Enhanced Video Coverage ? Perfect Gift For The Holiday Season
During the holiday season, retailers enjoy increases in store traffic but for loss prevention (LP) managers increases in shoppers and temporary employees make this time of year more challenging. Through this influx of business (and beyond), the LP managers must deal with losses stemming from organized retail crime (ORC), employee theft, and shoplifting. Retail supply chains and online retailer distribution centers also come under greater pressure as more goods are being handled and shipped.
Mission 500 Service Trip To Ponce, Puerto Rico Brings Assistance To Families In Need
Mission 500 recently hosted a service trip in Ponce, Puerto Rico where volunteers from the professional security industry worked on repairing the homes of two families still suffering from the effects of hurricane Maria which caused $92 billion in damage in October of 2017. Volunteers spent several days repairing roofs, siding and plumbing; installing new windows; and removing trees capable of causing additional damage to the affected structures.
Maximizing Video Usage With Intelligent Traffic Management
Apart from its extensive use for physical security, there’s another application popping up for video data: intelligent traffic management (ITM). Being a critical component in the Smart City movement across the globe, ITM is aiding metropolitan areas in learning more about traffic patterns in order to make transportation more efficient and safe.
Going Beyond Security: Video In Today’s Classrooms
While video is critical to the security of K-12 schools and universities to help detect threats and investigate incidents, it is increasingly becoming a critical tool beyond protecting students, faculty, staff and assets. Going further than simply gathering footage, educational facilities are beginning to see the value in adding intelligent video software, such as analytics, to their arsenal. This results in an innovative approach to not only security, but also operations within a school.
Save The Date For Mission 500 Annual Softball Game
Mission 500 has announced that its fourth annual security industry softball game fundraiser will take place on Sunday, August 26, 2018. This year?s event will be held from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Overpeck County Park, located at 199 Challenger Road in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Sponsorships are available between $500 and $5,000. Companies contributing over $1,500 will have the option to designate one or two players to a team.
ONVIF Announces Winners From Open Source Spotlight Challenge
ONVIF® announced the winner of the first ever ONVIF Open Source Spotlight Challenge. The winning app, CAM X, submitted by Canada-based developer Liqiao Ying, offers an Artificial Intelligence-based object detection system that utilizes blockchain solutions for storing information obtained from ONVIF cameras. The two-month online challenge, offered in conjunction with BeMyApp, offered lucrative cash prizes for developers who use the protocol provided by ONVIF to create open source mobile or desktop applications for advanced video streaming.
Why AI And Machine Learning Are Taking Over The Security Industry
Open up any tech publication and you’ll find new and innovative ways that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are permeating every aspect of our lives. This week alone, one company announced that it was battling fraud using AI and another is analyzing Twitter feeds to find romantic matches. So why are AI and machine learning getting so much buzz in security?
New Hires And Promotions At Milestone Americas Support The Open Platform Community
Milestone Systems, the global leader for open platform IP video management software (VMS), continues to ensure ongoing expansions in its personnel. Milestone has a keen focus on supporting the success of its partner community, so the last several months have been busy with hiring new people to the company and rewarding well-deserved internal upward career moves. Some earlier ?family members? who had spread their wings to other areas of the industry have also returned to the Milestone home to ply their broadened expertise.
Are AR/VR The Next Tech Evolution In Security?
As part of my first column in a monthly series for Security.World, I want to look at the emerging technologies coming down the pipeline within the security industry —and beyond— and answer the burning questions: Will this change how we protect people? Can we achieve more protection with less equipment? How can AI influence the industry? Will these changes be good or bad overall? Tune in as I explore a wide range of topics in the coming months. While most of us are now familiar with and may have even experienced the fun and excitement of virtual reality (VR), there?s a newer, similar technology with a less immersive experience that may soon start impacting our everyday lives: augmented reality (AR).
Bosch, Dahua Technology USA & Milestone Systems Unveiled As Gold Sponsors Of Inaugural Event
PSA Security Network and the Security Industry Association (SIA) announced the roster of sponsors for the inaugural Cyber:Secured Forum, to be held June 4?6 in Denver, Colorado. Cyber:Secured Forum is a two-day intensive summit designed to provide systems integrators and security practitioners with concrete steps to improve and maintain the cybersecurity of integrated solutions and physical security systems. Industry leaders will come together on June 5 for a panel discussion on what it means to be a responsible cyber partner to the integrators and end users in the industry and what manufacturers are doing to ensure their products are cyber-hardened.
Keynote Speakers Announced For Cyber:Secured Forum
The Security Industry Association (SIA), PSA Security Network and ISC Security Events have announced the keynote speakers for the upcoming Cyber:Secured Forum – an event centered on how to improve and maintain the cybersecurity of integrated solutions and physical security systems.
Mission 500 Raises $113,000 For Children In Need At ISC West 2018
Mission 500, a charitable organization that works closely with the security industry to serve children in need in the U.S., raised $113,000 at its ninth annual Security 5K/2K Run/Walk and related sponsorships at this year?s ISC West. Proceeds from the event will benefit children in need in the U.S., with a portion donated to a project in Puerto Rico which benefits children living in poverty who have been affected by Hurricane Maria. While at ISC West, attendees assembled Mission 500 Care Packs for 500 children in need living in Las Vegas. This initiative was generously sponsored by HID Global.
SIA Welcomes New Chairman, Announces Executive Committee And New Board Members
The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomed a new Chairman and new Directors to the SIA Board of Directors during ISC West 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Security Industry Association is global security solution providers. SIA protects and advances its members? interests by advocating pro-industry policies and legislation at the federal and state levels; creating open industry standards that enable integration; advancing industry professionalism through education and training; opening global market opportunities; and collaboration with other like-minded organizations.
Arteco Expands Focus On Intelligent Solutions
Arteco has announced a wide range of intelligent solutions and integrations that propel the advanced capabilities of tomorrow?s security operations center (SOC). Video surveillance data is more in-demand than ever as organizations across the globe find new ways to leverage video information. Gaining rapid access to the most relevant video data when needed is critical to empowering quick response and informed business decisions. At this year’s ISC West, Arteco will showcase its expanded portfolio of intelligent capabilities, designed to ensure the security and business information organizations seek is available at their fingertips.
ONVIF Calls On Developers For Advanced Video Streaming Challenge
ONVIF® is announcing the ONVIF Open Source Spotlight Challenge, a technology competition to develop open source applications for innovative IP video streaming applications to help resolve global security issues. The two-month online challenge, offered in conjunction with BeMyApp, offers lucrative cash prizes for developers who use the protocol provided by ONVIF to create open source mobile or desktop applications for advanced video streaming that provides easy and secure authentication from all platforms.
IP Camera Market Worth Over $20 Billion By 2024
IP Camera Market size is set to exceed USD 20 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The shipments are poised to grow at over 25% CAGR from 2017 to 2024. Technological proliferation, ubiquity of internet connectivity and the demand for remote monitoring are expected to drive IP camera market growth over the forecast period. Advancement in technology such as 4K resolution, edge-based video analytics and penetration of H.265 high-efficiency video encoding is also poised to stimulate demand.
Agent Vi Launches Real-Time Anomaly Detection
Agent Video Intelligence announced the launch of its breakthrough Anomaly Detection capability, as part of Agent Vi?s cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS), innoVi™. Combining Agent Vi?s extensive research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and development of Deep Learning-powered algorithms with the company?s 15 years of experience in providing cutting-edge Video Analytics solutions, the new Anomaly Detection is a robust self-learning capability that instantly alerts users to atypical incidents.
SIA Establishes Women In Security Forum
The Security Industry Association, announced on International Women?s Day, the establishment of the SIA Women in Security Forum to support the participation of women in the security industry. Through programs, professional development and networking events, the committee will engage members, both men and women, who share this goal.
10 Technology Trends That Will Shape 2018
The pace of technological innovation is such that even the most fantastic of imagined futures seem like they could easily become reality. As existing technologies reach maturity, unforeseen developments arrive ever more quickly, and innovations make the leap from consumer applications to business (and vice versa) it?s imperative that we constantly seek to find those that have the potential to add value to our own business and those of our customers.
20 Most Promising Physical Security Technology Solution Providers – 2018
Physical security that was often a second thought weighing against information security, is entirely changing its pose today. With threats starting from people inside an organization to external entities, organizations across the globe struggle for managing their security posture day by day. To help CTOs, CIOs, and CEOs find the right Physical Security Technology solution provider, a distinguished selection panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs, VCs, industry analysts, and CIOReview?s editorial board has selected a list of Physical Security Technology solution providers that exhibit innovative technologies and strategies.