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RISCO has strengthened its UK & Ireland leadership team with the appointment of David Rimmer as Commercial Director, reinforcing its commitment to supporting installers and driving growth across the region. David brings more than 20 years’ experience in business development and partnerships, with a background in connected security and smart home technology. He previously held a European business development leadership role at Alarm.com. Wider range of customer needs His appointment...

i-PRO Co., Ltd. a pioneer in professional security and medical imaging solutions, announced a new leadership structure and business organisation for the Americas, designed to strengthen its focus on key sectors and support the region’s next phase of growth. Under the new structure, the Americas business will be organised into four dedicated Virtual Companies: i-PRO Edge Technology, Video Insight, i-PRO Public Safety and i-PRO Medical Vision of Americas. Each Virtual Company will have dedi...

DigiCert, a pioneer in intelligent trust, today announced it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for its information security management system (ISMS) supporting its global Certification Authority (CA) and Trust Services operations. The certification covers the issuance and management of publicly and privately trusted digital certificates, underlying Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) processes, and supporting corporate functions, independently validating DigiCert's risk-based approach to...

Zenitel, a provider of unified critical communication solutions, announces the global launch of Zenitel Connect Essential. Designed for smaller deployments, Zenitel Connect Essential brings the technology foundation of Zenitel Connect to customers who need secure, reliable communication without platform license fees. The launch marks the next step in Zenitel’s Unified Critical Communication vision, introduced with Zenitel Connect Pro in 2024. That vision addresses a familiar challenge: cr...

Allegion US, a provider of security solutions, technology and services, will be exhibiting and demonstrating interoperable electronic access control technologies and software at ISC East 2026 (booth #601), the security industry’s premier trade show in the Northeast occurring November 4–5, at the Javits Center in New York City. “Security leaders and integrators across the Northeast are under constant pressure to modernise infrastructure quickly without overcomplicating daily op...

Brivo, the AI innovator and global pioneer in cloud-native physical security, launches Brivo Reseller MCP, the first Model Context Protocol server for security systems integrators. By connecting AI assistants and partner portal tools through the MCP, resellers can create dashboards, identify customers up for renewal, review service tickets, understand growth patterns, and do analysis in minutes that would normally take days or weeks—all from inside the LLM they normally use. Brivo also int...

Intersec Europe will make its debut in Frankfurt am Main from 14 to 16 September 2027. For the first time, this new European platform brings together solutions for physical security, cybersecurity and AI in an integrated approach – with a clear focus on the protection of buildings, businesses and critical infrastructure. At the heart of the event are the specific requirements of operators and end users, as well as decision-makers who shape security strategies and are responsible for inves...

Cortech Developments and Secure Logiq have completed their joint Resilience by Design CPD series, held at the British Library in London on 16 September and The Lowry in Salford on 7 October. Aimed at security consultants, specifiers and industry professionals, the sessions, titled A Collaborative Approach to Business Continuity in Critical Environments, looked at how security management platforms, resilient infrastructure and effective system design work together to keep critical operations run...

The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has today launched NSI Advantage, a new programme offering NSI-certified companies’ exclusive benefits, preferential rates and added-value services to support their businesses. Launched as part of NSI’s 55th-anniversary celebrations, NSI Advantage builds on the value of independent certification by connecting certified companies with a carefully curated network of trusted suppliers across key business service categories that value quality-ori...

Passwords originated in ancient times, used by Roman military forces around the first century BC. Since then, passwords have evolved from physical words to the computer access control tools used today. Passwords are easy to implement, widely supported, and familiar to users. However, they are easily forgotten, stolen through phishing, prone to reuse, and vulnerable to credential-harvesting or brute-force attacks. We asked our Expert Panel: What is the role of passwords in physical security?

Control room operators face a tricky and ever-growing list of responsibilities. Every day, they're expected to monitor dozens, sometimes hundreds, of camera feeds, identify suspicious behaviour, and respond quickly when something goes wrong. Add in a constant stream of alerts, many of which turn out to be false alarms, and it's easy to see how even the most experienced security professionals can become overwhelmed. Indeed, in the UK alone, there are an estimated six million CCTV cameras, with...

One of the best business lessons I learned didn’t come from business journals or the boardroom. It came from a biography: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. If you haven’t read it, you should! The book covers the full arc of Jobs’ career, and while many of the most talked about lessons center on his entrepreneurship, perfectionism, and brand building, the one that has stayed with me is his philosophy of design. Digital music player market I don’t mean design in the sense o...

Critical national infrastructure encompasses sectors such as energy, utilities, healthcare, and data centers – environments that underpin economic stability and public safety. With so much at stake, the importance of effective security systems is that much higher. We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: What are the unique aspects of the critical infrastructure market, and how should the security industry adapt?

There was a time when physical security and cybersecurity occupied two very different worlds. One was concerned with the nuts and bolts of locks, doors and perimeter protection. The other focused on networks, software and digital threats. Today’s modern access control systems – used in everything from offices and hotels to hospitals and data centres – combine the two, fusing mechanical engineering and cloud platforms. That means that a door is no longer simply a physical barri...

When news broke that a Renoir painting had been stolen from an exhibition in the south of France, days after 600 diamonds were taken from a museum in Vienna, few in the art or security worlds would have been surprised. Europol had recently published “Changing Tactics, Changing Targets: The Evolving Nature of Museum Heists,” highlighting criminals’ growing focus on high-value objects and their increasing use of force. The latest theft also echoes the Louvre heist almost a year...