Delivering Seamless Frictionless Access Control
Johnson Controls and Alcatraz AI have collaborated to provide a comprehensive suite of AI-powered security solutions and services to meet the growing need for frictionless entry and advanced building security. Leveraging its own data-powered access control technology combined with Alcatraz AI?s advanced facial authentication platform, the Alcatraz Rock, Johnson Controls offers comprehensive industry-leading solutions to protect occupants and assets from building intruders and enable healthier hands-free entry.
LenelS2 Integration with Seek Thermal?s Contactless Thermal Imaging System
LenelS2 announced the integration of its OnGuard and NetBox access control systems with Seek Thermal?s Seek-Scan thermal imaging system. The new integration allows businesses to identify individuals with elevated skin temperature through a contactless solution and allow or deny entry based on this reading. The integrated solution joins the Carrier Healthy Buildings Program suite of offerings to help deliver healthier, safer, more efficient, and productive indoor environments.
Lee Odess Book, the 6 Phase Changes Shaping Access Control
During this time of unprecedented change, the access control industry is flush with opportunity. Lee Odess, a 2020 IFSEC Global Influencer in Security and Fire and author of The 6 Phase Changes Shaping Access Control, hopes his new book will spur stakeholders to consider how today?s unique conditions are bearing upon every aspect of the access control industry. The book explores six driving forces and their resulting impact: market reach, technology, innovation engines, marketing, talent, and the “It” factor.
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Stop Retail Pushout Theft
Pushouts?when thieves posing as shoppers fill carts and baskets with expensive merchandise and push them out the door without paying?cost retailers hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profits every year. According to the National Retail Federation, each pushout averages over $500 in stolen merchandise. Sadly, nearly all of these theft events are undetected, until now. Artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentally changes how retailers can combat these hard-to-detect theft events.
Dahua Technology Releases FACT Series Face Recognition Access Control Terminal
Having cost a cumulative number of over 65.8 million reported cases and 1.5 million deaths globally as of December 7th, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has casted a shadow on almost everyone in the world. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Epidemiological Update and Weekly Operational Update by WHO gives us a hint that the situation might not recover any time soon. Compromising to reality, people are doing everything to better protect themselves and the loved ones in the new normal.
Milestone Marketplace Helps Customers Explore Unmatched Possibilities to Extend Their Video Solutions
COVID19 has forced businesses, cities, and entire countries to operate in new ways and increased the demand for new technologies and digital solutions. A versatile use of video solutions that can be expanded with more functionalities help companies thrive when the world changes, whether the need is to ensure public safety, secure access to buildings, or check adherence to social distancing rules. Milestone Marketplace is empowering businesses to explore the unmatched possibilities of video solutions.
ISS Partners with Captis Intelligence to Launch Automatic Subject Intelligence
ISS announced a strategic partnership with Captis Intelligence. The partnership will leverage each company’s area of expertise and introduce an automated face-matching solution connected to an exclusive criminal database of 35 million subjects provided by Captis Intelligence. The move will expand and capture further opportunities in the rapidly transforming facial recognition market, offering users the ability to access legal open-source criminal data.
Qognify Ocularis 6.0 introduces Bi-Directional Support for Access Control
Qognify set a new standard for video management systems with the launch of Ocularis 6.0. Available now, the release includes map-driven operation and a bi-directional interface enabling security operators to monitor and respond to incidents faster by removing the need to switch between several systems. Ocularis 6.0 also benefits from Qognify?s cross-product research and development, incorporating more robust automatic updates.
SALTO?s XS4 One Deadlatch Brings Electronic Access Control to Storefront
The SALTO XS4 One Deadlatch (DL) is a stand-alone electronic lock thanks largely to the level of technology packed inside that brings together the convenience of a smart stand-alone access point ?easy to retrofit, install, and no wires?with virtually the same power and performance of an online traditional access control point. This innovation brings electronic access control and convenience to a number of retail and commercial operations that commonly use aluminum-framed glass doors that previously had limited options for electronic locks.
Arcules Expands Operations Across Latin America
Arcules announced that the company will expand its reach into Latin America, engaging manufacturer?s representative firm LAR Group to promote the Arcules Unified Cloud Security Platform across the region. With offices in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia, Guatemala and Argentina, LAR Group will provide the Arcules platform to distributors, integrators, A&Es, and end users, along with a complete range of resources aimed at expanding the company?s cloud-based video, access control and analytics to customers.
Ron Virden Joins dormakaba as Senior Vice President, Entrance Systems & Interior Glass
dormakaba announced that Ron Virden has joined its Access Solutions Americas segment as Senior Vice President, Entrance Systems & Interior Glass. He will lead these product lines in North and South America, with focus on growth.Virden joined dormakaba December 1, 2020 and will be based in the company?s Indianapolis headquarters. Virden has nearly 25 years of experience in executive leadership roles within multinational and portfolio companies in the security industry.
Setelsa Security Selects SAFR from RealNetworks to Provide Face-Based Biometrics for Secure Access
Setelsa Security has chosen SAFR from RealNetworks, to provide face-based biometrics for its clients in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and Argentina. Integrating SAFR face recognition will enhance Setelsa?s secure access solutions, enabling clients to deploy touchless, face-based authentication. The partnership integrates SAFR?s AI-based computer vision technology ? face detection, face recognition, and mask detection ? into Setelsa?s market-leading secure access solutions.
Why Interoperable Communication is Essential in Today’s New Normal
COVID-19 shut down the United States seemingly overnight back in March. Students couldn?t return to school, thousands of employees shifted to a completely remote workstyle and many businesses closed their doors to visitors to try curbing the spike of cases. Nearly every industry faced many new challenges, and communication proved critical to navigate the new normal. Historically, communication has been vital in nearly every crisis.
PureTech Systems? Announces Successful Deployments with Siklu
PureTech Systems announced the successful deployments of PureActiv software with the Siklu gigabit wireless network. For security reasons the client cannot be discussed however, the combined solution of the Siklu network with the PureActiv software ensures the highest probability of detection at these U.S. based power generation plants. Additionally, the PureActiv software monitors the quality of the network and if a network link goes down, the PureActiv software immediately notifies the user.
Virdee and SALTO Systems Partner to Deliver Contactless Arrival and Entry Solutions
Virdee announced a partnership with SALTO Systems. The integration provides a powerful answer to the market?s demand for contactless arrival options by leveraging Virdee?s advanced ID verification module and the ability for guests to video chat with a remote agent before accessing a property. Under the partnership, SALTO Systems customers can use Virdee Concierge, a cloud-based platform that provides contactless check-in and check-out technology.
RS2 Technologies Launches Feature-rich Upgrade to Access It! Universal
RS2 Technologies announced additional functionality and enhanced integrations for video and key management with its latest software update for Access It! Universal. Version 8 brings a range of new features, including licensing updates and more options for mobile credential functionality, which allows touchless access and streamlined integration that limit human interaction in deployment.
Security Industry Association Strengthens Identity Expertise through Addition of IdTA Members
he Security Industry Association and the Identification Technology Association announced that leading IdTA members will become members of SIA and guide a new SIA Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board. IdTA will dissolve its operations and work with SIA?s leadership to recruit additional biometric and identity solution businesses as SIA members. Effective January 1, 2021, CLEAR, Leidos, and SAIC will become SIA members while other current IdTA members IDEMIA and NEC will continue their active membership within SIA.
Acceliot’s STAR System RFID Accelerates IOT-Driven Digital Transformation Across Industries
Acceliot has entered into an agreement for exclusive rights to manufacture, sale and distribute the Mojix RFID hardware, including the award-winning line of STAR and STARflex RFID readers. First launched in 2008, the STAR System product line continues to evolve and deliver industry-leading performance with the highest reader sensitivity in the market, onboard application support, and real-time location accuracy down to 3 feet.
Suprema Touchless Biometrics Drive Expansion in North America
Suprema is expanding its presence in North America with a host of new partners that include leading wholesale distributors such as ADI, Anixter, Wesco, as well as integration partners. The demand for Suprema touchless biometrics solutions is being driven by scores of organizations, companies and government entities looking to get back to work during the COVID19 pandemic while protecting the health of people entering their facilities.
Finbarr Solutions Appointed by Labtech London Limited for Security Assessment of Prime Real Estate in the Capital
Finbarr Solutions announced that it has been commissioned by Labtech London Limited. Its specialist team of security professionals, investigators and intelligence analysts will assess and advise on measures, to ensure Labtech London Limited delivers the highest levels of safety and security for citizens, tourists, businesses and infrastructure, throughout the 20-acres of prime real estate it owns and manages across Camden Market and West London.