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Securitas has announced the creation of a new specialist team which will play a vital role in driving forward the security firm’s strategy to integrate traditional guarding solutions with evolving technologies. A new technology team —under the direction of Chief Technology Officer (CTO)— brings with it a specialist technical knowledge that didn?t previously exist within the business.

TeleEye would like to present their award winning mobile DVR, specifically designed for securing the safety of public and transit vehicles applications. The RX538, equipped with TeleEye’s cutting edge technology […]

SecurityHive Comment: The utilization of video technology —a dash-cam in this case— is rapidly becoming a knowledge tool highlighting inappropriate actions and blatant abuse of power, which has a direct impact on society. Police dashcam video shows a Texas state trooper tried to pull Sandra Bland out of her car, then drew his stun gun and threatened her after the woman who authorities say later killed herself in a jail cell refused to follow his orders.

Milestone Systems open platform IP video management software (VMS) is being used by Faxaports, The Associated Icelandic Ports, to optimize security, handling cargo and securing ships against immigrant stowaways. Faxaports include Iceland?s main ports for export and import, moving thousands of containers annually to and from international destinations. The majority of all goods imported to the country pass through Faxaports? harbors, and the number of ships are increasing every year.

THE STRATECH GROUP OF COMPANIES is pleased to announce that it has secured a key contract for its flagship iFerret™ intelligent Vision system, which will pave the way for it to advance further into the US commercial airfield surveillance market. The contract was jointly won with Stratech?s US partner, Organizational Strategies, Inc. (OSI) of McLean, VA. OSI is a US Federally qualified small business that has been working in aviation, aviation engineering and with the FAA for over a decade.

3xLOGIC, Inc., a leading provider of integrated intelligent security solutions, announced the release of its new VIGIL™ V250 Series NVRs.
VIGIL V250 Series NVRs come with either 4- or 8-port embedded PoE switches, are pre-configured with VIGIL VMS software and have 2TB and 4TB storage, respectively. These NVRs offer full integration with a wide variety of data sources including Point-of-sale (POS), ATM, access control, alarms, and audio devices, and provide both audio and video verification of events and robust reporting with automated notifications.

Oncam, the security division of Oncam Technologies and leading provider of 360-degree camera technology, announced today the appointment of Justin Wheatley as Vice President of Product Management. In this role, Wheatley will ensure Oncam?s products are clearly and strongly defined, understood and represented in the marketplace, as well as developed to meet the evolving needs of customers in a wide variety of markets.

Mexico?s bloody gangland warfare has cost an estimated 80,000 lives since 2006 and the escape of Joaqu

This is a research note form Blake Kozak, principal analyst for Security and Building Technologies at IHS Inc., discussing the global growth and penetration of electronic locks into the access […]

CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Earwicker to Chief Software Architect. Earwicker will be responsible for identifying the architectural direction for CNL Software’s IPSecurityCenter™ PSIM solution as well as the day-to-day management and support of company?s development team.

With the new Commercial Series, Bosch again raises the bar in intrusion detection, delivering the perfect blend of price and performance for small to midsized commercial applications. Like the rest of the portfolio, the new detectors provide excellent catch performance, minimize false alarms, and offer unique features to ensure accurate and reliable performance while significantly reducing installation time and complexity.

As video cameras become smaller and more robust, they are starting to show up almost everywhere in daily life: for leisure, business and emergency service use. The footage captured by ?dash cams? during police activities has proven to be a valuable asset, so much so that many police officers are starting to wear body cams for the same reasons. All these cameras create a substantial amount of data that forces the need to manage, maintain, and protect as this data maybe recalled as evidence. It needs to be ?tamper proof? to protect the integrity of the content.

The Encinitas Union School District recently terminated a contract that would have given students the option of logging into their district-issued iPads via facial recognition technology. An online petition called for the end of the contract because of privacy concerns over iPad biometrics ? facial scans ? authenticating students.

New from Sperry West, a very special outdoor camera. The left side is a real flood light which can be used in conjunction with this camera or simply turned off. The right side is a concealed video camera along with an infrared array which can illuminate a scene up to 45 feet away.

The tenth terrorist plot to be thwarted since the beginning of the year might easily have been a replay of the Boston Marathon bombing, except that the mentally ill young man plotting the attack had been under surveillance since September of 2014. The suspect, who is the 23-year-old son of the Boston Police captain who turned him in, was charged with the plot by Federal authorities in a statement released on July 13th. Inspired by ISIS and following the example of the Tsarnaev brothers, the man had already purchased a pressure cooker and was planning to attack a college campus when he was arrested.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Smart Security Market 2015-2019” report to their offering. The global smart security market to grow at a CAGR of 18.59% over the period 2014-2019. This report also provides a forecast and analysis of end-users, such as residential users, commercial sector, utility sector, and government sector.

QNAP? Systems, Inc. today announced the new VioStor NVR firmware QVR 5.1, reinforcing the QVR Client for video monitoring without needing a browser plug-in and introducing a PC-less system configuration through HDMI, Qdewarp function with fisheye dewarp technology, virtual camera settings, region-of-interest (ROI) mode, customizable viewing layouts, dual recording support, and much more.

The headlines are swimming with stories about the security challenges surrounding the Internet of Things. For many, though, it’s still an amorphous concept, with a bewildering array of device categories, connected in staggering numbers. This October, SecTor and Tripwire will help people get to grips with it.

Connected home device makers can already see the guts of future products that will use the Thread wireless protocol. Now’s a good time to get those going, judging from a new Internet of Things forecast. The Thread Group released its specification for low-power mesh networks on Tuesday, and two companies that helped to develop the spec have already announced components based on it.

Radio Physics, creator of the MiRTLE? standoff threat detection system, today announced the release of the MiRTLE 10, a handheld version of their longer range MiRTLE 30. MiRTLE’s ground breaking threat detection capability can now be used in fixed, portable and handheld formats to scan for threats in areas that were previously unreachable.