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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...

The Monitoring Association (TMA) welcomed its 110th ECC in the United States on June 22nd. The City of Rockwall ECC in Texas, servicing the Cities of Rockwall, Fate, and Heath, became the 12th ECC in the state of Texas to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). The Rockwall ECC went live with Rapid Response Monitoring, Vector Security, Tyco (Johnson Controls), Security Central, Alert360, Stanley Security, Guardian Protection, United Central Control, National Monitoring Center, Bri...

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, “...

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...

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...

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...

Trackforce Valiant, a provider of security workforce management solutions, announces the acquisition of TrackTik Software, one of the most innovative and fastest-growing cloud-based security workforce management providers. The combination of these two companies has created a new pioneer in providing visibility and control for the physical security workforce. “We are very excited to welcome TrackTik into the Trackforce Valiant family,” said Trevor Campion, CEO of Trackforce Valiant....

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...

TDSi announced it has achieved Cyber Essentials Certification which demonstrates the company’s dedication to fully securing its operations as well as its products and services. Backed by the UK Government through the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cyber Essentials helps any size or type of organization to protect itself and those that rely on it from a range of common and potentially dangerous cyber-attacks. Meeting industry standards Alex Rumsey, Sales Director a...

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...

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA) are part of a community of security professionals unified by the mission of keeping people and property safe. Following inexplicable and senseless school security tragedies that occur far too often in this nation, most recently in Uvalde, Texas, they commit themselves to support reasonable initiatives to protect young children who simply deserve a safe place to learn. They recognize that that there is not a si...

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...

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...

Dallmeier Italia, the Italian subsidiary of the German video technology manufacturer Dallmeier, will sponsor the ‘Lega Pro’ football association in the 2022/2023 football season. This will ensure that a total of 60 clubs in Serie C – the third-highest league in professional Italian football – will benefit from easier access to the video security equipment for stadiums. Allianz Stadium Juventus FC Turin, Diego Armando Maradona Stadium Neapel, Gewiss Stadium Atalanta Berga...

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...

Egnyte, a globally renowned company in cloud content security and governance, has announced that it has been named a leader and No. 1 ranked vendor by peer-to-peer software review platform - G2, in multiple summer 2022 reports, including a new Sensitive Data Discovery report. The company has also retained leadership positions in the Data Governance, Data Security, Data-Centric Security, Encryption Key Management, and Cloud Content Collaboration categories. Egnyte recognized by G2 “In to...

Orion Entrance Control (Orion) is pleased to announce that Paul Ragusa has joined the company as Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Orion, Paul honed his marketing and writing skills, working for more than 25 years in management roles at several publishing, media and marketing companies, including most recently as Editor of Security Systems News (SSN). During his six-plus years at SSN, Paul Ragusa oversaw all content for the publication and website, in addition to creating the education progra...

Enterprise devices are, on average, connecting to four separate locations each month, during the era of hybrid working, according to a new report from Absolute Software, a globally renowned company in self-healing endpoint and secure access solutions. Absolute Software’s new report, titled ‘The Value of Zero Trust in a Work-from-Anywhere World’, observed information from almost five million devices containing Absolute Software’s zero-trust solutions across 12,000 custome...

Genetec Inc., a globally renowned technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has announced the immediate availability of a new generation of its Synergis Cloud Link PoE-enabled IoT gateway for access control. Synergis Cloud Link Manufactured in North America to mitigate supply chain delays, Synergis Cloud Link addresses increasing demand for non-proprietary access control solutions and provides a safe and secure gateway to a Cloud o...

Qognify, the foremost provider of video and Enterprise Incident Management (EIM) solutions, announced the Yaniv Toplian as its new Vice President of Research and Development. As part of Qognify’s senior leadership team, Yaniv has a remit to define and execute the company’s R&D strategy to design and develop solutions that mitigate risks, increase security, and optimize operations, through world-class research and innovation. Leading a global team Based in the Qognify office i...

Menlo Security, a globally renowned company in cloud security, has announced that it has released the HEAT Security Assessment Toolkit, designed to provide organizations with the ability to assess their levels of protection and current exposure to Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT). Since July 2021, Menlo Security has seen a 224% increase in HEAT attacks. These attacks allow threat actors to deliver malicious content, including ransomware, to the endpoint by adapting to the targeted environ...

Solar is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. energy industry, with an average annual growth rate of 42 percent, over the past decade. In response to increased demand, Alarm.com is offering an integrated solar monitoring solution for service providers, with a new Solar Automation & Awareness service package and Solar Program Certification Course. Solar monitoring offering Alarm.com’s solar monitoring offering allows customers with SolarEdge and Enphase inverters (which com...

Allied Universal, the globally renowned security and facility services company, is continuing its global expansion with the acquisition of three companies, located in New York, USA, the Netherlands and Denmark. The largest of the three companies, International Protective Service Agency (IPSA), is headquartered in New York City, New York, and provides comprehensive security and event services for clients located throughout the New York and New Jersey regions, in the United States of America. IP...

Companies of all sizes are turning to low-code software development platforms that blend power and speed for creating mission-critical applications. OutSystems, a globally renowned company in high-performance low-code development, has announced that its OutSystems Platform was recognized by three influential technology industry groups for leadership in application development. OutSystems Platform recognized by techology firms Everest Group recently named OutSystems a Leader in its Low Code Ap...