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other toxic material. Metal detectors can help prevent individuals carry-
ing weapons made from ferrous metal from getting inside your facility.
Whatever your particular security concern, there is almost certainly a com-
pany that makes a machine to help you address it.
The authors' company, Global Security Group, LLC, also offers tech-
nological solutions to meet security needs. One company that we recom-
mend to clients who need a state-of-the-art video surveillance system is
Third Watch Digital, which provides a PC-based multichannel video sur-
veillance system that uses advanced digital video compression technology.
Up to 16 cameras can be connected and viewed live on a single system local
monitor screen or through a TCP/IP network. Video can be recorded based
on specified schedules or motion detection. Monitoring and even video play-
back can be carried out remotely from home, satellite offices, hotels, Inter-
net cafes, wireless laptops, wireless PDAs, web-enabled mobile phones, or
a central monitoring facility. Further information on the Third Watch system
can be found at
www.thirdwatchdigital.com.
New technology is currently being developed that will track and mon-
itor individuals in much the same manner as mobile assets are now tracked.
Global Security Group, LLC, has partnered with Orbcomm, one of the world's
premier satellite communications companies, to develop and market small
devices that will track and monitor people anywhere in the world. Orb-
comm owns and operates a satellite communications network that consists
of 30 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 12 terrestrial gateways that
are deployed around the world. This system provides seamless worldwide
coverage and is currently being used to track mobile assets such as truck
trailers, rail cars, construction equipment, automobiles, and locomotives.
It is also widely used to monitor fixed assets such as oil and gas pipelines.
The Orbcomm systems data transmission system delivers data mes-
sages to and from anywhere in the world; it is used by companies such as
General Electric, Caterpillar, Hitachi, Komatsu, Volvo, Garmin, and British
Petroleum. The authors' firm, Global Security, LLC, is currently develop-
ing new ways to apply the Orbcomm system to a variety of security-related
applications. Personal tracking devices, roughly the same size as a PDA, can
be tracked anywhere in the world and are also capable of two-way data mes-
saging. Smaller units, the size of a wristwatch, are currently being devel-
oped. Additional information about this technology and other Orbcomm
system applications is available at
www.globalsecuritygroup.com.
