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In the modern world, a single layer of security is sometimes not enough. Premises with sensitive areas or higher-security rooms often benefit from an extra deterrent against unauthorized access. In many sectors, regulations require it. Implementing reliable digital two-factor authentication (2FA) – without adding delays or complexity at the door – is the most convenient, compliant solution. It keeps premises and their users safer from an evolving range of threats. The SMARTair®...

Salto, a global pioneer in smart access solutions, launches the new Salto XS4 Double Reader wire-free, smart locking range. This solution features two integrated readers within a single electronic smart lock, a unique configuration that enables facilities to monitor and record both entry and exit at a single door. Operating on a 100% wire-free architecture, it delivers maximum security without the complexities of a traditional wired setup. It retrofits seamlessly over existing door preparations...

With the support of financial investor Chequers Capital, IT specialist Syserso Networks GmbH and IT service provider SHD System-Haus-Dresden GmbH have set the course for a shared future. The institutional investor has been the majority shareholder of Syserso Networks since 2021 and is now acquiring a stake in the Dresden-based IT expert SHD. Since its founding in 1990, SHD has established itself as a long-term partner to the public sector as well as the energy and healthcare industries. These c...

Identiv, Inc., a global pioneer in RFID- and BLE-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced the expansion of its ID-Tiny product family, a portfolio of ultra-miniaturised HF/NFC inlays and tags designed to bring secure digital intelligence to compact products, small components, and high-value items where space is extremely limited. The expansion opens new possibilities for connecting physical objects that have historically been too small, too design-sensitive, or too irregularl...

Sine, Honeywell’s visitor and contractor platform, has introduced Advanced ID Check for SinePoint Pro iPad kiosks, embedding identity verification directly into the enterprise check-in process. Rather than relying on manual document checks or separate verification workflows, Advanced ID Check helps validate identity and creates compliance records in seconds – so visitors move through faster, and organizations have the audit trail they need before anyone sets foot on site.  &ld...

HID, a global pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces the North American availability of its HID Amico™ biometric facial recognition readers, making fast, secure and friction-free biometric access practical for a much broader range of organizations. Amico expands HID's biometric portfolio across a wider spectrum of use cases, deployment sizes and price points, bringing facial recognition within reach for small and medium-sized businesses. Long associated with high-security govern...

Nutanix, a pioneer in hybrid multicloud computing, unveils new regulated industry data from its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report shared earlier this year. Serving as a deep-dive companion to the global report, the Healthcare, Financial Services, and Public Sector industry reports reveal how organizations are adapting infrastructure strategies to support growing AI adoption. Nutanix’s ECI survey indicates that enterprise AI adoption is accelerating acro...

Suprema, a global pioneer in intelligent access control and physical security solutions, has obtained ISO/IEC 42001 certification, the international standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS). The certification confirms that Suprema has established a formal governance framework for AI in its access control solutions is built, operated, and continuously improved. ISO/IEC 42001 is not a benchmark for product performance. The standard evaluates the organizational framework behi...

Automatic Systems, a world pioneer in the automation of secure entrance control, is pleased to welcome Jeff Kernohan as Business Development Manager for North America. Jeff Kernohan has over 27 years of experience in physical security, enterprise risk management, critical infrastructure protection, and security consulting experience. Prior to joining Automatic Systems, he held leadership positions with several globally recognized consulting firms, including Kroll and Guidepost Solutions, where...

Minuteman Security & Life Safety, one of the nation's pioneer security technology integrators, announces its acquisition of Performance Link Technologies (PLT), a North Carolina-based provider of structured cabling, security, and low-voltage technology solutions serving customers throughout the Carolinas and across the United States. Founded in 2004 by John Gendron and Rich Bedner, Performance Link Technologies built its reputation by delivering innovative, cost-effective technology solutio...

As organizations accelerate AI adoption and digital workplace transformation, many are finding that cyber resilience is undermined not by a lack of security tools, but by growing operational complexity and threat sophistication. According to recent research, 90% of IT leaders acknowledge gaps in their ability to defend against AI-driven threats. While security investments continue to grow, many organizations face a different challenge: fragmented accountability. Security operations remain highl...

If users are running Access It! today, they have already made a real investment — in Mercury panels, in wiring, in workflows the operators know cold. The question isn't whether biometric authentication is worth adding. It's whether adding it means starting over. The ASSA Control iD integration brings facial recognition and multi-factor authentication into Access It! through the Mercury controllers that users are already running. No new panels. No rewiring. No new system for the team to le...

Access It! 12.4 is now generally available. This release brings two significant new integrations to the platform, facial-recognition entry and network-native IP locks, alongside a set of refinements that make everyday administration faster and more reliable. Access It! now supports ASSA ABLOY Control iD biometric readers, adding facial recognition and multi-factor authentication to the access control system. Performing facial recognition The readers sit at the edge as biometric front ends. Ea...

Scality, a pioneer in data infrastructure software for the AI era, and OVHcloud, a global cloud provider and European cloud pioneer, announces an expanded technology partnership and a new joint storage platform built for European digital sovereignty. The solution gives organizations full control over sensitive data, with no dependency on U.S. hyperscalers, while delivering the performance and resilience required for the most demanding AI workloads. Deployment options include a 100% dedicated so...

iDenfy, a global RegTech company for identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, announced a new addition to its digital ID suite, .beID. The new eID workflow integration brings Belgium’s national smart card identity system into iDenfy’s existing non-document verification onboarding solutions, allowing businesses to integrate more native, already familiar onboarding flows in various markets. Currently, using iDenfy, businesses will be able to verify Belgian users through t...

Commvault, a pioneer in unified resilience at enterprise scale, announces a strategic partnership with Microsoft that underscores the importance of AI and cyber resilience as enterprises accelerate their move to the cloud, rapidly scale AI utilization, and face increasingly complex data security threats. Through this partnership, Microsoft will offer Commvault’s extensive AI and cyber resilience technologies as a native ISV service on Microsoft Azure. This will give Azure customers the ab...

Nutanix, a pioneer in hybrid multicloud computing, today published findings from the healthcare vertical edition of its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey. The report, which examines infrastructure readiness, AI adoption, and containerisation trends across healthcare organizations globally, reveals a sector under mounting pressure. AI deployment is being driven from the top, shadow AI is proliferating across clinical and administrative functions, and the infrastructure required to...

Cequence Security, a pioneer in application security, announces the launch of Intent Graph and Biometric Check, two new capabilities that extend the behavioral architecture Cequence has built on since inception. Together, they give enterprises bot defense that works across web, mobile, API, and agentic AI traffic, without depending on the client-side signals that sophisticated bots have learned to defeat. The architectural divide in bot defense is now unavoidable. While traditional bot defense...

Many businesses and buildings need trustworthy, keyless door security without the expense and invasiveness of an advanced access control system. For these premises, PIN-based digital door access adds this security efficiently, freeing managers, employees, and visitors from the cost and hassle of handling physical keys. In all kinds of workplaces, private rooms need separating – securely and reliably – from spaces where the public have free access. Their doors need a simple, standalo...

The FIDO Alliance and HID, a global enabler of trusted identity solutions, release The State of Physical and Digital Identity in the Enterprise, a new research report examining how organizations manage physical and logical access across their workforces. Surveying 500 IT and cybersecurity decision makers across the US, Canada, UK, France and Germany, the new study uncovered a significant disconnect between enterprise confidence in identity security and operational reality. While most organizati...

Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure company, and Ciena, the global pioneer in high-speed connectivity, have completed one of the fastest quantum safe data transmissions ever demonstrated and the fastest across a transatlantic route. The landmark trial successfully protected live data running across 6900km of Colt’s subsea and terrestrial network between New York and London with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) encryption solution. The trial proved th...

ASSA ABLOY, the pioneer in access solutions, will exhibit at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026, taking place June 11–12 at the San Diego Convention Center. At Booth 3119, architects, designers, and industry professionals can explore solutions that help create beautiful, code-compliant, secure, and accessible openings while connecting with experts on the trends shaping today’s built environment. “As architects balance aesthetics, performance, accessibility, a...

Reco, the only AI security platform purpose-built to discover, govern and secure every AI agent, identity and SaaS connection across the enterprise, announces a series of strategic executive appointments, geographic expansion in Texas and the United Kingdom and Ireland, and channel milestones reflect a market reaching an inflection point. Fortune 500 enterprises are deploying AI agents at scale. The governance infrastructure to manage them is no longer optional. Organizations need continuous vi...

Lately, when talking to healthcare security leaders, one thing has been coming up more than anything else: they know their security infrastructure is disconnected; they know it creates risk, and they’re not sure how to close the gap without a costly overhaul. That’s not a failure of intent. It’s a consequence of how security was built in the healthcare sector. Over decades, physical security and cybersecurity have developed distinct disciplines with separate ownership. Facilit...

Scality, a global pioneer in data infrastructure software for AI-era storage at scale, announces a strategic partnership with Biomemory, the pioneer in industrial-grade DNA-based data storage systems, to accelerate the development and enterprise integration of DNA-based cold archive storage. Together, the two companies will work to position DNA storage as a viable, ultra-secure, and long-term archival tier within modern object storage environments, complementing existing flash, disk and tape in...

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems will introduce new fiber transport innovations at InfoComm 2026 that help AV professionals simplify AV network deployment, reduce cabling requirements and improve flexibility across modern IP-based infrastructures. Exhibiting at Booth C5006 in the Las Vegas Convention Center (June 17-19), MultiDyne will showcase the new FiberSaver-10G wavelength-shifting multiplexer alongside its widely deployed VersaBrix VB Series fiber transport platform, featuring ne...

iDenfy, a global RegTech company specializing in identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, has added MitID to its electronic identity verification platform. The integration brings Denmark’s national digital identity system into iDenfy’s existing non-document verification workflow, allowing businesses to verify Danish users using the credentials they use daily, without requesting a physical document at onboarding. Single trusted credential There is a high uptake of digi...

Genetec Inc., the global pioneer in enterprise physical security software, announces it is the only access control vendor to be qualified by the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) for its high assurance access control system. This qualification follows Genetec earning First-Level Security Certification (CSPN) from the Agency in 2025. The qualification applies to the Genetec Security Center Synergis™ access control system, the Synergis™ Cloud Link, and the STid secure I/O m...

Global designer and manufacturer of coded locks, Codelocks International Ltd, has announces a new partnership with CES Security Solutions Ltd, a specialist in patented key systems. The collaboration makes selected Codelocks products compatible with CES Security’s patented key cylinders, combining two established access control technologies within a single, integrated solution. Bringing them together in this first line of products gives users the convenience and flexibility of coded access...

The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) has agreed a major new sector collaboration with the National Association for Healthcare Security (NAHS) and Nu-ology Training to deliver accredited counter-terrorism protective security training for university and healthcare security professionals. The partnership marks an important step forward for both the university and healthcare security sectors. After many years of recognizing the value of closer alignment, AUCSO and NAHS have...