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Over a third, (36 percent) of employees say they have picked up bad cybersecurity behaviors and found security ‘workarounds’ since working remotely, according to a new report from Tessian, the human layer security company. Cybersecurity behaviors The report, which analyzed ‘Back to Work’ security behaviors, also revealed that nearly a third of employees (30 percent) believe they can get away with riskier security behaviors when working remotely, with two in five (39 per...

Soloinsight, the workflow automation platform company announced the opening of its new location in Charleston, South Carolina named The Workflow Innovation Center. The opening signifies growth and an increased interest in innovative workflow automation solutions, such as Soloinsight’s flagship platform, CloudGate, which addresses the security and facility automation needs specifically to PIAM, VIAM, and space reservations. These systems enhance the way departments interact with the life...

SALTO Systems, a manufacturer of electronic smart access solutions, has launched a newly-redesigned website that offers detailed product information, enhanced industry vertical focus, and covers the latest technology and electronic advances for SALTO platforms, technology, and services. Improved functionality The new site places a large emphasis on visitor experience and provides a streamlined, modern design, improved functionality, and accessible resources to help support the informational ne...

Aratek recently announced the Latin America launch of its ultra-compact yet feature-rich A800 dual fingerprint scanner and the A800-M dual fingerprint module/sensor, both designed for a wide variety of applications large and small. “We forecast the A800 and A800-M to be widely adopted in Latin America where demand for digital identity is heating up due to increased spending by governments and public sector on fin-tech, cybersecurity, border control, and airport security, am...

Inner Range's enterprise-level intelligent, integrated access control system, Integriti, can now integrate with FLIR Latitude and IDIS CCTV, bolstering options for clients around video surveillance. FLIR Latitude FLIR Latitude is a powerful and versatile network VMS with enhanced cyber security. Its CCTV cameras automatically load configurations in Integriti, provide 64-bit integration server support, and security managers can set trigger inputs for CCTV events. IDIS Cameras by Korean video...

Qognify announces the launch of VisionHub 6.0, a VMS+ that enables organizations in critical and highly regulated environments to effectively and efficiently respond to security threats and mitigate the impact of incidents. VisionHub is built around the core of a high-performance video management system (VMS). It centralizes, integrates, and organizes core physical security systems and sensors into a single video-centric interface, providing control room operators with heightened situational aw...

Pivot3, the globally renowned company in intelligent software for simplified security and surveillance infrastructure solutions, has announced the release of the Pivot3 Surveillance Series Edge, an optimized product offering for edge and distributed physical security environments. Surveillance Series Edge Surveillance Series Edge incorporates the same Acuity software-based intelligence and automation used by all Pivot3 Surveillance Series solutions, in order to deliver higher levels of resilie...

Integrated security manufacturer TDSi is proud to announce the reopening of its on-site training program, backed up by a robust COVID-safe regime of testing and Track and Trace, which helps to protect everyone involved. Additionally, TDSi has signed up to the government-run WOTTOS (We Offer Testing to our Staff) scheme, which facilitates all staff taking lateral flow testing in its offices twice weekly. Practical training applications John Davies, Managing Director at TDSi comments, “No...

Effective visitor management must go beyond meeting and greeting visitors, who enter the reception area of any business or public building. It must enhance building security, protect facilities and employees, and improve users’ and visitors’ overall experience. Bosch’s just released easy-to-use, browser-based visitor management software offers all the benefits for enhancing the visiting process and integrates seamlessly with the access management system and building integratio...

Gozio Health, an industry-renowned, customizable end-to-end mobile platform, and CriticalArc, creators of SafeZone, the unified safety, security and emergency management solution, have announced a partnership that enables hospitals and health systems to enhance security and safety, by adding CriticalArc’s SafeZone to Gozio’s location-based services platform. SafeZone - Gozio integration Nearly 75% of workplace assaults occur in a healthcare setting, according to the Bureau of Labor...

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control, biometrics, and time & attendance solutions, announced the new product launch of the X-Station 2, a versatile intelligent terminal with credential options of cellphone access, QR, and barcodes as well as RFID cards and PIN. Multiple credential options X-Station 2 enables flexible access control system design by supporting multiple credential options. The terminal is compatible with most types of existing RFID cards including EM, MIFARE, iCLASS,...

The rapid development of IoT, AI, and mobile technology is greatly changing work and lifestyle. As these technologies are increasingly applied to commercial and residential buildings, smart living is no longer a fantasy. However, traditional residential solutions are usually operated by multiple independent systems, resulting in time-consuming management and unpleasant living experience. As a video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, Dahua Technology is actively promoting the indus...

As the UK and Europe begin making plans for a return to the office this summer, Inner Range is joining its partner 2N in a virtual event showcasing the benefits of a unified approach to office access and security. As a designer and manufacturer of intelligent integrated access control and security systems, Inner Range has long championed seamless integration with a whole host of third-party products, such as CCTV, intercom, visitor management and lift integration to name just a few. Digital...

Effective visitor management must go beyond meeting and greeting visitors who enter the reception area of any business or public building. It must enhance building security, protect facilities and employees, and improve users' and visitors' overall experience. Bosch's just released easy-to-use, browser-based visitor management software offers all the benefits for enhancing the visiting process and integrates seamlessly with the access management system 3.0.1. Visitor management software The u...

IDIS has announced powerful and affordable options for integrating video, access control, life safety, and building management systems between its end-to-end video technology solutions with Gallagher’s access control solutions. This powerful off-the-shelf integration, from Korea’s renowned video manufacturer, gives systems integrators and end users everything that they need for complete, future-proofed site control. It enables straightforward integration of powerful security managem...

Aiphone, an international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, is announcing a touchless sensor that allows a way for visitors, vendors, and employees to initiate a contactless call with a simple gesture. Gesture activated calling Compatible with the IX Series door stations for easy installation, the sensor encourages users to “Wave Hello” to activate a call, reducing exposure to germs and the spread of bacteria in high-touch areas. This touchless solution...

Valsoft Corporation (Valsoft), a Canadian company that specializes in the acquisition and development of vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of ScholarChip (ScholarChip Card LLC), a global provider of identity management, visitor management and behavioral software for the K-12 vertical. Acquisition of ScholarChip ScholarChip was founded in 2003, by Dr. Maged Atiya and his wife, Monica Sibillia Atiya, with a mission to help make schools safer,...

According to IDC, data generated from IoT cameras and sensors will amount to almost 80 zettabytes in 2025 up from 13.6 zettabytes in 2019. The challenge for control rooms and operation centers is to turn all that big data into actionable insights so that operators can take meaningful action in a timely way rather than getting drowned in video data. With the use of computer vision technologies growing exponentially, operation centers need to start optimising their infrastructure, from the end po...

The first inter airport CONNECT event, which took place online from 20 – 21 April 2021, provided a much-anticipated meeting platform for the international airport community this year. More than 1,700 registered visitors from 115 countries have used the opportunity to log on to the platform to network, watch webinar content live and on-demand, view product showcases, and visit virtual stands of exhibitors. 88 exhibiting companies from 23 countries participated in the event (74% from abroad...

ACRE, a provider of state-of-the-art security systems, announces the acquisition of TDS based in Dublin, Ireland. This purchase will enhance ACRE’s strategic expansion plans for strengthening the product portfolio and geography in the UK and Europe and bringing new cloud-based visitor management and access control products to North America. This is ACRE’s first acquisition since being acquired March 11 by Triton Partners. TDS provides cloud-based workspace solutions that will comple...

AMAG Technology recently released a new version of Symmetry CONNECT Identity Management and Symmetry GUEST Visitor Management. These enhancements are centered on globalization as well as increasing the capabilities of the Public API, including the ability to schedule visits. Enhancements include: The hosted Symmetry CONNECT and GUEST environment now support both English and Spanish languages. With this update, the language preference can be set at both the identity and group level. Addition...

STOPware, Inc. has announced that it has received LenelS2 factory certification and joined the LenelS2 OpenAccess Alliance Program (OAAP). STOPware’s Visitor Management System interfaces with the OnGuard access control system, thereby allowing STOPware features to be leveraged by OnGuard system users.   Seamless access control “STOPware has completed required factory testing at LenelS2 to validate the functionality of its interface to the OnGuard system. The integration o...

HID Global, a globally renowned company in trusted identity solutions, has announced the general availability of WorkforceID Authentication solution, the latest addition to its cloud platform for creating a seamless, effortless experience for issuing, managing and using identity credentials in physical and digital workplaces. Workforce ID Authentication Workforce ID Authentication builds upon HID’s proven and widely deployed multi-factor authentication platform for consumer applications,...

Dahua Technology, a video-centric provider of smart IoT solutions, is introducing a new line of expandable 2-wire IP video intercom solutions for the North American market. The New 2-wire IP video intercom is more advanced, cost-effective, and designed to help businesses increase their security. Additional video solution Dahua 2-wire IP video intercom solutions increase security with video using existing wiring" “Most 2-wire intercom systems only support audio, so adding video soluti...

Bosch introduces the new FLEXIDOME multi 7000i camera family offering IR and non-IR models that provide 12- or 20-megapixel resolution to deliver highly detailed multi-directional overviews. These overviews are combined with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) to support predictive solutions in wide-area coverage applications such as intersections, public spaces, and retail. Image sensor, remote maintenance Each image sensor, offering 3- or 5-megapixel resolution, attaches a layer of metada...

HID Global, trusted identity solutions announced that American Security Today (AST) has recognized its HID NOMAD™ 30 Pocket Reader and WorkforceID™ solutions as winners of the 2020 ASTORS Homeland Security Awards. Law enforcement Cellphone device The HID NOMAD 30 Pocket Reader enables end-users, such as law enforcement officers, to pair their own cellphone devices with biometric reader hardware and perform matching within minutes while in the field. The pocket...

HID Global, trusted identity solutions announced that it has again been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in the most recent Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services, Global” report. HID® Location Services “We are proud to again be named a Leader in a Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant,” said Mark Robinton, Vice President of IoT Services with HID Global. “HID® Location Services, including the latest Workplace Safety solution for contact trac...

Johnson Controls, the provider of smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings and architect of the OpenBlue digital platforms, introduces the WorkForce Notifier© plug-in solution, which adds significant real-life practical benefits to the Tyco Software House C•CURE 9000 security and event management platform. Developed by Encode Labs, a Johnson Controls’ technology partner, the WorkForce Notifier© plug-in sends e-mails or SMS Text messages to employees and contractors to aler...

OPTEX, a global front-runner in sensing solutions, is expanding its Intelligent Visual Verification solution by introducing a 12 Channel Visual Verification Bridge (Model: CKB-312). This powerful gateway is the new hardware device that allows security professionals to connect ONVIF compatible cameras and alarm sensors to the cloud-based Visual Verification Portal powered by CHeKT. Features and functions Aimed primarily to monitored alarm systems, the solution provides central station operators...

HID Global, a worldwide front-runner in trusted identity solutions, announced it has expanded its award-winning Seos® credential family with two new products. The Seos 16K is the industry’s first credential certified to the highest IT security level established by the independent testing service provider TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH, and it features the highest memory in the series to support multi-application deployments. Seos Essential is a new, single-application credential th...