Corporate News
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.
Interface Security Systems Appoints Brian Garavuso as CTO
Interface Security Systems announced that it has appointed Brian Garavuso as its Chief Technology Officer. With almost 30 years of global executive leadership experience, Garavuso has served in C-level and advisory roles for companies that include OfficeMart, Diamond Resorts International, Hilton Grand Vacations Company, Interstate Hotels and Resorts, the Mariner Group, and Cape Coral Hospital. He received his BA in finance and accounting from South Florida University.
Genetec Clearance camera registry helps agencies close cases faster
Genetec announced an update to its camera registry module for Genetec Clearance a digital evidence management system that facilitates collaboration between public safety agencies, corporate security departments, businesses, and the public. Video evidence is an invaluable tool to help investigators review events, assist the public, and solve crimes. The methods used to retrieve recordings from privately-owned cameras are cumbersome and time-consuming, as they rely on officers manually collecting video from the scene.
Digital Watchdog Invests in Sales Engineer Team
Digital Watchdog announces the appointment of three new Sales Engineers and one new Field Engineer to support the DW sales team and partner integrators. As a DW Field Engineer, Julian Garcia is primarily responsible to help with Technical Support escalations. In addition, as DW Sales Engineers, Joseph Koehl, Bobby Dick and Rafael Saenz help with the planning of systems and overcoming technical issues with existing systems, create training materials and author technical collateral.
$8M Series to Enhance its AI Software for Smart Security Cameras
Actuate announced it has closed its Series A financing of $8 million to expand the capabilities of its computer vision technology and build on the company?s growing portfolio of customers. The funding round was led by Tribeca Venture Partners and joined by Scribble Ventures, OCA Ventures, and Context Ventures, with additional support from existing investors, including Bling Capital, Upside Partnership, and Tensility Venture Partners.
Videotec-Campion Sales
Videotec announces the addition of Campion Sales, Inc. as a new Authorized Manufacturer?s Representative. The company will provide additional sales resources to the Videotec team in the Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas region. Campion Sales, Inc., headquartered in Coppell, TX, is well-positioned to support and grow sales activity with customers and partners throughout the TOLA region. The company is focused on representing leading vendors in the audio/visual, data communications, and security industries.
Liberty Defense Appoints Michael Lanzaro as President & CTO
Liberty Defense is pleased to announce that it has promoted Michael Lanzaro to the role of President & CTO. Michael Lanzaro has over 25 years of management experience leading large high-tech organizations with product development, research and development, and marketing, as well as profit and loss responsibilities. Prior to joining Liberty Defense, Michael served as Vice President of Engineering for L3?s Security and Detection Systems division.
Farpointe Data Demonstrating OSDP Flexibilities at PSA TEC Conference
Farpointe Data will exhibit how the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) helps system integrators improve interoperability among mobile access control and security products at PSA TEC in Denver, May 3-6. The standard also applies to peripheral devices such as card readers and other devices at secured access doors/gates and their control panels. OSDP importantly offers the option of secured, encrypted communications between reader and controller.
March Networks Signs $4 Million Product and Services Contract with California Transportation Agency
March Networks is pleased to announce that one of California?s busiest transportation authorities will standardize its entire bus fleet on its RideSafe mobile solution. The $4 million contract will see more than 400 buses deployed with March Networks? complete end-to-end RideSafe solution. The contract includes cloud-based monitoring of all of the transportation authority?s mobile cameras and recorders, a services contract providing annual and recurring revenue for March Networks for up to 7 years.
ACRE acquires Dublin, Ireland based TDS (Time Data Security)
ACRE announced the acquisition of TDS based in Dublin, Ireland. This purchase will enhance ACRE?s strategic expansion plans for strengthening the product portfolio and geography in the UK and Europe and bringing new cloud-based visitor management and access control products to North America.
SAFR from RealNetworks Awarded its Third SBIR Contract from USAF
SAFR announced it was awarded its third Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. This contract enables SAFR to advance its computer vision platform to support perimeter protection and domestic search and rescue missions. The SBIR contract allows SAFR to enhance its platform to run on an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier? based UGV system. The addition of SAFR?s AI-powered analytics on autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic devices provides a force multiplier and a layer of safety for defense and civilian security.
Vector Flow Accelerates Growth Strategy with New Sales Executive Appointments
Vector Flow announces two new hires to support the company?s rapid growth and expanding sales activities. Mr. Kyle Elliott will oversee global sales and business development as Vice President of Sales, and Mr. Jerry Kane has been appointed Director of Sales, responsible for the company?s sales channel partner strategy and revenue growth. Previously, Kyle Elliott was Vice President of HID?s Identity and Access Management Workforce solutions sales organization.
The PSIA Introduces Secure Credential Interoperability Initiative
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) announced its Secure Credential Interoperability (SCI) initiative and a working group to advance its development. The SCI specification supports NFC, ISO14443, and Bluetooth (BLE) and therefore can accommodate all device types including cards, mobile devices, and wearables. The group has already prepared a draft specification for apps, readers, and locks featuring BLE compatibility.
iProov Study: 90% of Americans Would Pay Extra to Renew Driver?s License Online
Americans are resoundingly in favor of renewing their driver?s licenses and other government documentation online, according to a new report from iProov. iProov, the world leader in providing face authentication technology to securely assure the identity of online users, commissioned a survey of U.S. citizens to gauge their appetite for digital services. A whopping 90% of respondents say they would pay an additional fee to renew their driver?s license online, while nearly a third (31%) admit to driving with an expired license.
Keyfactor and PrimeKey Merger to Bring Machine Identity Management to the Mainstream
Keyfactor and PrimeKey announced their intent to merge under the Keyfactor brand while committing to increased investments across all product lines. Keyfactor is the pioneer of PKI as-a-Service, and the recognized leader in certificate lifecycle automation and crypto-agility solutions. PrimeKey?s EJBCA software offers the most powerful and flexible certificate authority (CA) supporting DevOps, IoT, manufacturing and enterprise use cases. The merger forms an industry-first machine identity management platform, combining Keyfactor?s certificate lifecycle automation with PrimeKey?s EJBCA.
Call for nominations ? US Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs)
US Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) is open through to 1st July 2021. Anyone working in (or from) the US can enter. Winning an OSPA is recognized by many as one of the most prestigious accolades a company, team or individual can be awarded. The US OSPAs, sponsored by TEAM Software, are part of an independent global awards scheme currently running in thirteen countries to recognise and reward outstanding performance across the security sector.
PureTech Welcomes New Vice President of Sales
PureTech Systems is proud to announce and welcome Mike Chaffee as the Company’s Vice President of Sales. Mike has been an experienced leader in the security industry for over 25 years, with extensive intelligent sensor solutions, thermal imaging, and detection analytics acumen. Prior to joining PureTech, Mike served as Director of Sales with FLIR Systems? Security Division where he managed revenue generation for the North American critical infrastructure verticals.
3xLOGIC Announces Dealer Webinar for US Launch of New VIGIL CLOUD
3xLOGIC announced its upcoming VIGIL CLOUD webinar, targeted at existing and prospective 3xLOGIC integrators/installers. The webinar is billed as: Join a fast-paced hour-long webinar April 15th when 3xLOGIC?s experts introduce the company?s latest, evolving technology release, VIGIL CLOUD. 3xLOGIC is expanding our ecosystem into the cloud with product features designed to harness the power, scalability, and ease of use that are the hallmarks of cloud services.
Allied Universal Hires Chief Merger & Acquisition Officer
Allied Universal recently appointed Mike Beregovsky as Chief Merger & Acquisition Officer and Co-Head of Strategy & Investor Relations. Danette Perkins has been promoted to President of Mergers & Acquisitions for North America. Beregovsky will be responsible for working with the company’s executive leadership team to develop and execute the strategic direction for the organization to continue driving strong, consistent and profitable growth.
Hanwha Techwin America Appoints Mr. C.H. Ha as New President
Hanwha Techwin has appointed Mr. C.H. (Choong Hoon) Ha as the new president of Hanwha Techwin America. The company veteran succeeds Mr. KiChul Kim, who has been promoted to head of global sales and strategic marketing at Hanwha Techwin headquarters in Korea. In his new role, Mr. Ha will focus on several key business initiatives designed to strengthen Hanwha Techwin?s leadership in security and surveillance. These include expanding the company?s solutions offerings including next-level cybersecurity.