Tag: World Trade Center
I will never forget
September 11, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
How did I spend the morning of Sept. 11, 2024? Doing the same thing I’ve done the previous 22 9/11s, as I’m sure many other friends, relatives and colleagues have done to remember those we lost on that fateful date 23 years ago.
I turn on the TV to hear the beginning of the annual calling of names of the nearly 3,000 who perished in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. About an hour into the calling of the names, I hear one name that just triggers the feelings of sadness and...
ISC East announces Greg Ehrie as first keynote speaker for 2023 conference
September 25, 2023SSN Staff
NORWALK, Conn.—ISC East, one of the Northeast’s leading security and public safety events built by RX Global, announced that Greg Ehrie, chief security officer for the Woir, will kick off the Keynote Series on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in New York City.
Ehrie’s presentation, “The Evolving Threat Landscape: Protecting New York and New Jersey’s Critical Transportation Assets,” is open to all badge holders at ISC East, which takes place Nov. 14-16 at the Jacob K....
Specifically Speaking with Dan Mike, Ross & Baruzzini
September 7, 2022Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News’ monthly column Specifically Speaking features Dan Mike, who is Principal – Director of Operations at integrated technology, consulting, and engineering solutions provider Ross & Baruzzini, whose notable security design and consulting projects include the World Trade Center, LaGuardia Airport, Madison Square Garden, the Obama Presidential Center, New Jersey Transit, and Amtrak. “Personally, I find the security design of cultural institutions...
Silverstein introduces employee badge in Apple Wallet for WTC employees, tenants
February 4, 2022SSN Staff
NEW YORK—Silverstein Properties, a leading real estate development, investment and management firm, has introduced contactless access to its 7 World Trade Center office building through employee badges in Apple Wallet.
Silverstein’s employee badges in Apple Wallet allow users to easily access its office buildings, tenant floors, fitness centers and amenity spaces using their iPhone or Apple Watch. Starting at 7 World Trade Center, the company plans to offer the service to...
Gallagher chosen at World Trade Center
September 17, 2015SSN Staff
WASHINGTON—Gallagher Security's PIV (Personal Identity Verification) solution will be installed for two federal agencies residing at the World Trade Center.
"We are honored to be chosen to secure the federal government in such an iconic building," Brandy Sloan, Gallagher's business development manager-federal, said in a prepared statement. "The World Trade Center complex is symbolic of the American spirit and stands among the most well-known skylines on the planet."
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Former FDNY commissioner: Mass notification would have helped during 9/11
December 11, 2013Amy Canfield
NORTHFORD, Conn.—It has been more than a decade since two planes crashed into the World Trade Center, changing the lives of Americans forever, and resulting in the deaths of 2,750 people.
Could it happen again? Thanks to the evolution of situational awareness technology and mass notification systems, the mass casualties could be mitigated, Tom Von Essen said at a press conference at Honeywell Life Safety, based here.
Von Essen was the commissioner of the New York Fire Department during...
Kratos wins $4.25m in integration awards
December 3, 2013SSN Staff
SAN DIEGO—The Public Safety & Security Solutions division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will design, engineer, deploy and integrate surveillance, analytics, access control and other security system components in the new World Trade Center, the company announced Dec. 3.Kratos was awarded $4.25 million in security integration contracts for tenant security systems in the new trade center building, according to the release.“The entire PSS team is honored to have received these important...
Diebold and DVS on when to use bleeding-edge technology
February 15, 2012Martha Entwistle
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—In deciding to use bleeding-edge technology, you need to eliminate legacy alternatives, weigh the risks and rewards, ensure all stakeholders are informed and aboard, and then proceed very, very carefully, according to Kevin Engelhardt, VP of security operations for Diebold, and Phil Santore, principal and managing partner for consulting group DVS.
“There's a reason they call it bleeding edge,” Engelhardt said.
Engelhardt and Santore participated in an...
Kratos pays $20m cash for integration business
January 4, 2012Martha Entwistle
SAN DIEGO—Kratos Defense & Security, which last year beefed up its systems integration business with the acquisition of Henry Brothers, on Dec. 30 paid $20 million cash to buy the security integration business of “one of its most formidable competitors.”While the Kratos announcement does not name the competitor, sources tell Security Systems News that the company is Ingersoll Rand Security Systems, the systems integration arm of Ingersoll Rand Security Technology. Contacted by Security...
Development continues on WTC security system
October 20, 2011Martha Entwistle
WEST POINT, N.Y.—The tenth anniversary of 9/11 has come and gone without incident at the new World Trade Center site, but the development of the security system is a work in progress, Lou Barani, WTC security director told a crowd of more than 120 ASIS members and guests on Oct. 18.
Barani was the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Mid-Hudson ASIS chapter, which took place at a rustic lodge on the campus of West Point Military Academy.
Called SAPS [Situational Awareness Platform...