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DigiCert Solves Challenge of PKI Management with New IoT Device Manager

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 17, 2020 5:27 am Categories: Cloud, Product Focus. Tags: Brian Trzupek. DigiCert, IOT, PKI Management.

DigiCert IoT Device Manager

DigiCert helps companies provision and manage digital certificates at any point during the product lifecycle with the new release of the IoT Device Manager. Manufacturers can now embed certificates on chipsets prior to and during manufacturing, or directly to an edge device, for complete end-to-end device security. IoT Device Manager is built on DigiCert ONE, which enables rapid, automated PKI deployment as a customer-managed, on-premises or cloud solution, or managed by DigiCert for any environment.

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Stop Retail Pushout Theft

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 17, 2020 1:49 am Categories: Retail, Technologies. Tags: Joe Budano, Retail Pushout.

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.

Hanwha?s Top 5 Video Surveillance Trends for 2021

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 16, 2020 2:00 pm Categories: Cloud, Cyber Security, Surveillance. Tags: hanwha techwin, Video Surveillance Trends.

Hanwha’s Top 5 Video Surveillance Trends for 2021

Hanwha Techwin announced its top five key trend predictions for the security industry in 2020. They include AI moving to the edge, open platforms, cloud, cybersecurity, and privacy. Increased computing power along with improved AI algorithms are driving the trend towards AI and machine learning to be run on IoT devices instead of expensive and resource-hungry on-premises data servers. Next-generation security edge devices will be able to serve as sensors for detecting video data, radar, thermal imaging, and more.

Dahua Technology Releases FACT Series Face Recognition Access Control Terminal

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 15, 2020 4:19 am Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: Access Control, Dahua Technology, face recognition, FACT series.

Dahua FACT

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.

Physical Security Integration: Unlocking its Full Potential

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 15, 2020 4:10 am Categories: Critical Information. Tags: BTI Communications, Del Williams, Eric Brackett.

Del Williams

For any operation with assets needing to be protected from theft or vandalism ?such as car dealerships, truck fleets, equipment rental companies, or contractor lots? fully integrating the latest capabilities of physical security and access control systems can drive down costs significantly. This ?virtual? approach combines video surveillance, access control, and information technology (IT) integration to replace many of the functions of in-person security personnel.

Physical Security Interoperability Alliance Newsletter

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 11, 2020 7:22 am Categories: Technologies, Video Analytics. Tags: David Bunzel, PSIA, Virtual PLAI Experience.

Virtual PLAI Experience

The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) created a video based on the Virtual PLAI Experience, an event held in May of this year, which included eight companies showing interoperability and exchange of identity information relying on the PLAI specification. The video combines step-by-step animation of how the specification works with actual interactive footage of PLAI technology in operation.

Milestone Marketplace Helps Customers Explore Unmatched Possibilities to Extend Their Video Solutions

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 11, 2020 7:16 am Categories: VMS Software. Tags: COVID19, Kenneth Hune Petersen, Milestone Marketplace.

Milestone Marketplace

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.

Genetec Shares Results of Survey on the State of the Physical Security Industry During Pandemic

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:45 am Categories: Cyber Security, Technologies. Tags: Christian Morin, Cybersecurity, genetec, Pervez Siddiqui.

Genetec shared the results of a state of the industry report based on insights from over 1,000 physical security leaders. The report looks at how the physical security industry is reacting to the threat of COVID-19, how security professionals are coping, and how day-to-day operations and plans are affected for the coming year. Not surprisingly, the survey reveals that COVID-19 has led to a focus on security efforts to ensure the safety of people and facilities.

Pivot3 Simplifies Design, Deployment and Scaling of Intelligent Video Analytics

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:40 am Categories: Video Analytics. Tags: BriefCam, NVIDIA, PIVOT3, video analytics, Yogev Wallach.

Pivot3 announced the addition of HCI appliances to the Pivot3 HCI portfolio purpose-built for running and utilizing intelligent video analytics at scale. In conjunction with these new solutions, Pivot3 has also developed a reference architecture for deploying industry leading video content analytics platform BriefCam on Pivot3 infrastructure. The new Pivot3 solutions and reference architecture are designed to ensure that organizations can extract the full value of insights from their mission-critical videos.

ISS Partners with Captis Intelligence to Launch Automatic Subject Intelligence

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:36 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: Captis Intelligence, Daniel Mariño, ISS, Kirk Brown.

ISS Captis 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

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:33 am Categories: Access Control, VMS Software. Tags: Ari Robinson, Jeffrey Swaim, Ocularis 6.0, Qognify.

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.

New Synergy Features Make it Easier to Manage More Data

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:29 am Categories: Solutions, Surveillance. Tags: Dan Noble, Synectics, Synergy.

Synectics, with the latest release of its Synergy software platform, is enabling organisations to monitor and manage increasing volumes of critical real-time data across their surveillance and security networks. New features such as enhanced mapping, system configuration, and edge recording mean that customers can save time, money, and resources while enhancing their safety and security operations.

Interface Shares its top Security Industry Predictions for 2021

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:22 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: COVID-19, Interface Security Systems.

2021 could prove to be almost as turbulent for the security industry as 2020. In the earlier part of the year, we expect the industry will continue to grapple with the fallout from COVID-19 with possible disruptions to the equipment supply chain. However, assuming we can keep our critical workforce healthy and an effective vaccine is successfully deployed in Q2, the situation could improve very quickly.

SALTO?s XS4 One Deadlatch Brings Electronic Access Control to Storefront

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 10, 2020 3:06 am Categories: Access Control. Tags: Deadlatch, SALTO XS4 One.

SALTO XS4

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.

Digital Defense Discloses Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in D-Link VPN Routers

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 8, 2020 9:00 am Categories: Corporate News, Customer Implementations. Tags: D-LINK, Digital Defense, VPN Routers.

COVID cyber security

Digital Defense announced that its Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) uncovered a previously undisclosed vulnerability affecting D-Link VPN routers. D-Link DSR-150, DSR-250, DSR-500 and DSR-1000AC VPN routers running firmware version 3.14 and 3.17 are vulnerable to a remotely exploitable root command injection flaw. These devices are commonly available on consumer websites/ecommerce sites such as Amazon, Best Buy, Office Depot and Walmart.

Dahua Full-color AI Solution Makes the Night as Colorful as the Day

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 8, 2020 5:39 am Categories: IP Cameras, Technologies. Tags: Dahua, FUll-color AI Solution, IR camera.

Dahua Full color

As AI technology is increasingly applied in the security industry, intelligent video analytics has become a sought-after surveillance feature for a variety of scenarios, especially outdoor scenes or environments with extreme low-light condition at night. To satisfy users? intelligent analysis needs for different targets under low-light conditions, Dahua Technology utilizes its sophisticated AI algorithm advantages and combines its full-color performance improvements with high-accuracy detection.

Arcules Expands Operations Across Latin America

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 8, 2020 5:35 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Arcules, Glenn Patrizio, LAR Group, Nigel Waterton.

Arcules

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.

Senstar Appoints Alain Grinbaum as Senior Sales Director for West Europe and Middle East

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 8, 2020 5:29 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Alain Grinbaum, Fabien Haubert, Senstar.

Senstar

Senstar is pleased to introduce Alain Grinbaum as Senior Sales Director. Based in Paris, France, Mr. Grinbaum has assumed direct responsibility for Senstar?s sales functions in that country, as well as Italy, Benelux, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and the Middle East. Mr. Grinbaum brings a strong security background to Senstar, spending several years as an entrepreneur in the industry, as well as holding senior roles with Aasset Security and Hanwha Techwin Europe.

STANLEY Security Releases 2021 Industry Trends Report

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 8, 2020 5:03 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Matthew Kushner, STANLEY Security.

STANLEY industry trends report 2021

STANLEY Security released its ?2021 Industry Trends Report.? The second annual report includes survey data from over 2,400 decision-makers across the globe, as well as insights from security leaders on what trends, challenges and opportunities may impact organizations in 2021. Kushner and 10 other leaders across STANLEY Security share more about their outlook on the security industry within the 2021 Industry Trends Report.

Qognify Launches the Control Room Update (R16) of its Cayuga VMS

Posted by Jay Bartlett December 8, 2020 4:50 am Categories: VMS Software. Tags: Carsten Eckstein, Cayuga VMS, Qognify Control Room R16.

Qognify

Qognify announced the launch of the Cayuga R16 video management system. The latest update focuses on improvements for the beating heart of large physical security environments ? the Control Room. Cayuga R16 makes it easier for security staff to react, with new features and functionality including Advanced Maps, Patrol in Tiles and Dynamic Camera Layouts, delivering a more comprehensive overview in real-time ? allowing for quicker response and thus reducing the impact of incidents.