Orwell’s 1984 depicts a post-apocalyptic dystopia in which camera surveillance is used to oppress the individual The phrase “Big Brother” has been in our vocabulary for eight decades now. Its use is linked exclusively with negative images of a surveillance state (and, of course, a bad reality television show). But would George Orwell, a non-religious democrat, be happy with the way the anti-CCTV lobby has appropriated the phrase? The fact is, Orwell would app...

The integration between LILIN and Arteco was announced at IFSEC 2014 in London, UK Arteco Global, the leader in the manufacture and offer of Video Event Management Software (VEMS) solutions worldwide, has now integrated the ultra-high definition 4K IP cameras from LILIN, running at 120 frames per second (FPS) at 1080P resolution. The integration was adopted using the ONVIF protocol and adds to the long range of over 25 bullet and PTZ camera models already integrated since 2013...

How often is security used as a selling point? You don’t see it very often. Generally greater security is seen as a necessary evil, a corporate “cost.” Interesting, therefore, to see a company hoping that greater security can help turn around a flagging brand. In this case, security is related to identity protection, and the company is Blackberry. Blackberry recently signed an agreement to purchase Secusmart, a company that specialises in secure communication for governments,...