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LenelS2 announced the release of its Mobile Security User app that enhances safety, security and convenience. LenelS2, a global leader in advanced security systems and services, is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a global provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. The Mobile Security User app offers a wide range of security features to LenelS2 NetBox™ ecosystem users. With the Mobile Se...

Pluralsight, Inc., the enterprise technology skills and engineering management platform announced that Heather Zynczak, Chief Marketing Officer of Pluralsight, has been recognised as a CXO of the Year by Utah Business. The CXO of the Year awards is given to senior executives for outstanding performance in their roles. The selected CXOs demonstrate the importance of providing strong leadership and visionary innovation to Utah businesses. CEO's comments Heather’s expertise and vision for...

Axis Communications launches AXIS P1455-LE Network Camera, a feature-rich bullet camera offering HDTV 1080p resolution at up to 60 fps. Ideal for a wide range of surveillance scenarios, it’s particularly suitable for capturing scenes with lots of motion. Key features Featuring Axis Forensic WDR, this outdoor-ready camera captures high-quality images even when there are both dark and light areas in the scene. Axis Lightfinder 2.0 ensures outstanding forensic images in low light and Axis O...

Master Lock, the American security super brand, is excited to announce the launch of the Biometric Security Safe to join the brand’s expanding easy access range. Following the success of the Biometric Padlock that launched earlier in 2020, the new Biometric Security Safe offers a practical solution to security at the touch of a fingerprint! The Biometric Security Safe is the ideal home and office solution for protecting precious valuables and electronics against theft. The biometric lock...

If one has ever settled a bill for changing one’s office locks and thought if there were a better way. In fact, there is. Access control and digital keys are easier and more cost effective than one can imagine. While mechanical keys will keep a building secure, they lack the flexibility to adapt to one’s changing security needs. Standard physical keys are difficult to track without a key management system. Physical keys When a key goes missing, changing a standard mechanical...

Ava, a unified security company, announces the launch of Ava Aware Cloud. This video security solution offers the simplicity and flexibility of a cloud platform while providing the same intelligent, proactive security, and AI capabilities of Ava’s on-premises and hybrid solutions. For the first time, organisations of any size can leverage Ava’s powerful machine learning and advanced analytics to achieve proactive security. “Despite the industry’s promise of simple, intel...

User friendly video intercom devices are quickly becoming a must-have product for homes and office buildings across the UK. However, some devices could be at risk of remote hacking attacks, leaving consumers vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches. Today’s intercom devices can easily be connected through a home internet connection, communicating with smartphones and managed simply through a computer, delivering many user benefits including flexibility and convenience. IP access control syst...

AMAG Technology, a G4S company, expands Symmetry Mobile functionalities to support Return to Work strategies for businesses as they reopen. The added features of Symmetry Mobile provide additional controls for a person’s access to corporate sites and facilities. Symmetry Mobile now offers additional screening questions to help reduce the risk of potentially infected employees accessing corporate sites. Return to Work questionnaire With Symmetry Mobile, employees can be required to compl...

Johnson Controls is announcing exacqVision 20.09, which offers an integrated, cost-effective face mask detection solution that can quickly put information into the hands of facility decision makers to help maintain safe environments for employees and visitors. Based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics versus pixel-based analytics, exacqVision 20.09 with Face Mask Detection offers improved accuracy and a scalable, efficient solution for organisations where public health and safety is a pri...

Davista, a provider of artificial intelligence for physical security and law enforcement, announced the availability of its AI-powered social distancing platform. The solution is designed to help businesses, organisations, and government agencies ensure social distancing efforts to keep individuals safe while promoting a healthy return-to-work. Across the globe, governments, corporate entities, and health and law enforcement agencies are working to find solutions to COVID-19 while making stride...

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, a provider of access solutions, introduced the ASSA ABLOY egress calculator, an interactive tool that helps select the proper code compliant doors and hardware for various openings based on individual states’ adopted version of the International Building Codes®. Originally developed as a Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet for customers, a more interactive tool to make the tedious process of finding code compliant hardware requirements simpler seemed like a...

HID Global, a worldwide provider in trusted identity solutions, unveiled its new HID® ELEMENT product line, the industry’s heavy-duty, fully modular desktop-based card personalisation portfolio that establishes a new category for mid-range and high-volume market segments. The portfolio’s enhanced card production capabilities, flexible system architecture and cost-effective deployment model empower organisations to create custom secure ID and financial card production solutions f...

AlertMedia, the globally renowned threat monitoring and emergency communication solutions provider, has announced that Sara Pratley joined the company as Vice President of Global Intelligence. Vice President of Global Intelligence In her new role as Vice President of Global Intelligence at AlertMedia, Sara Pratley will lead the team responsible for monitoring emerging threats and incidents worldwide, providing actionable intelligence to help keep millions of AlertMedia users safe and informed....

Alcatraz, the developer of secure autonomous access control products, and national security integration provider SAGE Integration have partnered to deliver facial authentication solutions to enterprise businesses to help modernise access control. Headquartered in Kent, Ohio, with a regional office in Atlanta, SAGE Integration will develop and expand Alcatraz’s presence along the East Coast and in Midwestern states. “We’re excited to partner with SAGE Integration to work toget...

As office locations and business districts nationwide remain at low occupancy and multifamily properties operate at near record levels 24x7, Kastle Systems, the country's largest managed security services provider, introduces KastleSafeVideo, a comprehensive remote video platform to help these facilities maintain security while also reducing operating costs through the application of cutting edge technology. Kastle's technology, supported by multiple patents in AI-based video surveillance, has...

Motorola Solutions announced the availability of the newest addition to its video security and analytics portfolio, the H4 Thermal Elevated Temperature Detection (ETD) Solution. The Avigilon H4 Thermal ETD solution is a pre-screening solution that can be used to detect indications of an elevated body temperature in a person. Health and well-being “By screening for indicators of an elevated body temperature at an entry point, we are helping businesses protect their teams’ health an...

Milestone Systems announced a webinar panel discussion of safety and security professionals, including representatives from Nemours Children’s Hospital Health System in Jacksonville, Florida, and The City of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They will share insights and ideas on how to address change, support their core mission and assist other parts of their respective organisations. The webinar will focus on how these three different organisations are using their video management system to he...

Synology Inc. announced the launch of the 5-bay DS1520+ storage system, built to excel in home and small office environments. Ideal for data backup and organising multimedia libraries, DS1520+ is a versatile and scalable option to create a private cloud. DS1520+ at a glance: 126% faster in website responsiveness 19.8% faster in compute-tasks Five internal drive bays with support up to 15 Up to 240 TB raw capacity Dual M.2 2280 NVMe SSD cache slots Average percentage improvement The c...

Leonardo is strengthening the level of support and maintenance services offered to its customer base in South Africa with a new service centre following the recent acquisition of Precision Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd. This is located at Wonderboom Airport – Pretoria and comprises 2275 m2 of floor space, 450 m2 of workshop and store, and an equivalent amount of office space. The site had been operating as an Authorised Service Centre for Leonardo’s helicopters in the country over the...

Security solutions are deployed to enhance individual well-being by increasing the safety and security of public and private places. By providing protective devices and services for critical infrastructure sites; schools, hospitals and other institutions; government facilities; residences; mass gatherings; and additional locations, security manufacturers, integrators and service providers enable people to live more securely and better enjoy the benefits of their communities. Security industry p...

The new contactless DoorBird IP video door station supports the worldwide fight against COVID-19. The model D2101WV has a special sensor technology for contactless ringing developed by Berlin-based manufacturer Bird Home Automation. In the midst of the current pandemic, DoorBird has developed an IP-based door station that meets the demands of the changing world. DoorBird’s new D2101WV model enables contactless ringing, protecting health and increasing safety. Contactless door intercom V...

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud-native security, announced that its Cloud Native Security Platform is available through Red Hat® Marketplace, an open cloud marketplace that makes it easier to discover and access certified software for container-based environments across the hybrid cloud. Built in partnership by Red Hat and IBM, Red Hat Marketplace is designed to meet the unique needs of developers, procurement teams and IT leaders through simplified and streamlined access to popular ente...

DigiCert, Inc., the world’s provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and other PKI solutions, announced its new DigiCert Automation Gateway. Automation Gateway launches with integration into DigiCert CertCentral® in Q4. This new automation approach is designed to accelerate the adoption of automated certificate issuance, renewal, reissuance and revocation by tackling some of the common concerns with existing offerings. Automation Gateway will provide organisations the confidence to widely deploy autom...

The thermal imaging camera automatically detects the hottest temperature within an area, set by the operator. A colour alarm makes it easy to decide whether a person needs further screening. A thermal imaging camera can be an effective screening device for detecting individuals with an elevated skin temperature. This type of monitoring can provide useful information when used as a screening tool in high-traffic areas to help identify people with an elevated temperature compared to the general p...

Leonardo, a global high-technology company, announces a partnership with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike®, a pioneer in cloud-delivered endpoint protection. The collaboration will make the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform available to Leonardo customers and offer a combined solution portfolio that provides all stages of threat response, including identification, protection, detection, response and remediation. As businesses throughout the globe have transitioned employees to remote work and...

Alcatraz Founder and CEO Vince Gaydarzhiev will be featured in the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) AcceleRISE 2020 virtual conference on Friday, July 31, 2020. The event highlights rising young security professionals under the age of 40. It is designed for tomorrow’s security providers to share their current successes in the field, gain momentum for the future, and connect with other rising stars in the industry. “Our RISE committee has truly outdone themselves in design...

IDIS, one of Korea’s largest in-country video tech manufacturer, is pleased to announce several new staff appointments and hires at IDIS America. Andy Cruz has been named Area Sales Manager for the Houston, Texas region. Cruz brings over fourteen years of security industry experience spanning systems integration, sales, and distribution. Mark Creighton has come aboard as Area Sales Manager for the Southern California territory. A retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, Creighton has been a...

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced availability of the FLIR Occupancy Management Solution for FLIR Brickstream 3D Gen2 to automate occupancy counting within high traffic and capacity-limited areas. To support social distancing guidelines during and following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Occupancy Management Solution provides organisations with an easy-to-use, real-time capacity counting and display tool for multiple entries and exits. Organisations can automate capacity counting for high foot-traffic s...

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology skills and engineering management platform, announces a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will help technologists enhance their Machine Learning (ML) skills with AWS DeepRacer, a fully autonomous 1/18th scale race car driven by Reinforcement Learning (RL). The collaboration features an AWS DeepRacer hub on the Pluralsight platform that includes a customised channel, curated by Pluralsight and AWS experts, for AWS DeepRacer content. Users will ha...

Sharry, a Czech company that supplies smart solutions to state-of-the-art office buildings in Europe, the USA, and Africa, has developed a special solution for touch-free elevator control. This innovation contributes to countering the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases. Ondřej Langr, Sharry's product manager, describes how this product works: “When a person passes through turnstiles on the ground floor, our system automatically calls an elevator set to stop on the floor where they work...