February 25, 2009 - Volume 7, Issue 4
NEWS
Automation cures Pearson’s security pain points
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is responsible for overseeing the airport’s Pass/Permit Control Office (PPCO), which administers restricted area identification cards, access control cards and permits for each of the approximately 33,000 employees at the airport – from airline employees to shopkeepers to food vendors to contractors. There’s a lot of turnaround at the airport, and the PPCO serves an average of 175 clients per day – which works out to more than 45,000 employees and contractors per year – for a variety of pass/permit requests.
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Security budget for Olympics soars to $900 million
Integrated security unit totals $491.9 million
The security budget for the 2010 Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver has ballooned to $900 million, more than five times the original estimate, but experts say the original $175 million budget did not come close to taking into consideration the full scope of the event.
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Bookreview: Developing a master security plan
Opinons, but few facts to back up author's stance
Security master planning is a process that can generate winces of pain from some due to the potentially large amount of work it requires to be done properly and eye rolling and snickers from others as it conjures up plans for world domination.
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March 2009
Canadian Security Line-up
- Cover story: Rob Weir, Chief Security Officer, Direct Energy: The CSO for electricity and natural gas supplier Direct Energy sees his job as being one of securing the company brand, and that involves protecting the business, its employees and customers. To do that he believes strongly in engaging every employee in the company in the security practices he has put in place. He talks to Canadian Security about how incident reporting software is used across both physical and IT security; how manages outsourcing and why the company insists on criminal background checks for the door-to-door agents who market for Direct Energy.
- Perimeter protection: Building and managing an integrated perimeter security system to protect against theft, vandalism and trespassing.
- Metrics for security management: Why senior security directors should consider applying metrics to their departments.
- Training: Preparing your team for incidents of workplace violence
- In every issue:
- CCTV & The Law with Elliott Goldstein
- Viewpoint By Brian
- Robertson Bookreviews
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New Products:
 Video encoder with H.264
Axis Communications, has announced a highly compact and cost-effective one-channel video encoder with H.264 video compression.
Axis Communications
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New Age biometric door locks
 Tychi Systems, creators of the BioKnob that unlocks by
fingerprint recognition, has added dead bolt and dead latch
locks to its line of door locks
Tychi
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Calendar of Events
Incident Management from Every Angle-Featuring Perspective by PPM 2000 March 25, 2009 Toronto, Ont. 8:30 am - 12 p.m.
ISC West April 1-3, 2009
Sands Expo and Convention Centre
Las Vegas, NV
www.securitycanadaexpo.com April 21-22, 2009 Sheraton Laval, Laval QC
2009 Canadian Technical Security Conference April 27-29, 2009 Mississauga Convention Centre Mississauga, ON
Canadian Gaming Summit April 28-30, 2009
2009 Canadian Association of
Casino Security Directors General Meeting
Caesar’s Windsor
Windsor, Ont.
Port Secure May 21-22, 2009
Hilton Montreal Bonaventure
900, rue de la Gaucheti
Montreal, QC
Security Canada West June 10, 2009
River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, B.C.
Executive Protection Course
July 27 - 31, 2009
Minden, Ont.
Check out the Calendar of Events on the Canadian Security website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.
Got an event you want us to include on the website? Please send an e-mail to editor Jennifer Brown: jbrown@clbmedia.ca.
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