Biometric Security - Case studies

The sixth and last fully upgraded naval unit, ‘Al Taweelah’, is equipped with state-of-the-art systems included the new Leonardo’s Combat Management Systems (CMS). The achievement reflects Leonardo’s commitment in supporting Bahraini Defence Armed Forces. More than 70 international Navies have chosen Leonardo systems and technologies to equip over 1,000 vessels. Last week during a ceremony in Mina Salman at Royal Bahrain Navy Head Quarter, Leonardo delivered the last of...

Sandwich shop franchisee Nabeed Ramzan operates four fast-food stores in Scotland, located in Glasgow, Motherwell, and Stenhousemuir. Recognising the need to upgrade the dated analogue CCTV surveillance systems at each of the stores and monitor them centrally, Ramzan approached integrator 1080 Solutions Ltd., which undertook a comprehensive site survey and recommended the installation of a powerful new system from Hikvision.  A legacy system past its ‘Sell By Date’ With...

IDEMIA has been awarded a new contract that includes identity and travel documents, the identification system, and related services by Chile’s Civil Registry and Identification Service for 10 years. The new generation of ID documents will incorporate multibiometrics: fingerprints, face, and iris. The ID documents will meet a higher level of security standards, making the Chilean passport one of the securest travel documents in the world. Digital ID The contract will also include a Digit...

Vision-Box, a globally renowned company in biometrics seamless travel, automated border control, and digital identity solutions, has announced a strategic alliance with Apollocom and Amadeus. Vision-Box was the selected partner to deliver a scalable digital identity system for automated passenger processing for the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) to be implemented at the Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) in Santa Lucia, Mexico, which opened for operation on 21 March 2...

Food Plus Supermarkets operate 18 locations in and around Nairobi, Kenya, as well as offer a state-of-the-art online shopping and delivery service, extending their service range even further. In early 2018, this first-rate supermarket business needed to add new surveillance equipment at a number of stores, as well as upgrade some existing systems. They called in system integrators AUA Industria for this crucial project, and Hikvision’s cameras, NVRs, and VMS were chosen for the job. As wi...

Marshalls Landscape Protection, part of hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls plc, has designed and supplied Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) solutions as part of a development commemorating Sikh soldiers who fought during the First World War, in Smethwick, West Midlands. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council was approached by the Smethwick Guru Nanak Gurdwara (GNG) temple, with a proposal to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War by creating a statue of a WW1 Sikh warrio...

Sometimes the pace of life speeds up and it’s tricky to keep up. This is especially the case with intense sports, like ice hockey. NHL players can reach speeds over 20 miles (32 km) per hour on the ice. In scenarios like this, it can be challenging to broadcast all games across several stadia, especially when they were often relying on amateur ‘producers’ to cover many of the games. It was this challenge that faced media streaming company LiveArena, and they turned to Hikvisio...

In 1959, eight dairies in the Parmigiano Reggiano area founded the CCS Consorzio Caseifici Sociali. Over the years, the business has expanded to include the production and maturing of Parmigiano Reggiano. In 1995, the Granterre Consortium was established, bringing together the entire Parmigiano Reggiano dairy chain, and then almost ten years later, in 2004, control of Parmareggio Spa was acquired. In 2019 Bonterre Spa, the holding company under which the control of Parmareggio Spa and Grandi Sa...

In the course of the acquisition of three Lockheed C-130J-30 and KC-130J "Hercules" aircraft each, the German Bundeswehr decided to equip all aircraft with HENSOLDT’s latest generation of defence sensor technology. Integrating sensors With MILDS Block 2, HENSOLDT is supplying a total of 35 sensors (five per aircraft and five units for lab use) to Danish company Terma A/S, which is managing the integration of the systems at Lockheed Martin through Terma Inc. The contracts, with a scope of...

Patriot One Technologies Inc. has announced that Kia Georgia, Inc. has implemented the company’s Multi-Sensor Gateway screening technology, designed to detect guns, knives and other prohibited items on people at large workplaces. This deployment will be part of a larger service that includes the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform, to further enhance the current guard service for the entire manufacturing facility. Patriot One’s AI-powered platform deployed...

A luxury residential complex in Docklands, East London has opted for GSM technology to help it overcome the entry management challenges residents were facing. Cyclops Wharf complex Cyclops Wharf is a riverside development that offers 180 luxury apartments and 24 mews-style houses. The existing telephone-based intercom system operated on technology now obsolete which meant that the running and maintenance of the system, and any repairs or modifications required, were becoming too expensive to m...

Senegal’s new Blaise Diagne International Airport has chosen to minimise its parking lot headaches and secure its massive freight zone with intelligent Smart surveillance, from the supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, Hikvision.  Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) Officially opened by Senegalese President Macky Sall in December 2017, Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) covers 4,500ha of land located near the town of Diass, 47km from the ca...

When a business has a number of sites operating in different locations one of the challenges is to bring the security function together all in one place. Filippi Auto, the car rental company, sought out a solution from reseller Vedetec for a solution in its Corsica operation, and they used Hikvision products to do it. The main objective of this installation was to be able to monitor the entrances and exits of vehicles of five sites from the main site in Bastia as if there was only one car park....

When French logistics company PKM Logistique was building a huge new site in Clairoix, France, they turned to reseller SAS Serenity for its security solution. SAS Serenity delivered a complex solution, using Hikvision products – in fact, more than 120 of them, including 4K IP cameras, Fisheye 360 cameras, Access Control products, and HikCentral VMS. One of the most challenging parts of this install, however, was reinforcing protection in the truck parks, where the vehicles often had high-...

Located in Fortbranch, Indiana, Gibson Southern High School serves just over 700 students in grades nine through twelve with a student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 20 to 1. The school received the Indiana Four Star School Award for academic excellence among both students and the administration for seven consecutive years. The challenge  Like all schools across the country, Gibson Southern is charged with keeping its students and staff safe and secure during the school day...

Upgrading a two-wire analogue intercom to a conventional IP video system typically involves messy and costly rewiring work. So what happens if users want to install over 500 IP systems into a single building? One company, Hikvision, has developed an innovative two-wire solution and it’s already making waves at the luxurious RiverGate condominium in Singapore.  Challenge “If someone rang the bell at the side entrance, it wouldn’t always ring in my apartment upstairs,&rdq...

To maximise safety for visitors to a number of city parks, the city of Vladivostok in Russia has deployed a smart video solution from Hikvision, which provides automated alerts in the event of a security risk. In cities around the world, parks provide a welcome and much-needed respite from urban noise and traffic. What’s more, parks give people a chance to meet and socialise in an outdoor setting, and to enjoy leisure activities, such as sports and jogging, and for children to use playgro...

Manufacturing accounts for more than half of the world’s total Gross World Product (GWP) at $40 trillion, but 20% of every dollar spent goes to waste, according to manufacturing optimisation company Instrumental. This represents a problem worth $8 trillion, or 10% of the GWP. Founded in 2015 by former Apple engineers, Instrumental has developed an optimisation and inspection platform combining cloud software, machine vision inspection, artificial intelligence (AI), and electronic test dat...

A new golf club in Mexico needed to deploy an IP surveillance system. When the golf club was designed and built, the developers did not consider the need for a surveillance installation when designing the underground pipes for wiring. The reseller partner, BETA Security, called in NVT Phybridge to help find a solution to the customer’s digital transformation barriers. After assessing the customer’s environment, Sergio Nava, Operations Director at BETA Security, recommended the FLEX...

Marie-Vincent foundation is a Montréal-based nonprofit organisation committed to supporting children, adolescents, and families by providing specialised counseling and intervention. With a large number of families, social workers, and law enforcement officers entering their inpatient treatment center, Marie-Vincent needs to monitor their premises to establish a secure environment for everyone – especially the patients who have suffered trauma and need to feel safe and cared for. T...

As supply chain disruptions continue to wreak havoc on global economies, Oosto is helping to ease port security and landside operations, which are burdened with increased security challenges, operational risks, and tightening regulations, through the use of the company’s renowned visual AI-driven access control solution. Facial recognition technology Group 207, a globally renowned leading-edge maritime logistics operator in the Port of Ashdod, Israel, recently implemented Oosto’s f...

"In the past, blast furnace inspections were completely manual. Workers needed to use a temperature gun to detect the surface temperature of the furnace, spending a lot of time. Moreover, there were many safety hazards such as gas poisoning and fall injuries.” “So we have to figure out effective solutions to protect employee health and safety in this dangerous process," said Yin Fengwei, a native of Anshan and the general manager of the Anshan branch of Yutai Security. Steelmaking...

ProdataKey (PDK), the manufacturer of the access-control platform built for mobile, is combining efforts with Altronix, the recognised pioneer in power and data transmission products for the professional security industry. Both organisations announce that their solution has been deployed to secure Fairbourne Office Tower, the newest premium commercial building in West Valley City, Utah. Summit Technology, an IT solutions provider headquartered in Salt Lake City, installed the building-wide solu...

The Qatar Emiri Air Force's first TTH and NFH helicopters had a joint public premiere during Qatar National Day. The first TTH overland variant was delivered on 11 December 2021, by contractual commitments, and will be followed by the first NFH naval helicopter soon after its qualification in the next coming months. Deliveries will continue through 2025. As well as acting as prime contractor for the overall programme, Leonardo is responsible for the final assembly and delivery of the 12 NH...