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DigiCert releases cybersecurity predictions for 2023 and beyond

DigiCert, Inc., a global provider of digital trust, released its annual forecast of cybersecurity trends emerging for the new year and beyond. These projections authored by DigiCert experts Dr. Avesta Hojjati, Dean Coclin, Mike Nelson, Srinivas Kumar, Stephen Davidson, Steve Job, and Tim Hollebeek are based on shifts in technology, threat actor habits, culture, and decades of combined experience. 2022 State of Digital Trust Survey “These predictions come on the heels of our 2022 St...

Eagle Eye Networks releases 2023 video surveillance trends report

Eagle Eye Networks, the pioneer in cloud video surveillance, released the “2023 Trends in Video Surveillance” eBook, identifying five trends that will have the largest impact on businesses around the globe in 2023. Designed for business owners and security professionals, the report offers trend analysis and practical advice on ways to improve security posture and business efficiency. Two bonus predictions, specifically for security resellers looking to expand their business, are als...

Thales collaborates with AWS to support digital sovereignty for cloud customers via CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager integration

Thales announced the launch of its CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager integration with the AWS External Key Store, a feature of the AWS Key Management Service announced at AWS re: Invent 2022. Following an increased call for enhanced sovereign controls amid growing regulatory requirements, the integration enables organisations to retain control of their encryption keys when migrating their sensitive data to the AWS cloud. Developed with Thales since its inception, the AWS External Key Store combined...

Lumeo announces a flexible redaction analytic for privacy & compliance

Lumeo, a designer of computer vision solutions, announces a flexible analytic that conditionally blurs objects such as faces, licence plates, and more to ensure that surveillance systems adhere to privacy and conform to legal requirements. Personal privacy Maintaining personal privacy is a pressing concern for all entities employing a surveillance system. In the past decade, more governments around the world are enacting new privacy laws which hold businesses accountable for how th...

Genetec releases 2022 state of physical security report

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared the results of its 2022 State Physical Security report. Based on insights from over 3,700 physical security leaders worldwide (including end users and systems integrators/installers/providers), the report looks at the security strategies organisations are putting in place to effectively navigate the realities of a changing landscape. Physical Security report...

Sentry Enterprises announces the world’s first Security Lab certified biometric cold storage crypto wallet

Sentry Enterprises, an identity transformation player across the physical and digital worlds, announces its expansion into the cryptocurrency market with the launch of Sentinel Wallet LLC. Sentinel Wallet LLC has created the Sentinel Cold Storage Crypto Wallet – the world’s first biometric wallet to complete an end-to-end security audit by a credentialed security lab to achieve the Common Criteria EAL5+ software certification on a certified EAL6+ silicon. It’s widely known th...

viisights proves to make smart cities smarter with line of Behavioural Recognition Video Analytics

viisights, Inc., a pioneer in behavioural recognition video analytics that deliver real-time video intelligence, is rapidly increasing its dominance within the video analytics market for smart cities with its Wise™ product offering for public security, safety, environmental health and urban mobility. viisights’ innovative behavioural recognition video understanding technology adds AI-driven intelligence to existing security cameras to automatically detect developing safety and secur...

Suprema concludes Global Partner Conference with participants from 46 different countries

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control and biometrics, shared its vision and future growth strategies at the three-day ‘Suprema Global Partner Program 22’ event from November 16 to 18 at Lotte Hotel Seoul. The theme of the event  The event marked the eleventh anniversary of the Suprema Global Partner Program. A total of 114 partners from 46 countries participated, representing companies from every continent. Suprema and its partners interacted with each other and shared i...

How behavioural biometrics are improving security, discusses Aratek

According to multiple surveys, "behavioural biometrics" and "behaviour recognition" have sparked a lot of interest in recent years. Once a sci-fi movie feature with only imaginable technology, it is slowly becoming a reality. Exciting and scary at the same time, depends on which end you are located at, behaviour recognition and identification will be more discussed in upcoming years. This post provides a basic overview of behavioural biometrics and behaviour recognition, as well as how they wi...

Suprema successfully concludes global partner conference with participants from 46 different countries

Suprema, a global pioneer in access control and biometrics, shared its vision and future growth strategies at the three-day ‘Suprema Global Partner Program 22’ event from November 16 to 18, 2022 at Lotte Hotel Seoul. The event marked the eleventh anniversary of the Suprema Global Partner Program. A total of 114 partners from 46 countries participated, representing companies from every continent. Suprema and its partners interacted with each other and shared insights about Suprema&rs...

ADT Commercial selects Philippe Sawaya as first-ever director of artificial intelligence

ADT Commercial, a premier provider of commercial security, fire, life safety and risk consulting services in the U.S., announced recently that Philippe Sawaya has been selected as its first-ever Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In his new role, Sawaya is leading company efforts in the development and deployment of AI with exceptional analytical capabilities to support the specialised needs of commercial customers across industries. Sawaya leads newly formed Artificial Intelligence tea...

Sabre announces partnership with Girls Who Code

Sabre Corporation, a software and technology provider powering the global travel industry, announced a partnership with Girls Who Code (GWC), an international non-profit organisation dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology and changing the image of what a programmer looks like and does. Sabre's sponsorship will help empower a generation of change-makers by supporting Girls Who Code after-school clubs for 3rd to 12th graders, which seek to educate, engage and connect girls with te...

Scality ships RING9, software for unbreakable hybrid-cloud data storage

Scality announced RING9; the ninth generation of its leading RING scale-out file and object storage software, a solution that allows IT teams to build and run a modern hybrid-cloud data storage infrastructure with higher performance and efficiency. RING9 is built on major investments in Scality’s flagship RING solution that enables IT teams to:   Fully leverage flash media through tiering and dynamic data protection policies. Modernise the monitoring stack with Prometheus to...

Dallmeier introduces new training programme for Domera® and Panomera® partners

Elaborate training and certification processes often act as a deterrent for installers and channel partners. To make it as easy as possible for existing and new partners to do business with the proven Panomera® and Domera® camera systems, Dallmeier has completely restructured its training and authorisation programme. Interested partners can qualify as fully-fledged Dallmeier partners with just two training sessions. With another day of "Technical Training", installers can even become Pa...

ASEAN M&E 2022 show set to kick-off from 7 – 9 November, 2022

Informa Markets’ ASEAN M&E 2022 show is set to welcome10,000 visitors from 60 countries from 7–9 Nov 2022 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), in Malaysia. Being the first fully physical exhibition since the COVID-19 pandemic, ASEAN M&E – Southeast Asia’s premier Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, and Energy trade show will host 150 exhibitors from more than 11 countries, with 4 grand international pavilions (Singapore, India, China, and Turkey). Visitor e...

ConnectWise announces full agenda, sessions, and speakers for IT Nation Connect 2022 in Orlando, Florida, from November 9-11, 2022

ConnectWise, the globally renowned software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers (TSPs), has announced the full agenda and lineup of speakers and innovative sessions that will be featured at IT Nation Connect 2022, taking place from November 9-11, 2022, in Orlando, Florida, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel (and virtually).  IT Nation Connect IT Nation Connect is the premier thought-leadership conference for TSPs designed to promote education, inspiration, and networki...

Monitoreal launches audio playback module

Monitoreal, a provider of intelligent home security surveillance systems, has launched its new Audio Playback Module. The new feature allows users to connect their Monitoreal device to Bluetooth speakers in and around their property and, coupled with Relay actions, create scenarios that trigger pre-recorded audio messages to notify users that a person or vehicle is present or to deter intruders with an audio warning. Personalised audio warnings Personalised audio warnings can be activated by t...

TRENDnet releases industrial outdoor Gigabit PoE+ Extender, simultaneously supports active and passive PoE+

TRENDnet®, a global pioneer in reliable SMB and consumer networking and surveillance solutions, has released the 2-Port Industrial Outdoor Gigabit Active/Passive PoE+ Extender, model TI-BEP200. Extended PoE distance, cost-effective  Easily extend up to two PoE+ signals an additional 328 feet for a total PoE distance of 656 feet with this new industrial outdoor gigabit PoE+ extender from TRENDnet. Moreover, daisy chains up to four TI-BEP200 PoE+ outdoor PoE+ extenders together for a t...

IDIS America builds on its success in the cannabis sector

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...

Hitachi Astemo develops Prototype 360-degree stereo vision with multi-camera 3D sensing

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...

Corero and Juniper Networks expand DDoS integration to PTX Series Routers

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...

Invicti Security gains momentum, delivers zero noise approach to AppSec

Invicti Security™ shares business momentum as the organisation helps its customers and DevSecOps professionals navigate the noisy world of application security as they enter the last quarter of 2022. In the past year, Invicti has enabled its customers to scan over 420,000 web applications and added nearly 750 new customers to its roster of more than 3,600 worldwide. Continuing upward trajectory To continue on its upward trajectory, the organisation also announced new executive team memb...

TMA launches virtual attendance option for its 2022 Annual Meeting

The Monitoring Association (TMA) announces the addition of a virtual registration option for its upcoming 2022 Annual Meeting, which will be held in-person at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort, Oct. 29-Nov. 2nd, 2022. The virtual registration The virtual registration rate for TMA members, as well as non-members, is $950.00. Recordings of the sessions will be made available for streaming for a period of six months. Interested individuals can go to the website for detailed meeting infor...

Hikvision released the evolutionary eDVR Series with eSSD technology

Hikvision recently added the eDVR Series into its expanding portfolio of security solutions for SMBs. Powered by embedded solid-state drive (eSSD) technology, Hikvision's eDVRs are compact, durable, easy to use, and energy-efficient. All this means they are ideal for small-to-medium-sized businesses and residential applications. "The eDVR Series is smarter, faster, more durable and more energy efficient than anything that's gone before, not only helping to minimize negative environmental impact...

Johnson Controls debuts immersive Distributor Training Program, graduates inaugural class

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, is proud to graduate the inaugural class from year one of its new, industry-first Trusted Advisor program. The 40 graduating students received an extensive education that goes beyond product knowledge, making them far more prepared to support contractors than the industry norm. The graduation event was held at the Ducted Systems Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in August 2022 and included student presentations, a fa...

Siemens and Volta Trucks partner to accelerate commercial fleet electrification

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Volta Trucks, the full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, and services provider announced a strategic partnership to deliver and scale eMobility charging infrastructure to simplify the transition to fleet electrification. Zero-emission urban transportation The companies signed a letter of intent outlining the cooperation. They will jointly seek to deliver turnkey solutions for fleets to transition to zero-emission urban transportation through an end-to-e...

Alula partners with three security industry-focused representative firms to expand its presence across the United States

Alula, the pioneer in smart security and system communications for professional installers, announces a partnership with three regional manufacturer representative firms to expand its footprint across the United States. The collaborative efforts with Thomasson Marketing Group (TMG), Lanier Rep Group (LRG), and Security Solutions Incorporated (SSI) will enable Alula to expand relationships and provide an extension to their existing sales team. Residential and commercial technology solutions Fi...

Paladin Capital partners with France's Campus Cyber

Paladin Capital Group, the cyber and advanced technologies investor announces its partnership with Campus Cyber, initiated in 2022 by the President of the Republic of France.  Paladin Capital supports the mission of Campus Cyber to bring together digital security actors in a collaborative space to protect society and promote French excellence in the field. Security-by-design mindset Founded in 2001, Paladin Capital was one of the first in...

i-PRO celebrates strong momentum and major milestones

Recognising the company’s rapid rate of innovation and growth since it became independent from Panasonic in 2019, i-PRO Co., Ltd., a global pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance systems specialising in edge-AI-powered cameras, public safety, and medical devices, celebrate key milestones and achievements that will shape the future of the security industry. First anniversary  Established in October 2019, as a spin-off from Panasonic’s Security Systems Busin...

Siemens' new Desigo CC V6 building management platform adds native cloud connectivity

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has unveiled the latest version of Desigo CC, its integrated building management platform for the digitalisation of buildings of any size. With the software update, Desigo CC V6 offers native cloud connectivity, and an improved user experience and is among the first building management platforms worldwide to fulfill the BACnet B-XAWS profile for cross-domain advanced workstations and BACnet Secure Connect. Native cloud connectivity to Building X Desigo CC connects...

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