Hakimo Raises $6M as Demand for Smarter Physical Security Increases
Hakimo announced $6 million in new funding led by Rocketship.vc, with participation from existing investors Neotribe Ventures, defy.vc and Firebolt Ventures as well as new investors Carrier Global Corporation, through its venture capital group, Carrier Ventures, and well-known physical security industry entrepreneur John L. Moss. Hakimo will use the capital to further accelerate product development and expand into new markets.
Tunja City Implements IoT Taxi Tracking with Illumination and Abeeway
Tunja city, Colombia, has successfully deployed an IoT project of city taxis fleet tracking and safety, in order to provide the drivers with a mean of self-protection. The solution, initiated by Iluminacion.co, a leading Colombian provider of IoT and renewable energy solutions, is based on Abeeway tracking devices and innovative ultra-low-power LoRaWAN connectivity for data transfer.
Altronix Features Their Latest Access and Surveillance Power and Data Transmission Solutions at Intersec 2023
Altronix is featuring their latest power and data transmission solutions for security, access, surveillance and fire applications here at Intersec 2023 (Stand S1-I09). New technology enables the deployment of multiple edge devices at greater distances with more power to accommodate a wide range of surveillance and security products. Applications include the ability to deploy the latest IP devices at remote locations with or without local power, utilizing the 802.3bt PoE standard – greatly reducing labor and installation costs.
ShadowDragon and Siren Form Strategic Partnership
ShadowDragon? announced a strategic partnership with Siren, a Investigative Intelligence analytics. The partnership between the two companies establishes an alignment particularly relevant to law enforcement, national security, and investigative corporate users. ShadowDragon simplifies the complexities of modern investigations that involve multiple online environments. Data sources it can access include news, current affairs, social media, chatrooms, online forums, malware intelligence, and historical datasets. Applications such as SocialNet?, OIMonitor?, and MalNet? are part of the ShadowDragon suite, which extract static and live open source data from global networks.
ASSA ABLOY Academy Introduces New Learning Experience Platform Clearly in a Class Of Its Own
ASSA ABLOY unveils a newly redesigned and easier to use Learning Experience Platform (LXP) for ASSA ABLOY Academy, the company?s industry-leading e-learning and in-person training system. The ASSA ABLOY Academy LXP is designed to educate door and hardware professionals about proper installation techniques, how to identify common issues, maintaining code compliance, and the latest product innovations to help enhance building safety, security, convenience and performance. The site features a full spectrum of training, from fundamentals through intermediate courses to advanced level learning.
Genetec Announces Major New Release of Security Center
Genetec announced a major new release of its flagship unified security platform, Security Center. With version 5.11, customers will have access to every module of Security Center, including Omnicast? (video monitoring), Synergis? (access control), AutoVu? (automatic license plate recognition), Sipelia? (intercom) and intrusion monitoring, right out-of-the-box. Beyond simplifying the path to unification, Security Center 5.11 includes a wide spectrum of powerful features as standard, including KiwiVision? analytics
WiTTRA Launches MIoTy Portal
WiTTRA announce the launch of their ?MIoTy portal?, which supports WiTTRA’s Unified Gateway delivering open standards and hybrid network topology through a single technology deployment. The combination of WiTTRA?s 6LoWPAN mesh network with MIoTy LPWAN (low power wide area network) radios provides a high volume of on-site sensor and 3D location data, along with long-range connectivity options for wide area network coverage needed for mass IoT deployments. Each technology implements various spectrum spreading processes to ensure reliable data delivery even in the presence of radio interference.
SVS-Vistek Launches Beyond Visible Machine Vision Cameras
SVS-Vistek introduced its Beyond Visible line of expanded wavelength cameras. Leveraging SWIR, UV, and Polarized high-sensitivity CMOS sensors from Sony, the new cameras uncover defects that escape conventional cameras or the human eye, among them observing contamination in food, detecting liquid levels through containers, sorting plastics for recycling, inspecting glass, semiconductors and solar panels, and analyzing mechanical stress on reflective or transparent surfaces, among other challenging industrial and scientific applications.
MSA Security Launches Firearms Detection Canine Services
MSA Security announced a newly executed exclusive agreement with Shallow Creek Kennels to train MSA canines in firearms detection. This capability enhances the company’s existing threat detection offerings, creating a sophisticated new solution to address the escalating active shooter and criminal threat. MSA Security has been the industry’s leading Explosive Detection Canine (EDC) provider for over three decades with more than 800 DHS SAFETY Act designated teams deployed around the world. MSA EDC teams are capable of detecting a full range of commercial and homemade explosives, including black powder used in firearms.
PureTech Systems? C4ISR Software Simultaneously Detects, Tracks, and Identifies Land and Aerial Targets
PureTech successfully completed integration of short and long-range Counter UAS capabilities into its Autonomous Geospatial Border and Perimeter Protection C4ISR that addresses critical security threats, further demonstrating the system?s scalability and resiliency to enable all-domain command and control capabilities. At the testing range similar to a typical border operational environment, the PureActiv C4ISR was able to detect and track small UAS flying different evading trajectories within the range of deployed sensors that included 3D radars from SRC and Echodyne
How IP Cameras are Used for License Plate Recognition
License plate recognition (LPR) makes it possible to detect, read, and store the image of a vehicle?s license plate. Such technology has numerous applications?it can facilitate traffic control and electronic toll collections, improve security in private sector industries such as hospitals or museums, and serve as a crime deterrent. To accomplish these many useful tasks, LPR relies heavily on the use of highly innovative and advanced cameras.
Altronix Showcases the Latest in Power and Long-Range Data Transmission Solutions at Intersec 2022
Altronix is showcasing several new additions to its well-established line of security, access, surveillance and fire products here at Intersec 2022 (stand S1-K09). These new solutions enable more edge devices to be deployed at longer distances, and with more power to accommodate a greater range of specialized surveillance and security applications. Highlighted features include the ability to deploy devices in remote locations with or without local power.
EnGenius Launches First Wi-Fi 6E Access Point for SMB Market
EnGenius Technologies announced the release of the very first Wi-Fi 6E access point designed for the SMB market. Featuring the Qualcomm Networking Pro 1210 platform, the ECW336 Wi-Fi 6E indoor ceiling mount tri-band access point has been developed for use in the recently unleashed 6 GHz spectrum. The EnGenius Cloud ECW336 access point marks the company?s first venture into 6E territory. Experts predict that as many as 500 million Wi-Fi 6E compatible devices will spill onto the market in the next three years, enjoying massive, pristine Wi-Fi real estate.
New Altronix 2-Port PoE+ Switches Allow the Deployment of Two-IP Devices Over a Single Category Cable
Altronix continues to expand its industry-leading line of power and data transmission solutions with the release of new 2-Port PoE+ Switches. These latest additions to the NetWay Series provide installers with increased flexibility and efficiency by allowing two IP devices to be deployed over a single CAT6 cable.
Intelligent Buildings Hires Elliott as Smart Building Consultant
Intelligent Buildings announced it has hired Peter Elliott as a Smart Building Consultant for the General Services Administration (GSA). In this role, Elliott will utilize his design, development, and engineering expertise to create substantial improvements in performance, wellness, and risk mitigation for clients. Elliott?s expertise will support the GSA?s existing goals and drive Smart Building attributes, such as scalability, flexibility, risk mitigation, and long-term cost structure reduction.
Maxxess Partners with DW to Deliver Video Surveillance Solution
Maxxess Systems announce their partnership with Digital Watchdog, to deliver a complete video surveillance solution to help manage security threats. Unlike stand-alone systems for video management, this new complete solution helps organizations not only detect security threats in real time, but also to trigger immediate automated security system protocols and then follow through by taking appropriate actions in unity with their policies and tracking results to completion.
City of Madison Enhances Security with Networked Access Control
Assets of the City of Madison, Wisconsin, are protected by a team of security and technology experts whose responsibility includes everything from assigning rights to software use to protecting taxpayer data to securing buildings and people, and more. City of Madison has a rich mix of new and older buildings. Some of the city?s oldest buildings are 50-60 years old and of complex construction.
Altronix Offers Industry First All-Inclusive Fiber Optic Termination Kit
Altronix is now supporting dealers with a new cost-effective tool kit for deploying fiber. Developed in conjunction with Slayton Solutions, the industry leader in fiber optic training certification, the new Altronix Fiber Termination Kit includes the comprehensive tools required to facilitate fiber optic termination and testing. Designed to assist in the deployment of fiber solutions such as Altronix?s NetWay Spectrum series, the Altronix FTK100 Fiber Termination Kit includes all hardware, connectors and tools necessary for cable preparation.
Parrot Launches Bug Bounty in Partnership with YesWeHack
Parrot is launching its Bug Bounty program with YesWeHack. Through this partnership, Parrot benefits from YesWeHack’s vast community of cybersecurity researchers to identify potential vulnerabilities in its drones, mobile applications and WebServices. Cybersecurity is a priority for Parrot. Parrot provides its users with full transparency on the security of their data and has conducted numerous security audits on its products, both internally and by its customers.
SAFR Launches Version 3.4 Featuring Passive Liveness Detection & Anti-Spoofing
SAFR from RealNetworks announced a new version of SAFR, the world?s foremost facial recognition solution for live video, offering accurate, fast, unbiased face recognition and additional computer vision features. Available now, SAFR version 3.4 introduces new passive liveness detection and anti-spoofing features, for both masked and unmasked faces, to enhance security for face biometric authentication solutions. The new version also includes SMS watchlist alarms.