BriefCam announced the appointment of Gil Briman as its Chief Executive Officer. Briman joins the organization to build upon BriefCam?s momentum delivering the best-in-class video analytics platform. As CEO, Briman will focus on driving the company strategy to help organizations transform video into actionable intelligence through BriefCam?s innovative and comprehensive video content analytics platform. Briman has 27 years of experience leading global technology companies.
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Do you suffer from selfie anxiety? If so, you?re not alone. According to our survey, 34% of people in the UK and US class themselves as having selfie anxiety – either they don?t know how to take a selfie, or they don?t like how they look in them, or they just don?t like taking pictures of themselves. In fact, 63% of the people we surveyed said that they don?t like how they look on mobile video calls, which is selfie anxiety in all but name.
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Hanwha Techwin America announced that Army and Navy Academy, a college preparatory military boarding school in California has upgraded its security infrastructure with Hanwha security cameras. Located on a 23-acre beach-front property, the school is home to more than 300 students and employs more than 140 faculty and staff members. The Academy developed a strategic plan that focused on supporting the long-term success of their cadets.
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LenelS2 announced the release of LenelS2 NetBox Version 5.3 access control software that brings complete BlueDiamond
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Integrators affected by project delays or cancellations in their established markets are looking to diversify their customer portfolios. A recent analysis released online highlights sectors that will offer significant prospects for new video installations and system upgrades, as customers look to expand, to drive efficiency, or to introduce COVID-safe site control measures. Opportunities also abound in the education sector; video surveillance is a cost-effective solution for schools considering ways to leverage their existing surveillance investment.
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Suprema announces the introduction of the FaceStation F2 Fusion Multimodal Terminal. The new multimodal biometric solution delivers exceptional authentication accuracy and anti-spoofing performance by the fusion of visual and infrared face recognition technology. The FaceStation F2 can also be combined with Suprema Thermal Camera to detect users with high skin temperature, and features mask detection capabilities to help prevent the spread of infectious viruses such as COVID-19.
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Click Armor announced the launch of its game-based social engineering training module for its gamified security awareness training platform. Designed to protect organizations from potentially catastrophic data breaches, the module teaches employees how to deal with common threat scenarios through hands-on training in a dynamic, fun and competitive environment. Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.
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Omnitron introduced its next generation of OmniConverter 10Gigabit Ethernet switch products with Power over Ethernet (PoE) up to 100W. The new compact 10Gigabit 6 and 10-port Ethernet switches feature managed and unmanaged models with two (2) Small Form Pluggable (SFP) 10Gigabit fibre-optic uplink ports and four (4) or Eight (8) 10/100/1Gigabit copper Ethernet access ports with no PoE or with the IEEE 802.3af/at/bt standard-based 30, 60 or 100Watts PoE per port.
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Boon Edam announced that NC State University in Raleigh, NC, has installed new turnstiles as part of a major renovation of their D. H. Hill Library. Founded in 1887 as a public, land-grant, research university and part of the University of North Carolina system, NC State is the largest university in the Carolinas. The university is home to two libraries: the D. H. Hill Jr. Library on the North Campus and the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus.
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3xLOGIC announced release of the latest iteration of its highly-popular VIGIL Server Software, version 11.5. VIGIL Server software, now 64-bit, is the core around which all other 3xLOGIC applications are built. The Easy Setup Wizard guides installation, so you?re up and running in minutes. VIGIL Server utilizes proprietary 3xLOGIC RapidStream Technology and Substream Motion Detection capabilities to provide high resolution over low bandwidth networks.
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Interface Security Systems announced it is expanding its Interactive Remote Video Monitoring services with a new highly-affordable Virtual Security Guard Monitoring package designed specifically for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises with moderate security challenges. With installation costs starting at just $2,500, companies are now able to protect their employees, customers, and assets with the help of trained security professionals monitoring their premises with live video and two-way audio.
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Unisys Corporation announced a relationship with Inspire Health Alliance to support Inspire?s offer of real-time COVID-19 registration, testing and access control that is both cost-effective and scalable to organizations of any size. The solution combines content from Inspire and Unisys for companies looking to bring their employees back to work, and students, faculty, and staff back to schools. The portable, point-of-care testing machines, along with licensed healthcare administrators, are capable of administering both COVID-19 antibody and antigen tests, with test results available in under 15 minutes.
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The current global pandemic presents businesses and institutions with an array of new challenges beyond security. Businesses and organizations must now implement protocols and address logistical, commercial, and security hurdles. The panel discussion will feature professionals from key frontline industries affected by the pandemic, including end-users from municipality management and healthcare. Milestone Systems announced a webinar panel discussion of safety and security professionals.
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SALTO Systems and BioCote have added antimicrobial technology to the new SALTO Neo Cylinder Range. As a result, SALTO and BioCote offer buildings increased protection against microbes to support a cleaner and more hygienic environment. The new SALTO Neo Cylinder is a compact smart door lock cylinder equipped with state-of-the-art wireless access control design technology. It is designed to provide smarter building management and can be installed on doors where fitting an electronic escutcheon is not normally possible or required.
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While access control is a fundamental element of security in higher education, many aging access control systems urgently need to be upgraded, according to a survey of 1,800 higher education security and IT professionals conducted by Genetec and HID Global. While organizations are ready to embrace new technology, they are looking to go ?beyond the door? and integrate with other security and operations systems. The survey shows that 33.76% of readers, 30.6% of controllers, and 24% of software are more than six years old.
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Oncam announced the introduction of its powerful and compact C-Series and the first two cameras of this line, the C-12 Indoor and the C-12 Outdoor Plus, both featuring a 12MP sensor and powered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Designed to support mission-critical video surveillance and security deployments, the Oncam C-Series provides the performance, resilience, scalability, and ease of use required of advanced 360-degree fisheye solutions.
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Alcatraz has released a key mask detection feature that can help businesses in states across the country abide by mandated mask requirements while preserving physical security processes. As the country has experienced increasing COVID-19 cases, dozens of states ?including California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania? are now requiring the use of facemasks as businesses and individuals return to work and commerce. Mask mandates can dictate that individuals must wear masks in any public building, on transportation, and even outdoors.
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Calipsa and Immix are bringing their proven AI Video Alarm Verification solution to central alarm monitoring stations in the Americas. The news follows the successful launch of the solution, known as AI Link, in Europe, Middle East and Africa and the Asia Paific region (APAC) in May this year. The integration, which will be available starting Sept. 1, will allow Immix customers to add Calipsa?s False Alarm Filtering technology to their cameras directly via the AI Link feature in Immix Central Station and Guard Force.
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Flock Safety launched TALON, the industry?s first ethically-designed local and national network of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). TALON allows law enforcement to opt-in to sharing their Flock Safety ALPRs with other law enforcement agencies in their state or agencies in over 700 cities nationwide, providing near real-time information sharing across jurisdictions. TALON is available at zero additional cost to Flock Safety customers.
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ONVIF has published the Release Candidate for Profile D, a draft specification that covers interfaces for access control peripherals. This newest profile candidate is designed to provide ONVIF interoperability for peripheral devices such as locks, credential/biometric readers, PIN pads, license plate recognition cameras, door phones, sensors and displays. Using Profile D, a peripheral device can pass credential identifiers to a securely located Profile D conformant clients.
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