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Industry Pulse ASIS 2012 SPECIAL REPORT DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano's keynote address at ASIS 2012 in Philadelphia focused on threats to the U.S. posed by cyber attacks. HID Wraps Up 2 NFC Enterprise Pilot Programs HID Global unveiled two pilot programs that it says validate how mobile access control using Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled smartphones can allow employees to easily open doors with a mobile device and not compromise physical enterprise security. Highlighted during an ASIS 2012 strategy briefi ng, the pilots were conducted at the headquarters of Netfl ix in Los Gatos, Calif., and Good Technology, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of secure mobility solutions. At each facility, multiCLASS SE readers replaced proximity readers at selected doors for handsets equipped with NFC capabilities and digital keys. Napolitano Offers Stark Warning About Cyber Dangers PHILADELPHIA — Cyber attacks are potentially the biggest risk to security the United States faces, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano told the audience gathered for her keynote address at the 2012 ASIS Int'l Seminar & Exhibits. Napolitano says she has made cyber security a focus of her department. "T e threats are real and they are ever-evolving," she said at the Pennsylvania Con- vention Center on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "T ey are serious, and they go to the heart of the success and safety of our communities and our economies. " Napolitano says federal computer systems receive thousands of threats every year and hackers are targeting water companies, natural gas pipelines, and the nuclear and chemi- cal industries.She told the audience that one challenge she faces is that most computer networks are private, and she asked for cooperation to make them secure. "My friends, we are all in this together. We all need a safe and secure cyberspace, said. "We have to work together to get to where we need to be, in as quick a time as possible." " she FORMER STANLEY CSS EXEC GONZALES JOINS DIEBOLD Diebold Inc. used the spotlight at ASIS Int'l Seminar & Exhibits to offi cially announce Felix Gonzales has joined the company as vice president, strategic initiatives and business development, electronic security. Gonzales, a 20-year industry veteran who previously served as a vice president at Stanley CSS, will support the GONZALES growth of Diebold's electronic security business through initiatives and programs that improve the customer's security and business operations. "Felix's extensive security and leadership experience will be highly valuable and enable us to further build and strengthen our security competency in North America and expand the model globally," says Tony Byerly , executive vice president, electronic security, Diebold. You can hear more from Byerly, Gonzeles and Jeremy Brecher, Diebold's vice president of operations and information technology, from the ASIS show fl oor in an installment of SSI's "Security Speaking" podcast. Visit securitysales.com/diebold-podcast. 14 / SECURITYSALES.COM / NOVEMBER 2012 Among results reported from a third- party survey of participants, more than 80% of Netfl ix respondents said the application for unlocking a door was intuitive, and nearly 90% described it as easy to use. At Good Technology, more than 80% of respondents said the smartphone was more convenient to use than their current access card, primarily because they never forget their phones like they do their badges. The pilots also underscored a number of areas to improve the mobile access control experience as the industry moves closer to deployment. For instance, participants stressed the need for solutions to be available even when the battery is dead and do not interrupt other handset tasks. Assa Abloy Takes Home Pair of Accolades Awards ASIS Int'l touted its Accolades winners in Philadelphia as part of an awards competition that the organization says recog- nizes the industry's most innovative new products, services and solutions. A team of judges representing end users and experts in security technologies evaluated more than 40 entries before selecting the top 10 winners. Assa Abloy was a double win- ner, honored for its HES K 100 cabinet lock and Securitron ICPT wireless power transfer. "This year's entries presented a unique challenge to the judges," says Accolades Co-Chair Ron Lander, CPP. "Contin- ued advances in communications and database management yielded a fi eld of products whose cross platform application and integration with existing products and services showed through. The judges were collectively excited and fascinated by the direction security product and service advances are taking." To view a complete listing of the award winners, including product descriptions, visit securitysales.com/Accolades-2012.