Access control news

With the passing of time, the necessity of security to inculcate flexibility in its design and working became more important than having rigid standalone networks. Matrix COSEC VEGA FAX door controllers bring huge flexibility to the time attendance and access control needs of an organisation. Built with precision engineering methods to combine aesthetics, connectivity, and reliability, Matrix COSEC VEGA FAX is the perfect product for the access control and time attendance needs of any modern or...

Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, has announced the launch of two new features for Pluralsight Flow, the software development intelligence platform helping engineering organisations accelerate growth through optimised software delivery. These features include Team Health Insights, which enables engineering leaders to proactively diagnose the holistic health of their teams, and the Sprint Movement report, designed to help with sprint planning and predictability efforts....

Vigitron, Inc, the manufacturer of networking products for security applications, announces the release of their SysCap, Syslog information capture programme. The programme captures information from devices with Syslog capability which is found in almost every managed network switch. Captured information is displayed in a log which can be saved to Clip Board, Excel, or Word programs. SysCap can run in a minimised mode to alert operations of problems when they occur. Health monitoring software...

GJD design and manufacture a wide range of external perimeter protection products that identify genuine threats and create alerts when an intruder is at the boundary, rather than inside the premises. The company’s product range includes the unique ATEX-certified Infra-Red Beam Detector, (GS100), for hazardous areas one and two. The GS100 is intrinsically safe and provides versatile detection solutions, which allows engineers to reliably protect hazardous areas. It is designed to be used w...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the front-runner in digital buildings, has signed an agreement to acquire Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates SI to a foremost position in the software market for buildings and built infrastructure. The purchase price is USD 1.575 billion, plus an earn-out. Cloud-based capabilities The acquisition will add Brightly’s well-established cloud-...

Ahead of the five-year anniversary of NotPetya (June 27th), cybersecurity leaders from Gigamon, DigitalXRAID and CYFOR Secure have weighed in on what has changed, and how organisations can protect against future large-scale ransomware attacks. Mark Coates, VP EMEA, Gigamon says, “In the five years since NotPetya, the threat from ransomware has become both critical and unpredictable. And with organisations scrambling to implement the latest technologies and processes to protect their IT in...

Organised by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and the German-American Chamber of Commerce, a delegation of purchasers from the United Nations (UN) is travelling to the Ruhr metropolis, as part of a high-ranking visit at the Security Essen 2022 event. At the leading fair for civil security, Security Essen 2022, which will take place at Messe Essen from September 20 to September 23, 2022, the UN representatives will present the United Nation’s procurement sys...

Morse Watchmans, the industry provider of key control and asset management systems, is exhibiting at Apartmentalize powered by the National Apartment Association 2022, highlighting their latest. For over a century, Morse Watchmans has been known as an innovator of high-quality, cost-effective security technology. Specializing in state-of-the-art key management, asset management, guard tour and key ring systems, Morse Watchmans delivers reliable, easy-to-use products to meet an organisation&r...

As consumers transact more business online than ever, identity verification has become essential to safe digital access. Mitek is making it possible for companies to protect customers’ digital experiences from the moment they open an account through their entire journey.    Identity fraud Almost 50% of U.S. citizens were victims of some form of identity theft between 2020 and 2022, according to the National Council on Identity Theft Protection. The most common forms of id...

Worcestershire-based security solutions company Ecl-ips is pleased to announce that after 14 years with the business Stephen Gilbert, generally known as Steve by the team, has been promoted to a new role of Technical Manager having previously been Senior Engineer. Technical Manager The creation of the Technical Manager post reflects the recent expansion of Ecl-ips, which is located in Stoke Prior near Bromsgrove, as it develops more integrated security and monitoring solutions. This means its...

Sentry Enterprises is pleased to announce that the SentryCard, a decentralised biometric platform providing absolute trust, has successfully completed FIDO2 certification. The FIDO Alliance’s FIDO2 specifications enable users to leverage common devices to easily authenticate to online services in both mobile and desktop environments. FIDO Alliance’s FIDO2 specifications The FIDO Alliance is an open industry association with a focused mission: authentication standards to help reduc...

Idesco Corp., a New York-based ID card solutions provider, announces the company has launched an easy way for customers to get high-quality proximity cards programmed. Idesco has been paving the way when it comes to ID card solutions and is helping customers stay ahead of the supply chain issues plaguing the industry. Idesco’s line of TopProx cards is allowing organisations to issue proximity cards to employees, tenants, students, or visitors on demand by printing and programming all card...

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA) are part of a community of security professionals unified by the mission of keeping people and property safe. Following inexplicable and senseless school security tragedies that occur far too often in this nation, most recently in Uvalde, Texas, they commit themselves to support reasonable initiatives to protect young children who simply deserve a safe place to learn. They recognise that there is not a single...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, acquires zero trust cybersecurity provider – Tempered Networks, based in Seattle, Washington. Tempered Networks has created ‘Airwall’ technology, an advanced self-defence system for buildings that enables secure network access across diverse groups of endpoint devices, edge gateways, cloud platforms and service technicians. It represents a step-change in operational technology built on secure transmis...

Magos Systems, the pioneer in advanced radar detection technology, introduces the SR-150 radar, a new radar that is ideal for smaller sites looking to implement enhanced radar detection and larger locations that need to fill a gap to address a dead zone in their perimeter protection. The small form SR-150 is an important addition to Magos Systems portfolio of ground-based radar detection systems. Built with the same high standards as its other, longer range models, the SR-150 is a cost-effectiv...

Verkada began as an innovative approach to video security, helping organisations around the world protect their people and assets from harm. As Verkada has expanded, organisations across Europe have been able to leverage the additional power of Verkada's access control, environmental sensors, and visitor management solutions, in order to improve security and building management. Complete Verkada platform available for UK and Europe Now, with the addition of Verkada’s Alarm solution - Ve...

A new practical guide has been published by Morphean, a globally renowned company in Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud analytics, in order to help security businesses understand and adopt the digitalised world of physical security. The new guide argues that cloud physical security is now playing a critical role in the digital transformation agenda, as AI-driven analytics help unlock superior security and intelligence benefits, while helping to mitigate the rising cost base that is being fe...

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud-native security provider, and the Center for Internet Security (CIS), an independent, nonprofit organisation with a mission to create confidence in the connected world, releases the industry’s first formal guidelines for software supply chain security. Developed through a collaboration between the two organisations, the CIS Software Supply Chain Security Guide provides more than 100 foundational recommendations that can be applied across a variety of com...

Orion Entrance Control (Orion) is pleased to announce that Paul Ragusa has joined the company as Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Orion, Paul honed his marketing and writing skills, working for more than 25 years in management roles at several publishing, media and marketing companies, including most recently as Editor of Security Systems News (SSN). During his six-plus years at SSN, Paul Ragusa oversaw all content for the publication and website, in addition to creating the education progra...

Zenitel, the provider of Intelligent Communications solutions, has named C3 Critical Communication Caribbean as its new Center of Excellence (CoE) for the safety and security market in the Americas region. C3, with offices in Bogota, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, and St Martin, is a pioneer in audio and data communications. The company is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified. For more than 90 years it has provided security and safety solutions to first responders in public safety, healthcare, reta...

Egnyte, a globally renowned company in cloud content security and governance, has announced that it has been named a leader and No. 1 ranked vendor by peer-to-peer software review platform - G2, in multiple summer 2022 reports, including a new Sensitive Data Discovery report. The company has also retained leadership positions in the Data Governance, Data Security, Data-Centric Security, Encryption Key Management, and Cloud Content Collaboration categories. Egnyte recognised by G2 “In to...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, acquired zero trust cyber security provider – Tempered Networks, based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Tempered Networks has created ‘Airwall’ technology, an advanced self-defence system for buildings that enables secure network access across diverse groups of endpoint devices, edge gateways, cloud platforms and service technicians. Airwall technology It represents a step-change in op...

The first training certificates were recently handed out to Vanderbilt's partners Techpro Vietnam. The certificates were handed out by Melyvn Teo to Techpro’s Mr. Son regarding the company’s ACTpro virtual training certificates. Virtual Classroom Training The Virtual Classroom Training is a half-day training session that starts at 1 pm and ends at 5 pm (local Singapore time). The in-person training hosted in Singapore is provided by trainer Jonny Goh, Project Sales Manager at Vande...

UK firm PPSS Group have perhaps designed the very first and potentially only EN ISO 20471:2013 certified stab resistant body armour in the UK. This means security professionals would no longer be required to wear a hi-vis vest over commonly used body armour, in environments where it would be crucial. The company claims that in the ever-growing sectors who demand body armour, more and more frontline professionals also require high-visibility workwear. According to PPSS Group, using the right saf...

Genetec Inc., a globally renowned technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has announced the immediate availability of a new generation of its Synergis Cloud Link PoE-enabled IoT gateway for access control. Synergis Cloud Link Manufactured in North America to mitigate supply chain delays, Synergis Cloud Link addresses increasing demand for non-proprietary access control solutions and provides a safe and secure gateway to a Cloud o...

LenelS2 announced the release of the OnGuard security management system version 8.1, empowering security teams with several major user interface enhancements, more unified security management, cloud-enabling features and access to deeper analytics that help facilitate intelligent decision-making. Version 8.1 provides major updates including more fully-featured browser clients, modernized desktop clients, deeper integration with the Magic Monitor unified client and Milestone video management sys...

Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, announces the latest addition to its family of voltage level translators, the NXT4557GU and NXT4556UP. These devices enable seamless connectivity of next generation low voltage mobile phone baseband processors with its subscribers’ identity module (SIM) cards. As processor geometries advance to single digit nanometer nodes, the core voltage of advanced SoCs is decreasing. This development results in the increasing need for voltage translat...

Enterprise devices are, on average, connecting to four separate locations each month, during the era of hybrid working, according to a new report from Absolute Software, a globally renowned company in self-healing endpoint and secure access solutions. Absolute Software’s new report, titled ‘The Value of Zero Trust in a Work-from-Anywhere World’, observed information from almost five million devices containing Absolute Software’s zero-trust solutions across 12,000 custome...

SALTO is looking to expand their Technology Partner programme which empowers best-in-class technology companies to link into SALTO’s access control Technology Platforms and integrate and certify their solutions with SALTO's smart locking product portfolio. As such, SALTO’s smart access technology architecture is open to third-party systems to improve any facility’s operations in terms of efficiency, flexibility and security for the ultimate all-in-one smart keyless living exper...

Valsoft Corporation Inc., a Canadian-based company specialising in the acquisition and development of vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of Ingeniería Informática Interactiva. Based in Barcelona, Ingeniería Informática Interactiva (III) offers software solutions for the construction sector, in particular, Soft Sumind, an ERP system for distributors of industrial materials in the electrical, HVAC, plumbing and hardwa...