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Security Systems Technologies and Innovation: A Comprehensive History of Advances in the Industry looks at the last 50 years and the expansion of the security industry, security technologies, and the field as a whole. An overarching theme throughout is that security technology advances parallel to developments in computers and telecommunications. Coverage emphasizes that the foundational "nuts and bolts" intent and tactics that preceded today's electronics don't change, although the methodologies, challenges, and threats, do morph and change over time.
This encyclopedic work begins in the 1970s with a foundational background of the monopoly-controlled industry at the time, which was based on mechanical devices and people. Understanding these precepts not only puts present technology in perspective but gives the reader the tools to creatively approach unique security problems. This reflects the reality that the true job of any security decision-maker is to provide situational awareness and decision-making, since almost every security problem is nuanced and context-based. Out-of-the-box solutions-including technology-though popular, are rarely the answer. Security is about protecting people and property from highly motivated criminals-a constant chess game where only one side follows the rules.
Rapid technological developments in the last 30 years in particular, ushered in an unprecedented period of growth. Over this time the industry developed into a goliath, in step with the transformation of the American criminal justice and law enforcement communities, with almost complete technical revision and advancement every three to five years. Concurrently, countering terror threats began to supersede the industry's original focus on trespassers and property theft.
Security Systems Technologies and Innovation: A Comprehensive History of Advances in the Industry chronicles this ever-changing corporate, technological and threat-based landscape. The book proves fascinating reading, providing insight to those currently in the field and offering a glimpse of future security threats, and those current and emerging technologies with shape the next 50 years of the industry.
List of contents
Section I: The Early Years of Private Security 1: Evolution of Communication - Devices in Security 2: Leased Telephone Loop Circuits 3: Security Alarm Cartel 4: Security Practices and Changing Technology
Section II: Motion Detection to Surveillance 5: Volumetric Motion Technology - Short Life Cycle 6: Home Entertainment B&W TV to CCTV Surveillance
Section III: Caught on Surveillance 7: Video Images Worth a Thousand Arrests 8: One Nation Under Surveillance
Section IV: Controlled Access with Audit Trails 9: Not Just Card Readers 10: Contactless Card Access 11: Innovative and Programmable Access Control Systems 12: Biometric Identifiers 13: Realm of Fact and Fantasy
Section V: Analog to Digital Revolution 14: Digital Communication in Place of Personal Contact 15: Advanced Communication Technology 16: Bandwidth, Broadband, and Single Compression
Section VI: Video Recording and Storage 17: CCTV Recorders and Digital Conversion
Section VII: Wireless Communication 18: Laptop Computers Exposed 19: Traffic Hazards
Section VIII: Gadgets in All Aspects of Security 20: Innovation Fatigue 21: Social Network Phenomenon 22: Decoding E-mail and Personality Traits 23: Low Battery Anxiety
Section IX: Network Insecurity 24: Domain Names 25: Open Networks 26: Network Oddities
Section X: Built-In Obsolescence 27: Limited Life Cycle 28: Perimeter Protection 29: Bollards and Other Portable Barriers
Section XI: Locking Arrangement - Life Safety Rules 30: Locking Hardware 31: Lock Picking for Fun and Profit 32: History of Electromagnetic Locks
Section XII: Fire Safety and Code Compliance 33: Reconciling Fire Safety and Security Protection 34: Smoke Detectors and Sprinkler Heads 35: Major and Notable Fires in American History
Section XIII: Explosives in Major Conflicts 36: Nuclear Threats 37: Explosives, Chem-Bio Threats, and Drone Warfare
Section XIV: Deadly Weapons of Apparent Mass Appeal 38: Guns and Active Shooters
Section XV: Non-Lethal Weaponry 39: Temporarily Debilitating Weapons 40: Armored Courier Services
Section XV: Lie Detectors and Truth Detection 41: Truth Seeking Techniques
Section XVI: Odd Detection Devices 42: Devices of Mass Annoyance
About the author
Charles Schnabolk, E.E., MBA, P.E., PSP, Lic. Elec. is a recognized industry pioneer with credits including security design for the original World Trade Center. As a successful consulting engineer, he also designed and implemented security systems for major hospitals, crime plagued schools, high-rise commercial buildings, and large residential complexes. This book is a compendium of his unique knowledge on almost every aspect of modern security - from its 1970's conception to the modern, high-tech industry it became in a half-century.
