Access control software News

Identity One announced the successful testing of their joint solution with Convergint Federal for a North Carolina military facility. The military facility expressed a need to register Common Access Cards (CAC) into an air-gapped AMAG physical access control system (PACS). Convergint’s integrated solution employs Identity One’s FIPSlink software to ensure the facility’s ability to become fully FICAM compliant when requirements change. Government compliance and regulatio...

The dynamic connection between telecommunication and the hospitality industry has witnessed a fascinating journey of interdependence, mutual growth, and innovation. From the advent of telegraph services to the ubiquitous presence of telephones and the emergence of smart room technology, the hospitality sector has embraced telecom solutions with remarkable speed and enthusiasm. This interdependence has brought forth a myriad of benefits, revolutionizing the guest experience, streamlining operat...

When choosing mechanical security, what the customer can’t see is as important as what they can. Every time mechanical security locks a door or other opening — at home or work — a keyholder puts their trust in the technology, ingenuity and heritage of its manufacturer. ASSA ABLOY’s history of inventing locks and keys stretches back more than a century. Since the invention of the pin tumbler by Linus Yale, ASSA ABLOY Group brands have led the way in developing locking tec...

Thanks to Mobile Access, the new solution from Bosch, access to buildings and restricted areas can now be managed without additional identification media such as plastic cards. Mobile Access is fully integrated into the tried-and-tested access management system from Bosch and offers numerous benefits in terms of efficiency, security, and convenience for building owners, employees, and visitors. Both efficient and user-friendly A few clicks are all it takes for authorized individuals, such as...

HiveWatch, a physical security software company reimagining how organizations keep their people and assets safe, announced that Steve Hult will join the HiveWatch leadership team as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Hult will spearhead the company’s sales, customer success, and partnership teams.  Efficient, intuitive workflows “What gets me so excited about joining HiveWatch is listening to security executives at world-class organizations describe all the ways we&rs...

Monitoreal, a global provider of AI-powered perimeter security solutions, has announced its exciting new distribution agreement with Redimport, an established distributor of innovative technology products. This collaboration is a significant milestone for Monitoreal as it expands its reach and introduces its cutting-edge products to more households and businesses in Belgium. Distribution partnership Under the terms of the partnership, Redimport will serve as Monitoreal's added value distributo...

The BSIA’s flagship event, the British Security Awards, returned to the live stage to recognize security officers and businesses working to keep people, property and places professionally protected during the last 18 months. British Security Awards In its 26th year, held in 2023 at the sold-out Grand Connaught Rooms, the industry celebrated security excellence with 18 awards presented to security officers and businesses in front of clients and leading industry stakeholders. The show als...

Exabeam, a cybersecurity pioneer and creator of New-Scale SIEM for advancing security operations, announced the general availability of Outcomes Navigator, an advanced visualization feature within the New-Scale SIEM product portfolio. Outcomes Navigator helps cybersecurity providers overcome one of their most significant challenges-having a clear understanding and way to visualize continuous detection coverage improvement against key security use cases across their business and IT environments....

Allied Universal, a security and facility services provider, announces that Kelly Jacobs has been included in the San Diego Business Journal’s (SDBJ) 2023 ‘HR & Diversity Professionals of the Year Honorees’ list. With approximately 800,000 team members around the globe, Allied Universal is the third-largest private employer in North America and seventh largest in the world. Federal and state compliance As Allied Universal’s regional human resources manager for San...

Sumsub, the global verification platform providing customizable KYC, KYB, transaction monitoring, and AML solutions for the whole customer journey, announces the launch of its enhanced deepfakes detection technology into Sumsub’s liveness and deepfake detection solution. According to Sumsub’s reports, the number of deepfakes detected in Q1 2023 was 10% greater than all of 2022 combined. Responding to this growing threat of identity fraud, the company made major updates to its in-hou...

Iris ID, the pioneer in iris recognition technology for 25 years, continues to experience outstanding success in establishing partnerships with numerous Fortune 100 companies. Leveraging its cutting-edge iris recognition technology, Iris ID has emerged as the preferred choice for enhancing security measures using the highest form of biometric identity authentication and verification to best safeguard the integrity of critical operations at pioneering organizations. Author's quote  "We ar...

2N, the pioneer in internet-enabled intercoms and access control systems, has upgraded the functionality of its best-selling intercom, the 2N® IP Verso 2.0, to enhance both security and flexibility. This is a direct response to surveys where 2N’s residential and commercial customers were asked about the features they most wanted to see in access control devices. The security upgrades include a full HD wide-angle camera which, based on 2N’s internal research, is now a requiremen...

HID, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification for its HID Origo Mobile Identities solution, demonstrating the company’s ability to maintain a highly secure, cloud-based physical access environment. HID Origo Mobile Identities is a cloud-based platform that enables technology partners to build integrated access control solutions. The platform offers a scalable, secure infrastructure, including seamless and consistent service, that improves how acces...

Matrix Comsec, a well-known player in the Telecom and Security industry, is gearing up to showcase its cutting-edge solutions at its flagship event, Matrix Partner Connect 2023, to be held in Surat, India on the 27th of June, 2023. With a rich experience spanning over three decades, Matrix has emerged as a provider of comprehensive telecom and security solutions, serving organizations of all sizes globally. The event aims to highlight Matrix's latest innovations while fostering partnerships and...

Hanwha Vision America has completed the integration of its Wisenet WAVE video management system with AMAG Technology's Symmetry Access Control software, delivering greater system choice and flexibility for customers, especially in AMAG’s key markets including data centers, finance, banking, commercial, healthcare, and education. The new AMAG Integration Plugin for Wisenet WAVE VMS seamlessly allows the assignment of video cameras registered within Wisenet WAVE VMS to mapped resources with...

Permiso, a Palo Alto-based cloud detection and response startup that finds evil in cloud environments, has released the findings of its 2023 Cloud Detection and Response Survey that reveals an alarming paradox among cloud security professionals. While many respondents admitted to leveraging high-risk practices and behaviors in their cloud environments, they remain confident that their security tools and processes will protect their organizations against well-orchestrated attacks. That hig...

STM Group Ltd is proud to announce that it has been awarded a prestigious contract to provide security services for the British Library’s St Pancras site in London, commencing on July 1st, 2023. This partnership exemplifies the company’s commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the nation's heritage sites. The British Library is the United Kingdom’s national library, one of the six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland, renowned for housing collections of printed an...

Projected to be the tallest tower in South Asia upon completion in 2025, “The One” residences towers in Colombo, Sri Lanka will comprise 92 floors (reaching 376 m in height), and offer residential, business, and leisure facilities. DNAKE signed a cooperation agreement with “The One" in September 2013 and brought ZigBee smart home system to the model houses of “The One.” The products on display are included. Smart buildings DNAKE IP video intercom products enable m...

The situation Located in Turkey, the project Sur Yapı Lavender is creating a new living space that will be worth the name of the city, in the most preferred and prestigious district of Anatolian Side, Sancaktepe. Its constructor Sur Yapı stands out as a group of companies engaged in product development, turnkey contracting, development of office and shopping mall projects, housing estate management, housing estate second-hand management, and shopping mall leasing and management, starting from t...

ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) closed out the inaugural Security LeadHER conference by celebrating a successful and groundbreaking first event held June 12-13 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 2023 Security LeadHER The event was dedicated to advancing, connecting, and empowering women in the security profession. Approximately 300 current and future “LeadHERs” and attendees of all backgrounds and genders gathered for Security LeadHER 2023. The 2023 Secur...

Matrix Comsec, a renowned player in the Telecom and Security domains, showcased its enterprise-grade solutions at its ideation event, Matrix Partner Connect 2023, in Jaipur on the 16th of June. With over three decades of experience, Matrix has established itself as a pioneering provider of comprehensive telecom and security solutions, catering to organizations of all sizes worldwide. This exclusive event aimed to highlight Matrix's latest innovations in telecom and security while fostering part...

Andrew Patel, Senior Researcher at WithSecure Intelligence, offers the following insight: “Some of the requirements set forth by the AI Act are going to be difficult to enforce. These include disclosing that content was generated by an AI and ensuring that models cannot generate illegal content." He adds, "Many open-source generative models are now available to the public and these models can be finetuned and repurposed by anyone with enough know how. Large language models have already b...

Pimloc, an AI video privacy and analytics company announces the launch of new audio redaction capabilities to its Secure Redact SaaS platform. Major shift The new feature, which is available through Pimloc’s integration with Medialogix, a specialist provider of Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS) to a large number of police forces in the UK enables users to selectively anonymize audio in video evidence to comply with data protection regulation when shared in court, with the public...

LifeSafety Power, a pioneer in intelligent networking power solutions for access control, physical security, and loT applications, has promoted longtime team member Keith Kober to Senior Director of Sales. Work experience  Most recently Director of Sales, Western U.S. and Canada, Kober has been with LifeSafety Power for more than 11 years. He started his career as Regional Sales Director, where he brought some 30+ years of selling, designing, and implementing security management solutions...

Identiv, Inc., digital security and identification pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that its cloud-based Hirsch Velocity security management software, Velocity Vision video management system (VMS), and Hirsch Mx Controller products have been granted Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Marketplace Authorization following a rigorous, multi-year assessment process. FedRAMP is a U.S. government-wide program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud service...

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and risk, has revealed that an analysis of online criminal markets by its Trillion risk monitoring platform, shows UK universities are at high risk of major cyber security incidents launched using breached credentials.  Credential breach impact The Trillion team discovered 2.2 million breached credentials available on the dark web for the top 100 UK institutions, with 57% belonging to the 24 Russell...

ISS (Intelligent Security Systems), a global provider of video intelligence and data awareness solutions, was recently honored with the “Minority Owned/Diverse Exporter of the Year” award in the first-ever New Jersey International Trade Awards (NJITA), which was held last month at Galloping Hill Golf Club in Kenilworth, N.J. Hosted by the New Jersey District Export Council in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the inaugural event also recognized New Jersey-based busin...

As part of Butterfield Business Park’s expansion plans, Amthal has fitted new columns featuring integrated wireless IP CCTV cameras and surveillance technology to offer essential peace of mind to businesses and visitors on site. Luton-based Butterfield Business Park, managed by pioneering UK commercial and residential real estate consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton, covers a total site area of 24 acres and is home to a range of high-quality commercial buildings. Security installation and...

Cybersecurity specialist, Core to Cloud, has appointed a new Head of Cyber Security, Laurence Bentley, as the multi-award-winning company launches a program of new services, as part of its strategic transition to a fully managed service provider. Laurence Bentley New responsibilities Laurence Bentley, who has over 26 years of experience in cybersecurity, is working in partnership with Chief Technology Officer - Phil Howe. He will oversee the service delivery team as the company launches...

WSD (Wall Street Docs) has today announced that it is working with Venari Security to maintain strong encryption standards across its entire network and identify malicious activity hidden within encrypted traffic. As a key 3rd party supplier to banking and financial services organizations, the relationship will be essential in further reducing WSD’s customers’ risk exposure and potential attack surface. VigilanceAI WSD is utilizing VigilanceAI, to gain unparalleled insight and vis...