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Eagle Eye Networks, the pioneer in cloud video surveillance, released the “2023 Trends in Video Surveillance” eBook, identifying five trends that will have the largest impact on businesses around the globe in 2023. Designed for business owners and security professionals, the report offers trend analysis and practical advice on ways to improve security posture and business efficiency. Two bonus predictions, specifically for security resellers looking to expand their business, are als...

The Monitoring Association’s (TMA) President - Morgan Hertel honoured two of TMA’s long-serving volunteer members with the Mel Mahler Award, formerly known as the President’s Award on Mon., Oct. 31st during its General Business Meeting at the 2022 Annual Meeting on Marco Island, FL.  The Mel Mahler Award is presented at the discretion of the TMA president in recognition of outstanding contributions within his/her tenure. The 2022 Mel Mahler Award recipients are Anita Ostr...

Thales announced the launch of its CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager integration with the AWS External Key Store, a feature of the AWS Key Management Service announced at AWS re: Invent 2022. Following an increased call for enhanced sovereign controls amid growing regulatory requirements, the integration enables organisations to retain control of their encryption keys when migrating their sensitive data to the AWS cloud. Developed with Thales since its inception, the AWS External Key Store combined...

Global security manufacturer, Gallagher has been awarded the Security Software Manufacturer of the Year accolade at the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. The Security Software Manufacturer award category was created to celebrate the efforts of a security software vendor who has gone above and beyond in the areas of innovation; marketing; commitment to high physical, integration, and cybersecurity standards; being a great employer, and building products that meet or exceed the latest e...

Xtract One Technologies Inc., a technology-driven threat detection and patron screening solutions company, is pleased to announce that it has changed its name from ‘Patriot One Technologies Inc.’ to ‘Xtract One Technologies Inc.’ The Company’s common shares now trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol ‘XTRA’ and on the OTCQX under the new ticker symbol ‘XTRAF.’ The Company’s symbol ‘0PL’ on the Frankf...

National Monitoring Center, a provider of third-party and proactive monitoring services, introduces Nexus, a powerful new business intelligence, and account management web application that enables NMC dealers to manage their accounts efficiently, access critical data, reduce liability, and improve customer service and operational efficiencies. Nexus is a centralised hub where dealers can easily manage their account information, access alarm data in real-time, and view business intelligence repo...

Extech’s new 42280A series temperature and humidity data logger features several notable enhancements over the company’s highly successful legacy model to ensure even higher performance and capability levels in indoor environmental monitoring applications. This latest-generation highly accurate and reliable metre will serve as an invaluable asset for any company looking to monitor the air quality of their production area, for example. 42280A features  A direct replacement for...

Sielox, an established industry pioneer in layered access control solutions, has further enhanced the capabilities of its flagship Pinnacle™ 11.0 Access Control Platform with pre-emptive intelligence. Hundreds of user-selectable filters provide Pinnacle users with real-time data on virtually every aspect of access activity and system status, effectively transforming traditional proactive access control deployments into pre-emptive solutions for myriad physical security and business intell...

Panasonic introduces two new 4K camcorders with integrated lenses and 1.0-type sensors, offering the advanced features and performance demanded by professionals alongside excellent weight balance and portability. The Panasonic HC-X2 and HC-X20’s high levels of video quality, expandability and adaptability allow them to be quickly and capably deployed in a wide variety of roles including news, interviews and events. The HC-X2/X20 offers superb optical performance via its integrated 24.5mm...

PlainID, The Authorisation Company™, the provider of authorisation and policy-based access control, announces a strategic partnership with Dremio, the easy and open data lakehouse company. This partnership enables Dremio clients to leverage PlainID's central access control platform to manage and control access to data via Dremio, allowing for advanced access controls as part of their overall data security strategy. Simplifying data architectures The Dremio open data lakehouse delivers a...

Cequence Security, a renowned provider of Unified Application Program Interface (API) Protection, shared details of its record growth during the first half of FY22 and the appointment of Wei Wang as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cequence Security’s unique approach to uncovering and preventing API threats that can lead to fraud and data loss has resulted in the company protecting $1.3 trillion in assets among Fortune 500 companies and more than two billion user accounts worldwide. D...

Absolute Software, a provider of self-healing intelligent security solutions, has enhanced its resilient Zero Trust product capabilities with public API expansion, Absolute Connector for ServiceNow, and an expanded application resilience catalogue. The innovations are aimed at empowering users and customers with deeper visibility and intelligence, expanded software integrations, and a refreshed user experience through updates to Absolute Secure Endpoint and Absolute Secure Access. Absolute ZTN...

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared the results of its 2022 State Physical Security report. Based on insights from over 3,700 physical security leaders worldwide (including end users and systems integrators/installers/providers), the report looks at the security strategies organisations are putting in place to effectively navigate the realities of a changing landscape. Physical Security report...

Retail technology specialist - Checkpoint Systems is set to showcase its RF and RFID solutions at Euroshop 2023 taking place in Dusseldorf, Germany from Feb 26-March 2, 2023. Euroshop is one of the world’s No.1 trade fairs bringing together businesses and people from across the global retail industry to explore cutting-edge innovation and creativity. Checkpoint Systems will replicate retail store environments, including apparel and grocery among others, to create live technology demonstra...

A few minutes or even seconds decide whether a disaster or damage can be avoided or at least limited. Seeing more, better and earlier enables more effective action. MOBOTIX Thermal Detection can make a valuable contribution to this. It operates in three main areas: early fire detection at best, even before flames arise; quality assurance and process optimisation; and 24/7 security in object and perimeter protection, which is also GDPR-compliant. MOBOTIX p71 Thermal ECO camera The new MOBOTIX...

BlueFort Security, the UK’s provider of cybersecurity solutions, announces the results of its 2022 CISO survey, which revealed that while CISOs are still experiencing challenges around visibility, intelligence and control, nearly half (47%) are proactively focused on digital transformation and cloud migration. BlueFort Security surveyed 600 CISOs from a variety of UK organisations and found most have moved beyond the challenges of widespread shift to remote working - which resulted in sev...

ZKTeco UK Limited, the Midlands-based subsidiary of global security solutions manufacturer, ZKTeco, announces an exciting new distribution partnership with Vision Security Distribution for its state-of-the-art Access and Entrance Control solutions. The new distribution agreement signifies a great step forward for the ZKTeco brand as it starts to introduce its wider product portfolio to the UK market and contribute to the continued growth of the business globally. Technical support professional...

Duke Royalty, a provider of alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and North America, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a £5.0 million royalty financing agreement (the Financing) with New Path Fire and Security Limited (New Path), further diversifying Duke’s revenue base. New Path has to date executed a buy-and-build strategy of synergistic companies within the fire and security services sector in th...

Dan DeMichele, Vice President (VP), of Product Management for LastPass, said “The latest wave of cyberattacks is a powerful reminder of their increasing sophistication. But there has been a significant target shift – Cybercriminals aren’t just coming for governments, large-scale enterprises, and critical infrastructure, individuals and SMBs are on their radar too." He adds, "The message is clear – everyone at every level needs to be prepared. The good news is that when i...

Remote services are covered by three standards (EN 50710:2021 3, EN 16763:2017 and CLC/TS 50136-10:2022) and the concepts introduced in them are complex. Guidance document  Euralarm felt the need to produce a guidance document, that provides micro and small service companies with a handy checklist when subcontracting the operation and maintenance of the Remote Access Infrastructure (RAI) to a Remote Infrastructure Service Provider (RAISP). The guidance explains the main elements of the R...

Health-tech AI platform RedBrick AI is announcing a US$4.6M seed funding round to accelerate the development and adoption of artificial intelligence in clinical settings, through rapid data annotation on medical imagery. The round was led by Surge, Sequoia Capital India, and Southeast Asia’s rapid scale-up program, with participation from Y Combinator and angels.  AI in Medical Imagery  Medical imagery is an essential source of truth in clinical diagnosis and comprises ab...

Sella Personal Credit (Sella) is launching a trial of a credit card with biometric recognition that, thanks to a small chip sensor, allows people to make payments using their fingerprint. Users can ‘authorise payment transactions by simply placing their finger on their credit card, securely and quickly’. New biometric card to secure payments Each customer of Sella Personal Credit is provided with a kit containing a special device (‘sleeve’) Deploying the new card, wh...

VIVOTEK, the IP surveillance solution provider, announces that it has once again been named among the top 20 by A&S magazine, marking its 10th consecutive year as a global leader. This year (2022), VIVOTEK advanced one position to secure 17th place. It is also the only Taiwanese enterprise listed. With deep roots in Taiwan, VIVOTEK has catered to the world for over two decades. Its insistence on retaining its design, R&D, and manufacturing operations locally has enabled it to build incr...

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control and biometrics, shared its vision and future growth strategies at the three-day ‘Suprema Global Partner Program 22’ event from November 16 to 18 at Lotte Hotel Seoul. The theme of the event  The event marked the eleventh anniversary of the Suprema Global Partner Program. A total of 114 partners from 46 countries participated, representing companies from every continent. Suprema and its partners interacted with each other and shared i...

Since the beginning of October, all the agents at the security company SOS Cash & Value have been equipped with the intelligent vest from Wearin’, the startup whose Internet of Things (IoT) technology is specifically designed to reinforce the safety and efficiency of its mission-critical teams on the ground. The high-tech vest that SOS Cash & Value’s security guards wear at all times during their mission throughout Switzerland is equipped with environmental and biometric sen...

According to multiple surveys, "behavioural biometrics" and "behaviour recognition" have sparked a lot of interest in recent years. Once a sci-fi movie feature with only imaginable technology, it is slowly becoming a reality. Exciting and scary at the same time, depends on which end you are located at, behaviour recognition and identification will be more discussed in upcoming years. This post provides a basic overview of behavioural biometrics and behaviour recognition, as well as how they wi...

SailPoint Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in enterprise identity security announced that it had been recognised as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Governance Administration for Identity Security 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US47254121, November 2022). IDC MarketScape is a highly respected vendor assessment tool for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, providing both quantitative and qualitative technology market assessments designed to help organisations make...

Wipro Limited, a technology services and consulting company, announces that it is launching a strategic cybersecurity consulting offering in Europe. The announcement comes on the heels of a series of acquisitions in the consulting space—Edgile, Capco, and Ampion—and is part of the firm’s vision to build a global cybersecurity consulting offering to help clients stay ahead of a dynamic threat and regulatory environment. Changing regulatory environment “Escalation of cyb...

The cyber game is now an entire underground economy wrapped around cyberattacks. Thanks to increased international friction and the activity of groups such as Lapsus$, cybercriminals have upped the ante on cybercrime in order to turn a profit. Atakama the pioneer in multifactor encryption outlines its top cybersecurity predictions for 2023, compiled from its CEO, Daniel H. Gallancy, and team of experts. IoT blends with shadow IT to make a security headache - With 43 billion devices connected to...

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control and biometrics, shared its vision and future growth strategies at the three-day ‘Suprema Global Partner Program 22’ event from November 16 to 18, 2022 at Lotte Hotel Seoul. The event marked the eleventh anniversary of the Suprema Global Partner Program. A total of 114 partners from 46 countries participated, representing companies from every continent. Suprema and its partners interacted with each other and shared insights about Suprema&rs...