Access control news
Bosch Security announces the launch of Building Integration System version 4.9. Apart from the continuous platform and cyber security improvements, the latest version offers Visitor Management and Smart Client, which improves efficiency, saves time, and is easy to use for both operators and visitors. Smart Client Concise, easy to use, comprehensive and flexible The brand new Smart Client developed based on web technologies is ActiveX-free and is very easy to visit si...
Standardised IP technology and a software-based ecosystem ensure a reliable, scalable, and future-proof conference solution. With DICENTIS, Bosch has one goal in mind: enhancing conference business by continuously improving meeting efficiency and system flexibility. This also includes a smooth interaction with third-party equipment and system configuration aids. Bosch's regular software updates answer questions that arise in the conference market, incorporate new insights learned in the field,...
PerpetuityARC Training – a global training provider of accredited security management training courses and part of the Linx International Group - has announced the addition of two new training courses to its extensive learning portfolio: Preparing Emergency Response Plans and Testing and Exercise Training. The courses are pre-emptive of the Protect Duty legislation that is due to come into effect in the future. Both courses are being delivered in partnership with emergency response and pl...
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) launches a new campaign to drive awareness of its intelligent video solutions for physical security. Its superhero theme parallels the hero/villain dynamic, encouraging business owners and physical security teams to think of their companies as communities for which they are the superhero and protector. The campaign aims to arm businesses with the tools to protect their assets by inspiring them to ‘suit up for your multiverse&...
Professional Security was established in 2005 and is one of the providers of licensed security personnel to the hospitality sector throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. The company works with a wide breadth of hospitality customers including many of the most influential independent, regional and national operators. The business has been through a transformational change over the last few years and is also working in the guarding and hospitality sectors. The company has an extensive managemen...
A major scheme designed to help West Midlands manufacturing and engineering firms adopt the latest digital tech and drive growth has received £2.3 million extra in funding to continue its work. Made Smarter has already helped more than 200 SMEs in the West Midlands digitise their work, improve employees’ skills and become more productive, since the scheme was launched the region in 2021. Made Smarter scheme More than 150 businesses have already signed up to benefit from this secon...
Collins Aerospace has successfully demonstrated its next-generation life support systems for deep space habitation as part of a ceremonial event with NASA at its laboratory in Windsor Locks, Conn. The demonstration completes the company’s multi-year program supporting NASA’s public-private partnership enabled by the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement, Appendix A. Air Revitalisation System Collins’ solution is a...
LastPass announces that it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001: 2013 certification for its information security management system. Established by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the ISO 27001 certification follows a globally recognised standard that provides a model for establishing, monitoring, and improving an information security management system. ISO 27001 certification The ISO 27001 certification demonstrates LastPass’s commitment to providing the following process...
ACRE, a provider of state-of-the-art security systems, announced the advancements to its security solutions to be demonstrated at Security Essen. During the interactive conference, the company will showcase the advanced technologies that help companies and people connect safely, return to work in the wake of COVID-19 and secure infrastructure, data and people. Super enterprise solutions ACRE will highlight "super enterprise" solutions, such as the TDS Visitor Management System, which provides...
Vision-Box, a globally renowned company in biometrics seamless travel, automated border management and electronic identity management solutions, announced that its facial recognition technology was accredited as top-ranked at the US Department of Homeland Security’s MdTF Biometric Rally 2021 – an organisation that evaluates state-of-the-art biometric identity verification systems for high throughput use cases. This proof of value validates that the algorithms are more effective in t...
Bosch Video Systems are integrated with G2K, allowing the possibility to control data from more than one camera and entrance and exit points, counting the traffic flow in both directions. This automatic procedure keeps the safe amount of people inside buildings, venues or stores. The G2K software people counting solution takes full advantage of video analytic events coming from any Bosch camera with embedded Intelligent Video Analytics or Essential Video Analytics, providing meaningful insight...
Sensor solutions specialist HENSOLDT will deliver its latest-technology Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) products to ELTA Systems Ltd, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI). HENSOLDT was awarded by ELTA several contracts worth approximately 10 Million Euros to deliver a number of MSSR 2000 ID and MSR1000I secondary radars including test equipment. The IFF systems working according to the latest Mode 5 NATO standard will be integrated into civil air traffic control radars as w...
Boon Edam the Netherlands is delighted to announce the appointment of Dirk Aldenzee, an energetic and driven leader with a clear vision for the future. Dirk took the reins of Boon Edam Netherlands on the 1st August 2018 and is already in full-swing in his new role. Wealth of experience Dirk brings with him a wealth of experience - having studied economics as his higher education. He joins the company with a wealth of knowledge in many industries, including his role as Business Unit Director...
HID Global, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces the 2022 State of Access Control Report, providing insightful perspectives of the market’s current state and trends. Produced by IFSEC Global in partnership with HID Global, the report surveyed just over 1,000 respondents from across North America (56%), EMEA (29%), and Asia Pacific (15%) to detail trends in the procurement, installation, specification and operation of physical access control solutions. Physical security tren...
West Midlands 5G Limited (WM5G), the UK’s 5G innovation company has won a £10m Government tender to create the UK’s Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN). WM5G won the tender as part of a UK-wide consortium led by Digital Catapult and also including CW (Cambridge Wireless) and the University of Bristol. UKTIN, first announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) in March, aims to make the UK the easiest place in the world to access and take part in tel...
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dómhnal Slattery, has informed the Board of his intention to step down from his Executive role and from the Board in 2022. Avolon’s Board has unanimously appointed Andy Cronin, Avolon’s President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to the role of CEO Designate. In addition, Paul Geaney, Avolon’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) is appointed to the role of the President a...
Matrix, a manufacturer of Telecom and Security solutions, has organised a Product Expo - Matrix Partner Connect along with its channel partner CTPL in New Delhi on 29th July 2022. The event is organised with an objective to demonstrate innovative solutions encompassing the entire range of Video Surveillance, Access Control, Time-Attendance, and Telecom. In this event, Matrix will display its range of IP Video Surveillance solutions that include enterprise-level VMS, NVRs, and IP Cameras with a...
ACS Pacesetters welcome Biosite Security as the latest company to join the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters. The company is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group which operates in more than 70 countries and owns several flagship brands including Yale, Union, HID and Traka. Providing a range of services Biosite Security, which is based in the West Midlands, operates on a national scale and has been providing a specialist security service for the construction sector for over 10 years. Th...
Collins Aerospace has been selected as the Mission System solutions provider for the next phase of the Air Launched Effects (ALE) small programme for Army Aviation’s Enduring and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. In November 2021, Collins Aerospace successfully demonstrated the ready-now RapidEdge™ Mission System to support this critical programme. ALE is an attritable Family of Systems (FoS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that is launched from a helicopter, large UAS or other alterna...
Safety equipment supplier - ASR Alert Systems, security company - HAVEN (HavenLock, Inc.), and ZeroEyes, creators of the only A.I.-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act Designation, have joined forces to provide key components of a Joint Active Shooter Protection and Response Programme for a school in Houston, Texas, USA, in order to dramatically improve the outcomes of a tragic event - such as an active shooter incident....
Sharry, a PropTech company developing a smart workplace experience platform, together with Shapack Partners, a multi-asset class real estate development company, introduce an all-new access control feature. All tenants and employees can now smoothly access the 167 Green Street office building in Chicago with an employee badge in Apple Wallet. It's the first office building in the United States to offer all tenants building-wide access with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch. Employee badge...
Prosegur Security, a security pioneer, has launched a new Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy in an effort to proactively decrease risks associated with AI use. The policy will serve as a guideline for the ethical, moral, regulatory and security values applied to technological solutions that incorporate AI. Prosegur is the first security company in the world to establish a company-wide policy of this kind. It will be adopted globally in all countries where Prosegur operates and wil...
OutSystems, a globally renowned company in high-performance application development, has announced that it has become an official member of the SAP PartnerEdge programme, with a Build focus, underscoring its commitment to providing high-value low-code to businesses using SAP solutions. While twice as many OutSystems customers connect to SAP technologies as any other system of record, the new relationship will make it even easier for additional businesses within the SAP ecosystem to discover and...
Collins Aerospace broke ground on a $14 million expansion of its additive manufacturing centre in West Des Moines, Iowa. The 9,000-square-foot expansion will allow Collins to make room for more 3D metal printers, in addition to the three it already has onsite. The first new printer will have eight times the build volume of the existing printers and Collins expects it to be fully operational in late 2023. Fuel nozzles Collins’ 41,000-square-foot West Des Moines facility is a world’...
Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security provider, introduces the industry’s only $1 Million cloud native protection warranty. The warranty reflects Aqua’s ability to stop cloud native attacks through its Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), the Aqua Platform. The warranty, which is available at no cost to all customers who have fully deployed the Aqua Platform, will pay up to $1 million in the event of a proven successful attack. Making real difference...
HID Global, a worldwide renowned company in trusted identity solutions, announces the 2022 State of Access Control Report, providing insightful perspectives of the market’s current state and trends. Produced by IFSEC Global, in partnership with HID Global, the report surveyed just over 1,000 respondents from across the North America (56%), EMEA (29%) and Asia Pacific (15%) regions, to detail trends in the procurement, installation, specification and operation of physical access control so...
Every day, fleets across the country rely on Safety Cloud to keep them safe on the road. Safety Cloud connects alerting vehicles - like emergency vehicles, tow trucks, and roadside assistance fleets - to the motorists around them in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) network dedicated to safety. Since the launch of Safety Cloud, the service has sent over a billion alerts to drivers in order to get them to slow down and move over, and ultimately keep everyone on the road safe. Real-time insights In...
The latest field service management software has helped ComLink Fire and Security to become one of the fastest growing companies in Wales. By equipping engineers with rugged mobile devices that synchronise in real time with back-office software, ComLink’s business has been transformed with completely paperless working. Field service fleet doubled in size Since introducing the cloud-based technology from BigChange, ComLink has seen its field service fleet double in size. The compan...
Valsoft Corporation Inc., a Montreal-based company specialising in the acquisition and development of software companies in vertical markets, announces the acquisition of WorkDynamics Technologies Inc. (“WorkDynamics”), a provider of workflow and document management software catered to the public sector in Canada and the US, across federal and provincial governments. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, WorkDynamics offers solutions that facilitate the storage and retrieval...
LastPass, announces several award wins based on user reviews by G2, a peer-to-peer review site that reviews software solutions. LastPass was recognised in 22 categories and highlighted as a leader in 16 categories including small business, enterprise, mid-market, and momentum for Summer 2022. These awards follow G2 recognising LastPass as the only password manager on its annual Best of Security products earlier this year. LastPass’s list of recent milestones also includes the launch of it...
