Surveillance & Security News for August 2017

Navtech Radar MD, Philip Avery, says ‘Fight Technology With Technology’ to tackle drone threat

There’s no denying it, drones are here to stay. Once limited to military use, drones are now easily accessible to anyone and could easily be used for the wrong purposes. In today's current climate of increased national threats, we need to work fast to keep up with modern risks, says Philip Avery, Managing Director of Navtech Radar. However, creating new, complicated laws open to misinterpretation or enforcing a complete ban on privately owned drones seem like luddite solutions that undermi...

Intelligent surveillance: AI for police body-worn cameras

Working together to develop an intelligent body-worn camera for public safety users, Motorola Solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) company Neurala are demonstrating how AI can be added to everyday devices such as smart phones using existing hardware platforms.  AI software, working at the “edge,” provides the capability to add AI functionality to existing cameras, such as Motorola’s Si500 body-worn camera. An agreement to develop the products follows Motorola&rsquo...

WAMA appoints NAS Australia as its Australian distributor

WAMA is announces the appointment of NAS Australia as its distributor in Australia and parts of the Oceania region starting July 2017. The partnership between WAMA and NAS marks the beginning of a new CCTV ecosystem in the land Down Under, bringing in cutting-edge video surveillance technologies and competitively priced solutions that will greatly benefit the security industry and end users in the market. Expanding global footprint “Entering the Australian market is certainly a significa...

Traka UK collaborates with Edesix to protect body cameras within UK prisons

Traka UK has joined forces with Edesix, the principal manufacturer of Body Worn Cameras, to ensure equipment used across the UK Prison Service is safely stored and efficiency managed. The provider of intelligent key cabinets and locker systems has partnered with Edesix following the company’s contract win as preferred supplier to all UK prisons. Traka bespoke locker system Traka designed a bespoke locker system specifically for Edesix, which not only ensures body cameras are safely secur...

Jane Farrell elected as the first female Chairman in the 59-year history of IPSA

Jane Farrell, Head of Security, Sodexo for UK & Ireland, was unanimously elected Chairman of the longest established security trade association at the recent meeting of the IPSA International Council in London and the 27th July 2017. Farrell has been working as the Deputy Chairman since 2014. Justin Bentley, IPSA CEO said, “I am delighted that Jane has been elected as Chairman of the Association. She has been steadily increasing her involvement in the Association since joining, and her...

Qognify VisionHub enhances security at Golden Lion Marbella casino, Panama City

Qognify, the provider of big data solutions for physical security and operations, announces that Golden Lion Marbella, one of Panama’s top-ranking casinos, has selected Qognify VisionHub to upgrade security, safety, and operations. Formerly the Princess Casino Marbella, Golden Lion features one of the largest casinos in Panama City which will now enjoy total coverage with Qognify’s security solution for gaming featuring its market leading VMS, VisionHub. The casino environment is an...

ZKAccess launches ProBio-ID, the first multi-biometric access control device

ZKAccess, a provider of biometric, RFID and access control solutions, launches the security industry’s first MULTI-BIOMETRIC access control device with SilkID technology - the ProBio-ID. ProBio-ID It offers the highest level of both security and convenience, all in a single, easily-installed stand-alone device.  ProBio-ID connects directly to door locks (or panels) no differently than a common keypad or RFID card reader. "ProBio-ID has the unique ability to read faces, fingerprints,...

Aiphone upgrades GT series multi-tenant video intercom with remote programming, NFC updates and multi-building communication features

Aiphone Corp., the international manufacturer of intercom and entry security products, announced upgrades to its popular GT Series multi-tenant video intercom featuring hassle-free, quick system programming and staff communication between multiple buildings. Convenience is enhanced as dealers and/or building management can remotely update tenant directories using a logical network. Updating tenant names and dialing numbers can also be accomplished onsite using an NFC-equipped Android phone or t...

TDSi expands distribution partnerships to reach new vertical sector markets

Integrated security manufacturer TDSi has expanded its distribution partnerships to reach new and growing vertical sector markets. The recent addition of Anixter grows the number of associated distribution partnerships to six, which also include Norbain, ADI, Pro-Vision, Advanced Access and Midwich. TDSi’s Distribution Channel Manager, Andy Cross, who joined the company late last year with a remit to enhance and grow these partnerships commented, “Although some customers may be surp...

Getting to know Liam McShane, Sales Director at Perfect Display Technology

Liam McShane is Sales Director at Perfect Display Technology Co Ltd., the provider of LCD and LED displays for surveillance and other applications. A Northern Irishman who’s been living in Shenzhen, China since 2014, Liam has a passion for technology and sales. Liam has had a long career in sales within many industries - helped by a strange mind for specifications and random trivia. SourceSecurity.com caught up with him to find out more: How did you come to work in the security industry?...

Vectis video management provides enhanced surveillance for Douglas Borough Council

Vectis DVRs and network video software provided the solution for Douglas Borough Council Douglas Borough Council (DBC) in the Isle of Man developed an innovative concept of delivering video surveillance as a service to public sector users, such as schools, car parks, libraries, and the police. Video equipment requirements The video equipment used would have to be very versatile as it would need to work with existing cameras of various types, and it would also have to be scal...

Hikvision high-end video cameras help keep music festival Paaspop safe

The security team at Paaspop can keep an eye on proceedings using Hikvision's super-sharp images Paaspop is the first major festival of the year in the Netherlands, with a great line up, seven stages, and 25,000 daily visitors. To prevent any incidents at the festival, the security team keeps a close eye on proceedings, using the super-sharp images provided by Hikvision cameras. Paaspop history Paaspop is a three-day music festival that takes place in Schijndel during the Ea...

Vanderbilt video security solution protects Liverpool safe houses

Vanderbilt's integrated electronic security system is protecting sensitive social housing properties The system not only had to cater for external security such as covering approaches to the property and access points, it also had to provide coverage of the interior areas to ensure that there was no misuse of fixtures, fittings and furnishings. External intrusion detection External areas are protected by PIR beam detectors linked to the video installation. If a beam is broke...

Hikvision PanoVu cameras help South Korea to track pollution hot-spots

Hikvision proposed that the PanoVu camera could deliver the right solution for an atmospheric information system Helping to identify the location of erroneous odours permeating around areas of the Metropolitan City of Deagu in South Korea, Hikvision, a supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has supplied its PanoVu series 180-degree Panoramic + PTZ cameras to form part of an integrated atmospheric information system. Atmospheric information project...

Nedap AOES provides global security access solution for Unilever

Nedap provided Unilever with a new security solution for physical access to its sites across the world Unilever wanted to enhance user experience, in the long run increase security and reduce costs, and chose AEOS as the solution to this challenge. AEOS will secure 20,000 doors across more than 800 Unilever sites, as well as providing video surveillance and a range of other access management services. Ian Dunning, Unilever’s Global Facilities Director, and Jeroen Gielin...

Nedap implements AEOS access control for major global bank

The Nedap AEOS system has been split over multiple servers in multiple countries In 2007 the ABN AMRO was a major global bank, with some 140,000 employees, activities in over 100 countries and an annual turnover of 71 billion USD, making it the 15th largest bank in the world. ABN AMRO was listed as the 67th largest company in the world in the 2007 global fortune rank. In 2007, ABN AMRO was taken over by a consortium of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander and Fort...

UK police force easily manages estate-wide access with Nedap AEOS

With the introduction of smart card technology, the police force will be able to implement a single sign on IT strategy The UK police force is already familiar with Nedap technology, as it has been working with Nedap’s former access control system WinXS and Nedap cards for more than 10 years. However, with nearly 2000 police officers; almost 300 special constables and over 200 police community support officers to enforce the law for a population of nearly 1.1 millio...

Nedap locker management system simplifies security at TweeSteden Hospital

Operation of the locks on the door makes the system comfortable and easy to use TweeSteden Hospital had no fewer than 1600 lockers. Each employee had access throughout the year to a personal locker with a traditional lock. This had a number of disadvantages: keys disappeared without a trace, there was no insight into use of the lockers and management of them was opaque. During a major renovation project in the hospital, it became clear that there would no longer be suffic...

ABLOY CLIQ remote system helps shortlist Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust for national award

An innovative IT-based project to ensure medicines are stored securely on wards and departments at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. The Trust has been shortlisted in the HSJ and Nursing Times patient safety and care awards 2014 and is a finalist in the technology and IT to improve patient safety category. State-of-the-art electromechanical locking system The Trust has been leading the way in ensuring medicines are secu...

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