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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
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Major Internet Provider installs
Newton Security Inc.’s T-DAR®
technology to protect against the loss of data due
to Tailgating/Piggybacking
Seattle, WA April 17 2007 - Newton Security Inc, the global leader in
the supply of machine vision single person
detection systems announced
today the installation of Newton’s patent pending
T-DAR® technology to prevent
unauthorized access into the world-wide data
centres of a major internet provider and content
delivery company. Configured as “man-traps”, the
Newton T-DAR systems prevent unauthorized access
via tailgating and piggybacking by allowing only
one person at a time into the secure area. The
Newton T-DAR systems were installed on the access
doors to the buildings to prevent the potential
loss of data due to the recurring security
shortcoming known as Tailgating and Piggybacking,
the two most common forms of illegal access into
restricted areas.
Tailgating is the act of an unauthorized person
slipping through a door after an authorized
person. Piggybacking occurs when an authorized
person holds a protected door open for another
person that he or she knows or perceives to have
authorized access. Both acts completely remove and
circumvent the access control system’s ability to
reject a revoked or counterfeit pass or badge and
to prevent unauthorized access. In either case,
the access control system — whether equipped with
advanced biometrics or just a simple card system —
has no knowledge of entry by the unauthorized
person unless the tailgating/piggybacking is
detected.
“With the current high profile environment over the concern
for the loss of data, companies charged with
protecting data have come to realize that physical
security of the data systems must be equally
weighted with need for network security” stated
John W. Bramblet, President and CEO of Newton
Security. “Much effort has been expended to
increase electronic security while little has been
done to augment inadequate physical security.
Newton’s T-DAR system addresses the existing gap
in most installed physical security systems, that
of the lack of control of piggybacking or
tailgating.” he added.
As installed in these particular applications,
the T-DAR system is combined with a second door,
creating a "mantrap" device; essentially a
double-door entry corridor where the first door
must be secured before the employee can pass
through the second door. This combination of the
T-DAR system with two doors guarantees that only a
single person passes through into the secure area. Configured as a man-trap, the T-DAR system
completely prevents Piggybacking/Tailgating as
well as reporting attempted violations. In other
applications when combined with a single door, the
T-DAR® is primarily a detection system,
designed to report violations to the security on
site and to capture video of the violator.
T-DAR’s sophisticated stereo
3-dimensional machine vision technology constantly
monitors and accurately counts the number of
persons attempting to enter a given area and
reports violators, including video evidence, to
security. Newton’s T-DAR technology has
successfully been deployed in numerous
applications around the world to control and track
access to restricted areas, including airports,
government installations, data centres, financial
concerns, unmanned immigration and virtually every
other category of secure areas.
Seattle-based Newton Security Inc. is a privately
held provider of high technology solutions to
address today's security needs. The company develops
and markets high-performance computer driven answers
to difficult security problems. Newton Security's
products are designed to allow the quality, efficiency
and cost effectiveness of computer technology
to replace the human element in security applications
where the tedious nature of the job, and the high
cost of personnel, makes it difficult to maintain
the necessary effectiveness of today's security
requirements. Newton Security is the world leader
in machine vision single person detection. Additional
information may be found at http://www.newtonsecurityinc.com. Point of contact Don Woody, e-mail
dwoody@newtonsecurityinc.com
Newton
Security Contact:
Don
Woody
dwoody@newtonsecurityinc.com
(410) 286-7290
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