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Viakoo Highlights Breakthrough Solutions At GSX 2018

Viakoo demonstrated innovative new offerings for physical security service assurance and sustainable cyber hygiene at GSX 2018. Viakoo is showcased two of their newest software solutions for the intersection of physical and cyber security: the new Camera Firmware Update Manager (CFUM), and the new IoT Tracker. Viakoo helps to automate the process of assuring that video surveillance is working as it should, providing an auditable record.

Iris ID iCAM 7S Is Natively Integrated With Honeywell?s Pro-Watch Security Management Suite

Iris ID announced its IrisAccess iCAM 7S series enrollment and system management process is now fully integrated with the latest version of the Honeywell Pro-Watch security management suite. The Pro-Watch software is a connected building platform to help enterprises meet the most stringent compliance requirements while reaching total cost of ownership by increasing operator productivity with superior flexibility and scalability.

LumenVox Speaker Recognition Added To SmilePass

LumenVox LLC and SmilePass announce the availability of voice based biometric authentication within the SmilePass Identity and Authentication Platform. With the world’s attention being drawn daily to data breaches, identity thefts and hack attacks, being able to conclusively prove a remote consumer’s credentials are of paramount concern to businesses and governments alike.

Johnson Controls Announces The Availability Of Tyco?s Illustra Camera 2 Cloud

Johnson Controls announces a new line of cloud-powered network video surveillance cameras with Tyco?s Smartvue Camera 2 Cloud. Tyco?s Smartvue Camera 2 Cloud offers a secure, simple to install, easy-to-use cloud-based video surveillance management service – no on-site servers, storage or components are needed. The cameras are ideal for securing retail establishments, convenience stores, franchises, healthcare facilities, K-12 education buildings and smart cities, and work independently or added as a remote extension to an existing Smartvue network.

Johnson Controls Announces Availability Of The Smartvue S19 Cloud Surveillance Platform

Johnson Controls announces S19, the next generation of its Smartvue intelligent cloud video surveillance platform. Tyco?s Smartvue S19 delivers secure and cost-effective cloud surveillance solutions to retail establishments, convenience stores, franchises, healthcare facilities, K-12 education buildings and smart cities, providing support for local privacy requirements and regulations across 140 countries.

Johnson Controls Announces exacqVision Cloud Surveillance Services For All exacqVision NVRs

Johnson Controls announces cloud-based storage services, centralized monitoring analytics and end-to-end, cloud-driven system management services integrated to Tyco?s exacqVision video management software and the full line of exacqVision network video recorders (NVRs). It also announces Tyco?s new Exacq G-Series range of gateway appliances. The exacqVision G-Series is a line of cost-effective cloud gateway appliances that will deliver trusted and secure cloud solutions worldwide.

Vidsys Launches New Release Of Vidsys Enterprise 2019

Vidsys announced the release of its latest Converged Security and Information Management (CSIM) software platform, Vidsys Enterprise 2019 Release 1.0, enhancing the operator experience through the addition of the Synchronized Playback Studio. This capability enables simple retrospective incident investigation by synchronizing the playback of an unlimited number of video streams from a mixture of sources.

StoneLock Unveils Next Generation Of Biometric Identity Management Solutions At GSX

StoneLock® announced at Global Security Exchange (GSX) the introduction of the StoneLock GO edge reader, the latest innovation in StoneLock facial recognition for enterprise physical access, and the next generation of the StoneLock True Frictionless Solution. Delivering a revolutionary step forward in biometric identity management, the StoneLock GO combined with the StoneLock Gateway brings a complete biometric-centric credentialing and access control solution to StoneLock customers, providing scalability, versatility, extended capture range, and speed for up to 20,000 face-only users.

NEC Biometrics Contribute To Security At The 18th Asian Games

NEC Corporation announced that it provided information and communications technology (ICT) systems for the 18th Asian Games, including a facial recognition system and a behavior detection system, as a supporting sponsor in the category of ICT security. The Asian Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes from across Asia that are held once every four years. This year’s event was held in Jakarta and Palembang in the Republic of Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.

Suprema To showcase GDPR-ready Enterprise Access At Security Essen 2018

Suprema announced that the company will showcase GDPR-ready enterprise access control solutions at Security Essen 2018 including its latest range of biometric readers, multi-band RF card readers, mobile credentials and access control software platform. At the show, Suprema will introduces BioLite N2, the world’s best performing outdoor fingerprint terminal. BioLite N2 is designed for both the enterprise access control systems and time attendance applications with well blends Suprema’s industry-leading technologies and innovative features.

Lenel?s OnGuard Version 7.5 Delivers Powerful Enhancements

Lenel offers an extensive set of new features and utilities with the introduction of OnGuard?version 7.5. The enhanced OnGuard 7.5 access control solution deepens Lenel?s focus on unification, mobility, cybersecurity and cloud compatibility with platform updates, including enriched browser clients and a next-generation visitor management suite ?– all adding to its already substantial capabilities. Lenel is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

Iris ID iCAM Enrollment Integrated With AMAG Technology?s Symmetry Enterprise

Symmetry Enterprise is designed for large organizations with complex security requirements. It supports unlimited card readers, cardholders and clients and allows users to control security from one location. The native integration of the iCAM enrollment process allows users to seamlessly enroll employees for a second layer of authentication at key entry points. The Iris ID system also helps protect employee privacy by storing the biometric data separate from AMAG?s biographic data.

Twistlock Labs Uncovers Widespread Zero Touch Attacks Against Cloud Native Applications

Twistlock released its first biannual state of cloud-native security report, entitled Watching the Honeypots. Over 25 percent of Cloud Native Applications Vulnerable to Exploit; Over 90 percent of Attacks Automated. In this report, Twistlock Labs researchers analyzed deployments of common cloud native applications and ran honeypots to collect data on risk factors and attack patterns against cloud native services.

How To Choose A Home-security System

In 2016, there were an estimated 1,053,000 home burglaries in the United States, according to FBI data. That means there?s a burglary about every 30 seconds. Burglars tend to avoid houses with security systems. According to a University of North Carolina at Charlotte survey of convicted burglars, 83 percent said they would try to determine if an alarm were present before attempting a burglary, and 60 percent said they would seek an alternative target if there was an alarm.

Princeton Identity Receives Three New Patents For Iris Recognition Technology

Princeton Identity announced three new patents related to innovations in iris recognition technology that the company was awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The new patents represent the application of Princeton Identity?s unique approach to iris authentication in three very important market areas: access, marketing, and financial transactions. Using the techniques described in these patents, Princeton Identity advances the application of iris identification and personnel authentication much more broadly than physical security and represents the anticipated adoption of these technologies in the broader marketplace.

MorphoWave Desktop – Fast Contactless Fingerprint Capture On The Move

This innovative solution captures images of the user’s 4 fingertips from a single wave of the hand in less than a second. Its unique dynamic acquisition capability allows subjects to be ?on the move’ during fingerprint capture. MorphoWave Desktop is therefore unchallenged in a wide range of applications where high-speed enrollment and matching, as well as convenience and security are key requirements. This includes border control, flow management and securing sensitive sites. By vastly reducing capture time to less than a second, efficiency and throughput are increased without compromising accuracy.

Dahua Facial Recognition Solution Enhances Safety & Business Intelligence

In real life you usually don?t want to get into the drama of being seen as someone other than yourself. The misrecognition problem is not only time consuming, dignity compromising but also, in lots of cases, life threatening, if certain dangerous people are not correctly identified in time. This is a mistake no longer affordable to make in today?s context, whether for an individual, a group or the society as a whole. Fortunately the facial recognition technology has matured and the security solution based on the said technology is being widely used across the world.

Arteco Honored With Industry Awards For Intelligent Face Recognition Solution

Arteco announced that its intelligent face recognition solution, Arteco Face Recognition (AFR), was chosen for multiple awards for its cost savings, innovation and efficiency. BUILDINGS Magazine selected AFR as a 2018 Money-Saving Products Award in the Life Safety and Security category for the cost-effective qualities and features it offers to building owners and facility managers. AFR also received a ?highly commended? nomination from the 2018 North American Fraud Awards for Most Innovative In-store Solution and was a finalist in PSI Magazine?s 2018 Premier Awards for Software/Signalling Product of the Year.

Deep Sentinel Dispels Myth That Police Respond To All Home Alarm Calls

Deep Sentinel released findings that dispute a widespread notion that police respond to all home alarms. The study conducted by Deep Sentinel Labs, the research arm of Deep Sentinel, looked at all the 765 U.S. cities with a population of around 50,000 or more (according to the US Census Bureau) and examined policies surrounding home security systems and subsequent police response, as well as the impact of false alarms.

New Research Reveals Intelligent Building Security Risks And Mitigation Strategies

The ASIS Foundation, in partnership with BOMA International (BOMA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA), released groundbreaking first-of-its-kind guidance for practitioners in the security and building management fields. Intelligent Building Management Systems: Guidance for Protecting Organizations provides a framework to help decision-makers assign a risk-based criticality or impact to their building and asks relevant security questions to develop appropriate mitigation strategies. It also serves to establish a common language between the many intelligent building stakeholders.