are among the technologies that are enabling greater safety and security at hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Video surveillance systems enable hospital management and security professionals to know what goes on in and around a medical facility. Recording images in high resolutions (megapixels and gigapixels) is becoming more and more important in healthcare, says Jason Ouellette, Product Line Director – Access Control, Tyco Security P...