News Source For The Physical Security Industry

Morse Watchmans announces that their KeyWatcher Touch key control system supports C?CURE 9000 Security and Event Management System from Software House, part of Tyco Security Products with the Stratus everRun Redundancy Solutions. The KeyWatcher Touch system was successfully put through a set of defined tests at Tyco in Westford, MA. These tests focused on integration interoperability, security and performance between the systems. Morse Watchmans is the first partner to be tested with the new everRun Enterprise 7.2 (2-Node system).

Quantum Secure, part of HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announced that Don Campbell, Quantum Secure?s Director of Product Management, will take part in two informational sessions to be held at IFSEC International 2015, which takes place from June 16-18 at London ExCel.

A new report by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS) estimates that the world market for uncooled thermal cameras in commercial security applications was worth $245.0 million in 2014, and will grow to nearly $500 million in 2019.

CriticalArc, a leading security technology innovator, announced that it has opened a US office in Denver, Colorado. The entry into the US market comes after a number of key wins for the pioneers of SafeZone™, a next generation distributed command and control solution that is revolutionizing the way that organizations ensure personal safety across dispersed environments. Recent successful customer launches of SafeZone include a number of European and Asia-Pacific universities as well as ex-patriate facilities in the Middle East.

Xtralis, the global leader of early and reliable detection, verification, monitoring, and response solutions for safety and security threats, today announced the introduction of VESDA-E VEA aspirating smoke detector (ASD). VEA is an addressable version of Xtralis’ popular VESDA-E ASD portfolio that provides accurate information on the location of a potential fire source.

All RIVA HD cameras and encoders will include a free trial version of a video analytics license – VCApro. This version can be activated any time and can be used for 45 days. All RIVA cameras and encoders include the basic version of the video analytics VCApresence as a standard feature at no extra cost.

Maxxess, a global corporation specializing in the access control sector and recognized for its extensive integration capabilities, has unveiled its plans to showcase its signature eFusion security management platform together with a number of technology partners on its stand E700 at IFSEC International 2015 in London. As a modular system built on open technology software, eFusion combines powerful functionality with the freedom to use best-in-class surveillance, access control, fire, and intruder systems from a range of security vendors.

Dahua Technology, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance products headquartered in Hangzhou, China introduces its 2-inch network mini PTZ series cameras to the market. Dahua 2-inch network mini PTZ series supports up to max 25/30fps@1080P, 50/60fps@720P resolution and H.264 and MJPEG dual-streams encoding. The mini PTZ series also feature 4x optical zoom, WDR, weatherproof, vandal-proof, and other functions.

Vanderbilt Industries, a global leader in the delivery of innovative, highly reliable technologies that help organizations ensure safety and security, has announced it will showcase its latest innovations during IFSEC International 2015, held June 16-18, at ExCeL London. IFSEC marks the first time the Vanderbilt organization will exhibit its expanded solutions suite since it completed its purchase of the Security Products business from Siemens.

Labor members of Australia?s Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs have released a report that details a number of recommendations to be made to a government bill that, if passed, will grant the immigration department the authority to collect biometric data. The Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015 intends to combine individual personal identifier collection powers into an overarching discretionary power.

A McKinney, Texas, police officer has been put on administrative leave after a video surfaced of him forcing a 14-year-old girl in a bikini to the ground and kneeling on her back and then drawing his gun on others who came to her aid.

PSA Security Network®, the world?s largest electronic security cooperative, announced changes to its Board of Directors. Elections were held on May 5, 2015 at the Annual Stockholder Meeting held in conjunction with TEC 2015. The following PSA owners were elected or appointed to positions on the Board:

The world market for video surveillance equipment grew by 14.2% in 2014. This is according to recently published estimates from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), through its Video Surveillance Intelligence Service. This is a higher rate than IHS was forecasting back in December (it was forecasting 10.7% back then). The difference is down to higher than expected growth in China. EMEA, Americas, and the rest of Asia all grew at slightly lower rates than forecast in December.

In the competitive security market, the strategy for getting ahead is getting designed into new projects. To do that, it is essential to have BIM (Building Information Modeling) models and CAD drawings ready to go. Orion Entrance Control, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative and customized entrance control lanes such as turnstiles, has taken this strategy further by helping architects, consultants, and engineers to easily find and access its 3D CAD and BIM models on Autodesk Seek, a web service that helps designers quickly discover, preview, and download high-quality 3D information.

I?ve been reading about a series of FBI emails the ACLU recently obtained that demonstrate that the Bureau was ?wrestling? with privacy issues related to their use of LPR. The emails do not give any detailed information on what issues they were facing or what was done, but they do make clear that the FBI?s purchase of LPR equipment was temporarily suspended in the spring of 2012 due to this controversy.

Aurora has launched FaceSentinel, the world’s first Deep Learning-powered facial recognition access control system. Deep learning (DL) is an artificial intelligence form that trains a computer’s memory to recognize unique patterns of characteristics by processing large amounts of data.

The Z-Wave Alliance, an open consortium of leading global companies deploying Z-Wave, is excited to announce the first winner of Z-Wave Labs. Boston start-up BeON Home, a preventative security and safety company, is the program’s first winner and will receive Z-Wave Alliance membership and access to the new Z-Wave IoT ready 500 series development kits. Z-Wave Labs is a brand new competition to support and incentivize IoT innovation on the Z-Wave? platform.