ClearSky And Trend Micro Track Politically Motivated Global Cyber Attacks
A new report on the group known as “CopyKittens” details its increased activity in support of its political ambitions. The report is co-authored by ClearSky, an Israeli cyber-intelligence company, and Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions.
Developing Highly Scalable, Secure, Cost Effective Cloud-Based VMS Using Micro-Services
Traditionally architected video surveillance does not have the ability to address the upcoming security concerns faced by a business. With increasing agility in business processes, video management software (VMS) service providers cannot afford VMS application to be down, even for a short time. With single-tiered VMS (monolithic architecture), it is nearly impossible to meet the dynamic and evolving surveillance requirements of the modern businesses.
Man Wrongly Jailed Can’t Sue Cops Who Ignored His Video Alibi
This would seem to be a simple case, a real no-brainer, based on the opening statement of an opinion by a federal appeals court judge. “Rasheed Waters sat in jail for more than a year awaiting trial for a crime he did not commit,” wrote Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. “He had a verifiable alibi, based on video surveillance, which he claims the arresting officer ignored.” After viewing that video, a Montgomery County judge promptly dismissed the burglary charges that had kept Waters behind bars so unnecessarily. So, Waters can sue the cops for his troubles, right? – No.
San Fran’s BART Withholding Surveillance Videos Of Crime To Avoid ?Stereotypes?
In the last three months, there have been at least three robberies on BART involving groups of teenagers. ?I think people are genuinely concerned – they are fearful about the stories that have come out about the recent attacks, the assaults, the thefts,? said Debora Allen, who is a member of the BART Board of Directors. ?To release these videos would create a high level of racially insensitive commentary toward the district,? she was told. ?And in addition it would create a racial bias in the riders against minorities on the trains.? According to a memo distributed to BART Directors, the agency won?t do a press release on the June 30 theft because it was a ?petty crime? that would make BART look ?crime ridden.? Furthermore, it would ?unfairly affect and characterize riders of color, leading to sweeping generalizations in media reports.? The memo was from BART Assistant General Manager Kerry Hamill.
MOBOTIX Rounds Out Mx6 Camera Line
MOBOTIX has introduced the new indoor models c26, i26, p26, and v26, thereby completing the successful Mx6 6-megapixel camera line. The new, higher performing processor delivers up to twice as many images per second as before – at the same resolution. The video data is simultaneously offered in three formats (MxPEG, MJPEG, and H.264), as well as in a range of different resolutions. RTSP/multicast makes the Mx6 cameras more flexible. All of the models come standard with intelligent motion detection directly on the camera, and thereby offer more capacity for additional software applications.
Genetec And SALTO Bridge Gap Between Mechanical/Offline Locks And IP-Based Access Control
Genetec announced that Synergis™ —the IP access control system of Security Center— is now able to manage SALTO’s stand-alone battery-operated locks thanks to the support of the SALTO Virtual Network technology. This enables Synergis customers to cost-effectively replace traditional mechanical locks with Salto SVN-enabled locks to secure doors and entrances that were traditionally too expensive to network with either wired or wireless locks.
Genetec Takes Cybersecurity On The Road
In 2007, the physical security industry started a convergence of IP-cameras from analog surveillance cameras. And a number of security technicians had challenges picking up on the networking aspects of IP-based surveillance systems. Ten years later, we are seeing the convergence of physical security and cybersecurity. Now today’s technicians need to understand the cybersecurity issues of connecting their physical security devices to the company?s network. Genetec has become extremely active in highlighting the importance of cybersecurity issues and has developed Cybersecurity Roadshow events.
Farpointe Alerts Partners To Encrypt Wireless Access Control Systems
Farpointe Data, the access control industry’s trusted OEM partner for RFID solutions, alerted its access control manufacturer, distributor, integrator, dealer and specifier partners about the potential impact on their businesses of the settlement of Edenborough v. ADT LLC, (Case No. 3:16-cv-02233, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California). Referred to as the ADT Hacking Vulnerability Class Action Lawsuit, ADT will pay $16 million to settle five hacking vulnerability class actions because of claims that ADT’s wireless security systems were vulnerable to hacking because ADT failed to include any encryption within them.
More Organizations Looking At LTO Video Storage Platforms
When it comes to recording and storing large camera counts, high-resolution frame-rate, or extended retention times, video storage systems can become hyper-expensive quickly. SecuVault has been designed and developed to store digital data and especially large volumes of recorded video in an efficient, simple, reliable, and cost-conscious manner. Looking at this from another perspective, SecuVault is an ideal near-line and long-term retention archive solution for video surveillance.
Protect Your Customers And Your Business Will Grow: Robert McIntyre
When you get a positive surge out of what you are doing and the business you are in, challenges can be much easier to deal with. Looking back over the years of the dot com boom, the convergence of analog and IP, and the sexiness of video analytics, sometimes businesses based on the basics can grow into something very special as well. We recently caught up with Rich Mitchell, Technical Sales Director at power surge protection equipment company DITEK and chatted about their company?s growth over the past 30 years. Mitchell has been with DITEK for 28 of those years and has seen the company become a very strong player in power protection.
NYC Bill Would Force NYPD To Tell Details Of Surveillance Tools
Legislation debated Wednesday before the New York City Council would force the NYPD to disclose some details about surveillance technology such as cellphone-tower replicators, X-ray vans, and license-plate readers. The NYPD also would need to adopt what lawmakers say are privacy disclosures similar to those of the Department of Homeland Security and other municipalities. Under the POST Act —short for Public Oversight of Police Technology— the NYPD would need to publicly disclose each item?s current and future ?impact and use policies,? seek public feedback, and explain whether court permission is needed for deployment.
A Seed Takes Root: The Vanderbilt Industries Story
In 2012, Schlage Electronic Security is spun off from Ingersoll Rand to become Vanderbilt Industries. In the following years, Vanderbilt has continued to stand on its own feet and grow even stronger within the industry. We caught up with Mitchell Kane, President, Vanderbilt, and chatted about how Vanderbilt has grown over the years. Kane has been with Vanderbilt for 32 years now and has seen the company, industry, and marketplace make significant changes over those three decades.
TKH Security Solutions Presents Fire Hotspot Detection And Flare-Up Monitoring
TKH Security Solutions, a well-respected provider of end-to-end security and surveillance solutions, is now addressing two major Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) issues: fire-hotspot detection and flare-up monitoring. These two important HSE issues can be kept under close watch with the TKH Security Solutions Flare and HotspotUltimo. The marine and oil and gas industries can benefit from the Ultimo?s hotspot detection and flare monitoring in uncooled, real-time thermal and optical imaging in one robust housing.
How An International Security Company Grows In Fresno, CA
This is another article in Security.World?s Company Grows series. We caught up with Stuart Rawling, Director of Business Development, Pelco by Schneider Electric and chatted about how Pelco has grown over the years. Stuart has been with Pelco for 14 years now and has seen a fair amount of change at the company over that decade. In 2007, French power company, Schneider Electric purchased Pelco for US$1.22 billion in an effort to enhance their building automation business. Pelco’s security and surveillance systems are most notably protecting Buckingham Palace, The Statue of Liberty, and China’s Presidential Palace.
Hidden Challenge Behind Body Cams: Storage
Police departments across the country are increasingly deploying body-worn cameras to better protect and serve their communities. Nearly every large police department in a nationwide survey said they plan to move forward with BWCs, with 95 percent having either implemented a body camera system or committed to doing so. However, medium-sized police departments (those with about 50 – 250 officers) appear to be facing the biggest challenges with when rolling out BWCs to their forces. The major issue is cost – not just for the actual cameras, but for handling the data the cameras produce. The demands for video storage are unprecedented for many police departments, which don’t have enough space on servers or hard drives to store the additional data.
More Harford MD School Buses To Get Video Surveillance Cameras
Harford County (Maryland) Public Schools will more than double the number of mobile video surveillance systems inside its buses, after the Board of Education approved a $179,640 contract recently to purchase systems for 103 buses. The surveillance systems have already been installed on 95 buses, including those operated by the school system and those operated by independent contractors, Charles Taibi, director of transportation, told board members.
Future And Current Applications Of Artificial Intelligence Outlined In New Book
Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD), an innovator in artificial intelligence and robotics, announced the release of the third edition of An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence by Steve Reinharz, CEO, RAD. The book explores the many benefits and uses of artificial intelligence, and provides readers in-depth insight into this quickly developing and expanding technology segment.
BriefCam Delivers NVIDIA GPU-powered Intelligent Video Analytics Solutions
BriefCam®, the Video Synopsis® company, announced that it is bringing video analytics to the next level by delivering solutions powered by NVIDIA GPUs and deep learning. BriefCam?s Syndex Pro, running on NVIDIA technology, will accelerate video processing performance and enable richer metadata extraction at a reduced cost. BriefCam Syndex Pro based on NVIDIA GPUs can run on the cloud, VM, workstation, laptops, or edge devices.
Iowa Legislature Approves Bill Banning Public Bathroom Video Surveillance
A bill that would block government entities from putting up surveillance cameras inside the bathrooms of public buildings has passed both the Iowa House and Senate and is expected to be signed by Gov. Terry Branstad. The ACLU of Iowa had been pushing for the bill after complaints from an Iowa City woman who noticed that a camera was focused on the sink area inside the Iowa City Public Library.
Mx6 Dual Cameras Open New Opportunities For Mobotix
MOBOTIX is starting series production of their new Mx6 6MP camera line with the outdoor dual cameras M16, D16, S16, and V16. In terms of their outer appearance, these models look exactly the same as the x15 cameras (which are still available); all the innovations in these new cameras have been made to the mainboard and camera software.