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Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) hosted a special interoperability event with seven companies involved in the access control market, demonstrating the emerging Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) specification. The Interoperability Validation Testing was hosted at Convergint’s facility in Centennial, Colorado and featured products from ELATEC, Kastle Systems, JCI, Last Lock, rf IDEAS, SAFR Scan (RealNetworks), and Sentry. PKOC specifications David Bunzel, PSIA Executive Director, noted, “The value of having in-person testing sessions is to prove that a specification, like PKOC, is actually interoperable. It was an impressive demonstration, with the ELATEC reader successfully connecting and functioning in a matter of minutes with the other products.” PKOC is a very exciting initiative, providing a free, interoperable credential, which will usher in a new era in the security market. PKOC has specifications supporting both NFC cards and BLE for mobile credentials. PKOC NFC Card Credentials We are excited to support PKOC to help improve interoperability across the PAC industry" "We are excited to support PKOC to help improve interoperability across the PAC industry, including at the recent interoperability test event," said Jon Torre, Senior Director of Engineering at ELATEC Inc. He adds, "Our participation showcased our ability to read both PKOC BLE and PKOC NFC Card credentials from all the participating credential managers in attendance. It also highlighted the advantages of the flexible hardware architecture and open API of our readers, which enabled quick and easy integration with each vendor without requiring a single modification to their respective hardware or software offerings." PKOC at GSX 2023 PKOC will be demonstrated at GSX in a couple of venues. JCI will be hosting a PKOC demonstration at its stand which will include devices from the above companies as well as IDEMIA. “PKOC solves a 30-year industry challenge which has plagued our industry with complexity, cost, and security issues,” says Jason M. Ouellette, Head of Technology and Business Innovation at Johnson Controls Inc., (JCI) Security Products, and Chairman of the PSIA. He adds, “Interest in PKOC has accelerated and showed the real value of PLAI and we are excited as PSIA members to demonstrate this in the context of interoperability across multiple physical access control systems, readers, and biometric devices.” PKI-level authentication PKOC is offered as a BLE Mobile and NFC plastic card, proving asymmetric PKI-level authentication With PKOC, interoperability is simple, the credential is secure with PKI-level authentication and there is no cost for a PKOC-compatible credential. PKOC is now offered as a BLE Mobile and NFC plastic card, proving asymmetric PKI level authentication can be truly portable to all transport modalities. Eager to see how this ecosystem expands once the word gets out.  Security industry professionals attending GSX are able to set an appointment to see PKOC in demonstrated up until September 5, 2023. Email: dmaguire@psialliance.org. For more information on PKOC and its open card and mobile credentials look at the PKOC White Paper. Physical and logical security The PSIA has been active in developing and promoting open specifications that support interoperability in the physical and logical security industries. Industry publication, Security Technology Executive, declares interoperability “The Next Great Phase of Physical Access Control.” SecurityInfoWatch.com expounds on the predicted demand for PACS interoperability by saying, “Open protocols, standards and industry-accepted conformant products that focus on unbridled interoperability between manufacturers and vendors will be critical as advanced technology, such as analytics and ancillary devices, enter the realm of physical security and access control.”

The Security Industry Association (SIA) announces the 2023 winners of the SIA New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards, the flagship awards program presented in partnership with ISC West recognizing innovative security products, services and solutions. Top among the winners, who were recognized March 29 during an award ceremony on the ISC West show floor, was Alocity, receiving the 2023 Best New Product Award. Innovative security products Since its inception in 1979, the SIA NPS Awards have been the security industry’s premier product awards program. The 2023 SIA NPS Awards entries will be on display March 29-31 in Booth #25075 on the ISC West show floor New products are reviewed by a panel of judges with extensive industry experience, and in 2023, following significant deliberations, the 30+ judges presented awards for technologies covering 26 product and service categories. The 2023 SIA NPS Awards entries will be on display March 29-31 in Booth #25075 on the ISC West show floor. Alocity received the Best New Product honor for its Alocity Access Control Platform product, submitted in the Access Control Devices and Peripherals – Wireless category. Managing access control “[Alocity Access Control Platform] is an intelligent security platform to manage access control with video and connected sensors, a multifunction reader with 3D face verification, mobile credentials over Bluetooth and NFC,” said Alocity. “Video intercom with remote unlock. Onboard zigbee module provides integration with zigbee motion, door/window contact, lights, locks and environmental sensors with automated workflows.” The prestigious Judges’ Choice Award was presented to IPVideo Corporation for the Sentry ERS product, submitted in the Emergency and Mass Communication Systems category. “[Sentry ERS is] a lockdown and emergency response system purposely built with schools in mind,” said IPVideo Corporation. “With a single button push, lockdown protocols are initiated and immediate alerts are sent to police providing superior incident awareness with live video, voice, text and GPS location data from areas where traditional video cameras cannot be deployed.” Traditional video cameras The SIA NPS Awards program had an impressive pool of entrants in 2023" “The SIA NPS Awards program had an impressive pool of entrants in 2023, and the judges were inspired by the array of ideas and technologies represented this year,” said Josh Heisler, chair of the SIA NPS Awards Committee and global head of tech and tools at Amazon. “Following hours of panel-driven judging and technology demonstrations, we were thrilled to determine this year’s awardees, and we congratulate all the winners. Thank you to our knowledgeable judges for your commitment and support and for volunteering your valuable time and expertise to help make the 2023 SIA NPS program a success.” Additionally, Bosch Security Systems received the SIA NPS Merit Award, which recognises an individual or company who, through their support of the SIA NPS Awards, demonstrates a commitment to the vision and mission of the program, contributes to its success and promotes the advancement of SIA and the security industry overall. Flagship awards program “SIA congratulates the 2023 SIA NPS Awards honorees for being selected in this year’s competitive program,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “SIA applauds all the 2023 award winners, and in particular Alocity and IPVideo Corporation, whose contributions stood out among the impressive field of entrants to earn the Best New Product and Judges’ Choice honours. Additionally, we are proud to recognize Bosch Security Systems as the 2023 SIA NPS Merit Award recipient in recognition of the company’s valuable service to and impact on this flagship awards program.” The 2023 SIA NPS award winners are: Best New Product Award Winner: Alocity – Alocity Access Control Platform Judges’ Choice Award Winner: IPVideo Corporation – Sentry ERS SIA NPS Merit Award Winner: Bosch Security Systems Category Awards Access Control Devices & Peripherals Hardware – Wireless Winner: Alocity – Alocity Access Control Platform Access Control Software, Hardware, Devices & Peripherals – Wired   Winner: Alvarado – Argus V60 Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection/Armed Aggressor Winner: Bullistic Barriers – Violentum Garage Door Biometrics Winner: RogersAI – 3D Identity Recognition AI Terminal Commercial Monitoring Solutions Winner: Bosch – B6800-SR Software Central Station Receiver Communications and Networking Solutions Winner: Commend – Ivy Interactive Voice Assistant Convergence and Integration Solutions Winner: Sentry Interactive – Sentry Interactive Tower Data Systems and Cybersecurity Winner: BioConnect – Link for Data Cabinets and Remote Enclosures Design, Diagnostic and Installation Tools Winner: Cypress Integration Solutions – Cypress OSDP COMSET Tool Emergency and Mass Communication Systems Winner: IPVideo Corporation – Sentry ERS Honorable Mention: Code Blue – CB1-W Hosted Solutions Winner: Teleportivity – FoneCam AI Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions (Physical) – Wired Winner: Automatic Systems – Firstlane Plus Law Enforcement/Public Safety/Guarding Systems Winner: Key Systems Inc. – OC Spray Station Lock and Key Solutions Winner: dormakaba USA – EHD9000 Cast Iron Door Closer Honorable Mention: ASSA ABLOY – Medeco eCLIQ Loss Prevention and Article Surveillance Solutions Winner: IronYun – AI Vision Analytics for Loss Detection and Prevention Mobile Solutions (Connected) Winner: LiftMaster – MyQ Community App Managed Services Winner: Ai-RGUS – Ai-RGUS Smart Home Solutions Winner: Resideo – ProSeries Security and Smart Home Platform With Apple HomeKit Compatibility Threat/Risk Management Software Applications Winner: Resolver – Threat Protection Application Unmanned – Drones & Robots for Security Winner: Kabam – Co-lab Indoor Robot Video Analytics Winner: Raptor Vision – Raptor Vision Monitoring and Real Time Detection Solutions Video Surveillance Advanced Imaging Technologies Winner: Pelco Motorola – Sarix Thermal Enhanced 4 Series Video Surveillance Cameras Winner: Axis Communications – Q156-DLE Radar Video Fusion Camera Honorable Mention: Avigilon – H5A-IR PTZ Camera Merit Lilin – S8R5722MX25-PTZ Camera With Advanced Image Stabilisation and YOLO AI Video Surveillance Data Storage Winner: Wasabi Technologies – Wasabi Surveillance Cloud Honorable Mention: Seneca, an Arrow Company – xCompress Video Surveillance Hardware and Accessories Winner: Motorola Solutions – Flex Camera Video Surveillance Management Systems Winner: Honeywell – 35 Series Embedded NVR-HN35 During the 2023 SIA NPS Awards ceremony, in addition to the presentation of the overall and category-specific awards, attendees enjoyed hearing insights from NPS judges into innovations driving product advancements in the security industry.

Over 30 million mobile and web app developers around the world use thousands of APIs every day. These APIs carry sensitive data of users which if leaked can cause irreparable damage to companies. Securing these APIs during the development cycle becomes paramount, especially with the movement towards a more agile and continuous release cycle. To solve this problem, Akto is building a plug-and-play API security platform and is announcing a $4.5M seed funding round led by Accel India with participation from angel investors Akshay Kothari (co-founder and COO of Notion), Renaud Deraison ( co-founder Tenable) and Milin Desai (CEO of Sentry) among others. Plug-n-play API security platform Akto is the world's first plug-n-play API security platform which helps security teams and developers secure their APIs in the development pipeline. Akto deploys in less than a minute to create an inventory of APIs, detects PII data leaks, and misconfiguration, and continuously tests these APIs for business logic flaws like broken authentication and authorization in CI/CD pipeline. Akto is the most lightweight API security platform, requiring zero manual configuration to get started within a minute. It mirrors traffic from customers’ cloud - AWS and GCP and provides instant visibility to security teams which otherwise would have taken months of back and forth with developers. Akto currently discovers more than 100,000 APIs for its customers around the world.  Robust module  Akto is currently securing thousands of APIs of some of the largest fintech and SaaS companies across the globe Ankita Gupta and Ankush Jain co-founded Akto in January 2022 with a mission to develop the fastest API security platform. After having worked together for 2 years, they left their jobs last year and talked to 200+ security engineers across the globe before writing a single line of code. Akto is currently securing thousands of APIs of some of the largest fintech and SaaS companies across the globe. Akto has identified more than 100 leaks with credit card information and found over 1,000 broken authorization issues through its robust testing module. Instant inventory  Ankita Gupta, co-founder, at Akto commented, “We learned that the biggest challenge facing teams seeking API security solutions is that it takes months to try them. We have set out to create a solution that is not only fast to act but super easy to deploy. The plug-and-play element means that our customers can get an instant inventory of APIs within 2 minutes.” API attack traffic has grown 700% in the last year. According to Gartner, by 2022 API abuses will be the most frequent attack vector resulting in data breaches. Last month, Optus, one of the biggest telcos in Australia had a massive data breach because of an unauthenticated API left exposed. If Optus was using Akto, they would have received an alert on this vulnerability and could have prevented this breach.  API security testing  We have built an engine that can process Google-scale traffic with 0 performance impact in real-time" Ankush Jain, co-founder at Akto added, “I've worked for ten years developing big data applications handling billions of data points at Morgan Stanley and CleverTap. Current solutions give high false positives and to solve this problem I strongly believe that API security testing must be context-aware and should discover deep business logic vulnerabilities." "To derive context, we apply AI/ML to analyze all of the application traffic. We have built an engine that can process Google-scale traffic (10B requests/day) with 0 performance impact in real-time.”  AKTO MINI In addition to Akto’s API security platform, Akto has developed a free chrome extension called AKTO MINI to generate a quick inventory of APIs and detect PII data leaks without having to deploy anything. AKTO MINI has already generated interest from security engineers and developers who have generated their API inventory instantly for free.  We have just launched the chrome extension - AKTO MINI and are extending it as a full-fledged open-source project.  CI/CD tool integration Today APIs are pervasive, they are the glue that enables any software to provide rich functionality" The new investment will allow Akto to integrate with all CI/CD tools enabling developers to run checks before deploying APIs, provide comprehensive coverage of business logic tests and improve the platform by building stronger AI/ML capabilities. Our vision is to enable the 30 million developers and security engineers to secure their APIs in less than 60 seconds. Prayank Swaroop, Partner, Accel India commented, “Today APIs are pervasive, they are the glue that enables any software to provide rich functionality. However, till recently not much thought was given to securing APIs." Scalable & accurate API security solution "Securing APIs requires identifying complex patterns of API misuse moreover this has to be done in the DevSecOps pipeline following a Shift-Left approach, without taking a lot of time from engineering teams." "In the current market, all the solutions overwhelm security teams by throwing a lot of false positives. Akto’s approach and tech address all of these problems and provide a reliable, scalable, easy-to-install & accurate API security solution. We are very excited to be a part of their journey.”