Merging physical security and IT security

The convergence between physical security and IT security, which began in earnest last year, is crucial to enabling organizations to fully protect their data and networks during security attacks. On the physical security front, important technologies include video surveillance, IP video technologies and alarm technologies, all of which can communicate in real time to provide up-to-the-minute information. The challenge is in managing, correlating and analyzing all of this physical security in an IT framework, in order to drive correct decisions. This can be a complex process often requiring outside assistance, but new technology, such as Security Event Management (SEM) and Security Incident Management (SIM) can help.

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