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Hotel Keycard Hack Can Open Guest Rooms

Adobe Stock image by makistock. 3.25.24 – SSI –  D. Craig MacCormack Hacking technique exposes security vulnerabilities of some Saflok-brand RFID-based hotel keycard locks used in more than 130 countries. Hackers Ian Carroll and Lennert Wouters, along with a...

The Benefits of Swinger Shutdown

4.1.24 – By Brad Shipp In a recent article The Dangers of Swinger Shutdown, Jeff Zwirn recommended the alarm contractors not adopt the use of swinger shutdown in any alarm system installation. I have the opposite view – here is why. Alarm professionals need to...

Oregon passes far-reaching right-to-repair legislation

3.28.24 – SIW – John Dobberstein Right-to-repair legislation that does not exempt alarm systems or other security equipment has been signed into law in Oregon. The Right to Repair Association says Gov. Tina Kotek enacted the most ambitious RTR law to date,...