Surveillance & Security News for October 2025

The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) is pleased to announce its participation in two of the UK’s most significant security and safety industry events this October: Fencex 2025 and MLA Expo 2025.  On 15th October 2025, DHF will exhibit at Fencex, the UK’s only exhibition dedicated to perimeter security, fencing, and access control.  Taking place at NAEC Stoneleigh Exhibition Park in Warwickshire, the biennial event brings together professionals, contractors, specifier...

Hikvision, one of the world’s pioneering AIoT solution providers, will participate in GITEX GLOBAL 2025 from October 13–17, 2025, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Under the compelling theme ‘Tech for a Better World’, Hikvision will present an immersive exhibition experience that showcases breakthrough innovations across multiple sectors, demonstrating how cutting-edge AIoT technologies address real-world challenges and drive smarter, safer, and more sustainable ecosystem...

Flexxon, a pioneer in industrial NAND flash storage, announced the launch of X-Mask Pro – the next evolution of the company's best-selling X-Mask. Designed to secure and conceal sensitive data in mission-critical operations, X-Mask Pro delivers plug-and-play functionality, paired with unmatched durability, built-in encryption, and regulator-ready compliance, ensuring that vital information remains secure, intact, and invisible to unauthorised individuals. Infrastructure monitoring a...

Axis Communications, a pioneer in network video, has unveiled an experiment called The Object Detection Orchestra - the world’s first musical performance played entirely on AI-powered video surveillance cameras and speakers. Designed to push the boundaries of how video surveillance can be applied beyond traditional security, the initiative demonstrates how advanced analytics can transform cameras into unconventional instruments. Cameras with AI-based analytics Axis created a system that...

Blaize Holdings, Inc., an edge AI computing pioneer, announced that its edge AI platform will be deployed across more than 250,000 intelligent surveillance endpoints beginning in Q2 2025 and continuing through 2026 — supporting a national-scale transformation of real-time smart infrastructure across Southeast Asia through a scalable, hybrid AI deployment. The total value of the contracted purchase order is approximately $56 million, with $6 million in initial revenue expected to...

Permiso, the pioneer in real-time identity security, announced the expansion of its platform to include comprehensive protection for AI identities, including AI users, AI builders, and AI agents, in order to provide enterprises with a single platform to protect all digital identities against cybersecurity threats. Available now, the expanded Permiso solution is unique in the market in that it treats AI security as an extension of identity security and offers the same comprehensive coverage for...

OPTEX, the renowned global sensor manufacturer, has launched the REDSCAN Lite LiDAR sensor, designed to provide extremely precise and ultra-fast, short-range detection across indoor high-security environments.   As the latest addition to OPTEX’s award-winning REDSCAN LiDAR range, the REDSCAN Lite RLS-1010L has been specifically developed to provide total coverage and protect high-risk security zones and vulnerable, narrow indoor spaces that are difficult to protect with traditio...

St John’s College, one of the historic colleges of the University of Oxford, has significantly strengthened its cybersecurity posture with the implementation of a Managed Vulnerability Management (MVM) programme delivered by long-term partner ANSecurity.   Founded in 1555, St John’s supports a diverse community of more than 600 students, a large number of staff and over 100 academic fellows across multiple sites in Oxford. With a small in-house IT team and growing cyb...

Crime analysts at DeterTech, a trusted security partner to critical infrastructure and law enforcement, are warning of a major rise in reported incidents of copper and cable theft across Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Believed to be orchestrated by Organised Crime Groups (OCGs), the direct to threat to UK infrastructure is being driven by the sustained high price of copper, which hit $10,300 per tonne on 25th September 2025 – the highest recorded price since April 2024. Cab...