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ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, announced that its Export File Format, the ONVIF specification for the export of video from security surveillance recording platforms, is the new standard recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the exporting and playback of video surveillance recordings. In a research project commissioned by the FBI to aid law enforcement in forensic investigations, NIST worked in conjunctio...

Qognify – the technology solution provider for physical security and enterprise incident management solutions – has launched Umbrella. The new web-based management platform leverages significant cost savings by managing large distributed video surveillance systems centrally in the cloud. In recent years, video surveillance projects have become larger and more complex, demanding more resources and increasing operational costs. Altering the configuration of multiple sites is time-cons...

Ping Identity, global provider of identity-defined security solutions, has announced its capabilities framework and practical guidance for adopting a Zero Trust security strategy. This framework provides reliable direction to companies in any stage of the Zero Trust maturity process to help enable a broad range of use cases and technology integrations. It also includes innovative ways to support secure access to anything, by anyone, from anywhere on any device. Zero Trust security strategy The...

Radiflow, global provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks, has announced that the company has launched a partner program for MSSPs to offer OT cybersecurity services. OT MSSP partner program Radiflow’s new OT MSSP partner program provides the framework for MSSPs to offer new cybersecurity services dedicated to ICS/SCADA networks to their industrial enterprise and critical infrastructure customers. Radiflow is aiming this offering at MSSPs that alr...

Redrock Biometrics, a provider of palm-based biometrics for authentication and identification, announces the official launch of their breakthrough identification solution – PalmID-X at the exclusive invitation-only Finovate Spring 2019. PalmID-X expands the applicability of biometric identification to large groups of people, creating a basis for seamless services and transactions without physical tokens. “Identification is much more challenging task than authentication. Most biometr...

Intellian, the pioneer of mobile satellite communication antenna systems, is delighted to announce the unveiling of the v100NX, the all-new 1m Ku- to Ka-band convertible maritime VSAT terminal. Intellian’s latest NX series antenna is designed to simplify and streamline the entire VSAT lifecycle, enabling access to multiple global satellite communication services, providing the crucial connectivity required to leverage new efficiency and welfare-enhancing digital applications. Intellian n...

In a Los Angeles neighborhood early one morning, a burglar drove in with a vehicle and attempted a home break-in. This burglar knew their target and believed they could avoid detection through the type of vehicle they drove a rental car. When the homeowners returned and found evidence of an attempted break-in, they immediately called the police and notified their HOA board. Solution The HOA elected to install Flock Safety cameras to keep all homes safe This LA neighborhood wanted safety to b...

Tech Data announces the launch of the RECON Security Suite in Europe. RECON offers a targeted and simplified range of multi-vendor subscription and consultation-based security solutions that help to protect against the most common cybersecurity threats. Built by Tech Data security experts from the company’s portfolio of vendor solutions, RECON enables resellers to rapidly accelerate their security offerings without investing in developing their own in-house skills, resources and tools. Th...

NextgenID announces the immediate availability of products and solutions that meet the OMB Policy specified within the latest Executive release memorandum. “NextgenID continues to be a leader in improving and modernizing identity solutions specifically for the Government and has created products that support the use of shared services resulting in significant cost savings to all adopting agencies,” said Dario Berini, COO, NextgenID. Identity Proofing technology “Identity Pro...

Digital Defense, Inc. announced the availability of its Frontline.Cloud app on Cortex by Palo Alto Networks – the industry’s only open and integrated AI-based continuous security platform. Building on Cortex allows partners to use normalized and stitched together data from customers’ entire enterprises to build cloud-based apps that constantly deliver innovative cybersecurity capabilities to joint customers.   Frontline.Cloud is the industry's only true on-demand vul...

With the introduction of a striking new Iron Black finish to its smart lock collection, Kwikset brand of Spectrum Brands, Inc. – Hardware & Home Improvement Division, is heightening its already strong focus on lock design and aesthetics. The contemporary versions of Kwikset’s SmartCode 914 Deadbolt Lock and SmartCode 916 Touchscreen Electronic Deadbolt will be the first connected locks to feature the new Iron Black finish. With this new finish, in addition to the existing Polis...

Advancis is a pioneer in the PSIM industry and helps protect critical infrastructure and high security sites around the globe with its leading-edge control room solution. This year at IFSEC, Southwest Microwave and TKH Security will be exhibiting in partnership with Advancis on its stand as part of the Advancis community of technology partners. For security system buyers and decision makers IFSEC International in London is an important event in the calendar with over 27,000 international visito...

The power grid is a modern engineering marvel, providing us widely available and affordable energy for not only our day to day lives, but also highly critical infrastructure elements for which we rely on personally, and as an economy. However, our reliance on the grid also makes it highly susceptible to adverse events, including physical attacks. All parts of the grid can become victims of malicious events, but substations are particularly vulnerable due to their role in power distribution and t...

ProdataKey (PDK), an innovator of cloud-based networked and wireless access control products and services, announced that Corning High School, in Corning, Arkansas, has increased its security and greatly enhanced its lockdown capabilities by installing the pdk io wireless access control system. Pdk io is a wireless, cloud-based solution that provides advantages such as around-the-clock accessibility, remote management, superior backup and redundancy, automated updates, and strong cyber security...

Sepio Systems, which is disrupting the cyber-security industry by uncovering hidden hardware attacks, is gaining momentum in the U.S. after adding an important new customer and channel partner – the Integrated Security Solutions business unit of Johnson Controls, and strengthening its advisory board. Mitigating hardware-based attacks Sepio offers the world's first end-to-end solution that detects and mitigates hardware-based attacks, including rogue peripherals, invisible network devices...

Johnson Controls releases the newest version of Tyco Kantech EntraPass security management software, enabling new functionalities such as expanded audit features and other enhancements for a more streamlined experience for users. For faster auditing and troubleshooting, EntraPass v8.10 users can run audit reports based on cards, components and operators, including a detailed report of who made changes to a card or component and when the changes were made. Seamless operation This will help to...

OPTEX, the sensor manufacturer, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019 and has taken a look back at the changes in the industry and its impact on them. Founded on 25th May 1979, the idea and principles of the company were first agreed in a coffee house in Kyoto, Japan, between Toru Kobayashi, an electronics engineer and three of his colleagues. They had a vision for a new business, a business that had sensing technology at its heart, precision technology that could detect the 'status' and...

ELATEC is pleased to announce its recent hire of Ron J. Fiedler, who joins the ELATEC team as Vice President of Strategic Alliances. In this role, Fiedler will expand ELATEC’s global presence through business development, strategic partnerships, and penetration of new markets. ELATEC RFID readers ELATEC designs and manufactures unique radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for user authentication and access control applications. ELATEC readers recognize and decode over 60 RFID tra...

Radiflow, a provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks, announced the availability of its iSID Industrial Cybersecurity App on Cortex by Palo Alto Networks – the industry’s only open and integrated AI-based continuous security platform. Building on Cortex allows partners to use normalized and stitched together data from customers’ entire enterprises to build cloud-based apps that constantly deliver innovative cybersecurity capabilities to...

Johnson Controls announces that its flagship access control and event management system Tyco Software House C•CURE 9000 is supported on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), enabling customers to take advantage of the many benefits of cloud computing with the choice of best-suited service providers. With C•CURE 9000 deployable in the cloud, integrators and end users can leverage cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform, to reduce se...

Consumers are managing their financial services in more digital and diverse ways than ever before. But as card-not-present (CNP) transactions across e-commerce, m-commerce and remote commerce rise across the globe, so does fraud. Adding security without simply creating more points of friction is a real challenge, but one that the EMV 3-D Secure protocol – EMV 3DS for short – is trying to combat. The protocols are generating real interest across the industry, but what exactly is EMV...

Police forces recognize biometrics as a potentially critical tool to improving the quality and efficiency of policing across the globe. As part of a diverse Digital Authentication strategy, automated facial recognition surveillance is becoming an integral part of our digital policing, with the UK Home Office planning to invest a huge £97 million into a broader biometric technology approach to safeguard our streets. Automated facial recognition surveillance Digital fingerprint-based authe...

LifeSafety Power Inc. continues to expand its popular rack mount solutions, now adding the integration of Honeywell ProWatch to the FlexPower Gemini line. The Gemini RGH rack mount power management system supports seamless hardware integration of Honeywell ProWatch door controllers and centralized power in a single, space-saving design. Rack mount power management Gemini RGH is a compact, 19-inch rack-mounted enclosure engineered for data centers, IT closets, server rooms or other areas where...

As the track cools from the Indy 500, the director of security for Indianapolis Motor Speedway events will speak as part of a panel at the Closing Keynote Luncheon at ESX on June 6 in Indianapolis. In this session, three carefully selected panelists will discuss ways to implement better strategies that help reduce violent crimes against employees, students, visitors and customers. To most effectively explore possible solutions, ESX will include panelists from diverse backgrounds who have handle...

Camden Door Controls, a provider of door activation and locking devices, is pleased to bring to market its CM-9800 Series Request to Exit switches. IP 66 rated and ADA & ROHS compliant, CM-9800 capacitive touch switches offer color selectable LED illumination with vandal and weather resistant cast metal construction, and an adjustable 0 to 60 second relay timer. Switch illumination is highly visible in low light conditions and is easily activated by either the switch or door (locked) status...

Security robots model S5.2 Picard started to protect commercial real estate. Picard is the most advanced model of robots in the new S5.2 series introduced in 2019. Security robots of this model are equipped with an integrated AI system. Artificial Intelligence is used for smart video surveillance and group patrols. Along with security robots, a large number of fixed cameras are used in the protected area. VMS is used to control them. The specialists of SMP Robotics successfully integrated robot...

Delivering another high-value benefit to users, the Maxxess eFusion security management platform now integrates off-the-shelf and seamlessly with the widely used range of deister electronic key management systems. With this latest off-the-shelf integration, eFusion users can now manage all their keys from their centralized security management platform, reducing the risk of security breaches and streamlining their day-to-day operations. Modular and scalable, the deister electronic systems encom...

Reposify announced the availability of its app on Cortex by Palo Alto Networks – the industry's only open and integrated AI-based continuous security platform. Building on Cortex allows Cortex partners to use normalized and stitched-together data from customers' entire enterprises to build cloud-based apps that constantly deliver innovative cybersecurity capabilities to joint customers. Reposify's External Surface Security app allows enterprises to become aware of their blind spots, preve...

DoorBird's IP-based video door intercoms can now be integrated seamlessly with Snom phones. When the doorbell rings, the audio and video signal from the door intercom is transmitted to the Snom IP phone providing two-way audio communication as well as video via the phone video display. IP door intercom With the DoorBird and Snom integration, the video image is immediately visible when the doorbell rings, even before the call is answered. Bird Home Automation, the Berlin-based manufacturer of...

Gibraltar, a manufacturer of anti-ram vehicle barriers used across the globe has announced they have been awarded contracts to supply an additional 2,000+ bollards to be installed on Las Vegas Boulevard to protect pedestrians from errant vehicles. Bollard types Gibraltar has supplied 1,500+ bollards to the county on previous construction phases. The county utilized a combination of Gibraltar’s proprietary shallow foundation design as well as standard foundation designs. Bollard types us...