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Security Industry Association Announces 2024 Winners of the SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

The 2024 awardees, who will be honored at SIA GovSummit , SIA’s annual government security conference, are: Leire Arbona Puértolas, Legal and Compliance Director, Veridas Leire Arbona Puértolas has established herself as a leading expert in biometric identity verification and data protection laws since joining Veridas in 2017.

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Hot Work: More than Welding, Cutting, and Burning

National Fire Protection Association

This can include activities such as welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, grinding, and other similar processes that generate heat and sparks. This can occur through direct application with flames or sparks from welding, cutting, and burning. If not monitored properly, the hot work could create enough heat to ignite that item.

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What Science Really Says About Facial Recognition Accuracy and Bias Concerns

Security Industry Association

A second problem is that the algorithms evaluated were those publicly available in 2017 (now quite old given the pace of innovation in computer vision). government applications, including the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division and U.S. Algorithms used in border applications are a good example.

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What Science Really Says About Facial Recognition Accuracy and Bias Concerns

Security Industry Association

A second problem is that the algorithms evaluated were those publicly available in 2017 (now quite old given the pace of innovation in computer vision). government applications, including the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division and U.S. Algorithms used in border applications are a good example.

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Leading Remote Teams Effectively: 8 Do’s and 2 Don’ts

NexusTek

You might set aside time during meetings for social chat, or even schedule purely social virtual activities to help team members connect. Rather than discouraging social chatting as “off task” behavior, effective remote leaders encourage it. Interested in IT solutions to elevate your remote team leadership practices to the next level?

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SIA Tech Brief: Upgrade Path to AI –Video Over IP, Sensor Fusion and Aggregation of AI Processors

Security Industry Association

Power consumption is a key factor for edge AI applications where the entire system is powered by a battery. These AI vision processors are already used in a wide variety of human and computer vision applications, including video security devices, advanced driver assistance systems, electronic mirrors and robotics.

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Securing Mass Gathering Events: A Simple Design Framework That Considers the Air Domain

Security Industry Association

Take, for example, the 2017 shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada , where the use of a tall building provided a clear line of sight to concertgoers. Drone as a security service : This is the employment of drones to conduct patrolling and inspection activity and is often referred to as “drone in a box.”