Corporate News
Healthcare OT Facilities Remain Exposed as Industry Experienced 68 Attempted Ransomware Attacks in Q3
Last month saw an alarming rise in cyber attacks against healthcare facilities. Ransomware attacks across the globe locked 68 care providers out of their respective networks during Q3 of this year alone, threatening patient safety and privacy. Experts fear that patients will suddenly be unable to receive critical care at a targeted facility without a holistic whole-facility cybersecurity approach.
HGH is at EDEX, New Cairo, to Showcase the SPYNEL Wide Area Surveillance Solution for Sky, Land and Sea.
HGH is exhibiting at EDEX 2021, to showcase their latest long distance surveillance innovations. All over the world, the potential for danger at borders is a real concern. SPYNEL sensors and their integrated CYCLOPE software benefit from new artificial intelligence features and improved performance, enabling the automatic detection of aerial threats up to 20kms, with a 360
Sage Integration adds Senior Account Executive and Business Development Manager
Sage Integration has named Caroline Santiago as a senior account executive and Jonathan Smithwick as business development manager. The two are part of a growing team to accommodate Sage’s rapid expansion during the past year. Santiago will develop new business, specializing in utility and petrochemical organizations while maintaining and growing existing business in Texas and all U.S. states east of the Mississippi River.
GBG Acquire Acuant, Bringing Together Combined Revenue of c.
GB Group announced that it has reached agreement to acquire Acuant, a leading identity verification and KYC/AML compliance provider, for a cash-free, debt-free enterprise value of $736 million. The acquisition of Acuant brings together two of the leaders in the global digital identity market with a combined revenue of c.
Altronix Showcases Enhanced Power and Data Transmission Versatility at ISC East
Altronix is featuring their latest products which provide system designers and installers with higher levels of versatility to increase situational awareness and better futureproof installations here at ISC East in booth #936. These new products enable more edge devices to be deployed at longer distances, and with more power to accommodate a greater range of specialized surveillance and security applications.
Nuspire Security Experts Witnessed Significant Increase in Exploit Activity with Two New Vulnerabilities in Q3
Nuspire announced the release of its 2021 Q3 Quarterly Threat Landscape Report. Sourced from 90 billion traffic logs, the report outlines new cybercriminal activity and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), with additional insight from its threat intelligence partner, Recorded Future. In Q3 2021, Nuspire security experts witnessed an 82.6% increase in exploit activity, including a spike in activity against newer vulnerabilities; ProxyShell and ProxyLogon, which are two particularly aggressive vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Exchange Servers.
Qognify Appoints New UK and Ireland Channel Sales Manager
Qognify announced the appointment of Nigel Austin to the role of UK and Ireland Channel Sales Manager. Based in the UK, Nigel has the remit to support Qognify?s customers and partners and drive sales and growth for its award-winning video management solutions in the region. Nigel Austin brings more than 30 years of experience in the electronic security sector to Qognify. During his career he has managed operational and sales teams in both the public and private sectors.
Aeroturn is Celebrating its 20th Anniversary and Will be Exhibiting at ISC East in 2021
Aeroturn LLC announced that the company will be exhibiting at the ISC East show and showcasing a timeline of its unique turnstile solutions from the past 20 years. The show will take place at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC on November 17th & 18th 2021. ISC East is the Northeast?s largest security trade show hosted in collaboration with premier sponsor SIA and in partnership with ASIS NYC. Attendees will be able to see a timeline of Aeroturn?s turnstile solutions that have been implemented at customer sites over the last 20 years.
Liberty Defense Attracts Prominent Industry Talent to Advance its Threat Detection Technology
Liberty Defense announced that it has attracted two recognized industry leaders to its team: Ajay Subramanian and Jeffrey S. Gordon. Subramanian and Gordon will be based in the Company?s newly designed headquarters in Wilmington, MA, just north of Boston, and will be working on the Company?s High Definition Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanner and airport shoe screener, both of which are licensed exclusively to Liberty Defense, funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Southwest Microwave and Microwave Interconnect Names Don Bradfield as President
Southwest announced the appointment of Don Bradfield as president by the company?s board of directors, effective immediately. Based at the company?s Tempe, Arizona headquarters, Bradfield will oversee domestic and international operations of the Security Systems and Microwave Products Divisions, including Southwest Microwave, Ltd., located in Worcestershire, United Kingdom.
Alcatraz AI to Showcase Autonomous Access Control Solutions at ISC East 2021
Alcatraz AI will showcase its state-of-the-art product, the Rock, at ISC East (Booth 500). The security conference is taking place at the Javits Center in New York City on November 17-18, 2021. ISC East 2021, the largest annual converged security trade show, features training on security and public safety best practices while highlighting the latest technologies related to the safety sector. Alcatraz AI provides organizations with autonomous access control through AI-powered facial authentication.
Viakoo Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Automated IoT Vulnerability Remediation
Viakoo announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding led by Shasta Ventures, joining existing investors Stanley Black & Decker, PivotNorth Capital, and BlueFog Capital. This latest round will be used to expand executive leadership, and investment in product development and go-to-market. The company is also launching its Viakoo Action Platform suite of cyber modules, which remediate and repatriate IoT devices, meeting the growing demand for enterprise IoT device management and vulnerability remediation at scale.
HID Global Simplifies Digital Certificate Lifecycle Management for Mobile Devices Managed Through Microsoft?s Intune Service
HID Global announced that users of its cloud-based PKIaaS offering can now automate the lifecycle management of digital certificates used with devices managed via the Microsoft Intune mobile device and application management service. The HID solution eliminates the need for human intervention when issuing and renewing certificates that enable employees to use their mobile devices to easily access their organization?s resources through Wi-Fi networks or VPN connections, without passwords.
EdgePresence Joins Schneider Electric on Edge Computing Panel at 7×24 Exchange Fall 2021 Conference
EdgePresence Founder and President Joins Schneider Electric VP of Solution Architects to Speak On ?Edge Computing: Transforming How Last-Mile Edge Computing Infrastructure is Deployed in America? on Mon., Oct. 25. EdgePresence announces that its Founder and President, Doug Recker, will join Schneider Electric?s VP, Solution Architects, Joe Reele on the 7×24 Exchange 2021 Fall Conference panel, ?Edge Computing: Transforming How Last-Mile Edge Computing Infrastructure is Deployed in America.
Raytheon Selects viisights Wise Behavioral Analytics for TSA Evaluation Initiative
viisights has been selected for airport cargo security evaluation by global defense contractor, Raytheon Security (RTX). The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) contracted Raytheon Technologies to select and evaluate next-generation security solutions for airports. To conduct the test, Raytheon deployed viisights? advanced video and behavioral analytics solution for cargo security at various airports across the U.S. for evaluation over twelve months.
Liberty Receives $500,000 Contract Award from TSA for Improved Threat Detection Using HEXWAVE System
Liberty Defense is pleased to announce that it has received a contract award for $500,000 USD as part of the Transportation Security Administration?s (TSA) On-Person Screening Capability Program for demonstration and evaluation of the HEXWAVE? and its expanded capabilities for screening Aviation Workers at a TSA designated location to enhance detection and throughput performance.
Allegion?Announces?Overtur Integration With Software For Hardware Leading Into DHI Connextions 2021
Allegion announced the first integration between?Overtur and ongoing management, and?Software for Hardware. This announcement comes in advance of this week?s?DHI conNextions, where both companies will be demonstrating the collaboration. Contract and Integrated Hardware dealers who engage Allegion on specifications written by Allegion?s Architectural Services, or who use Overtur platform themselves for opening specification writing and collaboration, can now export hardware specification information to Software for Hardware?s platform and continue to the project process.
HelpSystems Acquires PhishLabs to Continue Expansion of Cybersecurity Portfolio
HelpSystems announced today the acquisition of PhishLabs, a leading cyber threat intelligence company that protects organizations from attacks on their brands, employees, and digital assets. PhishLabs sources intelligence across the internet to find and mitigate digital risks. The team and solutions from PhishLabs will join HelpSystems? growing cybersecurity portfolio and pair well with HelpSystems? email security, vulnerability management, and data protection solutions.
Facial Recognition, Cameras, Other Tools Police Use Raise Questions About Accountability
Facial recognition, body cameras and other digital technologies are increasingly used by police departments, municipalities and even gated communities, but these tools manufactured by private companies raise the specter of unchecked surveillance, a University of California, Davis, researcher, suggests. Most of the forms of automation technology in policing are developed by private companies, raising concerns that the companies are becoming defacto policymakers
Matrox Imaging Donates $300K in Software Licenses to CRVI in Support of Quebec’s Industrial Innovation
Matrox? Imaging announces an educational initiative in collaboration with the Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles Inc. (CRVI). A donation of more than $300K in software licenses was provided to the CRVI, with the aim of furthering research and development in industrial robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence (AI). Located in L