Surveillance & Security News for December 2025

Hikvision, a global pioneer in AIoT solutions, is set to participate in Intersec 2026, where it will demonstrate how its latest technological advancements are empowering industries under the theme "AIoT Shapes a Better Future." Taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre from January 12-14, Hikvision’s showcase will feature how AIoT technologies are transforming industries and creating measurable value for businesses and communities. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore cutting...

Neurotechnology, a provider of deep learning-based solutions and high-precision biometric identification technologies, now announced that its face liveness detection technology has successfully passed a rigorous Level 2 (Level B) Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) evaluation. The independent assessment confirms that the upcoming releases of MegaMatcher SDK and MegaMatcher ID will comply with the ISO/IEC 30107-3 standard, demonstrating high resilience against sophisticated biometric spoofing at...

Dean Drako, Chairman of Brivo, the pioneering global provider of cloud-native access control and smart space technologies, and Founder of Eagle Eye Networks, the global pioneer in cloud AI video surveillance, now announced the two companies will merge, creating the world’s largest AI cloud-native physical security company. The merged company will operate under the Brivo name and deliver a truly unified cloud-native security platform. Integrated cloud-native physical security solution &l...

Operating in 26 countries, with partnerships in 55 more, Vodafone is one of the world’s pioneering mobile communications providers. The company made the first-ever mobile phone call on 1 January 1985, and now delivers mobile communications to almost 444 million customers. Jake Francis, Head of Technology Security for the Information Security Technology Group (ISTG) for Vodafone in Ghana, initially approached RiverSafe to help with some log monitoring. Team’s monitoring processes T...

At the client, a multinational Oil and Gas company, the IT team provides technical support and security reporting to over 7,000 retail sites. Their work includes managing all firewalls, switches, VPNs, servers and network appliances, as well as the challenging job of keeping track of operational and compliance status. Due to limitations with its existing SIEM solution, the team in North America struggled to get full visibility on over 40% of the activities within its PCI environment. This signi...

When it comes to balancing visibility and spending, Security Incident Event Managment (SIEM) licencing models can be somewhat restrictive—something a multinational, born in the cloud technology company was becoming painfully aware of. The organisation wanted to improve its security posture by ingesting more data feeds into its SIEM. However, its cybersecurity team found itself hampered by licence limitations and prevented from feeding in more data by licence utilisation caps. Faced with...

Working in the heavily regulated and frequently targeted financial services industry, the client (a global financial services group) needed to ensure its cybersecurity posture was extremely robust to protect its infrastructure and customer data from threats. The previous threat detection solution posed challenges, notably with a high volume of false positives. Without a robust SIEM tool and relying on less effective UEBA processes, the team recognised the need to fortify its security framework...

The client, a pioneering Oil and Gas company, had formed a large central IT capability after many years of mergers and acquisitions. The team had an established on-premise capability, but it was made up of multiple siloed teams and disjointed processes. The company had been progressing a modernising cloud-first approach but had duplicated the organisational and process-based model they had on-premise during the process. Business-focused development teams The resulting cloud offering improved...

The client, a large telecommunications provider, had teams working across multiple time zones and operated a sprawling and complex IT system. The scale and density of this system made gaining visibility into IT services extremely difficult, leaving the security team blind to what was happening with its IT environment. With little-to-no operations monitoring tools in place to proactively monitor these systems, the team had no visibility on the availability of its IT services or KPIs, such as fai...

In the wake of a significant merger between two major telecommunications companies, the client, a newly formed telecom giant was looking to unify and modernise security operations across the entire organisation. The merged entity needed to increase asset visibility for its critical business operations, reduce the sprawl of security tooling, and unify its systems. Additionally, the company was looking to improve its overall monitoring capabilities while addressing a substantial amount of technic...

With an extensive network of customers spanning the globe, cybersecurity is a primary concern for our client. Protecting extensive infrastructure and customer data requires a robust cybersecurity posture and effective tools, but the team found its SIEM solution lacking. Flooding its security team with an unmanageable number of false positives, the solution was diverting attention away from genuine threats and leaving them vulnerable. A substandard SIEM solution was not the only security issue....

The client, a pioneering oil and gas corporation, faced significant challenges in knowledge management. The software engineering function struggled with locating the right documentation across multiple platforms such as ADO Repo, Confluence, SharePoint, and others. This fragmented system created delays and inefficiencies, with engineers spending valuable time searching for answers rather than focusing on delivery. Slow Access to Technical Information The sheer volume of documentation, cont...

Simpro has been named the AI Game Changer of the Year, awarded by 6Sense during the Breakthrough conference. The award recognises organisations using AI to strengthen revenue performance, modernise operations and establish new benchmarks for B2B growth. At Simpro, AI is not only the foundation of our operating platform for the trades; it plays a critical role in how we operate. Teams across Simpro use AI to remove friction, improve decision-making, and create systems that scale efficiently...

Genetec Inc., the pioneer in enterprise physical security software, highlights how modern, data-driven access control is becoming a strategic business priority for organisations in the Middle East, as they look to improve security, efficiency, and return on investment. For many organisations in the Middle East and beyond, access control has long been viewed as a necessary layer of security, providing a means to lock and unlock doors, restrict entry, and track who comes and goes. But in recent y...

March Networks®, a global pioneer in intelligent video surveillance, announces an expansion of its long-standing collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), helping customers reduce long-term video storage costs by up to 80% over 5-years, by deepening its use of Amazon S3 Vectors and Amazon S3 Glacier to advance both video intelligence and cloud storage.   Building on insights and discussions following AWS re:Invent 2025, March Networks is advancing its cloud...

Allied Universal®, the world’s pioneering security and facility services provider, is one of America’s best workplaces for culture, belonging and community according to Newsweek. The news outlet’s 2025 list of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Culture, Belonging & Community features companies that prioritise culture, foster genuine belonging and build strong communities. Newsweek ranking “This honour is a reflection of the workforce we’ve built on t...

ZBeta, a pioneer in delivering comprehensive physical security consulting services, now announced the addition of Jim McCormack as Learning and Development Manager. In this role, he will focus on building the company’s commitment to learning, technical excellence, and collaboration. McCormack will shape and oversee ZBeta’s learning and development initiatives, spanning onboarding, career growth, and knowledge sharing. His focus will be on creating programs that scale — helping...

The client, a British media and telecommunications company, was looking to increase operational efficiency, save time spent on identifying and addressing vulnerabilities and reduce risk by increasing visibility across their environment. With multiple security tools in different places, security data was siloed and needed to be accessed separately. This led to long periods of time spent jumping between tools to find data, and a lot of context switching when it came to looking at the results.&nbs...

As a pioneering energy supplier with a large software development practice, the client was spinning a lot of plates. Looking to streamline its software delivery process, the company targeted tooling as a potential area for improvement. With a huge number of software engineers working across the organisation, tool sprawl had become a major issue. Tool proliferation was creating several challenges that were slowing down the SDLC, including: Increased costs: Each team was paying for tools indep...

Continuing its global expansion plan, Integrity360 has acquired Cresco, a well-established and highly regarded cybersecurity services company operating out of Brussels in Belgium. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will enable Integrity360 to expand further into continental Europe and provides additional skilled resources to its existing substantial offensive security, cybersecurity consulting and compliance capability. Multiple cyber services disciplines Cresco,...

Milestone Systems, a world pioneer in data-driven video technology, released an advanced vision language model (VLM) specialising in traffic understanding and powered by NVIDIA Cosmos Reason.  The VLM powers two new products: a Video Summarisation tool for XProtect® Video Management Software and a VLM as a Service for third-party integrations. Video Summarisation for XProtect allows users to search summaries from visual data and automates reporting. Video Summarisation tool Vide...

The S12 Security Guarding Leadership Group (S12) is delighted to welcome five new members to its core committee. The S12 brings together security pioneers to work as a collective with the Government, Security Industry Authority, and the Security Minister. Their mandate is to address and elevate critical industry issues, promote higher standards and professionalism, enhance public safety, and positively shape the perception of the security guarding sector. Latest round of nominations While the...

iDenfy, a global identity verification and fraud prevention company, announced the launch of its new fraud-triggered Shopify ID Verification app, designed to help e-commerce merchants to reduce chargebacks and risks linked to high-risk orders. The new Shopify app integrates directly with Shopify’s built-in fraud analysis system and automatically initiates identity verification for suspicious orders that are marked as “high-risk, enabling merchants to prevent fraud without disrupting...

Dormakaba has signed a binding agreement to acquire Avant-Garde Systems Inc., one of the largest independent solution providers for entrance systems control products in the US. This acquisition represents a core-in-the-core acquisition, strengthening Dormakaba’s North American go-to-market in access automation solutions. Consultation and product selection Founded in 2015 and based in Clarksville, Indiana, USA, Avant-Garde is a solution provider in the entrance systems control business,...

RecFaces, a global developer of ready-made facial recognition software solutions, is pleased to announce its participation in Intersec 2026, one of the world’s pioneering security, safety, and fire protection exhibitions. On January 12-14, 2026, visitors will be able to see the latest versions of RecFaces’ flagship products in action at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where the company will join the stand of its long-standing technology partner, Milestone Systems (S1-H24). Video sur...

Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in AI-driven security and productivity solutions, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Robotic Assistance Devices Group (RAD-G), now announced that RAD-G has begun invoicing monitoring company clients for SARA™, its proprietary agentic AI platform, marking a decisive shift from pilot programs and proof of concept engagements to live, revenue generating deployments across the remote video monitoring sector. Over the past...

A major UK retailer known for its quality clothing, home products, and premium food offerings recently migrated their SIEM platform to Microsoft Sentinel, which was integrated with other Microsoft security tools, including Defender. Over the months, multiple configurations had been built up, creating complexity within the system. The alert overload problem After the migration, the SOC (Security Operations Center) team became overwhelmed by a flood of alerts—many of which were false posi...

As families gather to admire towering Christmas trees and sparkling lights across UK city centres, few realise the specialist equipment behind these festive displays. Boom lifts — often called cherry pickers — are essential for installing decorations that bring seasonal cheer to millions. The UK boom lift industry supports hundreds of jobs and contributes millions to the economy, supplying the equipment that makes these celebrations possible. But British manufacturers face growing p...

In the modern world of intelligent security, AI cameras and processing units (often called "AI boxes" or "AI servers") are transforming surveillance. They can detect specific behaviours — like someone entering a restricted area, loitering, or a vehicle parking illegally — and send immediate alerts. This represents a significant leap from older systems that merely recorded video for later review. However, a common challenge arises when organisations use devices from multiple manufact...

Voyant Photonics, the pioneer in chip-scale frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) LiDAR, now announced its Helium™ Platform of fully solid-state LiDAR sensors and modules. The solution is built on a silicon photonics chip, enabling a breakthrough architecture designed to deliver unprecedented reliability, integration, and performance for industrial automation, robotics, and mobile autonomy. Voyant’s proprietary Photonic Integrated Circuit Leveraging Voyant’s proprietary...