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AXIS Live Privacy Shield—the edge analytics software for cameras that masks people in real time in video streams at up to full frame rate—will support mosaic (pixel) masking, in addition to the currently available colour masking in a new release on April 2. The solution addresses privacy rules and regulations, and at the same time, lets users see movement and activity on their premises. Because it runs directly on selected Axis cameras, no expensive servers are required, and it is e...

Videonetics, an international provider of AI & DL powered Unified Video Computing Platform development company, has announced a distribution partnership with Spectra Innovations Pte Ltd, Singapore, to offer their complete array of products and solutions across the South East Asia and ASEAN region. Headquartered in Singapore, Spectra Innovations Pte Ltd has an established network of certified channel partners, system integrators, training and support specialists in South East Asia and ASEAN...

Symmetry Business Intelligence analyses how a person’s access activity is tracked and patterns established based on a risk score methodology. Anomalous behaviour may raise a person’s score, and high-risk identities are flagged in a dashboard. Identify the employees Dashboards within Symmetry Business Intelligence provide the security team with an at-a-glance look at identities with the highest risk scores. Scores are generated based on the reader location, time of day and a user&rs...

Tavcom Training, globally renowned provider of accredited security systems training courses and part of the Linx International Group - is celebrating its 25-year anniversary with the opening of a state-of-the-art training centre of excellence. Developed in partnership with CrossConnect Training, the centre in Shipley, West Yorkshire is ideally located to meet all the training needs of the many security professionals in the North of England. Security systems training courses Expansion of Tavcom...

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...

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...

Alertus Technologies, a pioneer in mass notification enterprise solutions, is pleased to announce that it has received its Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 2572 certification. The UL 2572 certification was specifically developed in 2011 to evaluate the performance of a Mass Notification System (MNS). UL’s industry standards To qualify for a UL 2572 certification, the MNS is required to pass a series of rigorous tests based on UL’s industry standards for electronic devices and compone...

MOBOTIX, the provider of premium-quality secure IP video systems, will showcase its newly launched, award-winning M73 and MOBOTIX 7 Universal app platform at ISC West 2020 from March 18-20 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Las Vegas (booth #18117). MOBOTIX will also be announcing their new MOBOTIX Cloud platform at the show as well. MOBOTIX solutions are quality engineered for high-performance and reliability with a multi-layer approach to cybersecurity safeguards. Attendees will be ab...

ISC West will occur as scheduled March 17th through 20th, 2020. The show is not being cancelled or postponed. The Show’s planning closely follows the CDC guidelines, local and state public health authorities and the US State Department/Federal Government travel rules related to the COVID-19 virus. Reed Exhibitions and the Show team are monitoring updates from the CDC and the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) which continue to indicate low risk of exposure to the virus in the United S...

Pelco Learning Centre (PLC) is an online platform that gives clients access to training content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users can smoothly manage their organisation’s required certifications for key Pelco products, while increasing their knowledge of Pelco’s solutions to ensure their company is fully leveraging all that they have to offer. Other key benefits include: Organised eLearning content in a single location Tracked progress and performance More efficient lear...

Global technical body EMVCo has confirmed its security evaluation methodologies and processes support IoT payment use cases, enabling emerging solutions and devices to be evaluated quickly and efficiently. Device hardware evaluations are playing an increasingly important role in IoT assessments across various IoT payment use cases, security frameworks and emerging compliance models. EMVCo, in collaboration with globally recognised independent laboratories, has worked since 2005 to evaluate the...

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...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named three leading experts from industry and government to join the list of high-profile keynote speakers and other security luminaries appearing at the 2020 ISC West as special guest speakers for key SIA events at the United States’ largest converged security trade show. ISC West 2020 will take place March 17-20 at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. SIA’s The Advance On March 17 at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership gathering,...

Check Point announced that its SecureAcademy education initiative reached a major milestone with the 100th academic institution joining the program to provide a comprehensive cyber security curriculum to students. SecureAcademy offers an in-depth academic program to higher learning institutions worldwide, promoting educational and career opportunities in cyber security for students. SecureAcademy courses are now available at 100 universities in 40 countries, helping to shape the cyber-experts o...

Wilson James, the provider of specialist security services, announces that its Aviation Services division is set to build on the success of its training and skills development provision in order to meet the growing needs of personnel working in the sector. This follows the company’s designation as a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) accredited training provider, after an external audit, where it scored ‘outstanding,’ the highest rating possible, which has rubberstamped Wilson Jam...

Reaffirming its commitment to enable customers to affordably and easily blanket every square foot of their buildings with gunfire detection coverage, Safe Zone announced the immediate availability of its next-generation Safe Zone Gunfire Detection System, which now features a patent-pending tri-mode data capture system and automated rapid 9-1-1 connection. The next-generation Safe Zone solution will be formally unveiled later this month at ISC West 2020 at Booth #2045 in the Las Vegas Conventio...

Meesons, the specialists in entrance control solutions, announces an exclusive agreement with Perimeter Protection Group (PPG) to distribute its Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) solutions. The exclusive distributor agreement covers the installation and maintenance of PPG HVM products in the UK. PPG pioneers the world in perimeter protection products with over 65 years’ experience in the security field. The agreement provides Meesons with exclusivity to a range of high quality HVM solution...

DigiCert, Inc., a provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and PKI solutions, is upgrading channel partners to DigiCert CertCentral® Partner, a comprehensive TLS certificate management solution for cloud and hosted environments. CertCentral helps partners customise and automate all stages of lifecycle management for their end customers, as well as easily deliver new features and solutions, while simplifying business management. Management of customer accounts CertCentral Partner offers an updated API that...

Newcastle Power Chair Football Club has received a generous donation to help them continue their achievements in the sport. A power chair, which costs £8,345, has been mainly financed by Videx Charitable Trust. The charity raises money for the purchase of highly specialised equipment that’s required to accommodate the physical needs of those living with cerebral palsy and help make their lives easier. Power Chair football is a unique sport that provides people with disabilities, inc...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced details for the second annual AcceleRISE conference – an essential experience for tomorrow’s security leaders. AcceleRISE 2020 will be held July 29-31 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas. AcceleRISE – hosted by SIA’s RISE community for young security professionals and those new to the industry – was created to ignite new thinking, strengthen leadership and sharpen business acumen in young security...

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...

New research commissioned by and published today by cyber security company, BullGuard, revealed an alarming number of small businesses in the UK and US are not prepared for a potential cyber attack or breach. One-third of companies with 50 or fewer employees report using free, consumer-grade cyber security, and one in five companies use no endpoint security whatsoever. Cyber-attacks and data breaches Additionally, worrisome, the study found 43% of SMB owners have no cyber security defense plan...

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...

PSA, the internationally renowned security and systems integrator consortium, and the Security Industry Association (SIA), global trade association for global security solution providers, has announced CyberTEC powered by SIA, an exclusive cyber security track for PSA TEC 2020. CyberTEC will feature sessions on cyber-attack risk mitigation, cyber security managed services, cyber hygiene compliance and more. PSA TEC 2020 PSA also announced TEC 2020 keynote speaker Alec Ross, a New York Times be...

Mayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and electronic security solutions distributor, is now actively distributing the Hikvision product portfolio, following the initial announcement of the new partnership, back in December 2019. The team of security specialists at Mayflex will place a particular focus on the IP solutions available. Hikvision is a provider of security products and solutions. Featuring an extensive and highly skilled R&D workforce, Hikvision manufactures a full suit...

Tamworth-based trade association, the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF), is reflecting on what has been one of its most successful years to date. In 2015, the pro-active federation had under 300 members on its books, but just alone in the past five years that number has seen considerable growth across every area of the organisation with more than 500 members. It remains the oldest trade association in the industry, and the ‘go to’ body for technical knowledge, information, advice, a...

ExtraHop, a pioneer in cloud-native network detection and response, announces new products and services designed to help midsize enterprises address security maturity, reduce tool complexity, and increase efficiency to better protect their organisations. The new ExtraHop® Spotlight™ service leverages the deep domain expertise of the ExtraHop security analysts and combines it with rich insights derived across customer environments to provide targeted threat investigation guidance for l...

ISC West, a converged security event in the United States, introduces the lineup for its 2020 SIA Education@ISC sessions, in collaboration with premier partner the Security Industry Association (SIA). Together, SIA and ISC West will be making educational sessions available during ISC West, taking place March 17-20, 2020, (SIA Education@ISC: March 17-19 | Exhibit Hall: March 18-20) at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The comprehensive programme includes nearly 100 accredited sessions coverin...

One of the UK’s pioneers in drone experts urged British property owners and business leaders to leverage the opportunity of their under-used land for drone testing, to help accelerate the rate of growth of the UK drone industry, in the face of what he described as ‘an emerging ‘bottleneck’ to growth’. Robert Garbett founder of the UK Drone Delivery Group, which is the first industry initiative to provide guidance on the steps required to enable accelerated commerci...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named ASSA ABLOY as the recipient of the 2020 Member of the Year Award, which honours SIA member companies that have shown noteworthy involvement in SIA committees and working groups, SIA events and the SIA Education@ISC conference programme; leadership activity; recruitment of SIA members; and contributions to SIA thought leadership and the industry overall. SIA will present ASSA ABLOY with the award at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeti...