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Passwordless identity management provider Beyond Identity announced the appointment of its Vice President of EMEA, Tony Shadrake. Tony’s role as the head of the growing EMEA team is fundamental to the expansion of the company in the region. About Beyond Identity Beyond Identity is the first and only company to provide a comprehensive passwordless identity management platform. The vast majority of data breaches and ransomware attacks start with cybercriminals stealing or leveraging compro...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the agenda and speaker lineup for Part 2 of the 2021 SIA GovSummit, its annual public policy and government security technology conference. SIA GovSummit 2021 is being held as a three-part virtual conference, the first of which took place on April 28, with Parts 2 and 3 taking place on June 9 and Sept 21, 2021, respectively. SIA GovSummit 2021 Part 2 Each year, SIA GovSummit brings together government security leaders with private industry...

Johnson Controls, a global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced that it has partnered with DigiCert, one of the world’s leading providers of digital certificate services and PKI solutions, to provide customers the most advanced secure, trusted connectivity for smart building technology. The partnership enables the Johnson Controls OpenBlue digital solutions suite to utilize the DigiCert ONE PKI platform. Solutions with PKI technology “This strategic par...

Johnson Controls, the provider of smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, announces it has partnered with DigiCert, the provider of digital certificate services and PKI solutions, to provide customers the most advanced secure, trusted connectivity for smart building technology. The partnership enables the Johnson Controls OpenBlue digital solutions suite to utilise the DigiCert ONE PKI platform. Smart building solutions “This strategic partnership allows Johnson Controls to offer our...

Exabeam, the security analytics and automation company, and Pcysys, the pioneer in automated security testing, announces a partnership to enable global organisations to defend against the latest incoming, live and ever-changing advanced attack techniques. The partnership also helps build ‘purple team’ security methodologies and simulation exercises into SOC workflows and improves cross-team communications. “Working with Pcysys, we leverage vast research on the latest advanced...

Vectra AI, a globally renowned company in threat detection and response solutions, has announced deep product integration with Zscaler Private Access (ZPA), to provide end-to-end access visibility and protection from remote workers to business-critical applications. Deep product integration With this integration, security operation centres (SOCs) can achieve zero trust access visibility. ZPA provides secure access to business-critical internal applications, whether they are located on-premise...

Effective visitor management must go beyond meeting and greeting visitors, who enter the reception area of any business or public building. It must enhance building security, protect facilities and employees, and improve users’ and visitors’ overall experience. Bosch’s just released easy-to-use, browser-based visitor management software offers all the benefits for enhancing the visiting process and integrates seamlessly with the access management system and building integratio...

Pyronix has released news of its new logo, as part of an ongoing programme of activities, aligning the brand with their long heritage and status as a renowned player in the United Kingdom and Ireland (UK&I) security markets. Pyronix brand refresh Commenting on the brand refresh, Pyronix Marketing Director, Laurence Kenny, said “Our new logo is reflective of our position in the UK&I markets as a technology based, forward-looking, fresh and dynamic organisation. We pride ourselves...

Auth0, the modern identity platform solutions provider, has announced the Auth0 identity operating system (identity OS), a cloud-native and adaptable platform for development teams. Auth0 identity OS Built with extensible building blocks, the Auth0 identity OS enables organisations to manage the complexities of modern identity management, while also prioritising the security, privacy and convenience of their end users. Striking the perfect balance among these priorities requires identity to i...

DigiCert, Inc., the provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and other PKI solutions, announces that it has been selected by the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to provide global PKI-based security services for TIP’s OpenWiFi platform. The DigiCert IoT device manager, built on the DigiCert ONE platform, will provide highly scalable, fully automated digital certificate management to advance OpenWiFi’s goal of expanding next-generation Wi-Fi accessibility. Industry-driven communities “We are exci...

Alcatraz AI and Netronix Integration have announced a strategic partnership to expand their access control solutions to security business users. The two companies are partnering to deliver Alcatraz’s industry-renowned facial authentication solutions, through Netronix Integration’s global network and customer base. Alcatraz AI and Netronix partnership The new, innovative partnership leverages the respective technology and leadership strengths of Alcatraz AI and Netronix Integration...

Eagle Eye Networks, the global pioneer in cloud video surveillance released a best practices guide, Video Security Primer: 9 Core Elements that Ensure Businesses Have the Best System for Their Needs. This new resource outlines questions to ask and features to look for in a video management system to secure and grow business.  Benefits of right-VMS Designed especially for multisite commercial businesses that want to understand the basics and how to choose an optimal system, the Video Secur...

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control, biometrics, and time & attendance solutions, announced the new product launch of the X-Station 2, a versatile intelligent terminal with credential options of mobile access, QR, and barcodes as well as RFID cards and PIN. Multiple credential options X-Station 2 enables flexible access control system design by supporting multiple credential options. The terminal is compatible with most types of existing RFID cards including EM, MIFARE, iCLASS, DES...

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security solutions company, has published new research from Team Nautilus revealing that a significant majority of companies that move to multi-cloud environments are not properly configuring their cloud-based services. According to the new findings from Aqua Security’s ‘2021 Cloud Security Report: Cloud Configuration Risks Exposed’, these misconfigurations, for example leaving bucket or blog storage open, can open companies up to crit...

The Zigbee Alliance, an organisation of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), announces its organisational rebrand to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). The organisation announced a second brand, Matter, formerly known to the industry as Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP), the future of reliable connectivity. The newly developed Matter mark will serve as a seal of approval, assuring that any object built on...

Could the data that the access control system generates reveal priceless business insights? In many businesses, the answer is affirmative. The problem is how to analyse that data quickly and accurately to bring valuable, digestible business benefits. As reported by the Houston Chronicle, ‘Data is at the core of nearly every business decision made. A new Reporting & Analytics Tool for CLIQ access control systems enables security and facility managers to extract, visualise and analyse t...

Passwordless identity management provider Beyond Identity announced its expansion into Europe with a series of new hires to its sales, marketing and engineering team as well as a new Frankfurt data centre. Launched in April 2020 by Silicon Valley heavyweights Jim Clark and Tom (TJ) Jermoluk, Beyond Identity has introduced a revolutionary passwordless identity management solution. The company completely eliminates insecure passwords and replaces them with asymmetric cryptography, a technology th...

Allegion US, a globally renowned provider of security products and solutions, has announced that it has received federal government approval for its Schlage Multi-Technology (MT-485) Readers, when paired with the LenelS2 OnGuard version 7.6 access control system. Schlage MT Readers Schlage’s MT Readers simplify access control solutions by recognising magnetic stripe, proximity, Schlage smart card and NFC-enabled smart devices with a firmware update, ensuring a seamless transition to high...

The number of cyber-attacks on companies, governments, and individuals has been consistently rising in recent years, with global ransomware attacks increasing significantly in 2020, up 485% in compared to 2019. Tackling cybersecurity and protecting key critical infrastructure is key to national security, and the quick pivot to remote working during the COVID pandemic has seen even the most prepared organisations face new security challenges, with cybercriminals quick to take advantage. This is...

Bosch has introduced the new Autodome IP starlight 5100i IR moving camera with a new 1/1.8 inch sensor offering 4-megapixel resolution and 30x optical zoom. It offers HDR X combined with starlight technology and dual illumination – integrated IR and white light – to capture images that can distinguish individuals or objects for identification or proof. Complemented with built-in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the camera, when idle, supports operators with object detection in areas of...

Alcatraz AI, the developer of secure frictionless access control solutions, has announced that its Alcatraz AI Rock solution now has capabilities that can detect and prevent tailgating at entrances and in a variety of industries. Countering the menace of tailgating Tailgating is one of the most common and innocent security breaches – an employee opening a door and holding it open, sometimes inadvertently, for a colleague, visitor, or vendor who should not have access. The problem is tha...

DigiCert, Inc., a provider of TLS/SSL, IoT, and other PKI solutions, announced the DigiCert Smart Seal, a new dynamic site seal that gives website visitors confidence that their information is secure on the web. Real-time security indicators enabled through various micro-interactions alert visitors that the seal is actively present on the page, the site has been validated, and the site is protected by an active certificate from the world’s most trusted certificate authority. DigiCert ver...

Offering enhanced security and personalised access control, Nortek Control has launched its new Linear BT135-W Access Control Reader and Linear BT125-W Access Control Reader. The new readers integrate Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technologies, providing users intelligent, contactless and secure access control in a slim design, which fits seamlessly into any office or building environment. Furthermore, the new Linear readers provide dealers and end-users several options to customise access control...

Valsoft Corporation (Valsoft), a Canadian company that specialises in the acquisition and development of vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of ScholarChip (ScholarChip Card LLC), a global provider of identity management, visitor management and behavioural software for the K-12 vertical. Acquisition of ScholarChip ScholarChip was founded in 2003, by Dr. Maged Atiya and his wife, Monica Sibillia Atiya, with a mission to help make schools safer,...

In the frame of the German ‘Quadriga’ fighter replacement programme sensor solution specialist HENSOLDT will deliver core components of the Eurofighter/Typhoon’s self-protection system ‘PRAETORIAN’. As part of the EuroDASS consortium comprising Leonardo UK, Elettronica and Indra, HENSOLDT has received a contract valued at circa 90 Million Euros for the delivery of essential parts of the aircraft’s defensive aids sub system (DASS). Deliveries are planned from...

ADT, the trusted brand in smart home and business security, brought an action for wilful trademark infringement, unfair competition, and related violations against Ring LLC (Ring), an Amazon company and provider of smart home security devices. In March 2021, the complaint asserts, Ring adopted a blue octagon mark that is virtually indistinguishable from ADT’s iconic blue octagon mark, which is protected under numerous federal trademark registrations. ADT’s blue octagon is iconic in...

Ocucon, the Newcastle-based technology company, is to launch its Pixelate video redaction software in the US market. Global expansion As part of its global expansion, Ocucon launches Pixelate in the US, accessing a market estimated to be worth around a third of the £750 million global video redaction software sector. The launch follows on from a successful year at Ocucon. In April 2020, Ocucon developed and then deployed Occupi, a low-cost solution for occupancy control issues created b...

Ping Identity, the Intelligent Identity solution for the enterprise, has centralised Identity Access Management (IAM) for over 300,000 DB Schenker employees, contractors, partners, and customers. The successful project, conducted in partnership with iC Consult, streamlined the management of critical security policies and enhanced secure access and authentication to business applications. Secure authentication service DB Schenker is one of the world’s leading global logistics providers,...

ACRE, a provider of state-of-the-art security systems, announces the acquisition of TDS based in Dublin, Ireland. This purchase will enhance ACRE’s strategic expansion plans for strengthening the product portfolio and geography in the UK and Europe and bringing new cloud-based visitor management and access control products to North America. This is ACRE’s first acquisition since being acquired March 11 by Triton Partners. TDS provides cloud-based workspace solutions that will comple...

BoxLock, the industry renowned company in secure, unattended delivery technology for homes and businesses, has announced two new products that will enable business enterprise customers to secure the first, middle and last mile of supply chains in an automated, integrated and contactless way. First, the company is rolling out a new BoxLock 2M smart device in a Wi-Fi and AT&T cellular version that uses LTE-M and NB-IoT worldwide networks. BoxLock 2M smart device Designed specifically for en...