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Cobalt Iron Inc., global provider of cloud-based data protection and security solutions, has announced that it has received a patent for its techniques related to electronic discovery (e-discovery) when searching for data in backup storage. Solidifying Cobalt Iron's advanced enterprise-data discipline capabilities and providing further proof of it, this patent represents the company's unique approach to managing backup data sets to facilitate e-discovery requests. As a result, CIOs, data custod...

TrackTik Software, provider of the No. 1 security workforce management software solutions internationally, has announced that its Vice President, Security Industry Mark Folmer has been selected as the third most influential thought leader on the IFSEC Global Influencers in Security and Fire 2019 list. Driving technology innovations This list, unveiled by the UK-based International Fire and Security Exhibition and Conference, the premier integrated security event – features executives who...

The Aratek BIONE fingerprint algorithm recently achieved top scores in the MINEX (Minutiae Interoperability Exchange) III evaluations administered by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The test measures the accuracy and interoperability of proprietary minutiae templates along with their level of compliance with the U.S. Government’s Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program by extracting and matching the proprietary minutiae templates against the ANSI/INCITS...

IDIS announces the launch of its IDIS Dynamic Privacy Masking (IDPM) solution, a quick and efficient privacy tool, provided free of charge to its users. Continuing the company’s tradition of delivering specific solutions responsive to market conditions and concerns, IDPM offers a quick and efficient solution to the previously labor-intensive, and at time prohibitively expensive, problem of obscuring or ‘de-identifying’ persons in surveillance footage who are incidental, irrele...

TIBCO Software Inc., global provider of integration, API management, and analytics, has announced an official partnership with Ping Identity, a provider of Identity Defined Security. Together, TIBCO Cloud Mashery and the PingIntelligence for APIs solution bring seamless, AI-powered protection against new emerging API threats to customers. TIBCO Cloud Mashery is a complete solution for digital leaders, IT leaders, and chief information security officers to invest in API-led, cloud-native transfo...

Ping Identity, the provider of Identity Defined Security, announces updates to its multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution, PingID, providing new methods to mitigate risk and strengthen security for enterprises. PingID’s new features include ways to evaluate user and device risk before access is granted, as well as support for Fast Identity Online (FIDO) standards to increase resistance to advanced phishing attacks. With phishing resistant and user-friendly authentication methods&mdash...

UK organizations are failing to make progress towards strong cybersecurity and are facing paralysis as cybercriminals become more advanced. This is the conclusion drawn from the findings of the 2019 Risk:Value report – ‘Destination standstill. Are you asleep at the wheel?’ – from NTT Security, the specialized security company and center of excellence in security for NTT Group. Examining the attitudes of 2,256 non-IT decision makers to risk and the value of security to th...

Ping Identity, the pioneer in Identity Defined Security, announced a significant update to PingOne for Customers, the cloud-delivered Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offering built for developers. The API-first solution can now deliver seamless and secure push notifications from custom mobile applications that can be used for passwordless and advanced multi-factor authentication. The cloud identity solution helps development teams speed time to launch their applications, while also taking securit...

ExtraHop announces ExtraHop® Reveal(x) Cloud™, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based network detection and response (NDR) solution for the cloud-first hybrid enterprise. Reveal(x) Cloud provides deep and continuous visibility, enabling Security Operations (SecOps) teams to analyze every transaction, detect threats, and respond to attacks to gain control over their hybrid attack surface and protect their investment in the cloud. While the cloud has proven to be a force multiplier for De...

Johnson Controls introduces exacqVision VMS v19.06, with updates that include automatic transfer of video after a server failover, a new access control integration, support for ONVIF network loss recording, improved motion zone configuration and enhanced network security for mobile app users. exacqVision VMS v19.06 The latest version of exacqVision offers Enterprise Manager customers a more robust failover solution. In a failover scenario, transferring recordings from a spare NVR to the primar...

The global telecommunications operator LCRcom in cooperation with Alvaco, distributor in Spain of Yeastar, announces the end of the certification process that allows guaranteeing the complete compatibility of the LCRcom SIP trunk with Yeastar on-premises and cloud-based PBXs. Easy, safe, and faster device configuration Yeastar has been working on pure IP solutions, making regularly compatibility tests with different SIP providers. To offer a much simpler, faster, and safer configuration proces...

cPacket Networks, a provider of next-generation network performance/security monitoring and packet brokering solutions, launches the cCloud cloud-based network visibility-as-a-service (VaaS) offering by working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and leveraging the traffic mirroring feature offered by Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). “While many of our customers are migrating workloads to the cloud, until now it happened to be a black-box for them, from a performance and security per...

HID Global®, a provider of trusted identity solutions, announces it has added FIDO2 authentication to its Crescendo smart cards, enabling them to support the FIDO Alliance industry initiative focused on standards-based ‘password-less’ sign-in. HID Global partnered with Microsoft on this effort. The company also expanded its Crescendo family with the Crescendo Key Series that brings the same FIDO2 authentication capabilities and other features of its advanced smart cards to works...

Allied Universal, renowned security and facility services company in North America, has announced the acquisition of Cypress Private Security, LP - a San Francisco-based company offering comprehensive security services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Manned guarding and security personnel “Cypress Private Security is a company that we have long admired and always wanted to partner with,” said Steve Jones, CEO of Allied Universal. “This security company has built...

Allied Universal®, a security and facility services company in North America, announces the launch of HELIAUS® – an advanced artificial intelligence platform designed to improve safety and reduce risk by enhancing on-site guarding services. “We developed HELIAUS® to deliver better results for our clients through advanced workflow automation, robust data capture and visualization, and artificial intelligence that understands not only what’s likely to happen, but wha...

Pluralsight, the enterprise technology skills platform announced that its social enterprise, Pluralsight One, has formed a multi-year partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to transform its digital capabilities and bring technology skills development opportunities to displaced people and their host communities around the world. The partnership is designed to create sustainable social impact for displaced and crisis-affected populations around the world, as well as increase the tec...

Visitors to the 2019 edition of Secutech Vietnam will have plenty of opportunities to gather market intelligence, thanks to the introduction of the new ‘Smart Factory Conference’ to the show’s fringe program. As the region’s leading trade fair for the security, fire safety and smart building sectors, the fair provides a program of educational events that cover technological trends, government regulations and industry outlook. Smart factory systems “Vietnam&rs...

Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Check Point Systems Inc., has announced the creation of a new online vulnerability repository, CPR-Zero. Going forward, Check Point will publicly list all vulnerabilities its research teams find, even if they are not featured in a publication on the Check Point Research blog. The move makes Check Point the industry’s largest cyber security vendor to openly share such vital information online. CPR-Zero vulnerability repository "Not ever...

Kit (PEK), combines the unerring accuracy of lasers to scan the environment in much the same way a radar does, but at a much higher resolution, building an image of the world around it regardless of lighting conditions. Presenting the technology in the UK for the first time at IFSEC International in London’s ExCeL, Cepton’s VP Neil Huntingdon says that because the device combines the sensor with a powerful micro-computer in a single package it can process the information directly at...

DVV Solutions, specialists in Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), embarked on a strategic managed service provider relationship with BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings. DVV Solutions and BitSight announced a new channel partnership agreement that will enable DVV Solutions to provide BitSight’s Security Ratings Service and add significant value to DVV’s Third-Party Risk Management and continuous monitoring offerings. Identifying and mitigating risk By integrating the BitSig...

Ping Identity, global provider of Identity Defined Security solutions, announced its participation at Identiverse 2019, slated to take place from June 25-28 in Washington, D.C. Company experts will share best practices in working toward digital transformation, address the current state of the industry and provide ways enterprises can elevate their identity security programs. Attendees also will have an opportunity to hear from Ping Identity customers eBay and Royal Dutch Shell, as they talk thro...

HID Global, a globally renowned provider of trusted identity solutions, has announced that it has added the HID Credential Management Service to its growing offering of cloud-based identity solutions. The service simplifies the issuance and management of trusted Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate-based credentials. The PKI credentials can be used by a broader range of organizations for convenient and secure multifactor authentication and converged physical access to facilities, as well...

At the beginning of 2017, MOBOTIX and RealNetworks established their strategic partnership. Almost everyone has known RealNetworks since the 1990s, when the Seattle-based company introduced the first online audio streaming solution, RealAudio®. Years of continuous innovation and multiple generations of RealVideo® then gave birth to the company’s most well-known product, RealPlayer®, which is still used millions of times every day for streaming and downloading videos. More rece...

According to a recent report published by business intelligence provider IHS Markit, Genetec Inc., a globally renowned technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, was named the world’s number one vendor of Video Management Systems (VMS). IHS Markit-reported results from 2015-2018 also point to the company sustaining a 24.1% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) for the past 3 years in this category. Back-end video surveillance equ...

Ping Identity, global provider of identity defined security solutions, has announced updates to its data governance solution, PingDataGovernance, to better manage data security and privacy requirements for APIs and user profiles. Today’s enterprises manage many different APIs on average, meaning sensitive consumer data like banking information and healthcare records are increasingly vulnerable. This rapid growth of APIs and third-party API traffic necessitates fine-grained data protection...

Feenics Inc., an award-winning provider of the Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) Keep by Feenics cloud-hosted platform, continues to address the upward growth of its security management software solution, adding Rachel Young as Regional Sales Manager, South Central U.S. and Daniel Tercey, Business Development Manager, West. Security management solutions expert As Regional Sales Manager, Young will be responsible for Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. She spent the majority...

Arecont Vision Costar, the provider of network-based video surveillance solutions, announces the addition of Apex Technology Sales, Inc. (Apex) to its Authorized Manufacturer’s Representative Program. A proven and experienced representative agency, Apex will provide expert pre-sales assistance for Arecont Vision Costar’s Total Video Solution offerings across the US North Central Region, including Minnesota, both North and South Dakota, and Western Wisconsin. “Mike Pride and hi...

DICE Corporation announced the launch of an all new Video Verification App at the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) in Indianapolis last week. The Video Verification App is a completely mobile browser-based tool used in conjunction with DICE’s CloudEye cloud video recording solution. If an event triggered by an alarm system occurs, app users have more control of how alarm center interaction is handled by viewing live video surveillance and other essential account information. Video Verificat...

Digital Defense, Inc. has announced the availability of its Frontline.Cloud integration with Attivo Networks, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection. Digital Defense’s Frontline.Cloud vulnerability management and threat assessment platform identifies high-risk/critical assets with business context that are highly vulnerable to exploits, remain unpatched, are unpatchable or have already been infected in real-time. Integration with Attivo Networks Frontlin...

Matrox Graphics Inc. is pleased to announce a series of major updates to its award-winning Matrox Maevex 6100 Series of multi-channel 4K enterprise encoders. Supporting all of today’s most widely-used streaming protocols, the Maevex 6100 Series enterprise encoder appliances and cards now include built-in HLS support that allows enterprises to deliver multiple, dynamically-optimized streams to a broad range of devices over the internet. Maevex 6100 encoders now also support IPv6 addressing...