As usual the year has vanished even faster than the last.
Christmas time is upon us so it’s time once again to look back on the most-read security articles of the year. From a news story about Google glasses to a debate about choosing the right security products and infographic on the security industry’s different disciplines, it’s a real mixed bag.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a marvelous yuletide season and hope we’ve done enough in 2014 to keep you coming back for more in 2015.
I certainly hope to meet many readers at IFSEC International 2015, which takes place again at London ExCeL in June. Bye for now…
10. Could Google Glasses Herald Brave New Era of Video Surveillance by the General Public?
By Adam Bannister, IFSEC Global content & community manager
Video footage gathered via Google’s wearable device was used as court evidence for the first time, raising the prospect that video surveillance may no longer be the sole preserve of businesses and the government.
9. Most Security Managers aren’t Suitably Qualified – this Must Change
By James Willison, vice chair, ASIS European Security Convergence/ESRM subcommittee
Only 36% of security leaders have qualifications that would satisfy a chartered status, laments the man who was named 17th most influential person in security 2014.
8. Interview: Analogue CCTV, Digital Access – Security in the ‘Cloud’
By Adam Bannister, IFSEC Global content & community manager
Cloudview, which marries analogue CCTV with digital access and storage, is the brainchild of James Wickes.
7. India Plans to Build 100 ‘Smart Cities’
By Adam Bannister, IFSEC Global content & community manager
India is building 100 ‘smart cities’ in an ambitious plan to ease pressure on India’s overcrowded urban environment.
6. IFSEC Innovators: Behind the Scenes at AXIS Communications
By the IFSEC digital team
In the first of this documentary-style series IFSEC Global visited the Swedish HQ of Axis Communications to find out how the security pioneers stay ahead of the innovation curve.
5. Debate: Buying the Right Products – not Just the Cheapest. How can the Security Industry Help Decision-Makers?
Various contributors
From manufacturers to installers and the end users themselves, we asked professionals from across the supply chain how the industry can better support decision-makers to, well, improve decision-making when it comes to buying security technology.
4. MH370 Disaster and Morrisons Breach Raise Spectre of Insider Threat
By Peter Houlis, MD, 2020 Vision Systems
After a Morrisons employee was arrested and with MH370 pilots still under suspicion, Peter Houlis says that attacks from within are rare but hard to spot.
3. Top 10 IP Technology Trends for 2014 (and beyond)
By Atul Rajput, regional director, Northern Europe, Axis Communications
A year on, how prescient were the forecasts of Axis supremo for Northern Europe?
2. Top 40 Most Influential People in Security
By Adam Bannister, IFSEC Global content & community manager
Bob Forsyth triumphed in this year’s countdown, a decade after joining MITIE Total Security Management, followed by Security Institute chairman Emma Shaw and Sir David Omand.
1. The Periodic Table of Security
By the IFSEC digital team
Many of you will recall the periodic table from science classes at school. Our security-orientated twist on the theme went down a storm on social media and is still shared regularly several months later.
Top 3 Security Downloads of 2014
3. The Security Training and SIA Report 2014
The industry has made great strides in expanding training and formalising career progression in recent years. This SIA report sought to find out how much further it had to travel to become a truly professionalised industry.
2. The Wireless Access Control Market in 2014
Sponsored by ASSA Abloy this report assessed the appetite among end users for wireless access control.
1. Safe Cities – the Industry View
Not just the most successful IFSEC Global download of 2014 but of all time, our Safe Cities report canvassed the industry on how smart technologies can foster greater interoperability between agencies and organisations in a modern metropolis.
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