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Meteor Parking achieves 102nd Park Mark Safer Parking Award
The Park Mark® Safer Parking Award is granted to parking facilities that have achieved the requirements of a risk assessment conducted by the Police. Car park operators across the UK are increasingly aware of the Park Mark® scheme and the benefits it brings to help prevent crime and boost confidence with residents and visitors. Car parks with......
Secure data management is the healthcare industry's most pressing issue
According to research from BridgeHead Software, secure data management is the healthcare industry's most pressing issue as hospitals transition from paper-based health records to electronic systems. The Data Management Healthcheck 2010, a global survey into hospitals’ ongoing strategies for managing their IT systems, found that the top IT spend......
OnSite Aparato access control solution ensures data is safe from both software attacks and physical theft
Brivo Systems' ACS OnSite Aparato™ is a full-featured appliance-based access control solution with unmatched built-in security features. The OnSite Aparato’s Trusted Platform Module (TPM), compliant with ISO Standard 11889, securely stores passwords, digital keys, and certificates directly in the system. Aparato is the only TPM-equipped access cont......
IT security professionals consider off the shelf commercial applications to be riddled with code flaws and vulnerabilities
According to a survey conducted by Fortify Software, 83% of IT security professionals consider commercial applications, the ones you buy off the shelf, to be riddled with code flaws and vulnerabilities. 56% believe these flaws could allow hackers to exploit these software vulnerabilities. As a result, security professionals are making heavy inv......
Voltage provides secure email communication to the American Medical Association
Voltage Security™, Inc. and the American Medical Association (AMA) have announced that Voltage will provide secure email communication on the AMA’s new health information platform for physicians. The AMA platform will enable physicians to assess and meet their clinical and practice needs and will provide physicians access to information, products a......
Geutebruck supports simulated open heart surgery in Berlin
In a fully equipped operating theatre at the German Heart Institute in Berlin trainee surgeons, anaesthetists and cardio technicians practise open heart surgery on a sophisticated dummy. With a special medical torso, complete with beating heart and simulated responses to different drug treatments and interventions, theatre teams practise new proce......
Reliance Managed Access provides access control system without having to invest in servers, software or technical expertise
Reliance High-Tech has launched a fully hosted and remotely managed access control service. Reliance Managed Access provides customers with all of the features and benefits of a high quality access control system without the requirement to invest in servers, software or technical expertise. Proven to be substantially more cost effective than pa......
ASSA's ASSURE range provides solutions for either panic escape routes or emergency escape exits
ASSA has launched a range of high-security panic hardware. Designed with innovation and accessibility in mind, ASSURE products combine high security and user safety. Included in the range of hardware is the UK’s first panic exit device to integrate a push pad or bar with an escape sash lock. The ASSURE range provides solutions for either panic......
EcoSense NVR provides plug and play IP camera connection and recording for installers without any prior IP network knowledge
Dedicated Micros' new EcoSense NVR (Network Video Recorder) is designed to provide plug and play IP camera connection and recording for installers without any prior IP network knowledge. It also integrates an enhanced layer 2/3 switch, with self-configuration software, to deliver an extremely secure Closed IP TV capability. The simple to install......
One in five companies are still using couriers to send sensitive files
According to a survey released by Cyber-Ark, 19% of companies are still using couriers to send large or sensitive files, the insecure transfer method utilised originally by HMRC which left a disc containing child benefit information missing in London. 24 months since the publication of the Poynter Report which was commissioned after the HMRC breach......
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