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ADO Den Haag club cards include an RFID chip for contactless access Every year, thousands of spectators flock to sports matches hosted by the historical Dutch football club ADO Den Haag. With large and lively crowds gathering in the Kyocera Stadium, fit to hold 15,000 people, ADO Den Haag takes the security of its fans seriously. That’s why the club now has a high-tech and intelligent security system capable of verifying the identity of attendees as well as centralising...

Operators monitor camera images from Q-Park locations from 32 workstations at QCR Q-Park is an independent, international parking organisation with over 4,500 parking facilities throughout Europe. To increase efficiency and customer satisfaction, Q-Park decided to centralise the management of its parking services. Meeting customer needs Q-Park customers want to use parking facilities any time of day, making it necessary to offer 24/7 availability. By connecting internationa...

iProtect™ is modular, scalable, and easy to expand Modern port organisations Security and safety are the order of the day at port organisations today, especially after the implementation of the ISPS code. The EU Port Directive means that matters of security are now more important than ever. The MSC HT (about 50% MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) and 50% PSA/HNN (Port Singapore Authority / Hesse Noordnatie) in Antwerp have also undergone many changes with respect to...

eIQ’s support program includes configuration and fine-tuning of eIQnetworks security solutions eIQnetworks, Inc., the only global provider of a unified situational awareness solution, announced the company has certified its 200th engineer for its award-winning SecureVue unified situational awareness platform. Part of its commitment to customer success, the company offers a world-class customer training and certification program that effectively ensures customers quickly...

As National Account Manager for ASSA ABLOY, Bruce comes with years' experience as a Building Surveyor ASSA ABLOY UK’s Security Solutions division has appointed Bruce East to the role of National Account Manager.Responsible for developing sales of UNION hardware products and ASSA ABLOY door closers within the OEM channel, one of Bruce’s key tasks will be working with larger manufacturers to manage the 2013 CE marking changes to doorsets.Having trained and worked as...

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies announced that government security professionals can now join their peers in the private sector and purchase a customised electronic locks solution to secure their facilities today while protecting their access control investment for years to come. The new Schlage FIPS 201-1 (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication) AD-Series features provides enhanced connectivity options to lower door opening costs. These options are available on both the AD-3...

S2 Global is a flexible and expandable solution with practically unlimited scale S2 Security Corporation (S2), the leader in IP-based integrated physical security systems, today publicly launched S2 Global, a better way to manage distributed physical security systems. S2 Global is a flexible and expandable solution with practically unlimited scale. S2 Global enables users to knit together an entire ecosystem of security management systems (SMS) and video management systems (VM...

To guarantee justice and fairness, the names of experts will be published at MATELEC's opening ceremony On July 4th, 2012, the organiser of MATELEC EIBT China 2013 announced that the Jury Delegation of the “New Technology & New Product Selection and Presentation” was successfully launched. The Jury Delegation is consisted of over 20 well-known professionals coming from home and abroad in electrical and intelligent building industry. To guarantee justice a...

Assa DC500A door closers, 765 Modular locks, Nordic U lever handles were used to secure all areas of the student residence complex Security products such as door closers and locks from ASSA have been used throughout new halls of residence development in the University of the West of Scotland’s campus in Paisley, Scotland. The University of the West of Scotland’s most northerly campus, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, caters for around 10,000 students with courses ranging...

icomply to integrate SALTO's access control technology range into its V-TAS Pro software icomply are pleased to announce that they have entered into a technology partnership agreement with SALTO Systems. The UK software developers of V-TAS Pro, a PSIM integration platform, icomply provides integration solutions for CNI, government, retail and transportation applications.  Under the technology partnership, icomply have committed to fully integrating SALTO's range of access...

BSIA's statistics states cash-in transit offenders are linked to car key burglary and drug offences Falling victim to attack and robbery remains a very real threat for the security industry’s cash-in-transit couriers, according to the latest statistics published by SaferCash, the cash-in-transit intelligence service of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA). In 2011, 144 crew members fell victim to attack, with many sustaining minor and serious injury, sustain...

IFSEC & Homeland Security India to take place from 1-3 Nov 2012 at the India Expo Centre in Greater Noida, India Having gained its foothold as the most prominent exhibition for the commercial and homeland security sector, IFSEC & Homeland Security India is announcing plans to further develop the exhibition and its content to cater for the evolving needs of the booming Indian and South Asian security industry. After a recent visit to India to meet key event stakeholder...

Extending and adding to the functionality of its CLIQ electromechanical cylinder range, ASSA has launched the innovative CLIQ Remote system. Using ASSA dp technology, with its unique patented sidebar mechanism allowing billions of usable differs, CLIQ Remote is designed for larger masterkey suites, remote sites and companies with a geographical spread of operations. Enabling the commissioning, programming and full administration of security management centrally via web-based software, the system...

UK MVNO Anvil Mobile has announced the availability of Option’s Cloudkey, the first complete solution for instant and secure, fully authenticated, mobile access over 3G networks. Cloudkey combines strong authentication and workflow to secure access to corporate network-based applications, data and services using 3G mobile broadband. While DSL broadband lines have a fixed IP address that can be logged into the corporate firewall to support a secure VPN connection, 3G mobile broadband typic...

Altronix's new website has a product locator, which enables visitors to search by market sector Altronix, the leading manufacturer of low voltage power supplies and peripherals for the electronic security industry, has redesigned its website to provide visitors with fast and easy access to information along with an improved online experience. The new website – www.altronix.com – offers a fresh look and new resources and functionality designed for system designers,...

Next Level Security Systems, a provider of a new breed of unified, networked security solutions, announced recently the release of the NLSS Gateway 3.0, the newest version of the company’s flagship solution the NLSS Gateway. The award-winning NLSS Gateway is a unified security management system that integrates IP access control, video management and video analytics into a single, easy-to-use networked platform. The Gateway 3.0 upgrade allows users to leverage facial recognition and detecti...

Committed to providing the best possible security for their tenants, the landlords of the prestigious new St Botolphs Building in the City of London specified an integrated security installation that would combine CCTV and access control. Appointed by Skanska to provide this installation, independent electronic security specialist Quantum UK Ltd. selected the SiPass integrated access control system from Security Products from Siemens as the basis of its design.The SiPass integrated system w...

The BSIA has supported the CPNI's guide to help security managers improve and maintain staff motivation  The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) welcomes the publication of updated guidance by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) designed to help security managers improve and maintain staff motivation.Drawing on lessons learnt from a number of pilot schemes across the UK and the success of the original piece of work, the inter...

Norbain's "pre-pack" sale triggered by a financing syndicate made up of its four largest creditors It has been a matter of public record for some time that Newbury Investments paid £23.5m for Norbain in a pre-pack arrangement which left the company without any obligations to the old Norbain’s many creditors. But other than this, the background to the distributor’s sale has remained sketchy. The sale was triggered by a financing syndicate made up of Norbain&r...

Lumidigm's fingerprint biometrics to replace individual PIN numbers for access to CAIXA ATMs Lumidigm announced recently that it is deploying fingerprint sensors into automated teller machines (ATMs) of Brazil’s second largest state-owned bank, CAIXA, via partners Diebold Incorporated, which is supplying the ATMs, and Griaule, a Brazilian-based software company that is providing supporting software. The Bolsa Família Program, which provides payments to low i...

Payment terminals, known as PIN Pads, are putting hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide at risk everyday Payment terminals, known as PIN Pads, are putting hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide at risk everyday a British IT security company is warning. The terminals, which are used by retailers, handled more than 852 million card payments in the UK alone in April 2012 according to the UK Cards Association. Researchers at MWR InfoSecurity have found that the termin...

Europa becomes a member of the International Professional Security Association Europa has further demonstrated a commitment to being recognised as a first class provider of professional security services after becoming a member of the International Professional Security Association (IPSA). A presentation ceremony confirmed Europa’s membership to the organisation, whose aim is to enhance the professionalism of the security industry whilst improving the status of members...

Stottlemyre takes the most pride from the very human legacy he has built in his nearly quarter-century with Linear Dan Stottlemyre, Vice Chairman of the Linear Group, and former Vice President of Engineering and President of Linear LLC, the leader in residential and commercial access control, emergency response and security solutions, has retired from the company at the end of June. Starting a new chapter in his life—“one where I don’t have to get up and go t...

TKH Security Solutions supplied complete iProtect Security Management System Diakonessenhuis Utrecht occupied a proud first place in the hospital top hundred for 2008. It is a progressive hospital with three locations in the Netherlands: Utrecht, Zeist, and Doorn. It has 627 beds, admits over 24,000 patients a year, and provides outpatient clinics that are visited by almost 370,000 patients a year. Diakonessenhuis employs 2640 people, including 150 specialists. Since the quali...

Cassidian and Carl Zeiss AG partner to run Carl Zeiss Optronics Cassidian and Carl Zeiss AG have agreed to run the optronics and optics activities of Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH jointly in future. In a contract signed on 13 July 2012 between EADS Deutschland GmbH – Cassidian’s German legal entity – and Carl Zeiss AG, the two partners stipulated that Cassidian would acquire 75.1 per cent of the shares in Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH, headquartered in Oberkochen, G...

ADT received the awards for its strategic investment in its state-of-the-art Customer Service Centre ADT Fire & Security, Europe’s leading provider of electronic fire and security solutions, has announced that it has received the prestigious Ska Gold environmental accreditation award for its strategic investment in its state-of-the-art Customer Service Centre on New York Street in Manchester. This recognition will be the first rating of its kind in the Northern regio...

Bob Brown, senior specialist for Continuous Improvement at the United facility with an open keywatcher Key control and management systems from Morse Watchmans are used in corporate and educational facilities, museums, hotels and more to safeguard and track the use of door keys. The breakthrough engineering of the Morse Watchmans system also lends itself to other innovative applications including that of the United Airlines Jet Rebuild and Test Facility in San Francisco.  ...

The partnership allows Integrator Support dealers to access Brivo’s cloud-based ACS WebService Brivo Systems LLC, leader in cloud applications for security management, announced that it has entered into a new partnership agreement with Integrator Support. Integrator Support is an industry-leading provider of wholesale security services to the premier systems integration community. This new partnership allows Integrator Support dealers the opportunity to take advantage o...

As higher education facilities’ professionals look for innovative ways to fund campus refurbishment programs and upgrade building systems, performance contracting is becoming an increasingly popular means through which efficiencies can be achieved with a budget-neutral approach. Administrators at West Virginia University (WVU) chose this option to address their eight million square foot built environment, significantly improving facilities and increasing energy efficiency, while at the sam...

Vicon Industries to provide free and low-cost options for systems with less than 25 cameras Vicon Industries Inc., a leading designer and producer of network video management systems, has introduced new pricing for its ViconNet IP video management software, providing free and low-cost options for systems with less than 25 cameras. Software is offered at three levels: ViconNet JUMP, ViconNet ZONE and ViconNet PEAK. All versions are open-platform, supporting third-party ONVIF co...