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There’s a new weapon in the retail sector’s fight against robberies and burglaries. A fluorescent synthetic DNA spray has been created by the United Kingdom’s Selectamark Security Systems PLC that can both deter and foil commercial burglaries and smash-and-grab raids. The spray contains a unique DNA code that can be analyzed to tie the perpetrator to the crime scene.

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Is analog video dead, dying, or alive-and-well? What some industry experts are saying about it may surprise you.

As interest in being more eco-friendly grows, people are becoming increasingly interested in minimizing their power consumption. In the security world, those attitude changes are beginning to strongly influence the design of power supplies. SDM talked with several manufacturers that offer products in this market about these and other design changes, including new designs that are on the market now and others that are currently under development — all of which open new possibilities with power supplies.

Manufacturers are striving more than ever to match and even exceed the demands of smart technology users with a new generation of access control readers.

Over the last month the retail sector has become the targets of spear phishermen, a particularly devious and hard to detect targeted attack, according to the cybersecurity firm MessageLabs Intelligence.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a meeting last week to explore the use of credit checks in preemployment screening programs.

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