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The optical precision sorter uses multiple IDS industrial cameras along a 1.5-metre inspection section to classify potatoes by size and quality, with up to five grades produced in a single pass. Rising quality requirements and labor shortages are forcing agricultural businesses to modernise their sorting processes. Those seeking to ensure product quality while reducing the burden on staff need more than a simple pass/fail separation system. What is required is multi-grade sorting that reliably...

Brinqa, the pioneer in exposure management for enterprise security teams, announces it has acquired PlexTrac, the trusted platform for offensive security validation, workflow, and reporting. The acquisition adds the ability to verify that remediation has actually worked, uniquely positioning Brinqa to identify and prioritise the exposures that matter most, drive remediation, and prove the fix held, closing the CTEM loop. The acquisition also makes Brinqa the largest standalone vendor in Unified...

For a data center operator, risk rarely comes down to a single system or department. It can begin with a cut fence, an intruder approaching a substation, an alarm no one trusted enough to investigate, or a rack that ran hot overnight. The cause may be different, but the consequence is often the same: an interruption to operations that can be costly. More than half of significant data center outages can now cost a company over $100,000, and roughly one in five exceed $1 million, accord...

Alarm.com, the platform for intelligently connected properties, has announced the appointment of Bert McGaughey as International Business Development Manager. In this role, McGaughey will drive dealer growth and partner development across the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa, reporting to Aitor Gauna, Alarm.com European Sales Director, supporting Alarm.com's continued expansion into international markets. McGaughey brings more than 15 years of experience across the security, smart home...

Managing access control for a single facility is very different from overseeing dozens of locations across multiple regions. As organizations grow, security teams must manage more access requests, frequent role changes, and compliance across multiple sites. At the same time, access control systems are becoming more connected to identity management platforms, business applications, and corporate networks. Access control was once considered primarily a door-management function, it is now closely...

OpenAI has announced a series of enhanced safety measures designed for under 18’s using ChatGPT to introduce controls that limit how “human” the chatbot can appear amid growing concerns about the use of AI among children. Those with the new teen account can disable voice responses to ensure the tool is understood as AI rather than a person. OpenAI is also introducing reminders for young people to take a break when using the tool to prompt healthier usage patterns. Reinforcing...

Safehire.ai, the digital risk screening company, has become an official Benefit Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), giving eligible CIMSPA partners preferential access to its Digital Risk Screening service. CIMSPA is the chartered professional body for the UK’s sport and physical activity workforce, supporting the development of a professional, trusted and high-quality sector, spanning national organizations, employers, coaches, an...

Nutanix, a hybrid cloud pioneer and AI innovator, and ChronoScale Holdings Corporation, an accelerated compute platform purpose-built to support demanding artificial intelligence workloads, today announced a strategic partnership to jointly deliver enterprise-ready AI infrastructure and help accelerate adoption of AI services across global markets. The partnership brings together complementary capabilities enterprise customers have historically had to assemble themselves — combining Nutan...

Netwrix, a recognized pioneer in identity and data security, announces new capabilities across Netwrix PingCastle and Netwrix Threat Manager that extend identity security deeper into the Microsoft cloud, including coverage of AI agents. Organizations are deploying AI agents faster than they can govern them. Each agent is an identity holding real permissions inside the enterprise environment, yet most exist outside any inventory, ownership, or review process. Identities needing access A Cloud...

The new AIE-VN34/44 and AIE-VO24/34 combine up to 100 TOPS of AI performance, four GMSL2 camera connections, and fanless rugged operation for transportation, AMR, and industrial automation applications. Aetina Corporation, a pioneer AI solution provider and an accelerator of edge AI infrastructure, announces the DeviceEdge AIE-VN34/44 and AIE-VO24/34, Aetina’s first palm-sized in-vehicle edge AI systems, powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano modules. Delivering up t...

Verkada, a pioneer in physical security and operations, announces that the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium adopted its platform to enhance fan safety and security. Hard Rock Stadium's new Verkada deployment unifies video security, access control, guest management, intercoms and alarms into a single, cloud-based platform that enables its team to streamline security operations at the scale and speed that the 65,585-seat venue demands. "As a world-class venue hosting global events year-round,...

ZeroEyes, creators of the pioneer multi-analytics weapons detection and threat intelligence platform, announces that its proactive AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software has been deployed by Goessel USD 411 in Kansas to help protect students, staff, and visitors from gun-related threats. Goessel USD 411 is a small rural district serving approximately 285 students and employing 75 faculty and staff members across two campuses -- an elementary school and a combined junior...

Commvault, a pioneer in unified resilience at enterprise scale, announces advancements to Cloud Rewind, expanding Microsoft Azure resource coverage for configuration protection and recovery. Through this expansion, Commvault is helping organizations more rapidly restore cloud applications and the resources that support them. Manually rebuilding environments is often slow, complex, and error-prone. According to Absolute Security's 2026 State of Enterprise Cyber Resilience report, 57% of enterpri...

Teleport, the AI Infrastructure Identity Company, announces support for Linux Desktop as a protected resource within the Teleport Infrastructure Identity Platform. Engineering teams can now apply the same cryptographic identity, least-privilege access controls, and session auditability to Linux desktops that they rely on for servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, GitHub, and cloud environments. The result: Their developer workstation will reside within the same unified identity layer as the r...

NETSCOUT®, a provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced an extension of its Adaptive DDoS Protection (ADP) solution enabling service providers to automatically detect and mitigate outbound DDoS attack traffic. By extending protection from the attack target towards its source, NETSCOUT helps operators prevent compromised subscriber devices from disrupting their own networks, consuming costly capacity and attacking customers and orga...

With its Middle East entity now operational, Gallagher Security is building on more than 20 years of regional success through continued investment in local talent and a new office in Dubai Silicon Oasis, reinforcing its long-term commitment to a key growth market. “When we announced the establishment of our Middle East entity, we made a commitment to bringing Gallagher closer to our End Users and Channel Partners. The Middle East remains one of the most important growth regions in our glo...

In a world where sustainability and social responsibility are becoming increasingly important, the security industry is also facing the challenge of making its processes more transparent and environmentally friendly. As a responsible company, Pond Security has set itself the goal of meeting ecological and ethical standards - and also actively shaping them. An important step on this path is the cooperation with EcoVadis, one of the world's platforms for sustainability assessments. EcoVadis is a...

They are proud to announce: Pond Security has been awarded the German B2B Award 2025 as the industry winner in the area of customer service. This important award recognizes their daily commitment to the highest quality of service and partnership-based customer care - a strong sign of trust in a security-relevant industry. The German B2B Award is presented annually by the German Association for Consumer Studies (DtGV) – an independent market research institute with a focus on objective cus...

Katja Schwan of Pond Security Service GmbH was named Security Guard of the Year for 2026. The fact that another colleague, Filiz Gülbenim, secured second place right behind her makes this result an extraordinary double success for the entire team. Every year, COREDINATE GmbH and the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Security Companies (BVMS) honor employees who take on special responsibilities in the security industry. The result in 2026: Katja Schwan, Pond Security Service GmbH &nda...

A security service provider is only truly put to the test when something goes wrong. Is the point of contact available? Does the team respond quickly enough? Is communication effective when it matters most? These are the questions that concern companies—not during a sales pitch, but at 2 a.m. when the alarm goes off. For the second year in a row, Pond Security has been recognized for exactly what makes the difference in such moments: outstanding customer service. Outstanding customer ser...

On September 25 and 26, 2025, this year's “Masters of Protection and Safety” network meeting took place at a special location: the interim storage facility of BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH at the Unterweser site (Wesermarsch). The format has been organized by Dienstplanmacher GmbH for many years and is aimed at protection and security specialists from all over Germany. In cooperation with various partners, the meeting offers exciting insights into different security...

The UK-based Keynetics will exhibit at Security Essen for the first time, showcasing SentriGuard, its smart key-management solution for controlled, auditable access to physical keys. On Keynetics’ Stand 5A40 in Hall 5, exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to see the independently attack-tested and LPS 1175 C1 and C3-certified SentriGuard smart key safes in action. The team will also demonstrate the Access+ platform and mobile app that enable remote access management and offer a f...

The 19th edition of Secutech Vietnam will take place from 9 – 12 September 2026 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi. The fair will bring together 480 exhibiting brands from 14 countries and regions across 13,000sqm of exhibition space. With supports from the Vietnam Fire and Rescue Police Department and the Ministry of Public Safety, Secutech Vietnam continues to promote the adoption of advanced fire safety, emergency response, and security technologies across factories, buildings,...

dormakaba has acquired the operating businesses of Azure Access Technology Inc. (Azure Access), a supplier of innovative, adaptable electronic access control hardware, and ADME, Inc. (Apollo Security), a pioneer in the development and manufacturing of access control and integrated security systems. Founded in 2019 in Newport Beach, California (USA), Azure Access develops next-generation, adaptable electronic access control hardware for the US commercial market. Its open architecture controller...

Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity pioneer driving the convergence of networking and security, announces it has acquired Virtue AI, an innovator in AI runtime protection, automated AI validation, and security for autonomous AI systems. The acquisition advances the company’s broader Security for AI strategy and vision for securing the agentic enterprise, building on Fortinet's existing AI security solution portfolio, including its FortiGate Hyperscale Firewall. As organizations rapidl...

RAD Security, an event-driven SaaS platform built to automatically remediate Kubernetes security risks and enforce least privilege access control across distributed cluster infrastructures, today announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding. Led by .406 Ventures with participation from Vertex Ventures US and Gula Tech Adventures, this infusion of capital will enable RAD Security to accelerate product development and grow its sales and marketing efforts. Notably, the following individuals...

According to current industry forecasts, data center capacity in Germany will more than double by 2030. At the same time, the demand for qualified security personnel who are familiar with the specific requirements of data centers and critical infrastructure is on the rise. To meet this need, Pond Academy has developed the certificate course “Data Center Security Fundamentals (IHK).” The course provides practical, specialized knowledge for use in data center operations and was design...

Gunnebo Entrance Control has acquired Safe Products SARL, a Paris-based specialist in entrance control installation and service, strengthening its presence in one of Europe's largest and fastest-growing entrance control markets. France is the second-largest entrance control market in Europe, with the Paris region accounting for approximately 70% of national demand. With an established customer base, growing service portfolio and strong local presence, Safe Products SARL brings additional expert...

Matrix Comsec, a provider of enterprise-grade security and telecom solutions, has been recognized at the Gujarat Best Employer Brand Awards 2026 for its focus on building a people-first and future-ready workplace. The recognition was presented on August 11, 2026, at Fairfield by Marriott, Ahmedabad. Matrix integrates its people strategy with its broader business vision. Operating in a technology-driven industry, the company focuses on continuous learning, technical capability development, leade...

Euralarm has published a new guidance document, Criteria for European Sovereign Cloud, to help manufacturers, service providers, system integrators and end users understand the implications of cloud sovereignty for fire safety and physical security applications. The publication provides a practical framework for assessing when and how European sovereign cloud requirements should be applied, reflecting the growing importance of digital resilience, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. As clou...