Humblebrag – an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud.
We’re proud of our team. Every technician on the Rose Security team is an expert in security. We provide top level training to our technicians so that our customers can get the best quality service.
You may have heard that Microsoft is offering upgrades to Windows 10, and you might be thinking of upgrading your operating system. Call us before you do to make sure your current security system is compatible with Windows 10.
We’ve had several of our customers recently ask us, “What is the difference between a fire alarm system and fire alarm monitoring?” Here’s the answer. A Fire Alarm System alerts everyone in the building that a fire has been detected and to evacuate the building. This usually involves local audible devices that go off when a fire is detected. The Fire Alarm System does NOT notify the fire department that there is a fire in the building. Someone in the building must call 9-1-1 or else the fire department will not be dispatched.
ULC is a global independent safety company with over a century of experience. ULC has created the highest safety standards for fire alarm monitoring in Canada, approved by the Standards Council of Canada. These standards are published as CAN/ULC-S561-13 – Installation and Services for Fire Signal Receiving Centres and Systems. The most recent version (second edition) is a 58-page document that was published on March 2013.
Many Access Control Systems still use proximity cards. In recent years, security researchers have shown how simple it is to read and clone these cards.
Security can be a pretty serious industry to be in, so we thought we’d take a break from our regular topics of video surveillance, ULC, and access control to write about something lighter. Summer is right around the corner (it officially starts on June 21), although it’s felt like summer here in Vancouver for the past month.
So we thought we’d share our favourite things to do during the summer, both here in Greater Vancouver and out of town. Hopefully you’ll discover something interesting from our list, and maybe even find a new favourite summer activity of your own!
In the United States, there has been a trend in the last few years for businesses to move from using a locally hosted system to using managed access control. Why? Here are 3 benefits of managed access control:
Video surveillance systems are moving towards using IP cameras, video management software (VMS), and Network Video Recorders (NVR). A NVR is an IP-based recorder that operates independently from a PC or other operation systems. A VMS is an open architecture software that allows live-streaming and recording digitalized video signal on non-proprietary servers or network-attached storage (NAS).
Rose Security is proud to announce that we are a newly certified service provider for ULC Fire Alarm Monitoring. ULC stands for the Underwriters Laboratories of Canada, which is part of a global independent safety science company that is widely recognized for setting high safety standards.
