News Source For The Physical Security Industry

ASIS Booth # 3039 – AlliedBarton Security Services, the industry’s premier provider of highly trained security personnel, is honored to present two educational sessions at ASIS International 61st Annual Seminar and Exhibits in Anaheim, CA, from September 28 to October 1, 2015. AlliedBarton is also celebrating the inaugural National Security Officer Appreciation Week.

Quantum Secure, part of HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announces their sponsorship of the Identity, Credentialing and Access Management (ICAM) Laboratory at Washington D.C.?s Capitol Technology University. As an industry technology partner to the school?s Critical Infrastructures and Cyber Protection Center (CICPC), Quantum Secure?s pioneering predictive analysis solutions and physical identity and access management (PIAM) SAFE solutions are installed throughout the lab for learning and research purposes as well as being a core segment of the lab curriculum.

Siklu Inc., the global market leader in the millimeter-wave technology, announced today that it has closed $18 million in Series-D funding to further accelerate the company’s already impressive growth and market leadership. The new investor in this round, Sercomm Corporation (TWSE: 5388), was joined by existing investors Argonaut Private Equity, Evergreen Venture Partners, DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures (NASDAQ: QCOM), The Tamares Group and Amiti Ventures.

WavestoreUSA, a world class innovator in open platform digital Video Storage and Management Systems, announces the new release of the NS1 Video Storage and Management Server, a revolutionary new product geared specifically to the Commercial and Residential Security Dealer market. The highly reliable NS1 delivers quality video performance enhancements, along with security integration capabilities and […]

Raytec VARIO IP PoE LED Network Illuminators have revolutionized security system design and installation for a large estate in a Las Vegas country club community – unlocking system intelligence and proactively deterring crime. With multiple residences having experienced break-ins at night that resulted in extensive losses, the owner of the estate turned to the latest IP Video technology for protection; with Raytec network lighting at the very centre of the solution.

As video cameras become smaller and more robust, they are starting to show up almost everywhere in daily life: for leisure, business and emergency service use. The footage captured by ?dash cams? during police activities has proven to be a valuable asset, so much so that many police officers are starting to wear body cams for the same reasons. All these cameras create a substantial amount of data that forces the need to manage, maintain, and protect as this data maybe recalled as evidence. It needs to be ?tamper proof? to protect the integrity of the content.

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) —the owners of Vivint home security firm— announced that private equity funds it manages have agreed to sell AlliedBarton to Wendel SE (EPA: MF) of Paris, France, for approximately $1.67 billion. The transaction is expected to close later this year, and is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Keeping pedestrians safe, protecting structures from accidental or intentional automobile crashes and force protection (keeping employees and visitors from harm) have always been campus safety concerns. A wide variety of campuses find peace of mind through the use of barriers, barricades and bollards for vehicle-based physical access control at their perimeters.

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced that it is the winner of a 2015 Airport, Seaport, Border Security award from Government Security News (GSN). NICE Suspect Search was recognized as the Best Video Analytics Solution in the surveillance systems category.

Jeff Burgess is the President and CEO of BCDVideo out of the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, IL. With the rapid growth of the overall IP-video surveillance market, BCDVideo is experiencing significant growth by generating a 30% CAGR over the past two years and has become one of the most trusted names in video surveillance system building. BCDVideo has been involved in some of the largest IP-based video surveillance installations with their solutions recording video on six continents, in 33 countries, and in a number of different vertical markets. SecurityHive caught up with Burgess to discuss the rise of BCDVideo and where he sees the video surveillance / physical security industry headed.

This is a research note from Aaron Dale, analyst for Video Surveillance and Blake Kozak, principal analyst for Security and Building Technologies at IHS Inc., providing insight on the recent acquisition of Brivo by Eagle Eye Networks’s Dean Drako.

Protection 1 has completed the acquisition of Cam Connections, Inc. (CCI), a full service security systems integrator based in Lakeland, Florida with satellite offices in Davie, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina. The company specializes in providing tailored security solutions to meet its customers’ specific needs. This acquisition follows the recent announcement that Apollo Global Management has signed definite agreements to acquire both Protection 1 and ASG Security.

Pamela J. Petrow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vector Security, Inc., is the new President of CSAA (Central Station Alarm Association) International, effective immediately. Petrow, who served as CSAA First Vice President since October 2013, is the first woman to serve as president of the organization since its founding 1950.

DVTEL will use the net proceeds from the transaction to fund its corporate growth plans, including significant R&D efforts such as the continued evolution of its global enterprise-class Latitude Network Video Management Systems (NVMS), mid-market scalable and user-friendly Horizon and Meridian NVMS, dcVMS (distributed cloud-based-VMS systems), and Cyber Defense technologies. The company also plans an expansion of its vertical marketing strategies worldwide.

Early in March, the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill (SB965) that would, among other things, limit the retention period for LPR systems used in the state to seven days. After that, any LPR captures not being used in an investigation would have to be deleted. In a surprising move of common sense, Governor Terry McAuliffe sent back an amended version of the bill that changes the seven-day retention period to sixty days and does away with language that would make the proposed law apply to future technologies in addition to LPR.

Everyone can agree that our familes are the most important possesion we have. And when we take on the care of our elderly loved ones it can take a lot of time and energy. Now with the APPCAM family of video cameras from AirLive, we can have the peace of mind that our elderly family members are safe and secure. With easy remote live viewing, the AirLive APPCAM helps families keep an eye on their loved ones while they are at home, with a nurse or maid, or a nursing home. AirLive APPCAM is an excellent way to rest assurd everyone?s daily routine is going on without a hitch.