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Tech Systems boot camps lead to professional certifications
January 20, 2016Martha Entwistle
ATLANTA—Tech Systems Inc. has organized study groups and boot camps to help its employees get professional education certifications such as the ASIS CPP and PSP. It will even pay for books and test registration fees.
TSI decided to create an internal program last year to help employees with the CPP (Certified Protection Professional) exam.�Now it has extended that effort to the ASIS PSP (Physical Security Professional) exam.
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“It provides instant credibility to have [the ASIS...
Hospital leaders to integrators: Learn our unique challenges
January 31, 2014Amy Canfield
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Health care facilities have unique security needs and integrators who want those facilities' business would be more successful if they learned what their needs are, according to hospital security directors at TechSec Solutions, held here this week. A common theme at the Jan. 28-29 conference was the need for better communication between integrators and end users, and participants on the “Hospital Security: Checkup on Technology and Innovation” panel were clear...
Surveillance serves many uses in hospitals
December 18, 2013Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—A health care professional might tell you that people are generally not at their best when they enter a hospital as a patient. A security professional would agree.The contrast in perspectives, however, is dramatic. Health care professionals are potential targets for crime, while security professional try to see the whole picture with video surveillance.It's not a pretty picture, in terms of hospital safety nationwide. For video surveillance providers, however, hospitals are...