Internet of Things (IoT) - News

SALTO Systems, a manufacturer of electronic access control and operating system solutions that provide a keyless experience, has announced the appointment of three new area leaders for the West, Southeast, and Northeast regions of North America. The move comes as part of the organisation's decentralisation initiative to enhance customer service, foster a culture of learning, and ensure sustainable growth. Customer-centric organisation “I’m proud that our team and organisation has...

Remote e-signature specialist, Cryptomathic, has partnered with fidentity, an expert in online identity verification, to enable automated identity verification for qualified remote e-signing-the highest level of assurance under European and Swiss law.  Under the European Union’s eIDAS and Switzerland’s ZertES regulations, remote (QES) provide the highest possible level of security and non-repudiation in e-signature services. To perform a QES, the signer’s identity must fi...

Aiphone, the pioneering international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, is pleased to announce the addition of its IX Series kit. The kit is a preprogrammed box set complete with a video intercom system that is ready to install right out of the box. The recently-introduced IXS-HBDV includes a video door station, a video master station, a PoE switch, and a USB drive with instructions and videos on how to install the system. This easy-to-use kit takes the guesswork out...

Zimperium, the pioneering mobile security solution for endpoints and apps, announced the launch of the Zimperium Mobile-First Security Platform™. This single platform unifies Zimperium Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) - formerly known as zIPS - and Mobile Application Protection Suite (MAPS), unleashing powerful new features designed for teams who bear security responsibility across the entire mobile security spectrum. Through a "single pane of glass", customers now have centralised access to...

Some 260 leading exhibitors are all set to welcome trade buyers in Taipei from 26 – 28 April 2023, with a cutting-edge display of smart security products across 15,120 sqm of exhibition space. Over the next three days, trade buyers will filter through the Secutech fairground to source from a wide range of smart safety and security solutions integrated with AI, 5G, and IoT technologies. Biometrics, 5G communications, surveillance systems with embedded sensors, and cloud data analysis techn...

Effective May 01, 2023, Thomas Lausten (CEO), Klaus Kiener (CFO) and Phillip Antoniou (CSMO), together with recently announced Christian Cabirol (CTO), will form the new management board of MOBOTIX AG. The management board will focus on further development and innovation at MOBOTIX based on accelerated business and product strategies which recently increased sales by 27% for the first half of the business year 2022/2023 which ended on 31st of March. CEO Thomas Lausten will lead MOBOTIX&nbs...

Hakimo, a technology company dedicated to modernising physical security through its artificial intelligence (AI) software, announced $6 million in new funding led by Rocketship.vc, with participation from existing investors Neotribe Ventures, defy.vc and Firebolt Ventures as well as new investors Carrier Global Corporation, through its venture capital group, Carrier Ventures, and well-known physical security industry entrepreneur John L. Moss. Hakimo will use the capital to further accelerate pr...

SANS Institute, the pioneer in cybersecurity training, is proud to announce its participation in RSA Conference 2023. SANS experts will present a diverse range of topics in cybersecurity, including the highly anticipated powerhouse panel annual keynote on The Five Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques. This authoritative briefing will help organisations prioritise upcoming attack vectors and prepare for emerging threats. In addition to the keynote, SANS instructors will lead more than 15 se...

In response to 2023’s Government Cyber Breaches Survey, Tom Kidwell, a former British Army and UK Government intelligence specialist, and co-founder of Ecliptic Dynamics, shares his views on the findings, and what they mean for organisations across every sector, as well as what more can be done to improve cyber maturity in the United Kingdom. “Looking at the figures released today, I’m unsurprised to see a downward shift from last year’s findings. Phishing retains its ti...

Ahead of its attendance at Build4Asia in May, global manufacturer, Gallagher Security, is demonstrating the importance of adopting smart building solutions to provide effortless occupant experiences. The company is advising that commercial buildings will need to adopt frictionless technology to continue to drive success in the coming years. Among the top priorities for modern commercial buildings, Jin Hui, Regional Manager for North Asia, emphasises that ‘creating an efficient and safe u...

 Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies, released development kits for quick integration of the performance-pioneering FLIR Hadron 640R thermal and visible dual camera module. These hardware and reference software drivers are compatible with development boards supporting the NVIDIA Jetson Nano, the Qualcomm RB5, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. The power of cutting-edge embedded systems can now be quickly unleashed by integrators opening a new world of possibilities a...

viisights, Inc., a pioneer in behavioural recognition video analytics, announced the integration of viisights Wise™ with Genetec™ Security Center, enabling customers to benefit by adding behavioural recognition video analytics to their existing or new systems. viisights unique behavioural recognition video analytics leverage investments in video systems by autonomously detecting and issuing real-time alerts on unsafe conditions and security incidents so they can be addressed before...

Ahead of its attendance at Build4Asia in May, the manufacturer, Gallagher Security, demonstrates the importance of adopting smart building solutions to provide effortless occupant experiences. The company is advising that commercial buildings will need to adopt frictionless technology to continue to drive success in the coming years. Author's quote Among the top priorities for modern commercial buildings, Jin Hui, Regional Manager for North Asia, emphasises that "creating an efficient an...

Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud-native security, announced that Aqua Trivy, the world’s most popular unified security scanner, now provides full compliance scanning for CIS Kubernetes Benchmarks. With one comprehensive tool for security and compliance scanning, companies can eliminate friction and more confidently build and maintain secure cloud-native applications.  Established by the Centre for Internet Security (CIS), these benchmarks are widely adopted as the standard fo...

Veridas, a Spanish technology company specialising in digital identity and biometrics, is positioned in fourth place among the best facial biometrics engines among the nearly 150 algorithms submitted to the evaluation conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), considered the most prestigious body in the assessment of biometric engines in the world. Veridas engine Veridas joins the world elite in this sector. The company from Navarre has achieved its best resul...

Illumio Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company announced its new Incident Response Partner Programme designed to help organisations respond, contain, and recover faster during ransomware and other breaches. Response Partner Programme The Incident Response Partner Programme is already responsible for successfully minimising the impact of dozens of active ransomware attacks around the world by bringing Illumio’s Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) Platform into the practice of leading digital...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Mitsubishi Electric) has announced that it has developed a technology to detect serious physical conditions experienced by people driving automobiles, such as loss of consciousness, by estimating pulse rate, changes in blood pressure and other biometric data collected with a contactless Driver Monitoring System (DMS) camera, which the company has already launched to detect driver distractions and drowsiness. New system uses Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietar...

Attackers are targeting under-resourced suppliers with weaker defences as a way of disrupting or compromising larger organisations. The notable ransomware attack on a supplier to semiconductor giant Applied Materials is expected to lead to $250 million in lost sales. With well over 60% of organisations having suffered a data breach through a third party, this regularly results in regulatory fines, huge data recovery costs and loss of consumer trust. Spotlighting the key security weaknesses in...

IT Managed Services Provider, Emerge Digital, has teamed up with the software company within the MSP space, ConnectWise, to make enterprise-level cyber security protection accessible to SMEs and help reduce the spiraling cost of security for corporations. Redefining cyber security In 2022, 54% of SMEs experienced a cyber-attack, according to a Vodafone study, an increase of 15% in two years. In a separate report, 38% admitted to having an insufficient budget to adequately p...

The Acronis Cyber Foundation Program is proud to announce the completion of new school construction in Sierra Leone and Guatemala. In partnership with GoDaddy Inc., the company that helps entrepreneurs thrive, both construction projects uphold the Program’s mission to help and empower children with modern educational infrastructure and learning environments.  The Barbara Junior Secondary School in Sierra Leone was completed in September 2022 and included the development of three sepa...

Simon Chassar, CRO of Claroty commented: "Ransomware attacks on Point of Sale (POS) platforms can have disastrous impacts on the hospitality industry, pioneering to service downtime and long-term disruption." He adds, "Research shows that 51% of the food and beverage sector reported substantial disruption when hit by a ransomware attack in 2021. Moreover, these attacks can cause significant financial losses for organisations, with more than a third stating that the revenue impact of operationa...

The recent criminal activity being undertaken via the chatbot is disappointing, but it ultimately is no surprise. When new technology is developed, there’s always a chance it can be used for harm. ChatGPT Few could have foreseen the rapid rise in popularity AI chatbot, ChatGPT, would achieve since its launch in November 2022. Having amassed over one million users within its first week, ChatGPT has propelled itself to the centre of AI and wider tech conversations through its powerful, hum...

Feedzai, the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, has released its latest report - The Human Impact of Fraud and Financial Crime on Customer Trust in Banks.  The report, based on research of 4,000 consumers in the UK and US, reveals how fraudsters are taking advantage of the widening fraud knowledge gap, outlining the urgent need for banks to educate and protect their customers with technology.  Report findings The report reveals that while over h...

ConnectWise, the software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers (TSPs), launched a core capability in the ConnectWise Asio™ platform with AI-assisted PowerShell scripting across two products in its Unified Monitoring and Management (UMM) solution portfolio: ConnectWise Automate™ and ConnectWise RMM™. With this new feature powered by ConnectWise's hosted instance of OpenAI GPT, complex tasks can be automated, and custom scripts or command tasks can be quickl...

XOi, the provider of technician-first smart technology for commercial and residential field service companies, continues building the industry’s top leadership team with the addition of veteran Service Technology Executive - Strickland Tudor and the promotion of Stacey Bright to Chief Marketing Officer. Strickland Tudor appointed Tudor, who has more than 25 years of experience driving the digital transformation of the skilled trades, will serve as XOi’s Executive Vice President of...

Advantech, a renowned industrial AI platform and networking solution provider, will showcase the latest industrial technologies in artificial intelligence (AI), 5G infrastructure and edge computing together with major solution and technology partners at the world’s premier trade fair for industry, Hannover Messe 2023, which is taking place from April 17 to April 21, 2023 (Hall 15 - booth #D52), echoing the theme 'Industrial Transformation – Making the Difference'. Empowering high-pe...

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, an organisation of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), announces the release of Zigbee PRO 2023 of the Zigbee protocol stack. The revision brings several enhancements and new features to the technology, allowing mesh networks to have a universal language that enables smart objects to work together. Hub-centric operations Zigbee PRO 2023 expands on secure-by-design architecture...

In the age of sophisticated identity fraud, including fraud enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), it’s of paramount importance to establish a comprehensive and highly diverse verification process to enable as many identity checks as possible. Face recognition technology Multi-phase authentication that comprises document and biometric checks makes it possible to spot forgery more effectively, while face recognition and liveness detection play a crucial role in ensuring that a person is...

11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider announced the general availability of 11:11 Managed SteelDome in partnership with SteelDome Cyber.  The fully managed service is designed for organisations in need of secure, scalable, and cost-efficient storage of their unstructured, on-premises data.  InfiniVault application technology Leveraging SteelDome’s InfiniVault application technology, 11:11 Managed SteelDome provides on-premises data storage, protection, and...

Arcules, the provider of unified, intelligent cloud-based video surveillance solutions, has unveiled a new cloud video offering to help organisations modernise their security infrastructures and unlock more value from their video deployments.  Developed in collaboration with Axis Communications, Arcules now offers users another path to the cloud through a solution that delivers tangible ROI, maximises uptime, and secures video data. Camera-to-cloud offering The camera-to-cloud...