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Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared its top predictions for the physical security industry in 2023. Labor shortages drive demand In the Genetec 2022 State of Physical Security Report, 50% of respondents said their physical security team experienced human resource challenges last year. For 2023, security leaders are re-evaluating their technology stack seeking solutions that help streamline tas...

IDEMIA, the pioneer in identity technologies announced the launch of its first service center in Japan as a reflection of its commitment to supporting digital advancement in the country. Located in Kawasaki, the service center can support millions of users and aims to partner with Japanese credit card issuers to deliver premier products and services for end users in Japan. This includes IDEMIA’s advanced card personalization offerings such as F.CODE, recycled PVC cards, metal cards, and m...

Hakimo, a technology company dedicated to modernising physical security through its artificial intelligence (AI) software announced that its AI solution has completed operational tests and evaluation by National Safe Skies Alliance, Inc. (Safe Skies) at San Diego International Airport. Safe Skies’ evaluation report Safe Skies’ evaluation report, entitled SSDA—22-028 Hakimo Access Control Video Analytics – San Diego International Airport, was published in November 2022....

HID, the pioneer in trusted identity solutions, recently migrated HID Academy to a new platform and unveiled its improved learning center to provide a more engaging user experience to partners and customers. Through its team of subject matter experts and instructional designers, HID Academy is committed to providing an engaging, relevant, on-demand digital learning experience via the Docebo interface that enables HID partners and customers to gain knowledge and expertise on the HID product port...

Professor Avishai Wool looks at five areas where he expects cyber security practices to develop in 2023 in response to the changing threat landscape and advances in response and protection technologies. Application-centric approach I think the market has matured to the point where the network security policy management (NSPM) approach has reached a tipping point and I see the shift to an application perspective becoming the de facto approach in NSPM as there are better and more robus...

Traka, the industry pioneer in intelligent asset management systems, has integrated with Paxton’s Net2 software to enable users to operate from one access control platform to maintain critical key and equipment management. Data integrity, single credential The seamless integration with Net2 ensures complete data integrity with Traka, allowing users to benefit from improved security and drive improvement. This includes sending personnel, credential, and access level updates to the Traka s...

Skills for Security, the UK’s Fire and Security Apprenticeship provider, has maintained its OFSTED Good Provider status after a 500% growth in just three years. Under the new leadership team introduced in August 2019, the organization has increased its apprenticeship provision from 100 live apprentices in one location to over 500 enrolled across the UK, from Scotland to Cornwall. High-quality accessible training As part of its strategy to be a national provider that delivers high-qualit...

HID, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces it is—for the third consecutive time—the smart ticket producer of FIFA World Cup, one of the largest and most popular sporting events in the world. This year, HID is also providing a fully custom solution for outer-perimeter access control and all exit gates to ensure a smooth exit and facilitate emergency evacuations. Featuring eight stadiums spread across five Qatari cities, the Middle Eastern country expects more than 1.2 mi...

An investigation by the National Audit Office (NAO) has uncovered that 30 per cent of applications used by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) are unsupported, having been developed with outdated software, increasing their security risk. The report revealed that Defra, the government department overseeing environmental protection, food production, and rural communities, use an estimated 1,962 different applications with 30 per cent not supported by their supplier in...

This year, Euralarm started a new initiative focusing on diversity and attracting new talent. The importance of the initiative is underlined by the rapid engineer retention and the lack of competent and qualified engineers. This article details the Euralarm initiative and reviews several activities undertaken by Euralarm and its members. The fire and security industries are industries with a long and rich history. The origins of the fire industry could be traced back to Nero, the Roman Emperor...

PSA, the consortium of professional systems integrators announced the hiring of industry professional Ben Shour as director of sales in the Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. Shour is responsible for managing PSA’s engagement with integrators in support of their growth and success. In addition, The PSA network added Brian Boucherle as an inside sales account executive, in the Eastern region. Integration experience   “Ben and Brian bring a wealth of industry knowledge and e...

Pioneer in the development of auto-ID and labeling solutions, SATO France has announced it will transition from vellum to recycled paper labels, which are made up of 100% FSC recycled fiber content, across its manufacturing operations in response to customer demand for more ecologically friendly consumables. Vellum paper labels Vellum paper labels have been standard up until now. However, recycled labels are produced with lower rates of water, natural resources, and energy usage in comparison...

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and risk, has announced the integration of Arc, its real-time credential checking service, with one of the industry’s most well-established secure password vaults, Sticky Password. Arc is a dark web monitoring solution that provides a continuous method of checking if credential pairs, stored by a user in the Sticky Password vault, are an identical match to credentials being distributed on dark marke...

The new range of ANPR cameras completes the TruVision lineup with solutions to facilitate the management of vehicles. The S series ANPR cameras allow users to monitor or manage vehicle access on a site. The cameras can monitor and capture vehicles entering the premises or manage parking access for vehicles based on their license plate. Wiegand interface The onboard relay outputs can be used to grant or deny access to a vehicle based on its license plate. The Wiegand interface allows users...

Senstar, a provider of sensing and information management solutions for the protection of critical infrastructure, is pleased to announce its European expansion with the appointment of Gabriel Furtado as Regional Sales Manager position covering Spain, Portugal, and Italy. "Gabriel has helped Senstar develop various markets in North and South America,” said Alain Grinbaum, Senior Sales Director. “I am confident he will be successful in this new role. Gabriel's qualifications of being...

SALTO Systems, a manufacturer of electronic access control and operating system solutions that provide a keyless experience has created and filled two important new roles: Director of Channel Programs and Director of Industry Sectors Engagement.  Portfolio enrichment and expansion “The SALTO North America Director of Channel Programs and the Director of Industry Sectors Engagement will be instrumental in leading our efforts to expand and enrich the channel as well as position SALTO...

Alarm.com announces Smart Arming, a new feature that intelligently auto-arms and disarms Alarm.com powered home security systems based on user activity. The first-to-market feature, which was named a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree, goes beyond scheduled arming and disarming to intelligently adapt to daily routines. Smart Arming is quick and intuitive to set up; users choose the time of day they typically want their system armed at night (e.g., after 11 p.m.) and disarmed in the morning...

Evolution, the integrated fire and security systems business, has continued its growth with three new senior appointments to its leadership team. John Baillie has been promoted to the role of Sales Director EMEA, and will now be responsible for managing and leading all of the business's sales operations across the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands. John joined Evolution in 2008 to head up its business operation in Scotland, and was promoted to UK Sales Manager in 2019. Major sales activities K...

Codelocks’ newly appointed Sales Director, Joanne Milne-Rowe, announces that access control provider - Codelocks is now extending its expertise to businesses who want to integrate the Codelocks NetCode® Technology into their solutions. This new initiative sees Codelocks experts working with businesses that need to provide timed access to buildings, lockers, and storage facilities, to integrate the algorithm-based access control locks within their product offering. Extensive industry...

The Monitoring Association’s (TMA) - President Morgan Hertel honored two of TMA’s long-serving volunteer members with the Mel Mahler Award, formerly known as the President’s Award on Mon., Oct. 31st during its General Business Meeting at the 2022 Annual Meeting on Marco Island, FL.  The Mel Mahler Award is presented at the discretion of the TMA president in recognition of outstanding contributions within his/her tenure. The 2022 Mel Mahler Award recipients are Anita Ostro...

Thales announced the launch of its CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager integration with the AWS External Key Store, a feature of the AWS Key Management Service announced at AWS re: Invent 2022. Following an increased call for enhanced sovereign controls amid growing regulatory requirements, the integration enables organizations to retain control of their encryption keys when migrating their sensitive data to the AWS cloud. Developed with Thales since its inception, the AWS External Key Store combined...

Global security manufacturer, Gallagher has been awarded the Security Software Manufacturer of the Year accolade at the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. The Security Software Manufacturer award category was created to celebrate the efforts of a security software vendor who has gone above and beyond in the areas of innovation; marketing; commitment to high physical, integration, and cybersecurity standards; being a great employer, and building products that meet or exceed the latest e...

A recent Future Forum survey found that 58% of knowledge workers already follow a hybrid work pattern, “Flexibility is the expectation and increasingly the norm,” the report concludes. Further growth in flexible working is a certainty. These changing work patterns make flexibility in security ever more critical. Choosing the right access control solution will make a big difference. Office-based working, telecommuting, work-from-home (WFH), co-working spaces, and hotdesking: All thes...

ADT UK and Ireland, experts in home security, announces the launch of its new ADT Smart Home Hub – a new touchscreen alarm panel – for its ADT Smart Home system. The latest update is equipped with all the features necessary to keep the home safe in the most convenient, stylish, and user-friendly way, blending it into the home interiors and lifestyle. The ADT Smart Home Hub differs from its competitors with a wide range of features, bringing ease to home security, and has been upgrad...

Aiphone, the international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, has announced the latest installment to their versatile GT Series analog multi-tenant video intercom. The new GT-1C7W is an app-enabled dual audio and video tenant station, offering on-the-go tenants a convenient method to screen visitors whether at home or away with the system’s mobile app. The addition of the GT-1C7W app-compatible video tenant station is part of a security industry trend towards so...

Paxton, the global brand of electronic IP access control, video surveillance, and video intercom systems, has hired a new and highly experienced addition to their US Sales Team as they continue to accelerate growth across North America. In September, Kevin MacKenzie joined the Paxton team as the new Regional Sales Manager for East Central US. His role has been developed in conjunction with the company’s planned growth initiative and a rise in demand for Paxton products across the US. He w...

PlainID, The Authorization Company™, the provider of authorization and policy-based access control, announces a strategic partnership with Dremio, the easy and open data lakehouse company. This partnership enables Dremio clients to leverage PlainID's central access control platform to manage and control access to data via Dremio, allowing for advanced access controls as part of their overall data security strategy. Simplifying data architectures The Dremio open data lakehouse delivers a...

Cequence Security, a renowned provider of Unified Application Program Interface (API) Protection, shared details of its record growth during the first half of FY22 and the appointment of Wei Wang as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cequence Security’s unique approach to uncovering and preventing API threats that can lead to fraud and data loss has resulted in the company protecting $1.3 trillion in assets among Fortune 500 companies and more than two billion user accounts worldwide. Decade...

Absolute Software, a provider of self-healing intelligent security solutions, has enhanced its resilient Zero Trust product capabilities with public API expansion, Absolute Connector for ServiceNow, and an expanded application resilience catalog. The innovations are aimed at empowering users and customers with deeper visibility and intelligence, expanded software integrations, and a refreshed user experience through updates to Absolute Secure Endpoint and Absolute Secure Access. Absolute ZTNA...

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared the results of its 2022 State Physical Security report. Based on insights from over 3,700 physical security leaders worldwide (including end users and systems integrators/installers/providers), the report looks at the security strategies organizations are putting in place to effectively navigate the realities of a changing landscape. Physical Security report...