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Physical Modeling with the 2-D Digital Waveguide Mesh
White Papers Applications may be found in physical models of drums, soundboards, cymbals, gongs, small-box reverberators, and other acoustic constructs where a one-dimensional model is less desirable. An extremely efficient method for modeling wave propagation...
[December 11, 2003, 22:58]
Physical/IT Security Convergence: What It Means, Why It's Needed, and How to Get There
White Papers Most organizations maintain multiple, separate physical and IT security systems with no integration among them. The Open Security Exchange(SM) (OSE) is a not-for-profit association of security experts that provides a forum for end-users...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
Physical security becoming an IT problem
News The proliferation of technologies such as identity management mean more IT managers are having to take responsibility for physical security, according to a panel of leading IT security managers. Speaking at the Business Continuity Expo in London's...
[March 18, 2005, 12:35]
Ubiquitous Commerce: Physical Media Tracking
White Papers Accenture Technology Labs developed the Physical Media Tracking prototype to help reduce the potential for theft and human error, all while streamlining the entire inventory management process. Using an innovative set of Silent Commerce...
[May 13, 2004, 1:03]
Physical Security in Mission Critical Facilities
White Papers Physical security is critical to achieving availability goals of mission critical facilities. In this paper, systems for providing secure facilities are recommended and best practices for physical security are explained.
[April 8, 2009, 0:00]
'Physical dimension' of net raises security concerns
News The use of technologies such as RFID will force a rethink of how IT security is implemented, because the adoption of such devices will mean the internet takes on a "physical dimension" rather than just living inside PCs, according to Ari Juels...
[April 28, 2009, 15:14]
Physical and IT security 'will converge'
News The head of security software for Computer Associates, Ron Moritz, has warned that the convergence of physical and IT security can increase a company's exposure to risk if not managed properly. Speaking at a press briefing at the CA World...
[July 14, 2003, 10:06]
Using Virtualization to Achieve Affordable Disaster Recovery: Physical-to-Virtual Disaster Recovery From Microsoft, PlateSpin, and Dell
White Papers This whitepaper details PlateSpin's Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) Recovery solution, implemented using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) in conjunction with Dell PowerEdge Servers.
[April 3, 2008, 1:02]
Physical Layer Interface Implementation Agreement
White Papers These standards do not address the characteristics of the physical interface at a UNI or NNI. Frame relay operates successfully over a diverse set of physical interfaces that are defined by a variety of standards organizations including the...
[August 23, 2003, 0:58]
Physical Posters as Gateways to Context-Aware Services for Mobile Devices
White Papers This paper describes the usage of physical posters as gateways to mobile services that are related to advertisements and information presented on these posters. The placement and physical accessibility of posters and the behaviour of people waiting...
[May 24, 2006, 1:00]
Physical Database Storage Design
White Papers This physical storage design paper is written to help database architects and administrators configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005 systems for optimal I/O performance and space utilization. This paper provides a guide for physical storage design and...
[March 2, 2007, 0:00]
Physical Geography Glossary of Terms
Downloads Physical Geography Glossary of Terms is a FREE eBook that runs on PDAs using the Palm operating system. The information in this eBook can be used by high school and university students to help learn terms used in Physical Geography.
[October 5, 2001, 8:00]
Open Security Exchange: Physical Security Bridge to IT Security PHYSBITS - Framework and Data Model
White Papers Open Security Exchange - Physical Security Bridge to IT Security (PHYSBITS) is a vendor-neutral approach for enabling collaboration between physical and IT security to support overall enterprise risk management needs.
[June 24, 2009, 9:39]
Physical and Electronic Security Convergence in the Postal Industry
White Papers Perhaps now is the time to review your security, and to take a look at the possibility of merging of the logical and the physical aspects, that could combine alarm monitoring, asset protection, identity management, access control, intrusion...
[August 24, 2005, 6:00]
Fairness and Physical Layer Capture in Random Access Networks
White Papers While physical layer capture has been observed in real implementations of wireless devices which randomly accessing shared channels, fair rate control algorithms based on accurate channel models describing the phenomenon have not been developed.
[August 13, 2007, 8:09]
KVM: An essential component for physical security in the data centre
White Papers This white paper describes how you can greatly increase physical security in the datacentre by enabling full remote access to securely located servers, comprehensive user authentication, user tracking, and immediate problem alerts.
[October 21, 2004, 10:41]
Merging Physical and Cyber-Security
White Papers To better integrate physical security and cyber-security programs in enterprises, a group of companies announced the Open Security Exchange. Today, linking physical and cyber-security is uncommon. Research from Pinkerton Consulting and...
[December 13, 2004, 2:00]
Adapting Physical Carrier Sensing to Maximize Spatial Reuse in 802.11 Mesh Networks
White Papers This paper demonstrates that physical carrier sensing enhanced with a tunable sensing threshold is effective at avoiding interference in 802.11 mesh networks without requiring the use of virtual carrier sensing.
[June 13, 2006, 1:00]
Integrated Performance Analysis of PCF and DCF Schemes Over IEEE 802.11a Physical Layer
White Papers IEEE 802.11a is one of the latest Physical layer (PHY) standards to be released by the IEEE 802.11 working group. Currently, it offers the highest data rate for the wireless LAN. Even though the channel bandwidth has significantly increased with...
[January 18, 2006, 0:01]
Bridging the Divide: Information Security Meets Physical Security
White Papers Information security is from Venus, and physical security is from Mars. They hardly know each other, typically lodged in different parts of the enterprise. They speak different languages with very little common technology or understanding of threats.
[September 20, 2005, 3:00]
