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Focus is a French real-estate company in a booming sector. With offices nationwide, it specialises in business colocation, offering turnkey office spaces and related services. In 2019 alone, the total number of flexible workspaces across France grew by 20%. Access control  Reliable, agile access control is a key attribute of this sector. Different users come and go, at all times of the day. An office’s client group does not stand still. Change is part of the landscape. For these re...

More than one million electric vehicles are registered in the U.S.—and they all have to plug in somewhere. As EV charging stations pop up across the country, one of the chief questions will be how charging station users are identified, authenticated, and connected with membership or payment systems. Radio-frequency identification cards and tokens and smartphone authentication apps have emerged as two viable options for EV charging authentication. Which is best? It may depend on the user b...

Obtaining needed funding for security technology improvements often requires going to senior management with a hat in hand. But requests for more security funding from the C-suite may fall on deaf ears unless a security professional can make a compelling case for the needed expenditures. It starts with learning to speak in terms that resonate with upper management and also involves carefully analysing the benefits of security investments to the broader enterprise. We asked this week’s Expe...

Sharry, a workplace experience platform, introduces a new feature called Lobby News, the most workplace-related content tool on the market yet. It enables property and workplace managers to schedule timely building and office-related news and updates to be received by users when they enter the building and tap their badges at turnstiles. Applications  Therefore, people working from home, on vacation, or on business trips will not receive the news. For instance, managers can utilise Lobby...

In recent years, multinational corporations such as Cathay Pacific, Facebook, Uber, and numerous others have been heavily fined due to security and data protection violations. This period has seen data protection laws increase as more and more information is gathered and shared online. As such, it becomes crucial to account for security capabilities when choosing an embedded device that touches potentially sensitive data. RFID readers RFID readers very much belong to the ecosystem wherein per...

Allied Universal®, the security and facility services company, is continuing its strategic expansion with the acquisition of Century Event Security & Staffing based in Orlando, Florida. Century Event Security & Staffing provides comprehensive security and event services in Las Vegas and Orlando, two of the nation’s top exhibition industry cities. This acquisition increases Allied Universal’s ability to staff major events in these popular event destination locations wit...

IDIS, the largest manufacturer of trusted South Korean-made video tech, has renewed its focus on delivering projects across North America in the fast-growing cannabis sector. After enjoying a huge spike in sales at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. cannabis sector has settled back into a more even period of growth and is projected to post revenues in excess of $32 billion in 2022. One recent report stated that the industry is now projected to be worth $57 billion by 2030 and is g...

In a bid to combine the expertise of industry-leading wireless solutions providers, Ramtech has announced it will be working alongside businesses Argus and Hyfire to form ‘The Orama Group’. Wireless technologies and solutions This new collective will serve to push innovation and expand geographical reach, to further meet the wireless safety and security needs of different industries from construction to commercial and industrial applications. Made possible through the Halma Group&...

Heat waves caused by climate change are currently also increasing strongly across Europe and the associated risk of forest fires is rising immensely. Fires in natural areas are increasingly getting out of control due to drought or wind, and the risk of danger to people, animals, nature, and infrastructure is growing. But how can fires be detected and localised at an early stage to minimise or even avoid serious damage? Artificial intelligence With image processing and artificial intelligence,...

Cognitec, face recognition innovator and SALTO Group Company, has named Andy Speropoulos as Sales Manager for the Gaming and Hospitality markets. These two important sectors increasingly incorporate face recognition technology to improve both security and operations. Innovative technology  “Cognitec continues to build its sales team to serve our customers in varied market segments better and to respond to market demand for face recognition technology,” said Cognitec Vice Pres...

Like other manufacturing factories, the food processing industry relies greatly on efficient communication between the head office and the manufacturing units. However, communication between the branch offices also becomes crucial to streamline the raw material exchange between different units and dispatch the finished goods to the designated locations. Inept communication can lead to product delivery delays and consequential losses. Introduction From a small beginning in 1962, Nilon's India...

You’re no psychic. You probably don’t have the power of clairvoyance. But guess what? When it comes to your security, none of that matters. You can still create future-proof security by properly equipping yourself. Here’s how. Understanding access control Security is changing faster than ever before. With new threats inside the workplace and smaller security teams taking on more tasks, IT and security personnel must automate their processes using new technology. One difficu...

The Centre for Contemporary Art based in Ujazdowski Castle is a space that uses art to help visitors reflect on the world. It aims to invite discussion about some of the pieces, where different art disciplines blend together in creative experiments. To achieve this, the space - which is located at the heart of Warsaw, Poland - hosts events, exhibitions, a cinema, a bookshop, a library, and an art residency programme. The Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, needed a system that was f...

Whether football at the Bundesliga level, corporate conferences, or cultural events: the Kia Metropol Arena in Nuremberg, Germany, opened in 2021, has impressed visitors with its flexibility, space, and unmatched visibility for over 4,000 spectators across four stands.  Integrated solution  Due to the cost-effective solutions planned and implemented by Bosch, the arena is highly secure, while at the same time, providing crystal-clear sound for all its events. The building makes the...

Callsign, the digital trust pioneer, has announced new technology to detect social engineering scams in real-time and intervene when fraud is detected. It delivers contextually relevant and personalised warning messages to protect the user from becoming a victim of fraud. This Dynamic interventions capability is controlled by Callsign’s Orchestration Engine. The phenomenon of social engineering has emerged as a way for fraudsters to psychologically manipulate consumers into transferr...

Revelstoke has partnered with BreachRx to unify automated incident response and compliance capabilities with the Revelstoke next-generation enterprise Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platform. BreachRx has created the security industry’s first incident reporting and response automation solution. It is designed to help people find answers to security and regulatory compliance questions in real-time and at the height of a crisis. Response automation solution Simila...

Suella Braverman has dramatically resigned as Home Secretary, after sending a confidential document from her email to a parliamentary colleague. Braverman will be replaced by former Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, a strong backer of Rishi Sunak’s Conservative leadership campaign, adding to the political uncertainty under Liz Truss’ leadership. UK Home Secretary resigns In her confrontational resignation letter, Suella Braverman said, “The business of government relies upo...

Dallmeier electronic, a manufacturer of video security technology, announces that its complete Domera® product family of single-sensor cameras is available without any delivery problems. All seven product groups of the Domera® family can be ordered immediately and are usually delivered within a few days. With waiting times of up to nine months, the lack of delivery capacity, especially for single-sensor cameras, is currently causing major problems for many channel partners and installer...

Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. has developed a prototype 360-degree stereo vision system for automated vehicles travelling on regular streets. Based on multi-camera 3D sensing, the all-surrounding sensing system is both high-resolution and highly accurate. Automated driving systems Most of the current automated driving systems are limited to highway driving. To enable automated driving systems to be used on public roads, they need to accurately recognise the entire road environment around the vehicle, i...

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security provider, announces it has more than doubled revenue in the last 18 months. Aqua attributes its recent growth to rapidly increasing demand for an integrated solution that secures cloud native applications from code through runtime. The company also reports its $1 Million Cloud Native Protection Warranty is driving customer acquisition. Software supply chain The skyrocketing demand for the company’s security solution is driven by a globa...

RISCO’s new apprenticeship programme is playing its part in helping the security industry to address a 30,000 shortage of engineers. Taking place in conjunction with a restructuring of the firm’s sales operation, the initiative will also enhance the UK installer offer provided by the manufacturer and distributor of security solutions. The new apprentices will help to ensure that RISCO continues to give installers rapid access to knowledgeable, UK-based engineers who provide them wit...

DigiCert, Inc., a global provider of digital trust, has named Amit Sinha as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the DigiCert Board of Directors. Sinha joins DigiCert from Zscaler, Inc. (“Zscaler”) where he served as President and member of the Board of Directors. During his 12-year tenure, Zscaler grew from a startup to a NASDAQ-100 company and established itself as a leader in enterprise security. DigiCert is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together...

Corero Network Security, a provider of real-time, high-performance, automatic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber defence solutions, announced significant enhancements to its SmartWall Threat Defense Director (SmartWall TDD) for Juniper Networks customers. The latest enhancements extend DDoS protection to Juniper’s PTX Series Routers alongside its MX Series. SmartWall TDD not only offers seamless integration into Juniper’s MX Series Universal Routing Platforms and PTX Series...

Following the recent news of their technology partnership, UK manufacturer 360 Vision Technology and Bahrain-based Building Defence Systems (BDS), are very pleased to confirm their joint participation at ASIS Security Conference and Exhibition, Dammam, 14th – 17th November 2022, on stand C8. Increase brand, product, and solution awareness Building on their existing presence in the industrial sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their new partnership with BDS, 360 Vision hopes the...

Arquus scores 87 points on the index of professional equality between women and men in 2021. A five-point progression compared to the previous Index. Professional equality index In accordance with the law for the freedom to choose one's professional future of September 5, 2018, Arquus has calculated its professional equality index based on five indicators: The gap in the distribution of individual pay increases The gender pay gap The difference in promotions (only in companies with more t...

Tatry Group has invested in SmartTask software to support its Operations, HR, and Finance teams with automated employee scheduling, proof of attendance, and holiday, sickness, and absence management. SmartTask is used by Tatry’s frontline teams and managers for accurate capturing of all working hours data which ensures correct payroll and customer invoices. The mobile workforce at Tatry Group logs in to shifts using the SmartTask app. The operations team manage the workforce hours, ensuri...

Checkpoint Systems – a pioneer in retail technology solutions – has added to its RFID loss prevention portfolio with the launch of SFERO - a fully customisable, modular RFID as EAS solution for apparel with high detection performance to minimise losses and protect stores in new ways. Representing a seismic shift in RFID as EAS technology, SFERO enables retailers to accommodate any store layout and design. The new modular retail security solution means store operators can combine int...

The Piazza Lucio Dalla in the Comune di Bologna is a covered square of 5,882 square metres that has recently been restored and inaugurated in Summer 2022. Named after Bolognese singer-songwriter, musician and actor - Lucio Dalla, the space will become the new 'Piazza Grande' for Bologna, according to Matteo Lepore, Mayor of Bologna. The square hosts a range of events and entertainment for people of all ages, including concerts, theatre performances, street food and children’s workshops. T...

Edge Total Intelligence Inc. (edgeTI), a pioneer in real-time digital operations software, and Silico Ltd (Silico), the Business Process Simulation platform, announces a strategic partnership to accelerate the time to value of digital transformation initiatives to service providers, governments, telecoms, and financial services organisations. The strategic partnership establishes a joint go-to-market proposition and formalises the integration of Silico, an advanced Business Process Simulation (...

Norwegian Police Service has signed a new agreement with Northcom for the purchase of Sepura TETRA radios for use on the Nødnett emergency services network. Audio and power accessories The Police IT Unit (PIT) has approved the deal that provides front line police users throughout Norway with the choice of Sepura’s SC20 and SC21 handheld radios for field officers. At the same time, fleet vehicles and control rooms will be equipped with Sepura’s SCG22 mobile radio. The agreem...