Choosing the right home security locks .
Making the right home security locks choice for you and your family is easy, once you know what to consider. Use the basic home security tips and checklist below to start creating your security plan. 1. Look at your most frequently used points of entry. Often times the doors that we use most often—like a kitchen or garage door—are the least secure. These entry points deserve Grade 1 deadbolts for maximum security. 2. Consider who is accessing your entry doors. Do your children come and go with their own set of keys? Do you have additional family members, babysitters or [...]
Security Hotels and Resorts solution
When the security issue first was reported, it caught the attention of Rosen Hotels and Resorts in Orlando, Fla. Rosen Hotels has over 7,000 rooms and knew that it had to be proactive in its resolution of the problem. Given the impact of the initial media reports and the subsequent negative press on the industry responses, the company knew that it had to move quickly. The company had received notification from several meeting planners that it had to guarantee the replacement of the current door locks prior to the arrival of their groups if Rosen was to secure the business. [...]
What has the Industry Done about the locks Problem
The PCI compliance issue taught us that, as an industry, we are better off if we band together and fight the problem as an industry by sharing information, solutions and experiences rather than hoarding the information and trying to solve things individually. It was only when companies starting opening up about their breaches and sharing their experiences on how they secured their networks and data that we started to see a reduction in the number of breaches. We are not out of the woods on the issue, but we are certainly more aware of how to combat the problem than [...]
What is Different About Door Locking Systems
What is Different About Door Locking Systems and What Makes Them so Unique? The recent breaches have also brought to the forefront a system that has up until now really avoided the spotlight in a hotel. What is different about a Door Locking Systems to other systems within a hotel and how have things changed over the recent years? 1 The way it is selected. At an average cost of $200 to $300 (and upwards) per door just for the electronic hotel door lock, one can see how this can be considered as one of the primary system expenditures for [...]
Electronic lock need to take seriously
It’s just a electronic lock. How often have we heard this from hotel management and ownership? This may have been true in the past, but the recent security breach from one of the largest electronic door locking companies this past July highlighted that times have changed. This is largely attributable to the electronic age and that criminals are far more sophisticated. Where the previous generation's criminal simply applied brute force, the new criminal is armed with technology and does not even need to be onsite to breach a network or gain access to applications. Looking at it differently, the industry [...]
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