Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States)
The Occupational Safety and Health Act is the primary federal law which governs occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States.
Crisis
A crisis (from the Greek κρίσις - krisis; plural: "crises"; adjectival form: "critical") is any event that is, or is expected to lead to, an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, community, or whole society.
Lifeguard
A lifeguard is a person who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, or beach.
List of industrial disasters
This article lists notable industrial disasters, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence.
Societal security
Societal security is a concept developed by the Copenhagen School of security studies that refers to 'the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats'.
Distress signal
A distress signal or distress call is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help.
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is the act of harming or harassing via information technology networks in a repeated and deliberate manner.
First aid
First aid is the assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, and/or promote recovery.
Motorcade
A motorcade, or autocade, is a procession of vehicles.
Backscatter X-ray
Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology.
LinuxMCE
LinuxMCE (Linux Media Center Edition) is a free and open source software platform with a 10-foot user interface designed to allow a computer to act as a home theater PC (HTPC) for the living-room TV, personal video recorder, and home automation system.
IP camera
An Internet protocol camera, or IP camera, is a type of digital video camera commonly employed for surveillance, and which, unlike analog closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, can send and receive data via a computer network and the Internet.
AMBER Alert
An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency (SAME code: CAE) is a child abduction alert system.
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
Certification
("Certify" redirects here. For the horse, see Certify (horse).)("Certified" redirects here. For other uses, see Certified (disambiguation).)
Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization.
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.
Millimeter wave scanner
A millimeter wave scanner is a whole-body imaging device used for detecting objects concealed underneath a person’s clothing using a form of electromagnetic radiation.
Mayday
Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications.
G-force
g-force (with g from gravitational) is a measurement of the type of acceleration that causes weight.
Biological hazard
Biological hazards, also known as biohazards, refer to biological substances that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans.
Codex Alimentarius
The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for "Food Code") is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations relating to foods, food production, and food safety.
Safe
A safe (also called a strongbox or coffer) is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against theft and/or damage from fire.
Search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
Pretty Easy privacy
pretty Easy privacy (p≡p) is a pluggable data encryption and verification system, which provides automatic cryptographic key management through a set of libraries (providing p≡p adapters for application developers' used programming languages and development environments) for written digital communications.
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (JCCM) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all theoretical and practical aspects relating to crisis management.
Information security
Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the practice of defending information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, inspection, recording or destruction.
Video management system
A video management system, also known as video management software or a video management server, is a component of a security camera system that in general:
* Collects video from cameras and other sources
* Records / stores that video to a storage device
* Provides an interface to both view the live video, and access recorded video A VMS can be the software component of a network video recorder and digital video recorder, though in general a VMS tends to be more sophisticated and provide more options and capabilities than a packaged NVR device.
Security-focused operating system
This is a list of operating systems with a sharp security focus.
Namogoo
Namogoo Technologies Ltd.
Observeit
Co-founders Gaby Friedlander and Avi Amos founded ObserveIT in USA in 2006.
Contemporary Services Corporation
Contemporary Services Corporation, (CSC) is a crowd management and security company.
Journal of Transatlantic Studies
The Journal of Transatlantic Studies (JTS) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects pertaining to transatlantic relations.
Police
A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
Microprinting
Microprinting is the production of recognizable patterns or characters on a printed medium at a scale which requires magnification to be read.
EyeVerify
EyeVerify, Inc. is a biometric security technology company based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Motion detection
Motion detection is the process of detecting a change in the position of an object relative to its surroundings or a change in the surroundings relative to an object.
Tripwire
(For other uses, see Tripwire (disambiguation).) A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States)
The Occupational Safety and Health Act is the primary federal law which governs occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States.
Crisis
A crisis (from the Greek κρίσις - krisis; plural: "crises"; adjectival form: "critical") is any event that is, or is expected to lead to, an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, community, or whole society.
Lifeguard
A lifeguard is a person who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, or beach.
List of industrial disasters
This article lists notable industrial disasters, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence.
Societal security
Societal security is a concept developed by the Copenhagen School of security studies that refers to 'the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats'.
Distress signal
A distress signal or distress call is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help.
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is the act of harming or harassing via information technology networks in a repeated and deliberate manner.
First aid
First aid is the assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, and/or promote recovery.
Motorcade
A motorcade, or autocade, is a procession of vehicles.
Backscatter X-ray
Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology.
LinuxMCE
LinuxMCE (Linux Media Center Edition) is a free and open source software platform with a 10-foot user interface designed to allow a computer to act as a home theater PC (HTPC) for the living-room TV, personal video recorder, and home automation system.
IP camera
An Internet protocol camera, or IP camera, is a type of digital video camera commonly employed for surveillance, and which, unlike analog closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, can send and receive data via a computer network and the Internet.
AMBER Alert
An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency (SAME code: CAE) is a child abduction alert system.
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
Certification
("Certify" redirects here. For the horse, see Certify (horse).)("Certified" redirects here. For other uses, see Certified (disambiguation).)
Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization.
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.
Millimeter wave scanner
A millimeter wave scanner is a whole-body imaging device used for detecting objects concealed underneath a person’s clothing using a form of electromagnetic radiation.
Mayday
Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications.
G-force
g-force (with g from gravitational) is a measurement of the type of acceleration that causes weight.
Biological hazard
Biological hazards, also known as biohazards, refer to biological substances that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans.
Codex Alimentarius
The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for "Food Code") is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations relating to foods, food production, and food safety.
Safe
A safe (also called a strongbox or coffer) is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against theft and/or damage from fire.
Search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
Pretty Easy privacy
pretty Easy privacy (p≡p) is a pluggable data encryption and verification system, which provides automatic cryptographic key management through a set of libraries (providing p≡p adapters for application developers' used programming languages and development environments) for written digital communications.
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (JCCM) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all theoretical and practical aspects relating to crisis management.
Information security
Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the practice of defending information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, inspection, recording or destruction.
Video management system
A video management system, also known as video management software or a video management server, is a component of a security camera system that in general:
* Collects video from cameras and other sources
* Records / stores that video to a storage device
* Provides an interface to both view the live video, and access recorded video A VMS can be the software component of a network video recorder and digital video recorder, though in general a VMS tends to be more sophisticated and provide more options and capabilities than a packaged NVR device.
Security-focused operating system
This is a list of operating systems with a sharp security focus.
Namogoo
Namogoo Technologies Ltd.
Observeit
Co-founders Gaby Friedlander and Avi Amos founded ObserveIT in USA in 2006.
Contemporary Services Corporation
Contemporary Services Corporation, (CSC) is a crowd management and security company.
Journal of Transatlantic Studies
The Journal of Transatlantic Studies (JTS) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects pertaining to transatlantic relations.
Police
A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
Microprinting
Microprinting is the production of recognizable patterns or characters on a printed medium at a scale which requires magnification to be read.
EyeVerify
EyeVerify, Inc. is a biometric security technology company based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Motion detection
Motion detection is the process of detecting a change in the position of an object relative to its surroundings or a change in the surroundings relative to an object.
Tripwire
(For other uses, see Tripwire (disambiguation).) A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism.
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