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Abnormal Security, a pioneer in protecting large enterprises from Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks announced completion of the Service Organization Control (SOC 2) examination of the Abnormal Cloud Email Security Platform, earning SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. Conducted by Coalfire Controls, LLC, a fully licensed, accredited CPA firm and an affiliate of Coalfire Systems, Inc, the voluntary examination confirms Abnormal Security’s commitment to inscrutable operating effectiveness. C...

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, has announced that its Consulting division has signed several new agreements, including three with companies in the legal, insurance and financial services sectors, to help them improve their cyber security posture. A cyber transformation project has begun with a leading insurance company, the fourth client secured in the sector over the last twelve months. Crossword Cybersecurity will assist the company in improving its cybersecurity posture, building a more resili...

Plymouth Rock, a pioneer in the development of cutting edge threat detection technologies, announces that it will be presenting their platform of technologies, that includes the PRT X1 Drone, a next level Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and the SS1 Shoe-Scanner at the International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC West) at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Built entirely from NATO-coalition sourced components, the PRT-X1 UAS platform will enable airborne visual weapon and object d...

HID Global, a worldwide renowned provider of trusted identity solutions, has announced that it has been positioned in the leaders' quadrant in Gartner Inc.’s 2020 ‘Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services, Global’ report. This is the first year that Gartner has placed a company in the Leaders quadrant of its annual report. HID Global was identified as a Challenger in Gartner’s 2019 report. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant We are committed to addressing our customers&rs...

Six new members joined Kantara Initiative including IDEMIA, globally renowned provider of trusted identity solutions and technology, it has been announced. IDEMIA is joining Kantara as a member and accepted a seat on the Kantara Board of Directors. Other organisations joining Kantara include:  Easy Dynamics Corporation, Folio Technologies Ltd., Microsoft, Neocapita Security Consulting Pty. Ltd and Turning Point Corporation. Privacy and digital identity solutions firm Kantara is unique bec...

Pulse Secure, the provider of software defined Secure Access solutions, announces that growing demand for hybrid IT and Zero Trust resulted in over 110% annual increase in sales of its Advanced Access Suites. Additionally, the company announces continued achievements in new business, product offerings, customer service and corporate growth. Enterprises are taking advantage of workforce mobility and Internet of Everything connectivity while managing rising security risks and data protection obli...

When most people think of network cameras, they think of them mounted indoors, on the premises of buildings or in large public areas. But Axis cameras make a difference in many more places – including on the roads one travels, together with Citilog. Through a joint offering, Axis and Citilog technology ensures a smarter and safer journey for vehicles on the move. Citilog, a true software innovator, pioneered the use of video analytics for monitoring roadway traffic. Over twenty years late...

Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is calling for higher standards of fire door inspections, after concerns surrounding fire safety in education buildings. Shockingly, there are over 1,000 school fires a year in the UK, costing an average of £2.8m in larger incidents, with one education insurer reporting that the large majority of UK schools are found to have ‘poor’ fire protection systems. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requir...

Ping Identity, the Intelligent Identity solution for the enterprise, announces two new solution packages for enabling centralised authentication services, which span the entire enterprise. The new solutions include single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), user directory, and complementary Ping Professional Services that enable extraordinary customer and workforce digital experiences. These new solutions, Customer360 and Workforce360, are designed to address the full range of ent...

GET Group North America, an innovative developer of mobile ID technology solutions with over 20 years of experience in secure government credentials, has announced the availability of its next generation of CoreID Identity Management System (IDMS). CoreID 2.0 CoreID 2.0 enables Divisions of Motor Vehicles (DMVs) and other issuers of corporate and government credentials to process rich data such as images and video in real-time to validate or adjudicate identities and issue secure credentials a...

PAC, a supplier of innovative access control solutions, has announced the comprehensive redesign of its portfolio in order to meet the rigorous demands of today’s residential, educational and commercial environments. This pioneering access control system streamlines PAC’s offering with products that combine the benefits of state-of-the-art hardware and software – delivering unrivalled levels of security, sustainability and ease of use. Networkable access controllers Key compo...

HID Global, a front-runner in trusted identity solutions, announced the launch of HID® Signo, its signature line of readers that creates a new industry benchmark for the most adaptable, interoperable and secure approach to access control. The new readers dramatically simplify system deployment and management, meet the advanced security requirements of today’s dynamic environments, and set organisations up for smarter, more connected access control. Demand for versatile solutions &ld...

Ping Identity, a provider of Intelligent Identity solutions, announced it has named Patrick Harding as the company’s Chief Product Architect. Harding returns to Ping Identity after two years of advisory and consulting work in the blockchain and identity space, including work at Hedera Hashgraph where he advised on applicable decentralised identity use cases. A distinguished identity specialist, Harding is actively involved in the standards community and is a former Board Member of the Inf...

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity company, introduced Cortex™ XSOAR, an extended security orchestration, automation and response platform that empowers security leaders with instant capabilities against threats across their entire enterprise. Cortex XSOAR is an evolution of the Demisto® platform, which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in March 2019. Threat intel data Palo Alto Networks is redefining the security orchestration, automation and response category by making t...

Privitar, the global pioneer in data privacy and data utilisation, unveiled the latest release of the Privitar Data Privacy Platform™. The addition of several enterprise-ready capabilities including native HIVE support and enhanced AWS and Kerberos support, giving global organisations the ability to dramatically improve data utilisation while protecting sensitive customer data. “Global 2000 companies are choosing the Privitar Data Privacy Platform for its rich privacy preserving fun...

HID Global, a front-runner in trusted identity solutions, announced it will support the industry’s passwordless authentication initiative at RSA 2020 by demonstrating converged access solutions that extend zero trust security and FIDO2 authentication across the workplace in the physical and digital worlds. The company’s solutions, including smart cards, an expanded USB key family and an updated cloud-based credential management service, are among the first to help realise the indust...

HID Global, a globally renowned provider of trusted identity solutions, has announced that it will support the industry’s passworldless authentication initiative at RSA 2020 by demonstrating converged access solutions that extend zero trust security and FIDO2 authentication across the workplace in the physical and digital worlds. The company’s solutions, including smart cards, an expanded USB key family and an updated cloud-based credential management service, are among the first to...

ExtraHop, the provider of cloud-native network detection and response, announces a suite of new features designed to streamline the secure adoption and implementation of IoT in the enterprise. ExtraHop® Reveal(x)™ now provides advanced discovery, classification, and behaviour profiling for enterprise IoT devices, providing visibility from the device to the service layer. These latest enhancements extend Reveal(x) capabilities to the enterprise IoT device edge, providing complete visib...

Ping Identity, a pioneer in intelligent identity solutions, announced its partnership with e92cloud. The partnership is a key distribution agreement for Ping Identity in Europe and allows for broader reach in the lower enterprise market following the Ping Intelligent IdentityTM platform’s expansion of cloud-based identity security solutions. According to a recent Grand View Research report, the global identity and access management (IAM) market size is expected to reach USD 24.12 billion...

HID Global, a worldwide renowned provider of trusted identity solutions, has announced that it has been named a finalist in the Microsoft Security 20/20 program’s Identity Trailblaser category. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation, integration, and customer implementation with Microsoft technology.  Recognised for FIDO2 security keys solution “Being named an award finalist recognises our work with Mi...

HID Global, a front-runner in trusted identity solutions, announced that the traffic branch of the Singapore Police Force has deployed an electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) system that uses HID Lumidigm® V-series Fingerprint Sensors to verify the identities of driver’s license applicants.  The HID Lumidigm sensor’s patented multispectral imaging technology has helped improve identity-verification speed and efficiency as compared to their previous paper-based process, and...

Thales announced that its Cloud Hardware Security Modules (HSM) and Key Management solutions have been chosen by Fujitsu, a popular Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services, to support its new managed PKI security and enterprise data encryption offerings available across Europe. Fujitsu has integrated Thales’s Cloud HSM service, Data Protection On Demand, with its managed Microsoft Certificate Au...

GlobalPlatform has hailed its 20th year as a strategic milestone in its mission to create collaborative and open ecosystems in which stakeholders can efficiently deliver innovative digital services, while providing greater security, privacy, simplicity and convenience for users. Kevin Gillick, Executive Director of GlobalPlatform, comments: “Twenty years ago, we set out to create an environment for experts to develop the foundations for innovative digital services and devices. Billions of...

In a global market, at a time of exponential technological growth, Camlock Systems weren’t satisfied with maintaining the status quo. As their customers accelerate the development of intelligent applications and technologies, Camlock has matched its appetite for progression with a renewed strategy and the development of smarter locking solutions. Built on three generations of locking innovation, Camlock Systems has forged a reputation for precision and quality through the design and engin...

The growth of e-commerce, m-commerce and remote commerce transactions is showing no signs of slowing down. In 2021, over 2.14 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online, up from 1.32 billion in 2014. The growth of card-not-present (CNP) transactions has driven a new age of consumer convenience but in parallel, a new age of fraud. As EMV® chip card adoption gathers momentum, with 76.7% of card-present transactions being EMV, fraudsters are looking for an easier wa...

On March 18, 2020, the exhibit floor at ISC West will host a virtual demonstration of PLAI, the emerging industry specification for enhanced identity management. Together with eight partners in access control and biometrics, the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) has organised an in-person experience for participants relying on a single trusted source. Biometrics and access control Attendees will receive an access card to be used at their choice of seven sites and can experienc...

Identiv, Inc., a provider of physical security and secure identification, will exhibit at the WestPack Packaging Expo February 11 - 13, 2020 at the Anaheim Convention Centre. The company will also showcase its near-field communication (NFC) solutions as part of the Cannabis Packaging Summit, running alongside WestPack as a subset of the show. Expecting approximately 20,000 visitors, ranging from packaging engineers to executives and operations professionals, WestPack provides industry professio...

Galaxy Control Systems, a provider of integrated access control and security solutions, will demonstrate the latest enhancements to its flagship System Galaxy and Cloud Concierge Access Control Platforms at ISC West 2020 in booth 6089. The combined offering of best-in-breed on-premise and Cloud access control solutions provides users the ability to select and implement the solution they need most at the price point they can afford. Also featured will be a highly-versatile IP Intercom Entry Syst...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected Kathleen Carroll as the 2020 recipient of the SIA Committee Chair of the Year Award, which recognises individuals for excellence in SIA committees and advancing member objectives. SIA will present Carroll with the honour at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, during ISC West. Carroll chairs the SIA Data Privacy Advisory Board and is the founder and managing partner of Seven Seas Strategic Communications, a full-service public...

DigiCert, Inc., globally renowned provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and PKI solutions, has announced two new PKI tools, namely - IoT Device Manager and Enterprise PKI Manager. Unlike PKI applications of the past, both PKI managers use a container-based, cloud-agnostic implementation that ensures fast and flexible on-premises, cloud and hybrid PKI deployments. These new offerings are built on the DigiCert ONE platform.  DigiCert ONE is a holistic approach to modernising PKI management and sets a new...