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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 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...

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...

2N, the pioneer in internet-enabled intercoms and access control systems, has upgraded the functionality of its best-selling intercom, the 2N® IP Verso 2.0, to enhance both security and flexibility. This is a direct response to surveys where 2N’s residential and commercial customers were asked about the features they most wanted to see in access control devices. The security upgrades include a full HD wide-angle camera which, based on 2N’s internal research, is now a requiremen...

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...

Sentry Enterprises, a cutting-edge company that is transforming what identity means across the physical and digital worlds, announces an alliance with Allegion for customers seeking “trusted-identity” utilising two-factor biometric authentication without expensive infrastructure investment. Allegion, with pioneering brands like Schlage®, Von Duprin® and LCN®, specialises in security around the doorway and beyond, with products that help keep people safe and...

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...

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...

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...

Iris ID, the pioneer in iris recognition technology for 25 years, continues to experience outstanding success in establishing partnerships with numerous Fortune 100 companies. Leveraging its cutting-edge iris recognition technology, Iris ID has emerged as the preferred choice for enhancing security measures using the highest form of biometric identity authentication and verification to best safeguard the integrity of critical operations at pioneering organisations. Author's quote  "We ar...

Allied Universal, a security and facility services provider, announces that Kelly Jacobs has been included in the San Diego Business Journal’s (SDBJ) 2023 ‘HR & Diversity Professionals of the Year Honourees’ list. With approximately 800,000 team members around the globe, Allied Universal is the third-largest private employer in North America and seventh largest in the world. Federal and state compliance As Allied Universal’s regional human resources manager for Sa...

Global security manufacturer, Gallagher has been awarded security manufacturer of the year at the 2023 Fire & Security Matters Awards. The security manufacturer of the year award is designed to recognise a manufacturer of security systems that has gone above and beyond in its commitment to innovation and/or its systems meet the highest standards. Integrated security solutions On receiving the award, Regional General Manager for UK and Europe, Richard Huison said: "At Gallagher, people ar...

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...

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:...

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, 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...

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...

Matrix Comsec, a renowned player in the Telecom and Security domains, showcased its enterprise-grade solutions at its ideation event, Matrix Partner Connect 2023, in Jaipur on the 16th of June. With over three decades of experience, Matrix has established itself as a pioneering provider of comprehensive telecom and security solutions, catering to organisations of all sizes worldwide. This exclusive event aimed to highlight Matrix's latest innovations in telecom and security while fostering part...

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, 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...

As vehicle crime continues to be a growing concern, security specialist Mul-T-Lock is offering new solutions, specifically designed to address the alarming rise in thefts and break-ins and offer enhanced security and peace of mind. There was a 24.9% year-on-year increase in the number of vehicles stolen across England and Wales, according to new data published by the Office of National Statistics. Survey findings Analysis shows that there were 130,389 vehicles stolen last year, compared...

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...

Identiv, Inc., digital security and identification pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that its cloud-based Hirsch Velocity security management software, Velocity Vision video management system (VMS), and Hirsch Mx Controller products have been granted Federal Risk and Authorisation Management Program (FedRAMP) Marketplace Authorisation following a rigorous, multi-year assessment process. FedRAMP is a U.S. government-wide program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud service...

LifeSafety Power, a pioneer in intelligent networking power solutions for access control, physical security, and loT applications, has promoted longtime team member Keith Kober to Senior Director of Sales. Work experience  Most recently Director of Sales, Western U.S. and Canada, Kober has been with LifeSafety Power for more than 11 years. He started his career as Regional Sales Director, where he brought some 30+ years of selling, designing, and implementing security management solutions...

Finnish high-technology company Insta and Lockheed Martin Corporation have signed a cooperation agreement for developing next-generation security and gateway solutions. This is the first agreement under indirect industrial cooperation in the Finland acquisition of the 5th Generation F-35. During the project, Insta and Lockheed Martin will develop together a Cross Domain Solution, a bi-directional next-generation network security & gateway solution for demanding military use that enables coo...

Organisations in the Middle East will be able to better protect themselves against business-crippling cyber hacks that cost the region millions of dollars every year, thanks to a new partnership between Bulwark Distribution FZCO and Holm Security. The cost of cyber security incidents within the Middle East has reached a new high of $6.93 million US dollars per data breach, according to IBM’s "Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022". This figure is significantly higher than the cost per inciden...

Andrew Patel, Senior Researcher at WithSecure Intelligence, offers the following insight: “Some of the requirements set forth by the AI Act are going to be difficult to enforce. These include disclosing that content was generated by an AI and ensuring that models cannot generate illegal content." He adds, "Many open-source generative models are now available to the public and these models can be finetuned and repurposed by anyone with enough know how. Large language models have already b...

Even in the busiest dental or doctors’ practice, there is a simple way to give patients privacy, protect medical equipment, and keep personal belongings safe: a Code Handle Door Lock. This simple, secure door handle with an inbuilt digital PINpad is easy to fit and straightforward to use with no need for specialists or software. It’s the perfect security solution for waiting rooms and medicine rooms, drug stores, consulting rooms, and staff rooms.  Code Handle Door Lock ...

As part of Butterfield Business Park’s expansion plans, Amthal has fitted new columns featuring integrated wireless IP CCTV cameras and surveillance technology to offer essential peace of mind to businesses and visitors on site. Luton-based Butterfield Business Park, managed by pioneering UK commercial and residential real estate consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton, covers a total site area of 24 acres and is home to a range of high-quality commercial buildings. Security installation and...

Invicti Security™, known for acquiring and combining AppSec market pioneers Netsparker and Acunetix, announced that Lou DiFruscio has joined its executive leadership team as Chief Revenue Office (CRO). Extensive work experience Lou DiFruscio brings over 25 years of leadership and experience to the dynamically growing AppSec solutions provider and will be accelerating the ongoing expansion and high growth success of the global company in the enterprise, small to medium enterprise, and cha...