While different remote sites might vary greatly in their application, security often proves to be a challenge, and different types of locations often share many similarities when it comes to managing access. From large single sites like a university, to geographically spread sites like roadside cabinets that house the electronics, security managers often find themselves presented with many and varied unique challenges.
As the Managing Director of one of Australia’s most successful security system integration companies, Darren Taylor, like many in the industry, has seen a great deal of change over the last few decades. Founded by his father back in 1979, PMT has grown from a small domestic alarm installation business into a national company with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
As restrictions ease at varying rates across the country, workplaces that are re-opening have an increased responsibility to ensure that the health and safety of staff and customers remains a top priority in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.
'Security in Transformation' was to have been the theme of this year’s ASIAL Security Conference in Melbourne. Despite the unprecedented times that continue to challenge the globe and led to the cancellation of this year’s conference, the idea of Security in Transformation remains a pertinent one for the industry, perhaps even more so nowadays.
As states and territories across the country ease restrictions, we continue to see varied initiatives for mitigating risk. Thermal cameras are becoming a prevalent measure for non-contact temperature screening in public spaces and workplaces - a factor helping to fuel the growth of the thermal camera market, now tipped to increase by a CAGR of 7.29% to reach USD 6.41 Billion by 2025.
