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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...

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) and ConnectWise, the software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers, have announced a strategic collaboration to deliver upon their shared vision of providing secure and efficient managed services through their extensive channel partner networks. The first deliverable is a managed Print Security Service that offers unique visibility into print security for Sharp devices. Multifunction products (MFPs) and printers are...

Renowned across central and southeast Europe for its steel forging factories, Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA (ABS) has been immersed in metallurgy for over 200 years. ABS has two core production sites, one located in Cargnacco, Italy, and one in Sisak, Croatia, as well as a cutting-edge research centre in Metz, France, in which it carefully hones its centuries-old craft. ABS steel is mainly used in the automotive industry, where it has a broad range of applications throughout the supply chain of...

Armstrong Fluid Technology announces that John Doughty has joined the company as Director, Global Sales Enablement. Based in the UK, he will work with Armstrong sales teams around the globe to drive the sales process in each region. Prior to joining Armstrong, John Doughty was the Global Director of Sales Excellence for the Electrical Products business within Honeywell. During his 23 years at Honeywell he held several roles of increasing responsibility and has extensive experience in IT,...

“The government’s reporting on costs of a cyber-attack is off by an order of magnitude. The Government’s Cyber Breaches Survey 2023 reported that the single most disruptive breach from the last 12 months cost each business, of any size, an average of approximately £1,100. These costs are way off by an order of at least one or two magnitudes." Cost of a cyber-attack “Organisations aren’t truly counting the cost of a cyber breach. Firstly, there’s the co...

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.  Victims of a financial scam The report reveals that whi...

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has elected broadcaster and campaigner - Nick Ross CBE as its new President. Nick will replace Sir Keith Povey, who retires as President after 14 years, taking up the role on 19th April at the Association’s Annual General Meeting in London. His primary goal will be to continue the work on developing the relationship between police and private security. Crime prevention committees Starting as a junior reporter while still at university, Ni...

 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...

Airport Innovation Conference will discuss the massive airport expansion plans this September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and bring together top suppliers and solutions providers to cater to airport projects. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced a massive airport expansion plan that will attract an investment of $147 billion to service the projected 300 million tourist traffic by 2030. The expansion will result in a 15% increase in tourist traffic, to increase annual air cargo volumes to 4.5 m...

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...

Versa Networks, the recognised pioneer of single-vendor Unified (SASE) launched Versa Zero Trust Everywhere™, the industry’s first solution delivering Zero Trust security for both remote and on-premises users, with optimized user-to-application performance. Challenge due to cloud-delivered ZTNA solutions Hybrid cloud and hybrid work have changed where and how users work, challenging organisations to find ways to secure the enterprise while delivering the best user experience. Cloud...

ASTM International’s security systems and equipment committee (F12) has developed and approved several standards designed to assess the performance of security screening technologies.  These standards cover three different types of metal detectors: hand-worn (F3020), hand-held (F3278), and walk-through (F3566). The committee also approved a practice for conformity assessment of metal detectors (F3356). Verification programme The entrance of contraband into detention and correctiona...

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...

DigiCert, a global provider of digital trust announced its new unified partner programme, designed to provide partners with a comprehensive portfolio that delivers digital trust for the real world. The new programme includes more sales motions for all partner types; training, support, and tools that simplify and streamline the delivery of digital trust; and expanded professional services and integration revenue to partners. Comprehensive solutions include certificate lifecycle management, enter...

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...

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and risk, announces that two UK universities have gone live with its third party supply chain assurance platform, Rizikon Assurance. The contract win follows on from Crossword’s attendance at the UK’s UCISA (Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association) national conference earlier this month. Higher education colleges UCISA is the professional body for digital practitioners in...

The global hardware partnership between Secure Logiq and VCA Technology has yielded its first results. Following a period of intensive testing, the manufacturers have fine-tuned their solutions to determine the best combinations of software and hardware from the two brands that will set new standards in the industry. Secure Logiq and VCA formed their strategic partnership towards the end of 2022. This led to the manufacturer of servers designed for the HD CCTV industry becoming the global hardw...

In just 2 years since launching in April 2021, ECHO has become the pathway for Intruder and Hold-up alarm activation signalling with 10 ECHO-connected police forces and over 300,000 police approved alarm systems protecting sites and premises in those areas. Since Essex Police and the Metropolitan Police announced their readiness to accept verified alarm activations via ECHO and the ECHO-connected service launched, ECHO has grown in stature establishing itself as a cornerstone in the police&rsq...

When the Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol was invented over two decades ago, its creators perhaps didn’t realise the widespread applications it would become central to, across all industries. That’s because the MQTT protocol has become the de facto standard for sharing messages across connected devices — also known as the Internet of Things (IoT). It provides the means for IoT sensors, including cameras, to communicate with each other across smart cities, smar...

Cygnus, a developer, and manufacturer of fully compliant and wireless fire detection and alarm systems will be displaying its ground-breaking SmartNet range at The Fire Safety Event 2023. The complete range of fully wireless, EN54-compliant wireless fire detection and alarm devices will be available for visitors to view on stand 3a/B10. Taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 25-27th April 2023, The Fire Safety Event 2023 is a must-attend for anyone who has a focus on improving life safety, bu...

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...

Invixium is showcasing its portfolio of industry-renowned biometric access control and workforce management solutions here at EXPO Seguridad 2023 in Palacio de la Canal 7 meeting room. Featured solutions include Invixium’s flagship IXM TITAN multimodal, multifactor authentication reader, and the competitively priced IXM TFACE biometric solution for mainstream applications. Biometric solutions “Invixium’s biometric solutions are purposefully designed to solve real-world acces...

ISS (Intelligent Security Systems), a global provider of video intelligence and data awareness solutions, recently hosted the SecurAmericas Forum, sponsored by Intel and Dell, at ISC West 2023 in Las Vegas. The event brought together thought leaders from across the security industry to discuss the state of artificial intelligence (AI) in video surveillance applications and how the adoption of the technology will continue to evolve throughout the market. Session panelists  The session, wh...

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...

Veridas, a Spanish company specialising in digital identity and biometrics, has announced a 15 million Euro capital increase from its own partners and new positioning as a global identity company, offering solutions for identity management in digital and physical spaces. In addition, Veridas has integrated dasGate into its platform for identity management across the customer lifecycle. Veridas has experienced a 133% growth over 2021 and expects to grow by a further 100% by 2023, with an estima...

Distology, the specialist IT cybersecurity distributor, has announced a new strategic partnership with Harbor Solutions, a managed service provider (MSP) which specialises in data protection and recovery. Harbor Solutions, which was named Global MSP of the Year by Druva and EMEA MSP Partner of the Year by Rubrik Inc, has only ever been available through the channel. However, this is set to change as the new partnership will see Harbor Solutions join Distology’s ever-growing vendor portfol...

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...

WindowMaster, the Danish CleanTech company and one of the natural ventilation and façade automation specialists unveil the latest addition to its growing portfolio of innovative smoke and heat ventilation solutions.  WSC 104   Amid a heightened focus on combining optimum indoor air quality with stringent fire safety protocol, WindowMaster’s team of experts has developed a new compact smoke control panel, WSC 104, effectively combining smoke extraction with comfortable ve...