SourceSecurity.com RSS - Security news SourceSecurity.com RSS - Security news from SourceSecurity.com http://www.sourcesecurity.com/news.html Copyright (C) SourceSecurity.com 2009 Security news Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT ASIS European Security Conference to throw light on human factor in securityhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-177-ga-co-6038-ga.4486.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-177-ga-co-6038-ga.4486.htmlEvents NewsFri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<p><table style="width: 243px; height: 193px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Martin Smith&nbsp;to give keynote presentation on the human facton in security</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/asis-international.html" class="orangebold">ASIS International</a> has announced that Martin Smith, CEO of <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/the-security-company-international-limited.html" class="orangebold">The Security Company </a>and founder of the Security Awareness Special Interest Group, will be a keynote speaker and will provide a presentation on the human factor in security at the <a...Axis and Plustek celebrate a successful mobile surveillance and live monitoring seminarhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-227-ga-co-4604-ga-co-3180-ga.4484.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-227-ga-co-4604-ga-co-3180-ga.4484.htmlEvents NewsFri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 246px; height: 182px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Attendees had a hands-on demonstration of Plustek's mobile network video recorder, NVR 4200V</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/plustek-inc.html" class="orangebold">Plustek Technology Inc.</a>, a provider of surveillance and imaging solutions, recently hosted a <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/events/free-event-listing/mobile-surveillance-and-live-monitoring-seminar.html" class="orangebold">half-day seminar</a> discussing network security and surveillance with network video specialists <a...Basler Vision Technologies appoints new regional sales managerhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3637-ga.4478.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3637-ga.4478.htmlCorporate NewsFri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 246px; height: 241px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Frank Iezzi&nbsp;will be responsible for IP camera customers in the Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/enhanced-company-listing/basler-vision-technologies.html" class="orangebold">Basler Vision Technologies</a>, one of the largest producers of digital cameras for industrial and security applications, announced that they have appointed Frank Iezzi as a new Regional Sales Manager for Basler's IP camera series. Frank will be based in Wallingford, Connecticut, and will be responsible for IP camera customers in the Eastern...Octavian Security shifts base to Derbyhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1254-ga.4476.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1254-ga.4476.htmlCorporate NewsFri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 246px; height: 187px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Octavian's services include manned guarding, mobile patrols, remote CCTV monitoring/alarm response</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Multi-award winning <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/octavian-security.html" class="orangebold">Octavian Security</a>, one of the fastest growing and most forward thinking security and facilities management businesses, has announced a relocation of its headquarters from Colwick in Nottinghamshire to new premises at Pride Park in Derby.<br /><br />Octavian, whose services include manned guarding, mobile patrols, remote CCTV monitoring/alarm response...Popularity of Video Content Analysis in security industry increases, says BSIA reporthttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-306-ga.4474.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-306-ga.4474.htmlCorporate NewsFri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 246px; height: 178px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>The most popular application of VCA technology is external and internal intruder detection</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>An increasing number of people are using Video Content Analysis (VCA) as a security measure, according to research conducted by the <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/british-security-industry-association.html" class="orangebold">British Security Industry Association</a> (BSIA).<br /><br />In its research the BSIA investigated how often installers and manufacturers supply VCA in their solutions. VCA is the automatic analysis of CCTV images to create useful...QNAP's network surveillance solutions to make a grand entry at ISC West 2010http://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-4180-ga.4482.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-4180-ga.4482.htmlEvents NewsThu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 256px; height: 125px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>QNAP's surveillance solutions incorporate Intel Atom processor and strengthened event management software</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/enhanced-company-listing/qnap-security.html" class="orangebold">QNAP Security</a>, a world-class manufacturer of PC-less Network Video Recorder (NVR) solutions is pleased to announce its participation at <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/events/free-event-listing/isc-west-2010.html" class="orangebold">International Security Conference &amp; Exhibition (ISC West 2010)</a>. QNAP will showcase the newest 4-drive and 6-drive VioStor NVR models which incorporate the Intel&reg;...Bosch's intruder detectors enter the Hall of Fame at SICUR 2010http://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-289-ga.4481.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-289-ga.4481.htmlEvents NewsThu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<p><table style="width: 243px; height: 234px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>The high level of catch-performance, while reducing false intruder alarms to a minimum makes this detector unique </strong></td></tr></tbody></table>The <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/new-products/listing/1/product-profile/intruder-alarms/detectors.2/detectors/bosch-isc-pdl1-wa18gb.html" class="orangebold">Professional Series intrusion detector</a> Grade 3 with anti-mask (ISC-PDL1-WA18G) has just been selected to be part of the Gallery of New Products of the International Security show <a...Samsung CCTV products integrate with SureView Immix control room automation softwarehttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1437-ga.4475.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1437-ga.4475.htmlCorporate NewsThu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<p><table style="width: 178px; height: 202px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Samsung will introduce 170 new products during 2010 including a family of IP/network products</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>The professional security division of Samsung has announced that a large number of its CCTV cameras and DVRs have been successfully integrated into the <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/sureview-systems.html" class="orangebold">SureView</a> Immix control room automation software.<br /><br />Commenting on this development, Tim Biddulph, Pre-Sales Engineer for <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/micro-site/samsung-techwin.html"...Chubb Fire, part of UTC Fire & Security, to provide extinguishers to all Card Factory shopshttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-5928-ga-co-3045-ga.4455.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-5928-ga-co-3045-ga.4455.htmlCorporate NewsThu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 241px; height: 183px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Chubb supplies fire extinguishers to all new stores</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/chubb-fire.html" class="orangebold">Chubb Fire</a> has won an extensive new contract with national greeting cards retailer, Card Factory, to supply all new shops with <a href="http://www.thebigredguide.com/fire-supplies/extinguishers.html" target="_blank" class="orangebold">extinguishers</a>. Chubb Fire is part of <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/utc-fire-and-security.html"...Extending Ethernet capabilities to enable better network security applicationshttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3108-ga.4102.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3108-ga.4102.htmlExpert CommentaryThu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 245px; height: 298px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="smalltxt" valign="top" align="center"><strong>PoE technology allows for safer environments through better security systems</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><strong>Power over Ethernet is both convenient and affordable, says Jonas Rehnberg of <a href="http://www.assaabloy.com/en/com/About-ASSA-ABLOY/Futurelab/" target="_blank" class="orangebold">ASSA ABLOY Future Labs</a>. The benefits to network security are immense, be it in powering security cameras with added features or enabling better access control systems and intruder deterrents.</strong> <br /><br /></em>Hailed as a watershed innovation when first standardized in...IndigoVision reports rise in IP video security products saleshttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-882-ga-co-2784-ga.4473.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-882-ga-co-2784-ga.4473.htmlCorporate NewsWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 243px; height: 224px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>IndigoVision's surveillance systems are employed across 20 different market sectors</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/enhanced-company-listing/indigovision-limited.html" class="orangebold">IndigoVision</a>, the leading supplier of complete IP video security solutions, has announced its half year financial results. The company reported an increase in sales revenues by 12% to &pound;12.0m ($18.0m) for the 6-month period ending 31 January 2010, with operating profits of &pound;1.2M ($1.8m). <br /><br />Commenting on the results Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision's CEO said:...March Networks security team welcomes a new Vice President, EMEA Sales - Luigi Portalurihttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1097-ga.4472.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1097-ga.4472.htmlCorporate NewsWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<p><table style="width: 196px; height: 252px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Mr. Portaluri has more than 20 years of experience in the security industry</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/enhanced-company-listing/march-networks-corporation.html" class="orangebold">March Networks&reg;</a>&nbsp;is pleased to welcome Luigi Portaluri to its sales management team in the position of Vice President, Sales for the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations. <br /><br />Mr. Portaluri has more than 20 years of experience in the security industry, primarily focused on developing public and private sector accounts,...New features in DVR technology released by Ultracker at ISC West 2010http://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1921-ga.4471.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1921-ga.4471.htmlEvents NewsWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 205px; height: 202px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Ultracker Technology is a Taiwan&nbsp;designer and manufacturer dedicated to stand-alone DVR</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/ultracker-technology-co-ltd.html" class="orangebold">Ultracker Technology</a>, a Taiwan&nbsp;professional&nbsp;designer and manufacturer dedicated to stand-alone DVR, with 10 years worldwide experience and great R&amp;D capability of designing FPGA chips, provides H.264 high performance image compression and best image at SXGA Resolution (1280x1024) on a large DVI/VGA screen that you have ever seen on a DVR.<br /><br />This year,...Team Samsung seeks to win the crown as the undisputed leader in security technology markethttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3851-ga-co-1436-ga-co-1437-ga.4470.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3851-ga-co-1436-ga-co-1437-ga.4470.htmlEvents NewsWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 246px; height: 158px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Samsung plans to introduce several new products including DSP and IP cameras and access control solutions</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There will be a &quot;new&quot; Samsung exhibiting at <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/events/free-event-listing/isc-west-2010.html" class="orangebold">ISC West</a> this year resulting from the consolidation of the <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/samsung-electronics.html" class="orangebold">Samsung Electronics</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/micro-site/samsung-techwin.html"...Hikvision set to take the competition in video surveillance market by storm by joining with Hommax in Spainhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3425-ga.4469.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-3425-ga.4469.htmlCorporate NewsWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 246px; height: 160px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Hommax will now be the authorised strategic distributor for Hikvision surveillance products in Spain</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/micro-site/hikvision.html" class="orangebold">Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd.</a>, the leading supplier of digital video surveillance products, announced a new partnership with Spain's leading distributor of electronic security products, <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/hommax-sistemas-s-a.html" class="orangebold">Hommax Sistemas S.A.</a> Hommax will now be the authorised strategic distributor for Hikvision surveillance...ACTi and ZyXEL become partners with comprehensive IP surveillance systemhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-2097-ga.4467.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-2097-ga.4467.htmlCorporate NewsTue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<p><table style="width: 179px; height: 198px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>PoE enabled IP surveillance infrastructure is both cost efficient and easy to maintain for system administrators</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/acti-corporation.html" class="orangebold">ACTi Corporation</a>, a leading provider of unified solution for IP surveillance, and <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/zyxel-communications-corporation.html" class="orangebold">ZyXEL Communication</a>, the leading broadband access solutions provider, announced that ZyXEL PoE switches and ACTi IP surveillance equipments...No more false intruder alarms for Security Services with Optex and REDWALL partnershiphttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1261-ga-co-1515-ga.4463.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1261-ga-co-1515-ga.4463.htmlCorporate NewsTue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 241px; height: 263px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>The REDWALL Partnership Programme&nbsp;is&nbsp;the solution to&nbsp; installer's difficulties with false alarms </strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The REDWALL Partnership Programme has been credited as the solution to one installer's difficulties with false alarm activations.<br /><br />Stoke-based <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/security-services-ltd.html" class="orangebold">Security Services</a> has been specifying REDWALL detectors on sites for some time, but in the last year made the switch to REDWALL V and has noticed a...Infinova's IFSEC seminars to show how to take an easy and economical leap from analogue to digital surveillancehttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1998-ga.4460.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-1998-ga.4460.htmlEvents NewsTue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 240px; height: 170px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Sales feedback has been that security managers know they will migrate to IP but do not know how</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/infinova.html" class="orangebold">Infinova</a> announced that at<a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/events/enhanced-event-listing/ifsec-2010.html" class="orangebold"> IFSEC</a> in Birmingham, England, May 10-13 at Booth # 5F10, it will hold a series of seminars showing attendees on how integrators can help their customers make the leap from analogue to digital surveillance easier and less costly.<br /><br...IP camera and encoder manufacturer, Mango DSP, all for standardisation of networked video; joins ONVIFhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-2345-ga-co-1112-ga-co-5884-ga.4454.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-2345-ga-co-1112-ga-co-5884-ga.4454.htmlCorporate NewsTue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 243px; height: 192px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>The Mango DSP product line of encoders and soon to come IP cameras provide complete security solutions</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/mango-dsp.html" class="orangebold">Mango DSP, Inc</a> - the leading developer and manufacturer of analytic ready, DSP based intelligent video servers announced that the company joined the <a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/open-network-video-interface-forum.html" class="orangebold">ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum)</a> to support...Yoav Millet joins On-Net Surveillance Systems in the position of COO/CFOhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-2784-ga.4452.htmlhttp://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-2784-ga.4452.htmlCorporate NewsTue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT<table style="width: 243px; height: 242px" border="0" cellspacing="8" align="left"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="smalltxt"><strong>Mr. Millet&nbsp;determined to further OnSSI's growth in the surveillance industry</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.sourcesecurity.com/companies/company-listing/on-net-surveillance-systems-inc.html" class="orangebold">On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc.</a> (OnSSI) is pleased to announce that Yoav Millet has joined the organisation as COO/CFO. Mr. Millet will employ his talents and experience in growth and change management to enhance OnSSI's financial, operational and business strategies as it continues to assert itself as the industry leader in surveillance technology.<br /><br /><em>&quot;Yoav...