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Ava Security, a Motorola Solutions company, will move into a new partnership with Sektor to distribute its cloud-native video security solution throughout Malaysia. Ava is recognized around the world as being one of a handful of brands that have architected video solutions for a cloud platform. Ava cloud video security solution Ava with the data management system, Ava Aware, connects their cloud-based analytics to pre-existing cameras and cloud-connected cameras. The power of Ava’s cloud...

The Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC), a Committee of The Monitoring Association (TMA) comprised of representatives of TMA, the Electronic Security Association (ESA), the Security Industry Association (SIA) and major security industry alarm companies and manufacturers, has appointed Tiffany Galarza, the Director of Telecommunications at ADT, and Sascha Kylau, the Vice President at OneTel Security, to Co-Chair the Committee. New AICC Co-Chairs appointed Tiffany Galarza and Sascha K...

3xLOGIC, Inc., a globally renowned provider of integrated, intelligent security solutions, has announced upcoming conference plans, including the 2022 National School Safety Conference and the Campus Safety Conference Texas 2022, both taking place in July 2022. The 3xLOGIC education session, ‘What Next? Improving Safety and Incident Response with Gunshot Detection and Mass Notification Integrated Solutions’, has been selected for the Campus Safety Education Program. Gunshot detecti...

Mayflex, the globally renowned distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has announced the appointment of Rhys Jones in the role of Account Manager for Converged Technology, with an emphasis on IP Security.  Rhys Jones joins Mayflex from QED distribution, where he was based for the last 5 years, in both Sales Management and Business Development roles.  Expert in access control, CCTV systems and infrastructure Simon Steer, the Director of Sales for Security at Mayflex commented, “...

Manual traffic surveillance can be a daunting task for city administrators as Traffic Management Centers operate a myriad of cameras. Although it is now common to use computer vision for intelligently analyzing images of vehicles, challenges remain for understanding the vehicles’ behaviors on the roads. It’s difficult for the operators to immediately notice, if there has been a car accident on the road that could cause major traffic jams or a group of speeding motorcycles are making...

Relentlessly innovative security sector specialist, Safer Security Group, has unveiled the next generation of site security technology, with the official launch of its Safer Pod S1. The tech disruptor’s newest product, which has already been taken up by various tier 1 contractors on sites throughout the United Kingdom (UK), is equipped with cutting edge intelligent visual verification, which captures the clearest and highest quality images yet, while it’s innovative anti-masking sen...

Avolon is delighted that An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, and Irish Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, TD, have announced government support for Innovate for Ireland, a transformative, globally unique doctoral scholarship program originally conceived by their CEO, Dómhnal Slattery. Through a partnership between the Irish Government and the private sector, Innovate for Ireland will position Ireland as a global innovation leader...

Vigitron, Inc., the globally renowned manufacturer of network solutions designed for security applications, has announced the release of its new website. The new website is easy to navigate, resulting in the ability to provide detailed information on Vigitron products. Ali Eghbal, the Founder and President of Vigitron, Inc., stated “With over 150 products and growing, covering every aspect of complete network solutions, the new website provides clear and understandable variable methods to...

Abloy Oy and ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions have announced their jointly developed, new ABLOY Keyless Access Controller. With the controller, businesses can upgrade their doors to be keyless - making most electric locks and other electronic door locking devices work with a digital key on a mobile app, instead of a physical credential. The new controller not only works with ABLOY products, but also with hardware of any brand using compatible wiring. ABLOY Keyless Access Controller The ABLOY Keyle...

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (SailPoint), the pioneer in enterprise identity security, announces that its stockholders voted to approve SailPoint’s pending acquisition by Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, at SailPoint’s special meeting of stockholders, held earlier today. The final voting results on the proposals voted on at the special meeting will be set forth in a Form 8-K filed by SailPoint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, after certification by...

StorMagic®, provider of hyperconvergence solutions for edge computing, announces that Hermitage Solutions, distributor of IT security solutions and services, joined its distribution network. Hermitage Solutions selected StorMagic's offering to meet the need for corporate data protection and for the robustness, simplicity and cost-effectiveness of its products. Modern key management The contract provides for the distribution in France, Belgium and Luxembourg of ARQvault/SvSAN and/or SvKMS...

HID Global, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces a joint research laboratory with France-based Hubert Curien Laboratory, named the Lasers, Materials, and Colors for Citizen Identity Documents Laboratory, or LAMCID. The Hubert Curien Laboratory is a joint research unit of Jean Monnet University, the National Research Centre, and the Institut d’Optique Graduate School. Improve identity documents LAMCID will host experts from HID and Hubert Curien to conduct a variety of join...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, was named Global Sustainability Changemaker and U.S. IoT Partner of the Year at the Microsoft’s annual awards. The Sustainability award was made for the significant societal impact that Johnson Controls OpenBlue Enterprise Manager is having on boosting sustainability in buildings, improving ESG scores and enabling data-driven decision-making by customers. IoT Partner award for Johnson Controls...

Securitas, the security solutions partner with world-renowned technology and expertise, has signed the commitment letter for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and will begin the process of developing and validating targets, in order to reduce the Group’s climate impact. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a collaboration between CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the World Resources Institute, Worldwide Fund for Nature, and the UN Global Compact. Science Based...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Siemens) has launched Building X, a new smart building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The Building X suite is the first next generation offering that is built on the design principles of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform launched to accelerate digital transformation and value creation across industry, transportation, grids and buildings. Building X, smart building suite It acts as a single source of truth to eliminate...

Xydus, the company fixing identity for an expansive world, has announced two key technical leadership hires, following a record-breaking 600% revenue increase in 2021. Ensuring its identity solution is ready to flex to any challenges that the future throws at it, Xydus brings in technical professionals - Jos Aussems as the Chief Information Security Officer and Chris Covell as the Senior Vice President (VP) of Engineering. Modernizing the IT department Xydus spent the past six months re-organ...

Major supplier Amberstone Security is the first intelligence and security services provider in the world to offer PACKED, a new fraud prevention solution that gives online retailers video proof that items have been packed and dispatched, helping to tackle loss prevention and increase the transparency of the dispatch process. The pandemic and the resulting boom in online ordering prompted a dramatic rise in false claims of items being undelivered. At the end of 2020, a survey of 3000 UK and US c...

Blickfeld, the breakthrough LiDAR sensor technology company creating innovative hardware and software products, will be expanding its operations into the United States of America (USA). To support Blickfeld’s operations on the ground in the USA, the company will open a new office in the Detroit area, establishing its strategic North American location. Blickfeld plans to hire 25 more people by the end of 2023. New appointment to head up the US division Heading up the US division will be...

Sensor solution provider HENSOLDT has completed extensive ground and field tests with its "Kalaetron Attack" jamming system, confirming its effectiveness against enemy air defense radars of various types. Measurements in various operationally relevant scenarios show that "Kalaetron Attack" can detect even the latest air defense radars and interfere with them using precisely directed jamming signals. Artificial intelligence techniques The effectiveness and responsiveness of the system are also...

Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, has announced the launch of two new features for Pluralsight Flow, the software development intelligence platform helping engineering organizations accelerate growth through optimized software delivery. These features include Team Health Insights, which enables engineering leaders to proactively diagnose the holistic health of their teams, and the Sprint Movement report, designed to help with sprint planning and predictability efforts....

Organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and the German-American Chamber of Commerce, a delegation of purchasers from the United Nations (UN) is traveling to the Ruhr metropolis, as part of a high-ranking visit at the Security Essen 2022 event. At the leading fair for civil security, Security Essen 2022, which will take place at Messe Essen from September 20 to September 23, 2022, the UN representatives will present the United Nation’s procurement syst...

With the passing of time, the necessity of security to inculcate flexibility in its design and working became more important than having rigid standalone networks. Matrix COSEC VEGA FAX door controllers bring huge flexibility to the time attendance and access control needs of an organization. Built with precision engineering methods to combine aesthetics, connectivity, and reliability, Matrix COSEC VEGA FAX is the perfect product for the access control and time attendance needs of any modern or...

Camden Door Controls is proud to bring to the market its new CM-336 Series of battery-operated 915MHz wireless switches. The new CM-336 Series joins Camden’s SureWave line of industry-renowned touchless switches and features a Lazerpoint RF transmitter that’s been proven in over thousands of installations. The new switch replaces Camden’s CM-330 models and delivers improved performance and up to four years of battery life, based on 100 activations per day. New CM-336 Series o...

Sentry Enterprises is pleased to announce that the SentryCard, a decentralized biometric platform providing absolute trust, has successfully completed FIDO2 certification. The FIDO Alliance’s FIDO2 specifications enable users to leverage common devices to easily authenticate to online services in both mobile and desktop environments. FIDO Alliance’s FIDO2 specifications The FIDO Alliance is an open industry association with a focused mission: authentication standards to help reduc...

Vintra, Inc. (Vintra), a globally renowned provider of AI-powered video analytics solutions, announced their outstanding performance in the new Frost Radar Surveillance Analytics Report, from the prominent research and consulting firm - Frost & Sullivan. Selected by the firm’s Global Security Research Team, as a leading analytics provider, Vintra scored top marks, ahead of a field of 17 companies benchmarked for growth and innovation, earning accolades as ‘one of the most promin...

GJD, an award-winning United Kingdom (UK) designer and manufacturer of advanced external perimeter protection and intruder detection equipment, is excited to announce its investment in a new top-of-the-range Hanwha Techwin SM482 Plus Surface Mount Technology (SMT) machine. The new machine will enable high-speed automation, during the electronic assembly process, and additionally, drive efficiency and the bottom-line impact of GJD’s carbon footprint. GJD invests in SMT technology Our inv...

The first training certificates were recently handed out to Vanderbilt's partners Techpro Vietnam. The certificates were handed out by Melyvn Teo to Techpro’s Mr. Son regarding the company’s ACTpro virtual training certificates. Virtual Classroom Training The Virtual Classroom Training is a half-day training session that starts at 1 pm and ends at 5 pm (local Singapore time). The in-person training hosted in Singapore is provided by trainer Jonny Goh, Project Sales Manager at Vande...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, acquired zero trust cyber security provider – Tempered Networks, based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Tempered Networks has created ‘Airwall’ technology, an advanced self-defense system for buildings that enables secure network access across diverse groups of endpoint devices, edge gateways, cloud platforms and service technicians. Airwall technology It represents a step-change in op...

A new practical guide has been published by Morphean, a globally renowned company in Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud analytics, in order to help security businesses understand and adopt the digitalized world of physical security. The new guide argues that cloud physical security is now playing a critical role in the digital transformation agenda, as AI-driven analytics help unlock superior security and intelligence benefits, while helping to mitigate the rising cost base that is being fe...

BT Redcare, the trusted provider of no-compromise alarm signaling, announces the launch of a new handheld mobile signal checker – called the Mobile Signal Analyzer (MSA) – enabling installers to quickly determine the best location to fit mobile network connectivity-reliant alarm signaling solutions. Ensuring they can get deployment locations right first time, every time, MSA provides them and end-customers with the confidence that solutions will always perform in emergencies and sig...