Suprema Extends Access Control With XPass D2 Series RFID Readers

XPass D2 RFID Reader

Suprema has announced the launch of XPass D2 series RF card readers. The XPass card readers a redesigned to lend extended capability, design flexibility and cost-effectiveness to the CoreStation package, Suprema’s enterprise access control solution. XPass D2 series are compact and outdoor-ready, with rugged IP67/IK08 housings, optimized for CoreStation-based centralized access control. he readers are BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and NFC compliant, for use with Suprema’s BioStar Mobile Card.

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Wavestore Introduces v6.12 Of Its Video Management Software

Wavestore has launched v6.12, as part of an ongoing programme to introduce ease of setup features alongside other important new innovations that deliver true value to users. Wavestore v6.12 provide system integrators with the ability to apply even more camera settings directly via Wavestore?s GUI, without having to enter individual camera set-up screens. In addition, with the help of an easy on the eye summary screen and with just a simple click of a button, users can now see the status of all cameras installed across their entire site in the form of thumbnails, to quickly identify camera positioning or potential issues, such as video loss.

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BCDVideo: Dividends of Decency

In Donald Lee Sheppard?s recent book, Dividends of Decency: How Values-Based Leadership will Help Business Flourish, the author muses about how a company’s ethics, decency, and trust by its leaders effect the success of the company and the impact it has in our overall society. Within our own physical security industry, there is a company —and its founder— that also abides by what too many may consider “old fashion” business tactics. Ethics, trust, and confidence are not just words painted on a poster and hung in the corporate lobby for visitors to read at BCDVideo.

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Dallmeier Presents VideoNetBox 3, The Video Security Solution For SMBs

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Dallmeier presents VideoNetBox 3, the easy to deploy, plug-and-play video security solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). For small and medium-sized businesses, it is particularly important that video security solutions are easy to install and smooth to operate. Precisely for this target group, Dallmeier offers VideoNetBox 3 which can be configured quickly and simply as a complete video security solution for up to 16 HD video streams.

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Camden’s New Guide Makes Electric Strike Installation Easy!

Camden Installer Guide cover

Camden Door Controls is pleased to introduce their newest Installation Guide – Camden?s Guide for Electric Strikes. This technical resource provides dealers and integrators with the essential information they need to know to select the correct type and model of electric strike for their application. Camden’s Installers Guide to Electric Strikes provides an in-depth but easily understood explanation of the major issues that need to be considered when selecting the right electric strike.

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Suprema ID To Showcase World’s First Machine Learning Based Fingerprinting Technology

Suprema ID at ID4Africa

Suprema ID announced that it will unveil the world’s first fingerprint scanners featuring machine learning based Live Fingerprint Detection (LFD) technology at the ID4Africa 2018 exhibition in Abuja, Nigeria on April 24-26. RealScan-G10 and RealScan-D, Suprema’s best-selling fingerprint enrollment scanners, provide new levels of anti-spoof security equipped with the world’s first machine learning based LFD technology.

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Connect ONE – It?s All You Need

Security dealers and integrators don?t have the time or money to wade through dozens of security platforms and programs from various manufacturers. Think about all the training necessary for support, sales and technicians required when using multiple management platforms. It can become overwhelming. The single solution to meet the needs for all your customers and projects in every market vertical is Connect ONE® from Connected Technologies, LLC. Cloud-hosted Connect ONE is the complete package, and an enabling technology for managed services and new monthly recurring revenue streams.

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Johnson Controls Offers Cost-effective, Next Generation IP Video Solutions

Holis NVR Cameras

Johnson Controls announces the next generation of its affordable IP video solution anchored by 4-and 8-channel Holis network video recorders (NVRs) and 2MP Illustra Essentials IP cameras. A reliable surveillance solution for many small and mid-size deployments, the Holis NVRs support up to 1080p resolution cameras at an economical price while offering a high level of video quality. The easy-to-use recorders allow users to search, record, zoom and export data.

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New SPC Connect Features Target Greater Installer Communication Power

Vanderbilt announced the release of SPC Connect 2.6. SPC Connect is a hosted cloud-based solution designed for installers to monitor, manage, and maintain SPC panels remotely from any location. The latest features revolve around creating an ecosystem for installers and system users that will allow them to work together better. The feature is highly refined, with installers having the choice of which system users receive the message, such as panel managers.

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Kapustein Joins Aiphone As Meeting Event & Trade Show Planner

Kimberly Kapustein has joined Aiphone, the leading international manufacturer of intercom and entry security products, as the company?s meeting event and trade show planner. She will be responsible for strategic event planning including the management and coordination of all trade shows and meetings. She will also handle promotional products for Aiphone events. Kapustein?s strong background in strategic event planning and trade show management fits well with Aiphone?s current direction.

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Teleste Introduces S-AWARE

Teleste Corporation will launch a new solution for situational awareness and incident management at Securex 2018 in Poland. The solution, called S-AWARE®, has been designed to expand the scope of traditional security and operations control systems by harnessing them with a new layer of data analytics and intelligence. The solution provides operating personnel with a powerful tool to sharpen their decision-making process by taking advantage of versatile types of data from a variety of sources.

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Police Use Drones For Security At Coachella Festival

Coachella Festival 2018

In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre last year, the police are increasing security at this year?s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with the help of drones. This year the festival enjoys a larger footprint and is expected to receive 125,000 visitors daily. Drones will provide extra sets of eyes in the sky and will also be able to reach any area of the festival much faster than officials on the ground. In line with the FAA rules, the drones will not be flown over the crowds.

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Gemalto To Protect 5G Next Generation Networks From Cyber-attacks

Gemalto announced it is bolstering protection against cyber-attacks for the new generation of cloud-based virtualized networks being planned and deployed with Intel® technology. This new initiative combines the Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) trusted enclave(1), deployed in the company?s industry-leading cloud server CPUs, with Gemalto?s advanced SafeNet Data Protection On Demand security software services to create a robust processor-level security solution for virtualized networks.

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Orchestra: The First Ever Digital Identity Management Platform Certified In Privacy By Design

Orchestra and Privacy By Design logos

Orchestra is now Privacy by Design certified by the Privacy by Design Centre for Excellence at Ryerson University (CA), the world?s leading authority in Data Privacy. This certification is a premiere in the Identity Management world as well as Travel & Border Control segments, with immediate effect since 4th April 2018, as a proof that Vision-Box highly prioritizes security and privacy of citizen information.

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abode Systems Receives Majority Stake Investment From Nice S.p.A.

Abode and Nice logos

abode systems announces a strategic investment from Nice S.p.A. Through the transaction, which was public as of Friday, April 13 and reported to the Italian stock exchange, Nice will acquire 75% of abode systems with the remaining stock held by abode founders. Abode was originally founded in 2014 by former ADT executive Christopher Carney and launched on Kickstarter in 2015. The home security startup combined professional-grade security with desirable and popular smart home features and a powerful home automation engine to create what is now a well-developed smart home security space.

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Oncam Adds Outdoor Model To Its Unique Evolution 180 Range

Oncam announced the availability of the Evolution 180 Outdoor model to its 180-degree camera portfolio, adding to the indoor version introduced earlier this year. The technology builds upon the experience and heritage of the company’s 360-degree video and intelligence solutions to meet the needs of customers in a variety of markets that require an outdoor-ready wall-mounted camera with Panoramic+ views from a single fisheye sensor.

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ISC West 2018 Concludes As The Biggest Show To-Date

ISC West 2018

ISC West sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), the largest converged security event of the year, experienced it?s biggest and most successful year to-date. This year ISC West offered over 85 sessions throughout the SIA Education@ISC program, spanning a range of topics that impact security professionals across physical, IT and IoT security – from biometrics to drones to leadership skills. Some of the most highly-attended sessions were Access Control and Video in the Cloud, The Evolution of Credentials and their Use in the IT, OT, and Physical Security Environment, Connected Home – The Future is Now, and The Future of Physical Security: The Decade Ahead.

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NTT Brings Global Insight To Latest NIST Framework

NTT Security is discussing the National Institute of Standards and Technology?s (NIST) updated Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and the ISO framework to help security professionals gain a better grasp on how to harmonize frameworks and manage risk. The company?s firsthand knowledge of the new NIST framework emanates from Shinichi Yokohama, Head of Cyber Security Integration at NTT Corporation, who played a significant role in making recommendations for the new proposed guidelines.

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Uniview Technology Bolsters NVR Portfolio With Enterprise Level Recorders

Uniview Technology introduces three new enterprise level Network Video Recorders loaded with features and high performance to handle most any video recording application. The foundation of each new NVR is H.265 compression for the best-in-class recording and storage performance, continuing the tradition of adding value and intelligence to the growing uniview tec portfolio. In addition, the NVR?s are cloud upgradable, automatically detecting the latest firmware and alerting the end user to upgrade.

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New VIZpin Case Study: Advenir Living Apartment Communities

VIZpin recently released a case study, ?VIZpin eliminates unauthorized access issues and reduces resident complaints for Advenir Living property managers?. The study details the challenges property managers faced at two multi-family apartment communities in Florida, and how they addressed them by installing VIZpin?s smartphone-based access control solution. Both Biscayne Shores, a North Miami community of 240 units, and Advenir Polos East, an East Orlando community of 308 units, were using outdated access solutions that would be costly to update.

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