Baer wants you to succeed in your career. So This week we give you a couple of ways that you can do that in your next interview. You do have a next interview, right??!! We also talk about ESX which you should be at for your career, and we talk about how aesthetics actually do matter!

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Meat: https://www.securityinfowatch.com/integrators/article/55359312/recruiting-roadmap-dont-lose-the-room 

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This week, Baer touches on how a little bit of agile thinking and new understanding can have you in a real good position to start adopting and implementing edge security. Remember this podcast when you’re only installing readers and small devices on a site in 5 years…

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Meat: https://www.sdmmag.com/articles/105159-access-controls-acceleration-at-the-edge 

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Listen, Baer is your uncle in security and this week he's gonna ask you to step up your game a bit. You can do it, but you can't do it without building a network. Luckily, he is going to give you some pointers and you're going to crush it!

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Meat: Make sure you’re networking.

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This week Baer is going to let you in on some of the best information to come out of 2026. LEAF credentials, baseline how encryption works and why prox is on his donezo list. Like Follow and SubscribeGet education at : https://www.bethebettertech.comUse Discount code “STPODCAST” at checkout when ordering your doorjamm at : https://www.doorjamm.com/ ChitChat: https://substack.com/home/post/p-186921221 https://www.kingswoodsc.com/ Product Highlight: https://www.securitysales.com/news/d-tools-cloud-mobile-app/616264/ Meat: https://www.leaf-community.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_BCBzHHGI S/O: @cybersecuritygirl on IG

With the second part of last week's Security Dojo, Baer shows you the stand alone software on the NHP Series Access Control; Entry Guard. Baer dives in to how to discover the controller, configure the controller and details the features of the license-free stand alone software. Find the NHP Series at : https://hanwhavisionamerica.com/oncafe/products/ Like Follow and SubscribeFind education at : https://www.bethebettertech.com/ Follow on IG @securitytodaypodcast and @unclebaer_

This week is a segment in the Security Today Podcast portfolio called Security Dojo. On the bench is the Hanwha Vision NHP series IP Access Controller. Baer breaks down the hardware and features in this week's episode.

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This week Baer tackles a tragic even that took place at the end of last year; the Brown University Shooting. From insightful thoughts, to a charge to be better, Baer breaks it down this week on Security Today.

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https://www.securityinfowatch.com/school-security/article/55340035/assessing-campus-surveillance-after-the-brown-university-shootings 

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This week is a tad spooky. Just enough to get you uncomfortable enough to follow the steps Baer lines out and get your photos safer online.

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Baer doesn't punch for no reason. The security industry must hold a high ethical and moral standard to truly achieve excellence and Verkada is promoting behavior that doesn't meet that standard. We'll break it down in this episode of Security Today Podcast.

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Education across the physical security industry is lack-luster at best. In this episode Baer not only breaks down why it's important that independently created education is necessary to the industry but reminds you he is also contributing through bethebettertech.com.

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Meat: bethebettertech.com 

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