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DigiCert, a pioneer in intelligent trust, announces accelerating momentum for DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager (TLM), with annual recurring revenue growing 38% year over year as enterprises increasingly automate certificate management and prepare for shorter certificate lifespans and post-quantum cryptography (PQC). TLM's growth reflects a broader shift in enterprise security. Public TLS certificate maximum validity is on a path to just 47 days in 2029, significantly increasing the certifi...

Allient Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of advanced specialty motor, Motion, Controls, and Power products and solutions for targeted industries and applications, has today announced it will showcase its precision motion technologies at SEMICON West 2026, taking place October 13–15 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Visit them at Booth #5683 to explore the technologies, or contact them to schedule a meeting during the event. Precision motion control At SEMICON W...

Altronix, the recognised pioneer in power and data transmission products for the professional security industry, has launched ReServ24B, an innovative automatic 24VDC transfer switch with built-in rapid battery charging designed to provide uninterrupted power and maximise system backup for critical security applications. "Power disruptions shouldn't compromise a facility's safety or stop daily operations," said Ronnie Pennington, Director of Sales for the Americas, Altronix. "The ReServ24B give...

Hirsch, a global manufacturer of high-assurance electronic security solutions, announces its merger with Prysm, the French software editor behind the AppVision command-and-control platform and a specialist in intelligent video monitoring. Effective 1 January 2027, the transaction will establish the new Prysm by Hirsch brand. The objective is to better meet the needs of Hirsch and Prysm customers and partners alike, including system integrators, end users, OEMs and VARs, through an even more com...

HID, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, is rolling out enhancements across its FARGO® DTC ID card printers, including the DTC1250e, DTC4500e and DTC1500 models, to help organisations issue secure, professional-quality ID cards faster, with less IT support and the ability to easily scale as needs evolve. Organisations that issue ID cards — from schools and healthcare systems to government offices, corporate campuses and others — need printers that are easy to operate, produ...

Bron, a next-gen self-custodial platform for securely owning digital assets, has launched FaceScan, a wallet recovery feature powered by iProov’s Dynamic Liveness™. Users who lose access to their passkeys or devices can now recover their wallet with a single face scan that confirms their Genuine Presence™ and that they are the same person who set up the account. Digital asset ownership is growing fast, with research from June 2026 estimating that 774 million people globally ow...

ATG Access has announced a strategic partnership with Swedish construction and urban landscaping specialist Benders, as the UK physical security manufacturer accelerates its expansion into the Scandinavian market. Founded in 1960, Benders is one of Sweden’s largest privately owned, family-run businesses with deep-rooted relationships across the country’s municipal and infrastructure markets. Operating from Uddevalla, at the former Volvo factory site, the business has established a s...

At the Toronto Zoo, every person on site – whether that’s a keeper, security officer, scientist, or volunteer - shares one vision: create a world where people, wildlife, and wild spaces thrive. Thirty minutes from downtown Toronto lies a 500-acre campus that is home to over 2000 animals across 200 species. Welcoming 1.3 million guests each year, Toronto Zoo is a world-class operation on a mission to connect people, animals, conservation science, and traditional knowledge to fight ex...

Milestone Systems, a provider of open platform video management software (VMS), is helping Columbia Borough, Pennsylvania, strengthen public safety through a community-wide video security system built on Milestone XProtect® VMS. For more than 16 years, Columbia has worked with Lancaster-area security integrator App-Techs to develop and expand a distributed wireless video network serving its downtown, public buildings, parks, and other borough facilities. Today, the system supports roughly 8...

The increased adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is transforming the roads, but as with any innovation, it is also creating new opportunities for criminals. Within the EU, EV sales increased 31% YoY from 2024 to 2025, spurred on by Government grants, tax and road toll exemptions, and investment in public charging infrastructure. Yet, it is this infrastructure that is increasingly targeted for its valuable equipment and components, notably copper within the charging cables. Combined with vandali...

Excelerate Technology Awarded a Co-funded ESA Contract to Deliver Advanced Robotic Security Solution for UK National Infrastructure Excelerate Technology has been awarded a co-funded contract by the European Space Agency Business Applications and Space Solutions (ESA BASS) program to build and demonstrate an innovative, automated robotic response system for perimeter security at a critical UK national infrastructure site. Critical national infrastructure Co-funded by ESA BASS and supported by...

Atos, a pioneer in AI-powered digital transformation, announces the award of a six-year contract worth up to £350 million with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Under the agreement, Atos will deliver service management, application management and application security services, with the option for the MPS to extend the scope to include managed cloud and digital workplace services. The contract reinforces Atos’ long-standing relationship with the Metropolitan Police Service and i...

March Networks®, a pioneer in video surveillance and business intelligence, and VIVOTEK, a global security solutions provider, will showcase their combined vision for intelligent transit security at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) TRANSform Conference & EXPO 2026, Oct. 5-7 at McCormick Place in Chicago. At APTA, the companies will bring “Connected Intelligence: On the Move” to life by demonstrating how transit agencies can connect video, AI and operatio...

HES, an ASSA ABLOY Group company and pioneer in electric strike innovation, launched the new HES Strike Selector Guide, an online tool that makes finding the right electric strike faster and easier. Guiding users through a series of simple questions, the selector delivers customised HES product recommendations based on opening conditions, lockset type, and application requirements. Choosing the right electric strike often requires evaluating hardware compatibility, fire-rated requirements, prel...

Sector-led film brings university leaders, security specialists and frontline officers together to explain what institutions should be doing now. The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) is launching a new video urging universities and higher education institutions to use the implementation period for Martyn’s Law to ensure their security and emergency arrangements are ready. Supporting higher education institutions The film brings together university leaders, strat...

DigiCert, a pioneer in intelligent trust, today introduced the new DigiCert® Partner Network, a global program that gives partners more ways to sell, deliver, manage, integrate, and transact DigiCert solutions. Built on DigiCert ONE, the network helps partners address immediate certificate lifecycle needs and expand customer engagements into PKI modernisation, cryptographic transformation, post-quantum readiness, and trust for software, devices, content, and AI. The DigiCert Partner Network...

Group-IB, a creator of predictive cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announces its contribution to Operation KillSwitch, an international investigation led by the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office (Landeskriminalamt Hamburg) and the Hamburg Public Prosecutor's Office, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, into KillSec, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group linked to around 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide. On 30 September 2026, law enforcement...

Sophos, a global cybersecurity pioneer, launches Sophos CISO Advantage, an agentic AI-enabled solution that connects security operations to security strategy. The solution gives organizations a clear picture of their cyber risk, a prioritised plan to reduce it, and measurable proof of progress, in plain language that business leaders can understand, fund, and act on. Delivered through Sophos Fusion, the Sophos AI-Native Cybersecurity Defense System, Sophos CISO Advantage begins rolling out toda...

Kaseya, the global provider of AI-powered cybersecurity and IT management software, announces findings from a new study by Omdia, a global technology research and advisory firm, highlighting the measurable business value achieved by MSPs and internal IT teams that standardise on Kaseya's unified IT service delivery solution. The study found that organisations using Datto RMM, Autotask PSA and IT Glue improved operational efficiency, reduced costs and increased service capacity by bringing toget...

Allied Universal®, the security and facility services company, announces that Josh Ball has joined the company as vice president of field operations, quality control and special events for its Allied Universal Event Services business unit. Ball brings more than 20 years of experience leading security for professional sports, marquee events and critical infrastructure. In his new role, he will oversee operational quality assurance, including event quality control inspections, internal audits...

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?

Euralarm and the Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) have published an updated edition of their Cybersecurity Guidelines for the Security and Fire Safety Industry. The revised publication provides practical guidance for organisations across the sector as cybersecurity becomes an increasingly important operational, technical and regulatory requirement. The growing connectivity of fire safety and security systems brings significant benefits, including remote monitoring and mainten...

Commvault, a pioneer in unified resilience at enterprise scale, today announced that it’s enabling IT and Security teams to discover, protect, and recover agent configurations and other AI data in Claude Cowork by Anthropic, Claude Code by Anthropic, and OpenClaw (agentic AI tools) that employees are running on their managed Windows and macOS devices. For workers and IT leaders, this can be a game-changing development. When a laptop is lost, damaged, replaced, or otherwise disrupted, orga...

ABUS UK has appointed Gary Major as Sales and Marketing Director for Home and Commercial Security. Gary joins ABUS with more than 30 years' experience across sales, marketing and business development, working with a range of manufacturing and retail businesses. He will lead the continued development of ABUS UK's Home and Commercial Security division. “The values of ABUS were a big part of what attracted me to the role,” says Gary. “The emphasis on family, honesty and fairness,...

i-PRO Co., Ltd., a pioneer in professional security and public safety solutions, today marks seven years of innovation and transformation since becoming an independent company in 2019. Seven years ago, i-PRO began its journey as an independent company with an opportunity to build a new kind of organisation: one that could make its own technology and business decisions, operate with greater agility and respond more directly to the changing needs of the security market. Strategic direction and f...

Netwatch, a pioneer in proactive video monitoring and AI-enabled security services, announces the appointment of Kris Slimmer as Senior Vice President of Sales. Slimmer will lead Netwatch’s North American sales organisation as the company accelerates the adoption of its proactive security model across retail, banking, critical infrastructure, commercial real estate, and other priority markets. Slimmer brings nearly 30 years of sales, business development, and operations leadership in the...

Teledyne FLIR's A40 and A70 (Axx-Series) thermal imaging cameras are the first models to achieve UL 2684 listing. They are listed as thermal image fire detectors under ANSI/CAN/UL 2684, the Standard for Video and Thermal Image Detectors for Fire Alarm Systems. Although UL 2684 is a North American standard, the Teledyne FLIR milestone has important implications for Europe. European fire detection is supported by a mature standards and certification environment covering established technologies s...

Opengear, a Digi International company and pioneer in out-of-band management solutions, has signed its first pan-European distribution agreement with Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest technology distributors. The agreement will give resellers in participating Ingram Micro countries access to Opengear’s portfolio, supported by Ingram Micro's regional infrastructure, logistics capabilities and partner network. This expands Opengear’s existing reach in the UK, Ireland, Spa...

Comelit-PAC has appointed Chris Carroll as Sales Director, following an 18-year career with the company, seeing him progress from internal sales support to a senior leadership role. Chris joined Comelit in January 2008 and has worked in several roles across the business, gaining first-hand experience of products, customers and sales operations. “I’m proud to be taking on the Sales Director role,” says Chris. “I’ve learnt a lot from the people I’ve worked with...

A new partnership co-funded by Atos and Tech First Youth makes Futures Readiness available free of charge to up to 650,000 learners across the West Midlands. Atos, a pioneer in AI-powered digital transformation, announces a new partnership with Futures Readiness, co-funded with Tech First Youth. Futures Readiness is a holistic AI preparedness programme designed to help students and staff make sense of rapid technological change. The partnership, delivered in collaboration with BMet’s Digi...