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BT Group’s Digital Unit has announced the launch of an innovative internal platform to help the company tap into the power of large language models (LLMs) from providers such as Anthropic, Meta, Claude, Cohere, and Amazon. The GenAI Gateway, built in collaboration with AWS and using Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and AWS Professional Services capabilities, provides secure, private access to a range of natural-language processing and large language models, a critical tool BT Group will...

March Networks®, a global pioneer in cloud-based intelligent video surveillance, is excited to unveil AI Smart Search at the 2024 Global Security Exchange (GSX) trade show in Orlando, USA. This innovative feature uses generative AI to transform how businesses search and analyze video data, helping them work smarter and faster to remotely identify and fix issues across their locations. AI Smart Search AI Smart Search leverages natural language processing and advanced algorithms to identify...

IDEMIA Public Security North America, the provider of convenient and trusted biometric-based solutions, has launched its newest product, ID2Issuance, a cloud native credential issuance and management system that Motor Vehicle Agencies can use to quickly validate applicants’ photos and signatures, perform one-to-many (1:N) facial and fingerprint biometric matching, and document management for driver licenses and/or ID cards, all while keeping individuals’ Personal Identifiable Informa...

A new entry in the cyber-physical security marketplace making its first public introduction, MERON is demonstrating a groundbreaking new solution for Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) branded PIAM+ here at GSX 2024 in booth 1955. MERON is launched by industry veterans Sharad Shekar and Imran Rana with the mission to usher in the next generation of AI-driven PIAM and Security Incident Management that overcomes the longstanding shortfalls of legacy solutions.  Robust PIAM...

Bart Bednar has joined ALCEA as an ALWIN Sales Engineer for North America. With more than 26 years of engineering and integration experience, he is based in Irving, Texas, and reports directly to Michael Woody, the company’s Technical Service and Customer Success Manager. ALCEA offers a wide range of critical infrastructure security solutions and access management systems as the internal systems integrator partner of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. In 2023, the company introduced ALWIN secur...

Sonatype, the end-to-end software supply chain security platform, announced that Sonatype SBOM Manager, its Enterprise-Class Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) solution, and its pre-eminent artifact repository manager, Nexus Repository, is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS customers will now have ac...

LenelS2, a global pioneer in advanced physical security solutions, has announced the launch of OnGuard® Cloud, a managed service leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver the feature-rich OnGuard access control system in the cloud.  OnGuard Cloud allows organizations to focus on their security operations by eliminating the IT burden of managing and maintaining their OnGuard software and servers, all while maintaining control over their unique environment configurations. Lene...

Global cybersecurity pioneer AlgoSec has released its annual ‘The State of Network Security Report’ providing a broad view of network security in hybrid cloud environments, identifying the most popular strategies adopted by security professionals. The report sheds light on key market trends and highlights the solutions and technologies that are in demand and why, helping organizations to navigate the complexities of modern network security.       Based...

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, and Automation Anywhere, a pioneer in AI-powered automation solutions announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expedite business transformation and help customers achieve rapid cost savings by automating complex enterprise workflows with generative AI. Enterprise-wide process automation Automation Anywhere will empower customers to create enterprise-wide process automation within minutes with conversational au...

LenelS2, the global pioneer in advanced security systems and services, will showcase new and upcoming innovations that have been developed with customers in mind, with a focus on cloud-solution enhancements at the annual International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC West 2024), in Las Vegas on April 9 - 12. LenelS2 is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a global pioneer in intelligent climate and energy solutions. OnGuard Cloud Highlights at ISC West will include a deep dive into...

DigiCert, Inc., a pioneering global provider of digital trust, announced accelerated adoption of its Digital Trust solutions as the company closed a record total of new bookings in Q4 of its fiscal year as well as a record number of patents filed. Product innovation and key partnerships, coupled with the increasing demand for Digital Trust, were behind the strong customer demand. As the need for Digital Trust continues to rise – from quantum computing and connected devices to content...

Arctic Wolf®, a global pioneer in security operations announced that Arctic Wolf’s complete portfolio of security operations solutions is made available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This expanded listing further accelerates Arctic Wolf’s frictionless sales engine and will enable organizations from around...

Global technology solutions provider - Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) has announced it has evolved its award-winning ArrowSphere platform into a full-service digital experience for its customers in North America. Based on customer feedback, the expanded ArrowSphere platform provides channel partners and vendors access to Arrow’s services through a single interface. Containing new applications specifically requested by channel partners to help them better serve customers, the platform...

CipherStash, a pioneering cybersecurity company known for its innovative approach to data encryption, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Hawkins as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Mr. Hawkins, formerly a Principal in the Office of the CISO for Amazon Web Services (AWS), brings a wealth of experience and expertise in cybersecurity to further strengthen CipherStash’s commitment to digital defense.  AWS Security organization In his previous role at AWS,...

Amid a new era of technological development, Fredrik Nilsson, VP, Americas, Axis Communications, in conjunction with Taylor & Francis Group’s CRC Press, has released the timely third edition of Intelligent Network Video: Understanding Modern Video Surveillance Systems (Intelligent Network Video). Trajectory of video surveillance  Since the first edition was launched 15 years ago in 2008, technology has advanced at an accelerated pace, profoundly impacting the...

In the competitive world of physical access control, Big Tech companies are seeking to play a larger role. Physical access competition Apple Wallet continues to stake its claim on mobile credentialing. Amazon One Enterprise is pushing a palm-based identity service. Google/Nest offers smart locks for home access control, with identity and access management provided in the Google Cloud. The entry of these big companies in the historically fragmented physical access control market is causing di...

Siemens unveiled innovations that are combining the real world and the digital worlds to redefine reality as it opened CES 2024, the world’s pioneering technology gathering. Siemens announced new partnerships and breakthroughs in AI and immersive engineering to enable the industrial metaverse, and highlighted how these technologies are empowering the world’s innovators to thrive using its open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator. Author's quote Siemens is proud to anno...

Siemens and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are strengthening their partnership and making it easier for businesses of all sizes and industries to build and scale generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Advanced generative AI technology Domain experts in fields such as engineering and manufacturing, as well as logistics, insurance, or banking will be able to create new and upgrade existing applications with the most advanced generative AI technology. To make this possible, Siemens is...

The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, announces the newly elected Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors, shares updates on the organization’s upcoming core initiatives and announces upcoming 2024 events. Z-Wave Alliance Directors 2024 Effective, the updated roster of roles and representatives spanning the connected home and IoT industry is as follows: Chairman of the Board – Avi R...

PlainID, the Authorization Company™, has announced its new dynamic security capabilities via the PlainID Authorizer for SQL databases. When combined with PlainID's current capabilities, the new features will enable externalization of central management and authorization, followed by dynamic, scalable distribution of enforcement for all users accessing SQL databases.  Authorization has traditionally been built into individual, homegrown applications. However, this method is neither sc...

Cyberbit, provider of the world's cybersecurity skills development and readiness platform, announced that it has been named a Pioneer in 'The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Skills and Training Platforms, Q4 2023'. Forrester evaluated nine vendors for their Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence, and Cyberbit achieved the highest score, above all other vendors, in the current offering and strategy categories. Evaluation criteria Forrester scored the vendors in 21 criteria for ev...

11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider, was named an Aspiring provider in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) report. 11:11 Systems is one of seven companies included. Customers lauded the organization for its exceptional commitment, noting they are an “outstanding team dedicated to our account, and these specialists are top of their game.”  DRaaS solution The dependability and consistent p...

GlobalPlatform’s Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP) methodology has been adopted as the basis for a European Standard (EN) by the European Committee for Standardization, CEN and CENELEC. The standard is working to help the IoT ecosystem address regulatory fragmentation and better understand, deploy and explain security. “This is all about raising the bar for IoT security,” comments Eve Atallah, GlobalPlatform SESIP Sub-Task Force Chair. “Security in I...

Checkmarx, the industry pioneer in cloud-native application security for the enterprise announced its Checkmarx Technology Partner program, enabling organizations to easily extend the AppSec platform with a wide range of technology partner capabilities. Better security outcomes The combination of best-of-breed technology partners with the enterprise AppSec platform helps organizations shift everywhere, from code to cloud, with a unified AppSec posture integrated into the software development l...

Quantum Corporation, a globally renowned provider of solutions for video and unstructured data, announced a partnership with Tiger Surveillance, a pioneering provider of video surveillance data management and protection solutions, to deliver end-to-end solutions for long-term retention and archiving of video surveillance data.  Quantum's Smart NVR, VS-HCI, and USP solutions that capture and store video surveillance data are now certified with Surveillance Bridge software by Tiger Surveilla...

ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, announced the formation of its Channel Partner Program (CPP), aimed at expanding the national presence of its AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness platform. It will be led by VP of Partnerships Claude Haskins, along with Director of Partnerships Chad Spiller, and newly appointed VP of Channel Partnerships Darren Craw...

DigiCert announced the expansion of its certificate management platform, DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager, to provide full lifecycle support for multiple CAs including Microsoft CA and AWS Private CA, as well as integration with ServiceNow to support existing IT service workflows.  Trust Lifecycle Manager additionally supports enrollment to a broad range of Microsoft and AWS technologies, providing organizations a unified approach to managing the public and private trust for use cases such...

Cohesity, a pioneer in data security and management, announced Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will each be offering Cohesity Cloud Services (CCS) to bring efficient data security and management to companies operating in modern hybrid and multicloud environments.  Cohesity has benefited from strategic partnerships with Cisco and HPE to help deliver the benefits of the Cohesity Data Cloud to nearly 1,000 joint customers worldwide. In 2017, both companies started working...

More than a quarter of UK adults have used generative artificial intelligence such as chatbots, according to research from accounting group Deloitte. The research suggested that approximately 4 million people have also used it for work. Deloitte survey and findings The Deloitte survey of 4,150 UK adults found that just over half of the population had heard of generative AI, with around one in 10 respondents, the equivalent of approximately four million people using it for work. The Delo...

Enveil, the pioneering Privacy Enhancing Technology company protecting Data in Use, announced that it has been selected to participate in the AWS European Defence Accelerator, a four-week technical, business, and mentorship program designed to advance and showcase innovative solutions well-positioned to support defense and national security customers. The program targets solutions that will help the European defense industry enhance its energy resilience, secure information sharing, sensi...