Author: Jay Bartlett
Interface Announces $5,000 ?Tech for Good? Scholarship
Interface Security Systems launched a ?Tech for Good? scholarship program to help provide financial support to college students pursuing four-year STEM or other technology-oriented studies and careers. One student will be selected every year from the pool of applicants and will receive $5,000 to help continue their education. To be eligible for this scholarship, students will need to be enrolled full-time in an accredited US university for the 2021-2022 academic year.
SALTO Systems Names Ron Shaffer as Business Lead for Education
SALTO Systems has named Ron Shaffer as the North America Vertical Business Leader-Education. SALTO North America Director of Marketing & Vertical Business, Steve Burk, said access control for education not only makes students, staff, and campuses more secure, it will also drive operational efficiencies, not to mention that it can also be a very attractive draw for students and staff. Shaffer has previously served SALTO as a business development manager and solutions architect technology director.
IrisTime iT100 Adds Manusonic Time and Attendance Software
Iris ID announced Ontario, Canada-based Manusonic has integrated its time and attendance software with the IrisTime iT100, Iris ID’s customizable and contactless biometric time and attendance terminal. Manusonic provides time and attendance solutions to a wide variety of markets throughout North America. Manusonic’s software adds a broad selection of functions and features to the iT100 through integration with payroll, human resources, accounting, job costing and other customized end-user systems.
Allegion Announces New ?Schlage RC? Reader Controller
Allegion announced the unveiling of its next generation reader controller ? the Schlage RC. This new innovative device combines the power of the Pure IP access control technology pioneered by ISONAS with Schlage?s intelligent hardware and credentials, delivering a comprehensive and cost-effective perimeter solution to customers. The benefits of having a panel and reader in a single enclosure not only eliminates the need for multiple devices, but creates a simplified architecture with ease-of-installation.
HID Global Supplies Republic of Estonia with Next-Generation ePassport Solution
HID Global announced it has delivered a redesigned ePassport booklet and document issuance software to Estonia?s Police and Border Guard Board (PPA ). The European country, known worldwide as a pioneer of electronic identity and services, recently issued the new passport booklet, making it possible for citizens renewing their travel documents to receive the new ePassport. Document holders benefit from various forward-looking features.
Phison and Cigent Partnership Sets New Standard in Cybersecurity
Phison Electronics Corp and Cigent Technology, unveiled design details behind the partnership that has delivered the industry?s first and only line of self-defending storage devices with cybersecurity built into the firmware itself to protect against ransomware, data theft and malicious insider theft. Phison?s innovative and robust NAND flash solutions support a broad range of applications including embedded, consumer, enterprise and automotive.
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Upgrades its Video Surveillance System
Hanwha Techwin announced that the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, has chosen Hanwha cameras to upgrade its surveillance system. As the largest Marriott property in the world, Gaylord Opryland offers visitors the chance to experience Music City under a single roof. The Resort has a hotel with over 3000 suites and rooms and a smaller adjacent hotel with more than 300.
Open Systems Appoints New CEO, Prepares for Growth
Open Systems announced the appointment of Geoff Haydon as Chief Executive Officer. With more than 20 years? experience growing successful cybersecurity companies, Haydon is tasked with enriching Open Systems? cybersecurity platform and increasing the company?s share of the managed security market, which IDC expects to be the fastest growing segment of global security spending by 2024.
DHS S&T Calls for Submissions to Biometric Tech Rally
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites biometric technology developers to apply to participate in the 2021 Biometric Technology Rally. Started in 2018, the Biometric Technology Rally challenges industry to deliver fast, accurate, and easy-to-use biometric recognition capabilities to improve security and user facilitation at checkpoint processing.
Calipsa Announces New Business Development Leaders
Calipsa announced the promotion of a regional sales director and the appointment of two business development managers as the company continues its expansion in the Americas. Tara Biglari was promoted to regional sales director, Americas. She joined Calipsa in 2017 as a sales associate in the United Kingdom. Since 2020, she has focused solely on business development in the Americas, forming relationships with leading Latin American industry representative companies.
Qognify Expands North America Sales Team as Demand for Physical Security Grows
Qognify announced the expansion of its sales team with five appointments in the North America region. The creation of new roles in business development, sales and sales engineering is in response to the growing demand that Qognify has experienced in the past 12 months for integrated physical security solutions that improve the outcomes while reducing complexity. Christy Bauswell brings more than 20 years of experience in the video surveillance industry to her role as Senior Key Accounts Manager.
SAFR Partners with Convergint
SAFR announced a partnership with Convergint Technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Convergint will add the SAFR computer vision platform to their portfolio of integrated security solutions to offer its US customers the industry?s foremost facial recognition platform for live video intelligence. Convergint is a $1.4 billion global systems integrator with over 150 locations spanning the globe.
Vanderbilt Proves Access Control Belongs in the Cloud
Cloud-based access control solutions are able to deliver remote access and instant management to protect the premise. As access control and video management are already key security systems, the shift to an open platform model is only growing. For example, Vanderbilt?s solution allows access to the system from any device, allowing flexibility for staff working remotely. Currently, the majority of Enterprises and many SMBs have either already made or are making the process of shifting resources to the cloud.
PureTech Systems Announces Successful Integration with OWL GroundAware Radar
PureTech Systems announced the successful integration of PureActiv Software with the GroundAware Radar from Observation Without Limits (OWL). GroundAware is a ground surveillance sensor built around OWL?s simultaneous multi-beamforming Pulsed Doppler radar technology, delivering real-time situational awareness for critical infrastructure security applications. The PureActiv system auto-verifies the object detected and tracked by the radar as a person, vehicle, or other object type.
Maxxess Partners with DW to Deliver Video Surveillance Solution
Maxxess Systems announce their partnership with Digital Watchdog, to deliver a complete video surveillance solution to help manage security threats. Unlike stand-alone systems for video management, this new complete solution helps organizations not only detect security threats in real time, but also to trigger immediate automated security system protocols and then follow through by taking appropriate actions in unity with their policies and tracking results to completion.
Suprema?s New X-Station 2 Supports Mobile Access, QR Codes and RFID Cards
Suprema announced the new product launch of the X-Station 2, a versatile intelligent terminal with credential options of mobile access, QR and barcodes as well as RFID cards and PIN. X-Station 2 enables flexible access control system design by supporting multiple credential options. The terminal is compatible with most types of existing RFID cards including EM, MIFARE, iCLASS, DESFire and FeliCa, but also lets users go card-less by offering mobile credential options including QR codes and barcodes.
Millennials and Gen Zers are Most Likely to Fall for Phishing Emails, Study Finds
There is a common misconception that older people, who tend to have less experience with new technologies, are easier to scam online. Recent data findings suggest that just the opposite is true. According to data analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, Millennials and Gen Zers in the United States are more likely to fall for phishing emails than their older counterparts. More than one-fifth of people from Generation Z and the Millennial generation have been tricked by phishing emails in the past.
GardaWorld Announces Security Services Executive Appointments
GardaWorld announce the appointment of Prentice Robertson to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Security Services, and Jean-Luc Meunier to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, Security Services Canada. Prentice Robertson joined GardaWorld in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer, Security Services, U.S. His mandate was to consolidate the Whelan Security and United American Security brands to form and lead GardaWorld?s U.S. security services business unit.
Boon Edam Resumes On-Site Security Entry Evaluations
Boon Edam announced the resumption of on-site entry evaluations, a building or campus analysis that aids security managers in creating a defensible physical security entrance strategy against the costly liabilities associated with tailgating and piggybacking. These evaluations have proven to be critical to the success of entrance projects. During the COVID pandemic, to support community health and safety, Boon Edam shifted from conducting on-site evaluations to virtual ones.
Full Height Turnstile Offers Secure Contact-less Passage
Alvarado?s new MST-TE Touch-Free Full Height Turnstile provides smooth, secure, and completely contactless passage for users. It is 100 percent touch-free and motorized. After users present a valid entry credential, the turnstile unlocks, and an overhead sensor detects the user as they enter. Rotation begins and completes automatically, eliminating the need for users to touch and push their way through the turnstile as they enter or exit.