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Minuteman Security & Life Safety, one of the nation's pioneer security technology integrators, announces its acquisition of Performance Link Technologies (PLT), a North Carolina-based provider of structured cabling, security, and low-voltage technology solutions serving customers throughout the Carolinas and across the United States. Founded in 2004 by John Gendron and Rich Bedner, Performance Link Technologies built its reputation by delivering innovative, cost-effective technology solutio...

Zimperium, the world pioneer in AI-Empowered mobile security, announces new research from zLabs detailing RedWing, a sophisticated Android Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform that enables cybercriminals to deploy highly customizable mobile malware through a commercial subscription model. Marketed through Telegram and distributed through mobile-targeted phishing (mishing) campaigns, RedWing combines advanced remote access, credential theft, surveillance, and banking fraud capabilities into a tu...

Hanwha Vision, a global vision solution provider, announces the launch of its 2nd Generation X series AI Compact Cameras. As the first compact AI lineup in the popular X series, these models deliver compact yet outstanding performance for modern security needs. Powered by the Wisenet 9 SoC and a Dual NPU, these cameras deliver advanced AI-based image enhancement and high-accuracy object analytics. Despite their compact design, they offer superior installation flexibility in tight or unconventio...

Secure Logiq has appointed experienced video surveillance specialist Miles Davies as Technical Programs Manager. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in IP-based CCTV and video management systems, with specialist expertise in Milestone XProtect, Davies has held a range of technical and leadership positions across the security industry, most recently serving as Director of Global Support Services at ORBNET Systems. In his new role, Davies will work closely with Secure Logiq's engineering, t...

The security industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation as organisations move beyond traditional video surveillance toward AI-driven “visual intelligence.” This shift reflects a growing demand for proactive, real-time security solutions that not only capture incidents but help prevent them. Once viewed primarily as passive recording tools, traditional video surveillance systems are rapidly evolving into intelligent solutions capable of delivering actionable insights. As a r...

Cawamo, the developer of the AI-powered VisiGuard™ intelligent remote video monitoring platform, announces that security industry veteran Scott Goldfine has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer & Strategic Growth Advisor. As CMO, Goldfine will lead Cawamo's global marketing strategy while serving as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team. His responsibilities include corporate marketing, global brand development, demand generation, product positioning an...

Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) is building on an established professional-grade video portfolio with the launch of VUE Plus cameras, a significant expansion that adds varifocal, panoramic and fisheye models to the existing VUE line. The new models offer higher resolution, direct panel integration, lower light use and onboard analytics purpose-built for the demands of professional alarm monitoring. VUE Plus cameras bring DMP’s proprietary AlarmVision® technology to the edge—a...

Access control tells users what happened at the door. Video tells what it looked like. When those two systems live apart, operators lose time switching screens, correlating timestamps, and piecing incidents together by hand. The Access It! integration with Milestone XProtect closes that gap. It connects access control and video in both directions, so events, live and recorded footage, and device commands all come together in one place. Operators can monitor activity, verify an event with video...

ZeroEyes, creators of the multi-analytics weapons detection and threat intelligence platform, announces that its AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software has been deployed by Kansas’ Meade USD 226 to help protect students, staff, and visitors from gun-related threats. Located in Meade County, the district serves approximately 350 students with 40 staff members across two schools, a combined elementary campus serving pre-K through 8th grade and a high school. The add...

The developers of The Cortile have announced that they have completed the installation of an advanced, integrated security system designed to protect residents, visitors and property assets as the apartment community in Syracuse’s Valley neighbourhood prepares to open its first building for leasing at the end of July 2026. The security infrastructure has been installed across the 3.5-acre redevelopment, which will ultimately comprise four residential buildings containing 140 apartments. T...

Axis Communications announces its ongoing collaboration with the University of California San Diego's ALERTCalifornia – a statewide program helping advance wildfire detection and emergency response through AI, real-time intelligence, and a network of more than 1,200 cameras. Combining AI, advanced sensors, and camera technology, ALERTCalifornia’s tools help emergency managers identify emerging wildfire activity and provide public safety agencies with timely information to assess con...

Manufacturing pioneers face a relentless pressure to achieve more with less. They must improve productivity, reduce downtime, maintain safety, and remain compliant, while simultaneously juggling skills shortages, tighter regulations, and rising costs. For firms with European operations, preparing for the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) is another consideration. For manufacturing leaders looking to stay ahead of these opportunities and headwinds, technology is becoming a critical solut...

Group-IB, a creator of predictive cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, today unveils its Top 10 Masked Actors for 2026 – a definitive ranking of the most prolific cybercriminal groups operating globally. The list is drawn from Group-IB's High-Tech Crime Trend Report 2026, which identifies 2026 as the year the supply chain became cybercrime's most exploited attack surface. Across more than 1,550 frontline investigations and extensive monitoring of th...

Live Webinar on June 25th (15:30 – 16:00) to showcase how integrating Flir iXX-Series thermal cameras with Styra AI automates grid inspection and reporting. Ensuring grid reliability while minimizing downtime is a critical challenge for modern utilities. Traditional thermal inspections, while effective, rely heavily on manual interpretation—making them time-consuming, subjective, and prone to missed insights. AI-powered analytics platform To solve this, Flir has partnered with Pra...

Hanwha Vision introduces the 2nd Generation X Series Stainless Steel AI Cameras powered by Wisenet 9 AI-native System on Chip (SoC) and engineered with reinforced stainless-steel housing. They are designed for deployments where durability is as critical as intelligence, delivering advanced AI performance, image clarity, and operational efficiency. The new cameras, the XNV-A8084RS and XNV-A9084RS, extend the capabilities of the 2nd Generation X Series into locations where environmental exposure,...

Data Center's house the critical systems, sensitive data, and hardware that keep businesses, governments, and communities running around the clock. In these environments, uptime is everything. Risk tolerance is low. And physical security has to work seamlessly alongside daily operations without creating friction or complexity. The global data center physical security market was valued at USD 1.39 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 4.19 billion by 2033, reflecting a fundamental shift...

Herta, a Spanish company specialising in facial recognition, video analytics and artificial intelligence, has successfully completed its participation in the first Regulatory Sandbox for Artificial Intelligence in the European Union, led by the Government of Spain through the State Secretariat for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence. Herta has participated in this controlled testing environment with BioSurveillance, its high-performance video surveillance system based on facial recogniti...

Flir, a pioneer in thermal imaging, will present its full range of fire safety and first responder solutions at the NFPA Conference & Expo, held June 22 to 24 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. At Booth 471, Flir will present its industrial Early Fire Detection solutions and tactical firefighting gear, including the A‑series thermal monitoring cameras engineered for automated pre‑ignition alerts and the rugged K‑series hand‑held cameras built for low‑visibility fireground o...

When school leaders think about school security, they often picture cameras, access control, badging, and guest management. Students think about something else entirely. They think about whether school feels welcoming when they walk through the front doors. Whether they know where to go when they need help. Whether the adults around them seem approachable. Whether they feel like they’re being protected - or watched. For students, safety isn’t just about physical security. It’s...

OPTEX, the global sensor manufacturer, has launched the TXI Series, a new range of high-mount outdoor curtain detectors designed for residential and commercial perimeter protection. Built to create an invisible curtain barrier along a building façade, the TXI Series is designed to address the challenge of balancing reliable human detection and nuisance alarm reduction in external security. By creating a controlled detection curtain at the perimeter, the TXI Series is specifically designe...

Hikvision recently attended the Milipol Singapore 2026 exhibition, one of Asia's most prestigious platforms for public safety innovation, where it pointed toward the technologies and strategies that will define tomorrow's security landscape. As an exhibitor, Hikvision did not simply showcase products, but presented a coherent vision for what integrated, innovation-driven public safety can truly look like. From AIoT Devices to Digital Twin and Guanlan AI: Integrated, Innovative Solutions for Int...

A gym access control system unifies member entry, video surveillance, emergency response, and automation into a single platform, allowing fitness centres to operate securely around the clock, across multiple sites, with or without staff on site. A gym's unified security and site management system is the foundation of how modern fitness centres control access, manage safety and compliance, and daily operations. Automated gym security With 24/7 gym models now the industry standard, operat...

SharpEagle Technology, a pioneer in explosion-proof surveillance and industrial safety solutions, announces a series of major advancements in hazardous area monitoring technology — establishing new performance, compliance, and intelligence benchmarks for high-risk industrial environments worldwide. With a growing international footprint spanning the Middle East, Europe, and the United Kingdom, SharpEagle continues to push the boundaries of what industrial-grade safety surveillance can ach...

Pimloc, a provider of AI-powered video privacy and redaction software, announces it will exhibit at the 2026 NASRO School Safety Conference, taking place June 28-July 2 in Reno, NV, at Booth #216, and ISTELive 26, taking place June 28-July 1 in Orlando, FL, at Booth #1856, to meet with K-12 school safety, security, IT and education leaders about the growing challenge of protecting student privacy when recorded video and sensitive records need to be reviewed, redacted and released. At both event...

Videonetics, the pioneer of the world’s first AI & Deep Learning-powered Unified Video Management Platform, announces the seamless native integration of its AI-Powered VMS with Matrix COSEC Access Control platform, enabling enterprises and critical infrastructure operators to achieve a truly unified, intelligent, and automated security operations environment. The integration combines the power of Videonetics’ AI-driven video intelligence with Matrix COSEC’s advanced access...

RecFaces, a global developer of enterprise-grade facial biometric software, will host an exclusive online expert panel, "Fueled by Face: Smart Biometrics for MENA Oil & Gas", on June 30 at 3:00 PM (GMT+4). Organised in partnership with Milestone Systems, the event will bring together regional technology experts to explore how facial biometrics is helping Oil & Gas operators strengthen security, improve workforce management, and accelerate digital transformation across critical infrastru...

The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has published a new Best Practice Guide, A Beginner's Guide to PSTI for members of DHF, to help them understand and comply with the requirements of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act 2022 and associated regulations. Developed in response to growing concerns around cyber security and the increasing use of connected technologies within the door, gate, hardware and access control sectors, the guide was produced at the requ...

Hytera, a global provider of critical communications technologies and solutions, unveils the SC700 Smart 4G Body Camera, available from 16th June 2026. “Body cameras are increasingly expected to do more than record evidence,” said Leslie Li, Deputy General Manager of BWC Business Unit, Hytera. “Agencies need devices that can support operational awareness and frontline coordination while remaining reliable throughout extended deployments. The SC700 combines up to 15 hours of co...

Matrix announced the native integration of its COSEC Access Control platform with Videonetics AI-Powered VMS platform, enabling enterprises to unify access control, AI-driven video intelligence, and surveillance operations within a single operational environment. The integration enables a scalable, middleware-free architecture that seamlessly unifies access control and video intelligence. Powered by API-based bidirectional integration, Matrix COSEC (Centra and Vyom) synchronises seamlessly with...

Hinds County government, business, and law enforcement officials today announced the Hinds County Safety Camera Initiative, making it the first county in the U.S. to implement a comprehensive public safety technology initiative leveraging 911 Camera Sharing. Speaking at a press conference at the Hinds County Emergency Operations Center, officials said the collaborative effort unites government, educational institutions, churches, businesses, and neighbourhood organisations in a community-suppor...