Securing Keys, Assets & People - News, Tech and Trends Blog

Police and Law Enforcement Officers rely on a wide range of equipment to complete their every day job. Aside from relying on firearms and safety equipment, they deal with evidence, seized narcotics, and many objects that have unique storage requirements. Law Offices need to ensure the security, safety, accountability and reliability of every weapon, communication device, and items of interest that comes through the front door. As theft continues to increase, law officials are turning to tools that help them better manage dangerous assets, and to maintain proper chain of custody for evidence. As we've seen in previous blog posts, more than 350 Firearms have been lost or stolen from DC-Area Police since 2011.

Police require control over a large number of varied items, and strict requirements on managing and tracking who has possession over them. Lockers are necessary to keep Firearms, Equipment, Pepper Spray, Evidence or hazardous items locked up and out of the wrong hands. They ensure the control and tracking of Assets and Equipment needed every day on the job, and assist with the tagging and filing of evidence. But many Law Enforcement Offices are now taking things a step further and implementing Electronic Smart Lockers, for higher security, more precise access control, better accountability, and additional tracking. 

What is an Electronic Asset Locker (or Smart Locker)?

As we all know, Theft and Loss are an unfortunate part of running a business. According to recent studies, 25% of employees have lost important assets relating to their job, and shoplifting combined with Employee Fraud and Theft cost retailers nearly $50 billion last year. While there are many tools to mitigate this loss, human error will always be present amongst even the most careful employees. 

Join us at Security Canada Central, the largest and most important security show in Canada this year at the Toronto Congress Centre. We wanted to personally invite our valued customers and followers to come visit us at the show. You can find us at Booth #333.

Key Management Systems are designed to keep your keys safe and secured. However, the main issue with many keys on the market is that they rely on metal contact. These attract rust, grime dust... and after hours of daily use... I'm sure you can imagine how well they work.

Say "Hello" to Real Time Networks

You may have noticed that recent communications with us have been from Real Time Networks. We're very excited and happy to announce that KeyTracer has undergone a corporate rebranding, and is now part of the Real Time Networks family of products. You can continue to purchase the industry-leading RFID KeyTracer Key Control and Management Systems, but KeyTracer is now part of a larger suite of integrated security solutions.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference is quickly approaching. We wanted to take this time to personally invite our valued customers and followers to come visit us at the show. You can find us at Booth 1470. There will be lots of exciting things to see, as well as several ground-breaking new products.

Global Security Exchange (GSX 2018) is quickly approaching, and we wanted to take this time to personally invite our valued customers and followers to come visit us at the show. You can find us at Booth 2143. There will be lots of exciting things to see, as well as several ground-breaking new products.

The use of Walk-Through Metal Detectors has drastically increased as a quick and effective way of keeping large numbers of people in a shared facility or venue safe from security threats. Not only is it less invasive than checking persons manually (nobody likes to get frisked), but it’s also a much more effective means of detecting concealed objects that even the most well-trained security personnel would have trouble finding.

It's not if, but when your organization will suffer a security breach. Whether they’re large or small, or protecting from internal or external attacks, every organization must remain vigilant. Even the NSA, arguably the most secure US federal intelligence agency, failed to stop Edward Snowden from releasing an estimated 1.7 million sensitive records .

Enterprise security threats continue to evolve, and it seems like it’s happening at an ever-increasing pace. Enterprise security solutions seem to be changing faster too. So we’re doing a mid-year update of our Access Control trends piece now that we’ve had a chance to see how 2018 is progressing.