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Sepura, the Cambridge-based critical communications solutions organization, has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, in recognition of its proven compliance to the highest level of information security management. BSI issued the certificate, following an extensive audit process. To achieve the ISO 27001 certification, organizations must demonstrate a systematic and documented approach to protecting and managing sensitive company and customer information, including intellectual property, e...

2N Telekomunikace, the provider of IP intercom systems, announced that it has become a member of the Johnson Controls Security Products Connected Partner Program, guaranteeing the seamless integration of its intercoms with the 300+ devices and technologies that are part of the Johnson Controls C•CURE 9000® system. Benefits of the partnership  The partnership offers a range of benefits for security operators, including: A clear graphic interface from which the operator can init...

Collins Aerospace has produced the first working prototype of its 500 kilowatt electric motor suitable for the Airlander 10 aircraft under a partnership with Hybrid Air Vehicles and the University of Nottingham. Collins has begun basic characterization testing of the motor at the University of Nottingham. For the 2,000 RPM permanent magnet electric motor, Collins is targeting specific power density levels of 9 kilowatts per kilogram and 98% efficiency through the use of a novel motor topology a...

Avolon is delighted that An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, and Irish Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, TD, have announced government support for Innovate for Ireland, a transformative, globally unique doctoral scholarship program originally conceived by their CEO, Dómhnal Slattery. Through a partnership between the Irish Government and the private sector, Innovate for Ireland will position Ireland as a global innovation leader...

As an authorized distributor, Mouser Electronics, Inc. is focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies, giving customers an edge and helping speed time to market. Over 1,200 semiconductor and electronic component manufacturer brands count on Mouser to help them introduce their products into the global marketplace. Mouser's customers can expect 100% certified, genuine products that are fully traceable from each manufacturer. Raw sensor applications Last quarter, Mouser la...

3DX-Ray Ltd has announced the appointment of Vincent Deery as Chief Executive Officer, with effect from the 1st of July 2022. Vincent is a highly experienced professional whose successful career beginning at the General Electric Company has encompassed sales, marketing, and business development across high technology sectors (both public and private) including security and defense, power control, oil and petrochemical, and metrology. Vincent's experience After joining 3DX-Ray in 2008 Vin...

Vicon Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Cemtrex Inc., designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware, and components, recently appointed Diego Morales as VP, Software Engineering. In this new role, Morales will lead the design, development, and management of Vicon’s next-gen products, while continuing to galvanise its current product line. Under his lead, Vicon’s research and development will be laser-focused on producing smart solutions, which...

Cohesity, a provider of next-gen data management, announced it was named a Leader and an Outperformer in two GigaOm Radar reports: the GigaOm Radar for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection: Large Enterprises, and the GigaOm Radar for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. This is the third time Cohesity was named a Leader in the Large Enterprises report. Cohesity is acclaimed for offering “strongly differentiated cyber resiliency features,” “great data mana...

StorMagic®, solving the world’s edge data problems, announced that Hermitage Solutions, a distributor of IT security solutions and services, has joined its distribution network. Hermitage Solutions selected StorMagic’s offering to meet the data protection needs of companies and for the robustness, simplicity, and cost-effectiveness of its products. Contract details  The contract provides for the distribution in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg of StorMagic ARQvault, SvSAN,...

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announces that it has received its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Risk Rating score of 16.0 from Sustainalytics, one of the ESG rating companies in the world. Low ESG risk rating Avolon has been recognized by Sustainalytics as being in the ‘Low Risk’ category, reflecting Avolon's strong performance across a broad range of ESG metrics. Based on a scale of 100–0, from highest to lowest risk, Avolon&rsquo...

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (SailPoint), the pioneer in enterprise identity security, announces that its stockholders voted to approve SailPoint’s pending acquisition by Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, at SailPoint’s special meeting of stockholders, held earlier today. The final voting results on the proposals voted on at the special meeting will be set forth in a Form 8-K filed by SailPoint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, after certification by...

StorMagic®, provider of hyperconvergence solutions for edge computing, announces that Hermitage Solutions, distributor of IT security solutions and services, joined its distribution network. Hermitage Solutions selected StorMagic's offering to meet the need for corporate data protection and for the robustness, simplicity and cost-effectiveness of its products. Modern key management The contract provides for the distribution in France, Belgium and Luxembourg of ARQvault/SvSAN and/or SvKMS...

HID Global, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces a joint research laboratory with France-based Hubert Curien Laboratory, named the Lasers, Materials, and Colors for Citizen Identity Documents Laboratory, or LAMCID. The Hubert Curien Laboratory is a joint research unit of Jean Monnet University, the National Research Centre, and the Institut d’Optique Graduate School. Improve identity documents LAMCID will host experts from HID and Hubert Curien to conduct a variety of join...

The people out in cyberspace that invade users' privacy are usually the ones users prepare to protect themselves from. Still, what if those people weren’t the only threats to be wary of? According to a recent report from Forrester, this is the case more often than users think. Insider threats at security firms caused 59% of data security incidents over the last year, typically consisting of accounts being misused by internal employees or business associates, resulting in data leaks that...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, was named Global Sustainability Changemaker and U.S. IoT Partner of the Year at the Microsoft’s annual awards. The Sustainability award was made for the significant societal impact that Johnson Controls OpenBlue Enterprise Manager is having on boosting sustainability in buildings, improving ESG scores and enabling data-driven decision-making by customers. IoT Partner award for Johnson Controls...

Trackforce Valiant, a provider of security workforce management solutions, announces the acquisition of TrackTik Software, one of the most innovative and fastest-growing cloud-based security workforce management providers. The combination of these two companies has created a new pioneer in providing visibility and control for the physical security workforce. “We are very excited to welcome TrackTik into the Trackforce Valiant family,” said Trevor Campion, CEO of Trackforce Valiant....

A manufacturer of anti-terrorism bollards, barriers, and crash-rated street furniture based in Coventry has bolstered its overseas presence with a new Australia patent. Safetyflex Barriers has secured a patent for its surface mount security barrier Crashblock, which has been developed to provide instant hostile vehicle mitigation protection. The unique anti-terrorism block is completely free-standing, can stop an 18-tonne truck at up to 50mph, and has been crash-tested to industry standards BSI...

Zenitel and Feenics announce the integration with Zenitel’s ICX-AlphaCom platform and the Feenics cloud-based access control solution. The integration is the enhancement and extension of a long-standing partnership between both companies. The integration provides security teams the ability to both speak and listen and allow access to facilities and unmanned entry points, while optimising processes and their actionable responses to incidents. Intelligent critical communication This produ...

Siemens, a front-runner in industrial automation and software, infrastructure, building technology, and transportation, and NVIDIA, a pioneer in accelerated graphics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), announced an expansion of their partnership to enable the industrial metaverse and increase the use of AI-driven digital twin technology that will help bring industrial automation to a new level.  As the first step in this collaboration, the companies plan to connect Siemens Xcelerator, the op...

Securitas, the security solutions partner with world-renowned technology and expertise, has signed the commitment letter for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and will begin the process of developing and validating targets, in order to reduce the Group’s climate impact. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a collaboration between CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the World Resources Institute, Worldwide Fund for Nature, and the UN Global Compact. Science Based...

Xydus, the company fixing identity for an expansive world, has announced two key technical leadership hires, following a record-breaking 600% revenue increase in 2021. Ensuring its identity solution is ready to flex to any challenges that the future throws at it, Xydus brings in technical professionals - Jos Aussems as the Chief Information Security Officer and Chris Covell as the Senior Vice President (VP) of Engineering. Modernizing the IT department Xydus spent the past six months re-organ...

ACS Pacesetters are pleased to welcome Nexus Security Limited as the latest company to join the membership. During their recent Security Industry Authority ACS inspection, they achieved a score in the top 15% of all accredited companies, which makes them eligible for membership. The company, part of the Fortel Group of companies, is a specialist construction security provider. Nexus Security provides a national service covering heavy civil construction, infrastructure projects, commercial build...

Super Micro Computer, Inc., a pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking, and green computing technology, announces a wide range of Supermicro servers will support the latest NVIDIA technologies. Both 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors or 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processor-based servers will be available that incorporate the new NVIDIA® A100 80GB PCIe Tensor Core GPUs. With these new technologies, Supermicro systems will speed up HPC simulations and analytics applications. More...

Blickfeld, the breakthrough LiDAR sensor technology company creating innovative hardware and software products, will be expanding its operations into the United States of America (USA). To support Blickfeld’s operations on the ground in the USA, the company will open a new office in the Detroit area, establishing its strategic North American location. Blickfeld plans to hire 25 more people by the end of 2023. New appointment to head up the US division Heading up the US division will be...

The VITAPROTECH Group continues to develop its security software solutions and strengthens its Smart Monitoring division through the acquisition of FOXSTREAM. Founded in 2004, FOXSTREAM is a French software publisher specializing in real-time video content analysis and video management system (COSSILYS21) in the banking industry. The FOXSTREAM solutions have the advantage of extracting, transmitting and storing relevant information from video images, for perimeter protection (intrusion), flow m...

TDSi announced it has achieved Cyber Essentials Certification which demonstrates the company’s dedication to fully securing its operations as well as its products and services. Backed by the UK Government through the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cyber Essentials helps any size or type of organization to protect itself and those that rely on it from a range of common and potentially dangerous cyber-attacks. Meeting industry standards Alex Rumsey, Sales Director a...

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 organizations 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 organizations scrambling to implement the latest technologies and processes to protect their IT in...

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-...

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...

Vigitron, Inc, the manufacturer of networking products for security applications, announces the release of their SysCap, Syslog information capture program. The program 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 Sys...