Security product news & launch announcements

Qognify has announced the launch of the latest version of its renowned Cayuga Video Management System (VMS), Cayuga R17. Cayuga R17 Cayuga R17 provides control rooms with powerful new person tracking, masking, and camera forwarding capabilities, to improve real-time incident handling and post-incident investigation. The ability to act quickly, during a live security/safety incident, is vital to a successful outcome. Security operators need tools at their fingertips that are instinctive and in...

Global security company Hanwha Techwin launched a new touchless network intercom station TID-600R. With the launch of TID-600R, Hanwha Techwin further expands its product portfolio. The TID-600R Network Intercom Station features a 2MP sensor with Hanwha Techwin’s signature WDR (wide dynamic range) and low light performance for best-in-class images. The lens offers a wide 180° field of view while IR provides up to 16 feet of illumination from the station at night. The built-in spe...

Sepura has added to its portfolio of powerful AppSPACE applications for mission-critical organisations with SmartView, a unique application that allows team leaders to get a real-time view of their team’s indoor or outdoor location. The application will provide a significant operational advantage to organisations operating complex sites such as airports, utility plants, and sports stadiums, as well as those working in public safety. Visualising outdoor locations The application uses GPS...

STid, a creator of the world’s most awarded access control reader, announced the release of its new SPECTRE nano reader, which is expected to set a new standard in perimeter access control and simplified visitor management. The multi-technology reader quickly recognises employees, visitors, vendors, and their vehicles - simultaneously – for smooth, hands-free access control without compromising security. A great solution for facilities like car parks, industrial sites, campuses, an...

Master Lock, the American security super brand currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, unveils the heavy-duty Bluetooth ProSeries Extended Shackle Padlock – ideal for businesses applications at construction sites to hospitals, factories and more. Featuring a 62mm wide Zinc lock body with complete rubber bumper for durability and security when used outdoors, the 9mm diameter and 70mm high shackle is made of boron alloy, offering maximum resistance to cutting and sawing. Ideal access...

Eagle Eye Networks, the globally renowned company in cloud video surveillance solutions, has announced enhancements to the Eagle Eye Cloud Video Management System (Eagle Eye Cloud VMS), providing three Editions - Enterprise, Professional and Standard. Customers can choose the Edition that best meets their needs, based on factors such as, number of locations, number of users, system complexity and regulatory requirements. Eagle Eye cyber-secure cloud solutions Eagle Eye Networks’ growing...

Boosting efficiency through digitalisation, almost no branch of industry can evade it. Also operators of press shops are increasingly networking their production. But, regardless of whether it’s a single press or press lines, it’s not always necessary to replace the entire plant, in order to stay up to date. Retrofitting existing lines, true to the principle of ‘sensible evolution instead of cost-intensive revolution’, is often the order of the day. With Visual Die Prote...

Intelligent Insights, an AIoT video software solution from Bosch, consolidates, augments, and converts data from multiple sensors (cameras) into actionable insights. These insights are visualised in easy-to-understand widgets and as a report, allowing users to analyse and compare data, in order to support informed decision-making and helping users respond, before a potential situation occurs, and thereby delivering business intelligence beyond security. Intelligent Insights Intelligent Insigh...

ADI Global Distribution, a pioneer in wholesale distributor of security, AV (Audio Visual) solutions and low-voltage products, has announced that it has integrated with D-Tools’ business management software solutions, D-Tools Cloud and System Integrator. Customers can now access ADI’s full product offering directly from the D-Tools’ software interface. Business management software D-Tools software is designed to drive sales and improve operating efficiency, by streamlining th...

Technology-led employee safety specialists, Peoplesafe, have launched a new mass notification tool designed for instant communication with employees in a crisis. Peoplesafe Alert is a simple, intuitive app that allows organisations to send and track mass safety messages to thousands of employees simultaneously, overriding phones set to silent or do not disturb and, if necessary, using geofencing capabilities to only communicate with those in a certain location. Real-time operability Designed...

Road planners, traffic regulation enforcement authorities, and police are now able to take advantage of AI technology to identify the make, model, and colour of vehicles, as well as recognise car number plates. The Wisenet Road AI edge-based solution which runs on-board selected Wisenet P series 4K cameras uses AI video analytics to identify over 600 vehicle models manufactured across 70 brands. ANPR and MMCR technologies Wisenet Road AI combines Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and...

GeoVision has announced the release of GV-Control Center (V4.0), integrated security management software, designed for central monitoring systems. GV-Control Center is designed for enterprise system users, to handle high-volume video data. From real-time monitoring, video playback, event detection pop-up, I/O central monitoring, 3D E-map and communications, GV-Control Center helps security guards to quickly identify threats, and take swift actions. GV-Control Center (V4.0) GeoVision unveils a...

Algorithm development at Cognitec Systems GmbH (Cognitec) continues to engineer the optimal balance between speed and accuracy of the face matching processes. NIST’s Face Recognition Vendor Test The latest results of the U.S. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Face Recognition Vendor Test for identification tasks, show the Cognitec algorithm in the best position of all algorithms tested, when relating the template generation time to the false negative identification ra...

Moxa Inc., a globally renowned company in industrial communications and networking, with a focus on securing industrial networks, has introduced the new EDR-G9010 Series. These industry-certified, all-in-one firewall/NAT/VPN/switch/routers, act as a robust first line of defence for industrial networks, in diverse applications, such as smart manufacturing and critical infrastructure. EDR-G9010 Series industrial secure routers Moxa’s EDR-G9010 Series industrial secure routers offer 10-por...

Aratek recently announced the upcoming launch of the TruFace Manager app, which will run natively on TruFace Smart Terminals as an all-in-one client for enrollment, identification, authentication, access control, as well as other functions. ‍“TruFace is filling the strong demand for contactless digital identity brought on by the pandemic,” noted Samuel Wu, Aratek’s VP for International Business Division, adding that the TruFace Manager app will make the TruFace line even m...

Security screening and detection technology expert Rapiscan Systems has completed its largest single install of the new Orio Metor 900M walkthrough metal detector and its 920CX X-ray scanner. This substantial installation provides additional security and protection to over 80 facilities in Washington DC. The Metor 900M is an advanced upgrade on its predecessor the 600 series, which has been used in these facilities for the past five years. The upgrade consists of a complete redesign from the gr...

Device Authority, a globally renowned company in identity and access management (IAM) solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced its latest major software release, which includes KeyScaler Edge software solution. The current global market is driving a more mature Edge computing model, with localised AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) becoming more mainstream. However, no solution exists in the market, to address localised Edge gateway IoT security services. A...

Abloy Oy announced ABLOY CUMULUS, a platform for keyless access, combining quality hardware products with secure access and management applications. It brings all the solutions together into a single ecosystem with a risk-free, integrated cloud service. “CUMULUS is our next step in the ‘keyvolution’ — the development in which mechanical keys are transforming into digital ones. We have wrapped our more than one hundred years of security expertise into digital so...

Suprema, a global pioneer in biometric security and access control, announced the launch of an upgraded version of its X-Station 2 access control terminal, which supports fingerprint authentication. In May 2021, Suprema launched four models of X-Station 2, a next-generation “versatile intelligent terminal” that supports a variety of authentication methods from mobile access cards to RFID cards, QR codes, and barcodes. The newest X-Station 2 model comes equipped with a fingerprint r...

Cloud-based access control is growing in popularity as more organisations are looking to adopt a flexible, convenient, and scalable security solution. Over the last few years, the presence of the cloud has generated significant changes in the range of access control, and for good reasons! Cloud-based access control not only produces reliable, real-time control of the organisation but can also be fully integrated with third-party systems to help mitigate and limit risks within the organisation....

Everything changed for QR codes when the COVID-19 pandemic got close to life in early 2020. QR codes are suddenly everywhere. But while they’re popping up faster than TikTok trends, it might be a surprise to learn that they were actually created in 1994, which makes them almost the same age as the World Wide Web. So they’re actually pretty old, in tech time — but they’re only just now becoming relevant to the everyday consumer. What’s that about? Digital no-touch...

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced the Tau 2+, the highest sensitivity longwave infrared (LWIR) Tau 2 camera from Teledyne FLIR. With the same reliable and widely deployed, real-world-tested Tau 2 mechanical, electrical, and optical interfaces, the Tau 2+ is a drop-in replacement, but with a 1.5 times sensitivity improvement and an entirely redesigned image processing engine to deliver dramatically enhanced sharpness and contrast. Go-to thermal camera module...

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, announces new systems based on NVIDIA® Ampere architecture GPUs and 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with built-in AI accelerators (Supermicro X12 series). These servers are designed for demanding AI applications where low latency and high application performance are essential. Advanced hardware security features Supermicro 2U 2-Node system redu...

Eagle Eye Networks., the global pioneer in cloud video surveillance announced a new Vehicle Surveillance Package for the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS. The Vehicle Surveillance Package (VSP) captures license plate and vehicle information received from distributed cameras and sends it to the cloud, where it’s analysed, compared, alerted upon, and searched to deliver business intelligence that improves efficiency, effectiveness, and safety. The solution includes Eagle Eye Time Watch™, the indus...

Hikvision, a globally renowned company in delivering high-performance professional security solutions with tremendous value, offers an intelligent radar PTZ camera that combines advanced radar detection and a 4 MP high-resolution network speed dome, with long-range zoom capabilities. Hikvision's radar PTZ camera The Hikvision iDS-2SR8141IXS-AB Radar PTZ Camera operates effectively 24/7, in virtually any weather or lighting condition, with the ability to detect intrusion and line-crossing event...

Eagle Eye Networks, the globally renowned company in cloud video surveillance solutions, has announced a new Vehicle Surveillance Package for the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS. Vehicle Surveillance Package (VSP) The Vehicle Surveillance Package (VSP) captures licence plate and vehicle information, received from distributed cameras and sends it to the Cloud, where it’s analysed, compared, alerted upon, and searched, to deliver business intelligence that improves efficiency, effectiveness, and safet...

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced the launch of the ION™ M640x tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The American-designed, developed, and manufactured UAS builds on the capabilities of the ION M440 (a Blue sUAS) and will provide military and other government customers with best-in-class capabilities for their unique missions. Defence and public safety “Our proven, U.S.-based engineering expertise and focus on defence and public safety markets m...

Dahua Technology, a video-centric, provider of smart IoT solutions, is rolling out a new generation of Power over Ethernet (PoE) transmission devices designed to provide higher power and protection, further transmission distances, and smarter management features. These PoE 2.0 switches come in 16-port and 24-port gigabit models, both designed for field transmission applications and high-definition video. “Our slogan for PoE 2.0 is ‘higher, further, smarter’,” noted Damon...

Pyronix is pleased to announce the release of its indoor siren with combined courtesy light, the mains-powered wireless SPEAKER/SOUNDER-WE. Replicating the tones of the control panel, the SPEAKER/SOUNDER-WE audibly alerts users to system activity, while the bright courtesy light on the front illuminates and flashes in conjunction with alarm events or mains fail. “We’re delighted to release the SPEAKER/SOUNDER-WE, our latest added-value option for the Enforcer V11 and other Pyronix h...

Pyronix is pleased to announce the release of two Enforcer tablet kits; providing the easiest and most convenient way of purchasing the Enforcer V11 control panel with the brand-new 10-inch touchscreen control station, the AndroidTablet and HomeControlHUB app. Enforcer Tablet Kit 1 (Partcode: ENF-TAB/KIT1-UK) contains: 1 x Enforcer V11 all-in-one two-way wireless control panel with Wi-Fi built onboard the main PCB 1 x AndroidTablet (compatible with HomeControlHUB app) 2x KX10DP-WE - wirele...