Canada – Netherlands Biometric Program Will Facilitate Paperless Cross-border Travel

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Vision-Box and partners have signed an agreement to officially launch the “Known Traveler Digital Identity” service, which will facilitate paperless border clearance between Canada and The Netherlands. The program will allow travelers flying between the two countries to enjoy a seamless journey, whereby a simple face scan will be enough to identify the passengers boarding a plane at departure, and to clear immigration on arrival.

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Delta Scientific DSC501 Prevents 2 Vehicle Attacks 8 Days Apart at Naval Station

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Delta Scientific announced that, on June 3, 2019, when a man couldn’t produce credentials at Mayport Naval Station, he gunned his engine and attempted to enter. The security staff activated Delta DSC501 to pop out of the ground. The vehicle crashed into it and was brought to a standstill. The violator was taken to the hospital and died two days later. Eight days later, on June 11, a man, driving a Ford F-350 truck, also tried to get on base.

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PureTech Systems Awarded Contract for PureActiv Software

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PureTech Systems announces it has been awarded a multiple site contract for the deployment of its PureActiv Geospatial Video Analytics and Sensor Integration Command and Control software. The system will provide wide-area perimeter protection at multiple electric power generation plants in the United States. This award follows extensive multi-year testing of its system to prove the ability to reliably detect challenging perimeter breaches by adversaries.

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Cobalt Robotics Secures Series B Funding with Coatue

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Cobalt Robotics announced that it has raised $35 million in Series B financing. The financing was led by global technology investment firm, Coatue, and is intended for geographic expansion of services throughout the domestic United States. Security robots are an innovative new tool within the industry that enhance security programs by bridging the gap between traditional technologies and services such as cameras, access control, and manned guards.

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Boon Edam Publishes Whitepaper on Advanced Data Available from High Security Entrances

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Boon Edam Inc., published a whitepaper for security professionals. Titled ?The Advanced Analytics of Security Entrances?, the whitepaper provides information and guidance about the data that can be extracted from security entrances. By delivering important insights into user traffic at the entry and in some cases, predictive metrics on the potential for a breach, this data provides higher value than traditional swinging or sliding doors and access control systems alone.

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Rekor Systems Selected by Nokia to Provide Automatic License Plate Reader Software as Part of Nokia?s Analytics Solutions

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Rekor Systems, announced it has been selected by Nokia to provide automatic license plate reader (ALPR) solutions. Rekor?s solutions, powered by artificial intelligence-based OpenALPR software, will be offered to Nokia?s worldwide customer-base for use within Nokia smart city offerings. Nokia has applications that help utilities, transportation, logistics, and other public and private entities analyze real-time video streams for site surveillance, inspection, public safety, and more.

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Major Study of Cybersecurity Operations Professionals Reveals Heavy Workload, Lack of Maturity in Four out of Five Businesses

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Siemplify released the 2019 Security Operations Maturity Report, revealing critical insights and trends into the state of SecOps, from size and structure of programs to key challenges and growth initiatives. The report is based on a survey of more than 250 security operations practitioners working at enterprises and managed security service providers (MSSPs), who were asked to assess a litany of subjects related to their responsibilities, impediments and needs.

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PureTech Systems awarded contract to protect Electric Power Generation Sites with PureActiv

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PureTech Systems announces it has been awarded a multiple site contract for the deployment of its PureActiv Geospatial Video Analytics and Sensor Integration Command and Control software. The system will provide wide-area perimeter protection at multiple electric power generation plants in the United States. This award follows extensive multi-year testing of its system to prove the ability to reliably detect challenging perimeter breaches by adversaries.

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TRENDnet Adds ERPS to Industrial Managed Network Switches

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TRENDnet has announced it has added Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) support to its line of industrial managed network switches, available through a free firmware upgrade. ERPS is an advanced form of ring topology which links networks together for redundancy while protecting data flow. ERPS essentially functions in the same manner as Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) or Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). The main difference between the three is the recovery time.

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exacqVision v19.06 Offers Automatic Video Transfer Saving Time for Administrators

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Johnson Controls introduces exacqVision VMS v19.06, with updates that include automatic transfer of video after a server failover, a new access control integration, support for ONVIF network loss recording, improved motion zone configuration and enhanced network security for mobile app users. The latest version of exacqVision offers Enterprise Manager customers a more robust failover solution. In a failover scenario, transferring recordings from a spare NVR to the primary is critical.

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1st Forensic Science-Based Security System Installed in New York State

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The first forensic science-based crime prevention system in New York State was installed at luxury Swiss watch manufacturer, Richard Mille. The technology, the Intruder Spray System from SelectaDNA, utilizes forensic science to reduce burglary, robbery and high-value theft by a documented range of 40 to 86 percent. The cutting-edge technology was installed at the flagship boutique, located on ?Billionaire?s Row? on 57th Street in Manhattan.

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BH Management and ADT Partner to Bring Innovative Smart Home Technology to New Multi-family Units

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ADT announced a new partnership with BH Management Services to offer smart technology integration and convenience services. Through the partnership with ADT, BH Management Services will outfit residences with ADT security, automated smart door locks, and smart thermostats. ADT?s smart technology is coupled with enterprise-scale property automation software provided by Point Central. ADT monitoring services will be included as a portion of monthly rent charges.

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Optimizing Video Data Storage in a Virtualized Environment ? Intro to SCRIBE

BCDVideo?s Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Video Surveillance (HCI-VS), powered by Scale Computing, utilizes the Scale Computing Reliable Independent Block Engine (SCRIBE) embedded in each node to manage all storage as one logical pool. The real benefits of SCRIBE come from the intelligent distribution of blocks redundantly across the cluster to maximize availability and performance for each virtual machine.

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Arecont Vision Costar Welcomes GT Reps

Costar announces the addition of GT Reps, LLC to its Authorized Manufacturer?s Representative Program. GT Reps will deliver pre-sales support across the US Great Lakes Region, which includes the states of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Indiana. GT Reps is a manufacturer?s representative agency based in Avon Lake, Ohio. The company brings strong knowledge of emerging standards and technology improvements to assist and guide customers.

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New DW 5MP Universal HD over Coax Video Surveillance Products Now Shipping

DW? announces the release of our new 5MP complete Universal HD over Coax? surveillance solution. The new products include 5MP Star-Light Plus? color in ultra-low-light UHDoC cameras, VMAX? A1 Plus? UHDoC digital video recorders (DVR) and C3? CMS, a brand new remote management software for DW?s VMAX A1 Plus? DVRs and VMAX IP Plus? NVRs. The complete solution and individual products are ideal for users looking to discover new ROI.

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iluminar Joins Forces with Professional Sales Representatives for Western U.S. Region

iluminar is excited to announce its partnership with Professional Sales Representatives (PSR) to increase the company?s services and sales presence with customers across the western United States. PSR is an independent sales agency operating in the 13 western states and Guam. Their associates bring many years of field sales experience in the security marketplace as well as the audio/video, low voltage, fire and life safety industries.

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HID Global Helps Put ID Cards and Documents into the Hands of Millions Throughout Africa

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The latest additions to HID Global?s portfolio address the challenges African nations face in issuing credentials to remote locations while also serving high-volume needs of large metropolitan areas. The company?s HID FARGO Connect solution enables ID cards to be issued from anywhere and any device via a web interface in a trusted environment, changing the paradigm for governments whose citizens live in distant, hard-to-reach locations with limited infrastructure.

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Avigilon Blue Cloud Video Security Platform Launches in UK

For Avigilon Partners, the Avigilon Blue cloud service platform provides an easy-to-install, cloud-based video security solution with features and capabilities that allows them to remotely monitor and manage more sites with fewer resources. Partners can easily monitor the health of customer sites, update configurations and deploy system updates, all remotely. The Avigilon Blue solution is ideal for small and medium-size businesses and distributed enterprises.

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Percepto Launches Next Generation Drone-in-a-Box at IFSEC

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Percepto launched the next generation of its AI-powered autonomous industrial Drone-in-a-Box (DIB). Available now, the solution includes a highly portable, smaller, lighter-weight and extreme weather resistant base station. Adding field-proven 5G compatibility, the new DIB also features seamless integration of 2D mapping and 3D modeling, highly customized reporting, comprehensive compliance and enhanced safety functions.

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Keri Systems Announces the Release of Neutron

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Keri Systems Inc. announces the release of ‘Neutron,” an economical, single-door, mini controller created for smaller systems. Neutron can handle both “in” and “out” readers, using Keri’s exit readers in parallel with our standard NXT readers. Eight Neutron controllers can be connected together via time-tested RS-485 communications. Neutron is designed to exclusively run on Keri’s simplified graphical interface, Visual Doors, yet carries nearly the same powerful features as our NXT controllers.

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