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Huffmaster announces strategic leadership appointment within its protective services group

Huffmaster Management (Huffmaster), the provider of strike services, industrial staffing, travel services, healthcare staffing, security services, and more for Fortune 500 companies and mid-size companies, announces the internal promotion of Andrew Miller to Director of Technology Solutions within the company’s Protective Services Group. Miller’s promotion underscores Huffmaster’s commitment to pursuing and using virtual security technologies to augment the company’s tr...

Huffmaster partners with AI Titan Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD) for enhanced security solutions

Huffmaster Management (Huffmaster), the provider of strike services, industrial staffing, travel, healthcare staffing, security services, and more for Fortune 500 and mid-size companies, announces a strategic partnership with Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (AITX). The partnership will combine RAD’s groundbreaking artificial intelligence-driven technologies to strengthen Huffmaster’s hybrid security o...

Pyronix launches its Enforcer V11 upgrade Kit that efficiently turbocharges existing Enforcer estates with V11 features

Pyronix is delighted to launch its convenient and low cost upsell that profitably enhances any existing Enforcer system, the Enforcer V11 upgrade Kit (Product code: ENF32UK/UPGRADE-WE). Turbocharging existing Enforcer estates with V11 features, installers can upgrade systems quickly and efficiently to boost customer retention, extend system longevity and build repeat business potential, by delivering compatibility with the HomeControl2.0 smart device app, industry-first CarDefender, SmartPlug,...

British Security Awards 2023: NSI-approved companies celebrated for excellence

The British Security Awards 2023, an annual awards ceremony organised by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), was held on 21st June, in London’s Grand Connaught Rooms. The British Security Awards were established to celebrate the achievements, acts of bravery, and innovations made by members of the UK’s private security industry across the systems and guarding services sectors. NSI as sponsor As a long-term supporter of apprenticeships and their significance in helpi...

SALTO Systems ahead of the curve for UK consumer connectable product security regime

As life and business in the 21st century becomes increasingly reliant on being connected to the Internet, the world has seen an increase in products known as the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming available in the shape of smart doorbells, smart locks, lightbulbs and voice assistants like Alexa and Siri. It is estimated that the number of internet-connected devices across the world now stands in the region of 35 billion with that number predicted to rise to 75 billion by 2025. SCD acc...

Intrinsic and Siemens collaborate to accelerate the integration of AI-based robotics and automation technology

Intrinsic, an Alphabet company, and Siemens have teamed up to explore integrations and interfaces between Intrinsic’s robotics software, which is designed for easy use of AI-based capabilities, and Siemens Digital Industries with their open and interoperable portfolio for automating and operating industrial production.  Intrinsic has a world-class team of robotics and AI experts with a strong footprint in advanced perception, machine learning and reinforcement learning. Siemens&rsqu...

Arrow Electronics creates Robotics Center of Excellence (COE) to empower the intelligent edge and advance automation

Arrow Electronics and its company - eInfochips have established a Robotics Center of Excellence (COE) to help customers accelerate time to market for the development of cutting-edge automation solutions for use in manufacturing, digital factories, and other industries. Arrow has teamed with global technology majors - Analog Devices (ADI), NVIDIA, and onsemi image sensors to develop reference designs and proof of concepts that robotics customers can leverage to improve product design. Arrow Ele...

The Monitoring Association appoints new Government Relations Committee Co-Chair

The Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tommy Whisnant to the Co-Chairmanship of its Government Relations Committee. In this important role, Tommy Whisnant will join seated Committee Co-Chair James Marcella, Axis Communications, in leading TMA’s state and local advocacy efforts and often partnering with the Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC) on legislative initiatives. Whisnant is currently the compliance manager for North Carolina-based CPI...

Storyteq acquires Pixelz.ai to accelerate brand compliant Generative AI

Storyteq, the technology arm of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), has acquired Pixelz.ai to bolster its R&D team and accelerate its generative AI capabilities. Storyteq’s R&D team is pushing the boundaries of image creation technology through the development of their AI Studio tool, with this acquisition building on their Creative Automation credentials. Pixelz.ai are at the cutting edge of generative AI, boasting over 60,000 users who have already generated around 3 million unique i...

Identity One and Convergint deploy access control solution for military facility

Identity One announced the successful testing of their joint solution with Convergint Federal for a North Carolina military facility. The military facility expressed a need to register Common Access Cards (CAC) into an air-gapped AMAG physical access control system (PACS). Convergint’s integrated solution employs Identity One’s FIPSlink software to ensure the facility’s ability to become fully FICAM compliant when requirements change. Government compliance and regulatio...

IDIS remains committed to educating and supporting systems integrators and end-users on the importance of NDAA-compliance

Increasing incidents of school violence are catalysing school security teams to implement new, more innovative security technologies and solutions to elevate their security posture. The timing could not be better, because many legacy school surveillance systems are quickly becoming a costly liability due to non-compliance, and thousands of K-12 schools may not even realise it. Many school districts need more awareness of the full implications and details of the John S. McCain National Defense...

BackBox and CMS Distribution to bring network and security device automation to customers in UK and Ireland markets

CMS Distribution, a value-added IT distribution company serving corporate resellers, managed service providers, and independent IT companies, and BackBox, the world’s most trusted network automation company, have announced the launch of a new partnership to distribute the BackBox platform in the UK and IE. This will be the first network and security device automation product in the CMS Distribution portfolio. The companies will be offering demonstrations of the BackBox platform at I...

Monitoreal and Redimport partner for perimeter security in Belgium

Monitoreal, a global provider of AI-powered perimeter security solutions, has announced its exciting new distribution agreement with Redimport, an established distributor of innovative technology products. This collaboration is a significant milestone for Monitoreal as it expands its reach and introduces its cutting-edge products to more households and businesses in Belgium. Distribution partnership Under the terms of the partnership, Redimport will serve as Monitoreal's added value distributo...

Security industry celebrated at the British Security Awards 2023

The BSIA’s flagship event, the British Security Awards, returned to the live stage to recognise security officers and businesses working to keep people, property and places professionally protected during the last 18 months. British Security Awards In its 26th year, held in 2023 at the sold-out Grand Connaught Rooms, the industry celebrated security excellence with 18 awards presented to security officers and businesses in front of clients and leading industry stakeholders. The show als...

DoorBird has expanded its portfolio and has integrated the keypad into the smallest door station

The manufacturer of IP video door intercom systems has successfully added even more technology to the most compact series and is bringing the new products, D1101KV and D1102KV, to the market. DoorBird is known worldwide as a manufacturer of smart technology and exclusive design. The IP video door intercom systems stand out due to their high quality paired with a unique design.  D11x series DoorBird has successfully added even more technology to the most compact series: there is an option...

Ajax Systems hosts a series of Ajax Business Day events in DACH, Italy and France

Ajax Systems, the manufacturer of professional security systems in Europe, held a series of offline events called Ajax Business Day. The exclusive presentations were hosted for the security industry providers in DACH, Italy and France regions. With a focus on empowering participants to scale up their businesses, Ajax Systems successfully gathered over 450 professionals totally. The events featured a lineup of Ajax experts, including the company’s CEO, Aleksandr Konotopskyi, who shared val...

Sumsub launches advanced deepfakes detector

Sumsub, the global verification platform providing customisable KYC, KYB, transaction monitoring, and AML solutions for the whole customer journey, announces the launch of its enhanced deepfakes detection technology into Sumsub’s liveness and deepfake detection solution. According to Sumsub’s reports, the number of deepfakes detected in Q1 2023 was 10% greater than all of 2022 combined. Responding to this growing threat of identity fraud, the company made major updates to its in-hou...

HID achieves SOC 2 Type 2 certification for its HID Origo Mobile Identities solution

HID, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification for its HID Origo Mobile Identities solution, demonstrating the company’s ability to maintain a highly secure, cloud-based physical access environment. HID Origo Mobile Identities is a cloud-based platform that enables technology partners to build integrated access control solutions. The platform offers a scalable, secure infrastructure, including seamless and consistent service, that improves how acces...

Matrix Comsec is gearing up to showcase its cutting-edge solutions at its flagship event, Matrix Partner Connect 2023

Matrix Comsec, a well-known player in the Telecom and Security industry, is gearing up to showcase its cutting-edge solutions at its flagship event, Matrix Partner Connect 2023, to be held in Surat, India, on the 27th of June, 2023. With a rich experience spanning over three decades, Matrix has emerged as a provider of comprehensive telecom and security solutions, serving organisations of all sizes globally. The event aims to highlight Matrix's latest innovations while fostering partnerships an...

Hanwha Vision America integrates WAVE VMS with AMAG access control systems

Hanwha Vision America has completed the integration of its Wisenet WAVE video management system with AMAG Technology's Symmetry Access Control software, delivering greater system choice and flexibility for customers, especially in AMAG’s key markets including data centres, finance, banking, commercial, healthcare, and education. The new AMAG Integration Plugin for Wisenet WAVE VMS seamlessly allows the assignment of video cameras registered within Wisenet WAVE VMS to mapped resources with...

New Permiso survey reveals a troubling disconnect in cloud security perception versus readiness

Permiso, a Palo Alto-based cloud detection and response startup that finds evil in cloud environments, has released the findings of its 2023 Cloud Detection and Response Survey that reveals an alarming paradox among cloud security professionals. While many respondents admitted to leveraging high-risk practices and behaviours in their cloud environments, they remain confident that their security tools and processes will protect their organisations against well-orchestrated attacks. That hi...

STM Group Ltd secures prestigious contract to deliver comprehensive security services for the British Library

STM Group Ltd is proud to announce that it has been awarded a prestigious contract to provide security services for the British Library’s St Pancras site in London, commencing on July 1st, 2023. This partnership exemplifies the company’s commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the nation's heritage sites. The British Library is the United Kingdom’s national library, one of the six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland, renowned for housing collections of printed an...

Verkada Workplace Safety Survey: Key findings 2023

Nearly half of America's frontline workers would quit their jobs if they could afford to, citing threats to their personal safety at work, according to the 2023 Verkada Workplace Safety Survey.  The study found that 76 percent of employers have experienced a security incident in the last year, and a majority of frontline workers feel that the threat of physical harm is on the rise. Solutions of Verkada Safety Survey Key findings of the 2023 Verkada Workplace Safety Survey include:...

Dahua showcased latest products at InfoComm Asia 2023

InfoComm Asia 2023 was successfully held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand from May 24th to 26th (local time). Dahua Technology, as the world's renowned video-centric AIoT solution service provider, unveiled several of its "star products" in the exhibition, demonstrating the latest screen display solutions to customers in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Dahua’s latest products The InfoComm Asia 2023 exhibition showcased Dahua&rsq...

TDSi Security Technology showcase visits Saudi Arabia and features guest UK providers

Integrated Access Control and Security manufacturer - TDSi has hosted another of its popular Security Technology Showcase events in Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia. In addition to TDSi, attendees also enjoyed presentations and hands-on advice from UK security manufacturers such as integrated perimeter security specialist - Harper Chalice Group (presented by Building Defence Systems), secure industrial transmission and power solutions provider - KBC Networks, CCTV surveillance camera and cont...

Morse Watchmans exhibits Key Control Solutions at 2023 Northwest Indian Gaming Conference & Expo

Morse Watchmans, the pioneer in key control and asset management systems, is featuring several of its latest key control and management solutions at the 2023 Northwest Indian Gaming Conference & Expo, June 19-21 at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, WA. Morse Watchman’s award-winning KeyWatcher® Touch system will be on display alongside a suite of additional products at booth #318. Cutting-edge key control solutions “We are thrilled to showcase our cutting-edge key...

FTC safeguards rule updates for MSP compliance

On June 9, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rolled out updates to its Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information. Because managed service providers (MSPs) play a crucial role in ensuring the security of customer data and applications, some of the responsibility for data protection now falls to them. This article will summarise some of the key updates to the FTC standards. Additionally, it emphasises the importance of monitoring SaaS business applications, particularly Microsoft 365...

Security LeadHER wraps groundbreaking inaugural conference for women in security

ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) closed out the inaugural Security LeadHER conference by celebrating a successful and groundbreaking first event held June 12-13 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 2023 Security LeadHER The event was dedicated to advancing, connecting, and empowering women in the security profession. Approximately 300 current and future “LeadHERs” and attendees of all backgrounds and genders gathered for Security LeadHER 2023. The 2023 Secur...

Pimloc launches audio redaction for the Law enforcement sector

Pimloc, an AI video privacy and analytics company announces the launch of new audio redaction capabilities to its Secure Redact SaaS platform. Major shift The new feature, which is available through Pimloc’s integration with Medialogix, a specialist provider of Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS) to a large number of police forces in the UK enables users to selectively anonymise audio in video evidence to comply with data protection regulation when shared in court, with the public...

Crossword Cybersecurity research finds 2.2 million top 100 UK university and research facility credentials breached

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and risk, has revealed that an analysis of online criminal markets by its Trillion risk monitoring platform, shows UK universities are at high risk of major cyber security incidents launched using breached credentials.  Credential breach impact The Trillion team discovered 2.2 million breached credentials available on the dark web for the top 100 UK institutions, with 57% belonging to the 24 Russell...