Surveillance & Security News for August 2013

“It’s obvious that a prominent bank like BNP Paribas has to take processes like security extremely seriously", said Alan Ford, Security Manager at BNP Paribas. Spread over several office buildings, more than 4000 staff make daily use of the AEOS Security Management Platform to enter the restricted areas for which only they have been authorised. BNP Paribas needs be certain that they can rely on their access control system. Even though their previous Nedap WinXS system did just t...

Despite slow economic growth and pressure on margins, the banking industry has bounced back from the 2008 financial crisis. The assets of the largest 1,000 banks in the world are estimated to be in excess of US$100 trillion and in the USA alone, banks earned $40.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013, the highest ever for a single quarter. Although the use of online banking continues to grow, there is still a vast worldwide network of bank branches. The USA leads the way with in the region of 82...

Company: BMCE Bank Headquarters Segment: Financial Property Type: Headquarters Plant location city: Casablanca Aperio® solution: Aperio® C100 cylinders Aperio® Partner: CST Sécurité Number of Aperio® Cylinders: 50 electronic double knob cylinders with Euro profile What was the challenge? BMCE Bank is one of the largest commercial banks in Morocco, with a network of 540 branches. As part of a complete overhaul of its headquarters security arrangements, t...

Securitec Systems Ltd has partnered with the professional security division of Samsung Techwin to provide a multipurpose Video Over IP solution for APC Overnight’s new hub in Cannock. There was a time not that long ago when the only reason for a distribution centre to invest in CCTV was to deter and detect theft. The quality of the images captured by traditional industry standard analogue cameras, if positioned and set up correctly, could be relied on to verify and more often than not, he...

Established in 1964, BMCI is a bank based in Morocco with a network of hundreds of branches, currently boasts over 500,000 personal, business and institutional customers. BMCI is a subsidiary of the French financial group BNP Paribas, whose great financial rating makes it the stand-out performer in the country's banking sector. With expending business and the increasing security concern, the bank decided to level up its security system, including its 250 branches throughout Morocco. The bank re...

IndigoVision’s new projects include regional rail organisation and several regional and national retail groups IndigoVision is going from strength to strength in the USA. New products are being launched every month, and the new innovative features introduced to the original Control Center has earned it a formidable reputation in the industry. This success is due to a strategic change made in 2012, when IndigoVision USA made the bold decision to totally re-launch its bus...

Matrox® Graphics Inc. recently announced that the Matrox Maevex™ 5100 Series of video over IP encoders/decoders has been named a finalist for Systems Product of the Year by the judges of the prestigious AV Awards 2013. Matrox Maevex extends full-HD-quality 1080p60 video and audio over standard IP networks, with minimal bandwidth consumption, at a fraction of the cost of other solutions. The Maevex encoder captures video and audio from a host PC or another media source and seamlessly e...

Ingersoll’s session is geared toward credentialed or aspiring FMP, CFP and Sustainability Facility Professionals (SFP) During the International Facility Management Association’s (IFMA) World Workplace 2013 at Philadelphia’s Conference and Expo October 2-4,  Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies’ Monte Salway and Kelly O’Connor will discuss “Balancing Physical Security and Productivity,” at 9:15 a.m. on Friday, October 3. The sessio...

Moxa, a provider of hardened networking, communication and computing solutions, announced recently it received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification of its VPort 36-1MP-IVA-T surveillance camera for Class 1, Div. 2 hazardous locations. Receiving UL certification means the camera can be safely deployed in potentially hazardous locations where flammable gases or vapors either are or may be present in the atmosphere in sufficient concentration to produce an ignitable mixture. Certification...

Martin will be charged with directing all sales activities on behalf of WavestoreUSA within its target markets WavestoreUSA, a provider of professional digital video and audio recording solutions for surveillance applications, is pleased to appoint Jennifer Martin, a 38-year veteran of the security and technology industries, as its Director of Sales. Martin will be charged with directing all sales activities on behalf of WavestoreUSA within its target markets. As the company...

The new season of football featuring the TDSi sponsored Under 8s team commences on the weekend of the 8th September Longfleet Youth FC’s Under 8s Cubs team has proudly played its first friendly game wearing its new kit sponsored by Poole-based integrated security solutions manufacturer TDSi. Longfleet Youth FC was founded in 1988 and has steadily grown into a well-established club based in Poole and currently running 17 teams with age groups running from U6s to U15s. In...

Hyerta PD78X0 DMR radio provides crystal clear sound In June 2013, Benjamin Pothier, a PhD researcher in Arts, Anthropology and Architecture, became the first French Artist and researcher participating to the ARCTIC CIRCLE RESIDENCY, a project organised by the New York based cultural organisation THE FARM, INC. He travelled the high arctic sea on a vessel for 18 days and was allowed to stay at Ny-Alesund for expedition and documentary recording. Ny-Alesund, the n...

Mr Harry Dhaul, Chairman of Securing Asia reflected on the opportunities and challenges in Asia’s security threats Government officials, entrepreneurs and leading academics from both Asia and the West, gathered in London’s Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre to mark the start of Securing Asia 2013, the Asian Homeland Security, and Defence & Counter Terror Summit. In his opening words, Mr Harry Dhaul, Chairman of Securing Asia reflected on the opportunities an...

Elbit Systems will launch MRJ - Electronic Warfare system, ELSAT2000E Satellite Communications at the show At the upcoming Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEi) 2013 exhibition, set to take place in London ExCel from 10 -13 September, Elbit Systems (Booth S8-220) will present an array of solutions, providing an excellent opportunity for visitors to view displays, demonstrations and video presentations of the Company’s latest generation systems and core bu...

The TrustZone-enabled content protection solutions eliminated the need for add-on security software INSIDE Secure recently announces that Korea-based fabless semiconductor maker Telechips has embedded the INSIDE DRM Fusion(TM) Agent solutions for high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) and digital transmission content protection (DTCP-IP) into its newest TCC892X family of set-top box multimedia application processors. Using the INSIDE solutions and a trusted exec...

H.265 HEVC was approved as a standard for video compression developed by the ISO and ITU-T Aventura Technologies, Inc., an industry  leader in advanced security and video management technology announced it will be showcasing the first H.265 HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) solutions at the ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits at McCormick Place in Chicago. Aventura's all new H.265 high-definition and high efficiency network security cameras and recorders repr...

Secura Key is launching the SK-ACPE-LE 2-door access control panel, representing a major upgrade to the original model, this redesign was driven by the obsoletion of the ACP's 16-bit Hitachi main processor unit, but it has allowed some major improvements made possible by the powerful new ARM Cortex M3, 32-bit RISC processor. The main improvement is the addition of an Ethernet interface. The unit can be plugged into any hub or router using CAT 5e or CAT 6 cables with RJ45 connectors. This elimin...

The Avigilon system will watch over the shelter and safeguard all of its visitors and staff Harbor House has been chosen to be the next recipient of a full Avigilon HD surveillance system. Regarded as one of the best comprehensive domestic violence programs in the State of Florida, the charity provides five main services: emergency shelter, children’s services, community outreach, legal advocacy services and community and professional education. The Avigilon system will...

The mobile app for both Android and Apple smartphones is designed for use with Elpas’ Eiris RTLS Management Software Elpas, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, has announced recently that it will unveil its new Eiris Go mobile application at ASIS 2013 Security Exhibition (McCormick Place - Booth 305), September 24-27, 2013 in Chicago. This mobile app for both Android and Apple smartphones is designed for use with Elpas’ Eiris RTLS Management Softwa...

The KeyWatcher Key Control System controls access to the large number of keys used throughout the facility As the facility coordinator for New Mexico’s Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), Randy Donahoe follows strict guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure that security and control of the facility are maintained. Among the many tools at his disposal, Mr. Donahoe counts the Morse Watchmans KeyWatcher® key control and management system as essen...

Under this new strategic direction, Telular is the first interactive service to partner with DSC to offer customers Tyco Security Products, a division of Tyco, has partnered with Telguard, a division of Telular Corporation, to offer industry-leading interactive service solutions to support its DSC Intrusion Security products. Tyco Security Products is committed to an interactive future for DSC and all of its intrusion brands. To that end, Tyco Security Products has revised it...

ASIS leaders and IOFM analysts will present findings from the report in a special session at ASIS in Chicago ASIS International (ASIS) and the Institute of Finance and Management (IOFM) jointly announce the release of “The United States Security Industry: Size and Scope, Insights, Trends, and Data,” an extensive benchmark study of the private security industry’s expansion over the past decade and projected future growth. An analysis of the security products a...

Bosch Security Systems, Inc. introduces the RADION series of wireless peripherals for Bosch control panels. The new series meets the needs of residential and small commercial applications and easily scales to larger installations with the addition of one or more repeaters to increase the range. RADION provides superior reliability. It operates within the 433 megahertz (MHz) band, allowing for higher transmission power and better penetration through building materials. Repeaters can be used to i...

INSIDE Secure announces it has licensed TrustedShow digital rights management (DRM) technology from Trustonic and incorporated it into its DRM Fusion Agent solution for embedded development. With the TrustedShow technology, INSIDE’s embedded DRM Fusion client software now offers full ARM TrustZone support, providing device manufacturers with the quickest and most cost-effective way to implement commercially proven, hardware-assisted content protection within trusted execution environments...

Neurotechnology has made new product releases across their entire line of biometric Software Development Kits (SDK), including: Megamatcher 4.5 multi-biometric SDK for large-scale applications, Verifinger 6.7 for fingerprint identification, Verilook 5.4 for facial identification, Verieye 2.7 for iris identification and Verispeak 2.0 for voice identification. The company has also added facial biometrics to the new Megamatcher Accelerator 6.0 multi-biometric all-in-one software and hardware solut...

European scientists have for the four past years developed a proposed system for the automatic detection of potentially threatening behaviour that might be used to protect large crowds at sporting events (such as the Olympic Games), in town centres or at airports etc. The project’s goal is to facilitate the protection of EU citizens, property and infrastructure against threats of terrorism, crime, and riots, by early detection and alerting of potential threats to CCTV operators and other s...

IndigoVision recently launched its new Enhanced High Definition (HD) cameras. With the latest camera sensor and processor technology the Enhanced HD camera range delivers both stunning HD video and advanced camera intelligence while reducing total security project costs. Discussing the challenges presented by HD security cameras, John Semple, IndigoVision Head of Product Management, commented “As camera resolution increases from Standard Definition to HD, more network data is transmitted...

Hikvision continues its highly-successful HD-SDI DVR series with its newest edition: the high-end HD-SDI DVR series. Bolstered by the success of the previous cost-effective HD-SDI DVR series (DS-7200HFHI-ST 720p DVRs and DS-7200HFHI-SE 1080p DVRs) in June, Hikvision is proud to introduce the DS-8100HFHI-ST with HD-SDI technology to allow uncompressed and non-packetised Full HD 1080P video over analog cabling with no lag time. While many manufacturers have joined this HD-SDI product competition,...

Qihan is releasing the HDFDI surveillance solution aimed at breaking the current bottleneck of short-range HD-SDI coaxial transmission, providing customers with long-distance and high-definition surveillance solutions with all the latest fibre-optic mater. With the rapid development of computer and data communication technology, the limitations and defects of analogue surveillance and digital IP surveillance have been inevitably exposed, and HD-SDI high definition video technology introduced in...

QNAP Security, a professional Linux-based stand-alone NVR provider, recently announced new VioStor NVR firmware v4.1.0, introducing storage expansion solution, smart recording, user-defined multi-stream setup, and more. “VioStor NVR firmware v4.1.0 provides a great solution to expand the storage capacity of VioStor NVR with QNAP Turbo NAS,” said Andrew Yu, product manager of QNAP Security. By installing the Storage Expansion app (QPKG) on the Turbo NAS, administrators can connect th...