Physical security
Kwikset Launches Aura Reach Smart Lock With Matter Integration
Kwikset® announced the launch of Aura Reach™, a new smart lock that combines Matter and Bluetooth connectivity to deliver flexible, intelligent home access and automation. Aura Reach is designed for DIY connected households, offering hands-free auto unlock, proximity keypad wakeup, and guided onboarding through the Kwikset app.
License Plate Recognition With Samurai Suite
License Plate Recognition by Samurai Suite delivers real-time detection and evidence-ready enforcement for modern environments that demand speed, accuracy, and accountability. As cities grow more complex, vehicle management, parking enforcement, and access control can no longer rely on manual processes.
Powering Safety Anywhere With Autonomous Solar Poles
Art of Logic’s autonomous solar pole platform delivers lighting, surveillance, and real-time intelligence to locations where traditional infrastructure is unavailable or impractical, enabling safer, smarter environments without trenching, cabling, or grid connection.
Nice Announces Next-Generation Surveillance Cameras
Nice has announced the availability of its next-generation surveillance camera lineup, engineered to deliver sharper resolution, enhanced night vision, and powerful onboard analytics. Designed for both residential and commercial environments, the new portfolio provides greater peace of mind for property owners while enabling integrators to design more unified, efficient, and intelligent security systems.
Voyant Photonics Launches Solid-State 4D FMCW LiDAR
Voyant Photonics has introduced the Helium™ platform, the industry’s first fully solid-state 4D FMCW LiDAR family designed to deliver high-performance depth sensing and velocity data for next-generation industrial, robotics, and consumer applications. Built on a silicon photonics chip, Helium is engineered for reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency as Physical AI moves from experimentation to large-scale deployment.
Ki Charter Expands ZeroEyes AI Gun Detection Technology
Ki Charter has expanded deployment of ZeroEyes’ AI-powered gun detection technology to its San Marcos campus, enhancing proactive school security with real-time, human-verified alerts that deliver actionable intelligence to local security teams and law enforcement within seconds of detection.
What Keeps Security Business Owners Up At Night, Ed. 16
Running a business demands both courage and consistency. It requires leaders to balance continual challenges with hard-earned achievements. Within the security industry, where operations never pause and every decision carries significant weight, these challenges are often amplified. Business owners must constantly manage competing priorities: attracting and retaining skilled talent, adapting to rapid technological advancements, meeting evolving customer expectations, and maintaining profitability in a highly competitive market.
Rebalancing The Future: Why Physical Security Systems Are Migrating Back On-Prem
Over the past decade, physical security technology has undergone a dramatic architectural shift. For years, the trend line seemed clear: access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and identity management were all being pulled steadily into the cloud. Cloud-native and cloud-managed platforms promised simplified deployments, streamlined administration, evergreen updates, and attractive subscription-based economics.
VIVOTEK Powers Smart Security At UNESCO Heritage Resort
VIVOTEK delivered a unified, intelligent video surveillance solution for Kitakobushi Resort, a multi-property hospitality destination within Japan’s Shiretoko World Natural Heritage area. The initiative focused on strengthening safety, improving operational efficiency, and enabling centralized visibility while preserving the resort’s natural aesthetics and guest experience.
PSIA Announces Release Of PKOC Explainer Video
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) has announced the release of a new PKOC Explainer Video, designed to provide a clear, visual overview of the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) specification and how it compares with traditional symmetric credential technologies.
Crossroads Church Upgrades Campus Security With EnGenius AI
Crossroads Church Upgrades Campus Security With EnGenius AI EnGenius Technologies has helped Crossroads Church in Rowlett, Texas modernize campus safety and connectivity with an AI-powered surveillance and cloud-managed network upgrade. […]
HID Advances School Safety With National Training Initiative
HID is strengthening school safety nationwide through a new initiative that removes financial barriers to professional security education while supporting safer, smarter learning environments. HID has partnered with the National Council of School Safety Directors (NCSSD) to fund 1,000 scholarships for the Foundations of School Security Leadership Certificate course.
SDS Outdoor Gunshot Detection Wins Threat Detection Award
SDS Outdoor extends the company’s proven indoor gunshot detection capabilities into exterior spaces using dual-mode acoustic and infrared flash detection. Each sensor provides coverage of up to 15,700 square feet and can identify shooter location and firearm type with an industry-leading 99.9% accuracy rate.
Vivotek Protects Taiwan River Biodiversity With Safety Map
VIVOTEK has expanded its long-running “Safety Map” corporate sustainability initiative into the natural environment for the first time. In partnership with National Chung Hsing University’s (NCHU) University Social Responsibility (USR) team and AI agriculture partner DATAYOO, the company launched the Zhonggua River Ecological Restoration Safety Map project in Nantou, Taiwan.
Security Industry Association Launches Data Center Advisory Board
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has launched its new Data Center Advisory Board, an expert-led group that will provide guidance to the SIA Board of Directors and resources to members […]
Alarm.Com Partners With Everon For Unified Security
Alarm.com partners with Everon to deliver a full-stack commercial security solution that unifies intrusion detection, video surveillance, access control, and business management functions.
Reach Capital Leads Seed Round To Scale CurvePoint’s Wi-AI
CurvePoint, a Carnegie Mellon spinout, has secured a seed round led by Reach Capital to scale its privacy-first Wi-AI platform, a Wi-Fi-based threat detection system designed to strengthen school safety. Wi-AI uses artificial intelligence to interpret how Wi-Fi signals interact with the physical environment, identifying subtle disruptions caused by people and objects to deliver real-time insight into weapons, occupancy, and movement.
ASIS Launches Call for Proposals and Reviewers GSX 2026
ASIS International announce the opening of its Call for Proposals for the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2026, inviting industry experts, thought leaders, and practitioners to submit cutting-edge presentations across critical security domains. Additionally, the association is seeking distinguished security professionals to serve as proposal reviewers, furthering the conference’s commitment to delivering exceptional educational content.
Axon Vision Partners With Leonardo DRS For AI C-UAS Solutions
Axon Vision announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Leonardo DRS to pursue opportunities in advanced situational awareness, lethality, and survivability, with a focus on Counter-UAS (C-UAS) solutions for the U.S. defense market. The partnership responds to growing demand for on-platform AI capabilities supporting force protection and platform modernization.
Salto DLok: Universal Smart Home Lock Built For Every Door
Salto announces the launch of Salto DLok, a next-generation, universal, motorized smart lock for residential doors. Built for seamless connection with the Salto Homelok ecosystem, DLok delivers secure, keyless access, automation, and broad compatibility for smart homes and apartments. Designed for modern, connected living, DLok ensures doors are locked or opened automatically without physical keys, using a resident Digital Key app.