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Columbia College Chicago Student Center Chooses Boon Edam for Secure Entry

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 24, 2020 9:15 pm Categories: Access Control, Campus Security. Tags: Andy Dutil, Boon Edam, Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia College

The new Student Center at Columbia College Chicago, located at 754 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago, opened its doors in the fall of 2019. This brand-new building offers five spectacular stories of spaces for students including music and film-screening rooms, dining options, a fitness center, a reflection room for meditation and prayer, and event spaces for meetings, performances, and receptions. The school has taken the initiative to improve overall security, with the intention of keeping an open feel to the campus.

Michael Chaffee Joins SightLogix As Director of Sales, Western Region

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 24, 2020 7:36 am Categories: Access Control, Corporate News, Surveillance. Tags: Charles Platipodis, Michael Chaffee, SightLogix.

Michael Chaffee

Michael Chaffee has joined SightLogix as western region Director of Sales, where he will drive the growth of SightLogix?s smart thermal camera solutions throughout the western United States. Mr. Chaffee has twenty years of successful sales and leadership experience with high-end thermal perimeter systems, with expertise across a wide variety of applications and industries. Mike is a collaborative and solutions-oriented partner in bringing thermal analytic solutions.

Videonetics Appoints David Wedel as Manufacturer?s Representative in the United States

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 24, 2020 1:24 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: David Wedel, Dr. Tinku Acharya, Videonetics.

David Wedel

Videonetics announced the appointment of David Wedel of Vanter LLC as Manufacturer?s Representative in the United States. In his new role, Wedel will be instrumental in expanding business along with fostering company?s network of system integrators and channel partners, throughout the country. Wedel is principal at Vanter LLC with over 30 years of experience in technologies applied within the security industry, and integrated solutions sales and marketing.

Fine Hygienic Holding Deploys Invixium Solution as Part of its Digital Transformation Initiative

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 24, 2020 1:14 am Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: Fine Hygienic, Invixium, IXM TITAN, Shiraz Kapadia, Yahyah Pandor.

Fine Hygienic Holding

Invixium has been contracted by Fine Hygienic Holding to deploy IXM TITAN devices and integrate Invixium?s workforce management solution with FHH?s Oracle HR cloud as part of its corporate digital transformation initiative. usinesses like FHH that have many operating locations require a workforce management solution where data from all facilities is readily available. Invixium?s IXM WEB is a web-based, cloud-ready biometric access control.

Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department to Deploy Iris ID Technology

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 10:16 pm Categories: Biometrics, Law Enforcement. Tags: Iris ID, LASD, LiveScan, OU7S-AK, Tim Meyerhoff.

LASD badge

Iris ID will provide its biometric recognition technology to the County of Los Angeles to make its prisoner release process safer, more accurate and efficient. Iris ID?s OU7S-AK camera module will be part of 163 Livescan stations in 114 law enforcement locations throughout the county. The new criminal booking solution will bring iris-based identity authentication capabilities to a system that previously relied on fingerprints and photos to enroll and identify individuals arrested.

HID Global Empowers Workplaces to Safely Re-Open by Automating Employee Social Distancing and Contact Tracing

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 10:08 pm Categories: Critical Information. Tags: COVID-19, HID Global, Mark Robinton.

HID Global Social Distance

As organizations around the world resume operations, new requirements for creating a safe workplace for employees are driving the need to automate approaches to manage employee social distancing and conduct contact tracing. HID Global announced landmark additions to its HID Location Services IoT ecosystem that simplify and streamline managing these protocols, and drive compliance to federal, state and local requirements to help prevent workplace exposure to COVID-19.

Sielox Expands Integration with Allegion to Accommodate New Schlage NDE Wireless Lock for Improved K-12 Security

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 10:00 pm Categories: Access Control, Campus Security. Tags: Allegion, K-12 Security, Karen Evans, Mark Casey, Schlage NDE wireless lock, Sielox.

Sielox LLC has further expanded the integration of its leading access control and emergency notification solutions with Allegion US to include the new enhanced Schlage NDE wireless lock featuring an Interior Push Button which can easily lock a classroom door from the inside. Sielox is the first to complete the integration to include this new generation of Schlage NDE wireless locks, providing schools with enhanced security and greater control in emergency situations.

Panasonic Security, Public Safety and Medical Imaging are now i-PRO

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 9:51 pm Categories: Corporate News, Technologies. Tags: Bill Brennan, i-PRO, Medical Imaging, Panasonic.

Panasonic iPro Medical Imaging

Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions, which was established on October 2019 and formally operates as Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Corporation of America (PIPSA) here in the U.S., is changing its global brand to i-PRO. The new i-PRO branding reflects a significant change in philosophy relative to the company?s go to market strategies, product and integrated system offerings, and reseller and technology partnerships.

Nedap and Tuxen & Associates to Offer Free Webinar Touchless Access Technology on Thursday, June 25th June

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 9:44 pm Categories: Access Control, Education. Tags: Nate Leech, Nedap, OSDP, Tuxen & Associates.

Nedap Long-range UHF

Nedap and Tuxen & Associates will offer a free webinar on touchless access technology on June 25th at 11:00 am CT. The webinar will focus on the latest advancements to Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) and its applications to the parking and security industries. OSDP is a long-range RFID reading technology that dramatically improves security and vehicle access performance.

Genetec Cites Unified Platform and Focus on Cybersecurity and Privacy as Core to its Recognition as the Worldwide Leader in Video Surveillance Software.

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 8:49 pm Categories: Corporate News, Cyber Security, Privacy. Tags: Cybersecurity, genetec, Jon Cropley, Pierre Racz.

Genetec Unified

According to latest research from its video surveillance and analytics intelligence service Omdia, Genetec continues to build its position as the world?s number one developer of video surveillance software with a widening share of the market. Overall, Genetec grew at three times the pace of the market and demonstrated the fastest growth of all leading software companies across all geographies based on Omdia reported 2018 and 2019 data.

TDSi Provides Free Online Expert Roundtable Advice and Training Seminars

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 8:43 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: COVID-19, John Davies, pandemic, Russell Marande, Table Talks, TDSi.

TDSi Table Talks

Integrated security manufacturer TDSi is pleased to confirm its continued programme of Table Talks sessions for its partners and end-users. TDSi began hosting these regular sessions during the Lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, to deliver technical and informational content to interested parties. TDSi?s Table Talks are free online discussion and training sessions featuring TDSi?s security experts with a Roundtable of its key technical and commercial team members.

Genetec Customers Come up with Innovative Use of Mission Control Decision Support System to Screen Employees and Visitors

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 8:38 pm Categories: Solutions. Tags: Gabriel Labrecque, genetec, Genetec Mission Control.

Genetic visitor screening

As hospitals, manufacturing establishments, large retail stores, and public-facing businesses strive to put in place health screening measures to minimize the risks of outbreaks, they often have to rely on manual processes that are time-consuming and error-prone. To address the challenge, Genetec is working with customers on new ways of using Genetec Mission Control?, the decision support system of Genetec Security Center, to help automate the screening process for employees and visitors entering facilities.

Global Security Exchange 2020 Transitions to Fully Virtual GSX+

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 8:28 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: asis international, COVID-19, Godfried Hendriks, GSX, pandemic, Peter J. O’Neil.

GSX+

ASIS International announced its decision to move GSX 2020 to a fully virtual experience, titled GSX+, which includes more than 80 industry-leading education sessions, a robust exhibition marketplace, and unique peer-to-peer networking opportunities. Following months of careful evaluation of the risks associated with convening an event of 20,000 professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, ASIS leadership concluded that transitioning GSX to a virtual-only environment for its 2020 event

Don’t Let Hackers Steal Your Personal Identify

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 8:15 pm Categories: Cyber Security. Tags: farpointe data, hackers, rfid, Scott Lindley.

Your personal identity (PI) is any identification, presented in numbers, icons or letters, that is used to describe you and only you. Your phone number, email address, Social Security number, and a host of other identifiers distinguish you from your neighbor, a fellow in Sri Lanka or your sister. Using any of the above should help differentiate you from others. Since too many people can have the same name, birth date, password or other descriptors, the above should further discern that it’s you, not somebody else with your PI.

Surging Customer Demand and Interest In Cyber Security Application Protection Prompts Strategic New Leadership Additions, Including CEO Appointment

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 6:01 am Categories: Corporate News, Cyber Security. Tags: Atiq Raza, BlueIO, Dave Furneaux, Virsec.

Dave Furneaux

Virsec announced that Dave Furneaux has been appointed CEO of the rapidly growing cybersecurity company to continue increasing recent customer growth and building company momentum and industry traction. Furneaux will continue to work very closely and partner with Virsec?s former CEO Atiq Raza who will remain full time at the company and serve as Executive Chairman. Furneaux has served on Virsec?s board since 2014, is the founding investor through his investment firm BlueIO.

Keyfactor and PrimeKey Partner to Enable Highly Scalable PKI for Modern Enterprise and IoT Deployments

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 23, 2020 6:00 am Categories: Corporate News, Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Kevin von Keyserling, Keyfactor, Magnus Svenningson, PrimeKey.

Keyfactor Primekey

Keyfactor and PrimeKey announced a partnership and integration to simplify and automate PKI for large-scale enterprise and internet of things (IoT) deployments. PrimeKey delivers a uniquely scalable and flexible alternative to existing certificate authority (CA) software, providing turnkey PKI solutions for governments, financial institutions and thousands of global enterprises.

Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Corporation of America Offers IDguard Automated Identity Redaction Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 21, 2020 7:08 pm Categories: Customer Implementations, Law Enforcement. Tags: Bill Brennan, IDguard, Panasonic i-Pro, PNA, PSSNA.

ID-Guard Crop

The Public Safety Solutions Group announces the immediate availability of IDguard, an identity redaction solution from Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America that reduces up to 90% of the manual effort associated with editing video files of sensitive content. With the growing volume of video from body-worn, in-car cameras, and other sources, agencies have been forced to allocate more and more personnel time to editing video.

Identiv?s COVID-19 Response Solutions Support Enterprise and Government Customers in Worldwide Reopenings

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 21, 2020 6:53 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: COVID-19, Identiv, MobilisID, Steve Humphreys, uTrust 3721 F.

IDENTIV COVID-19

Identiv announced its cohesive collection of COVID-19 response solutions in order to support enterprise and government customers in worldwide office reopenings. Frictionless, touchless solutions create healthier, more hygienic offices. Hands-free technology also streamlines transactions and access, temperature tracking, and contact tracing to help employees and visitors feel safe and secure.

Dahua Technology Launches ECO Partner Program (DEPP) to Enhance Interoperability

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 21, 2020 6:40 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Dahua Technology, DEPP, ECO system, Peter Pan.

Dahua DEPP

Dahua Technology has launched its new technology partner program ? Dahua ECO Partner Program (DEPP). DEPP is tailored to enhance business relationships with technology vendors in the surveillance and IoT industries. Enhancing interoperability is the main objective of this program, nevertheless, it also goes far beyond this. The ECO system is dynamic and builds stronger partnerships through joint marketing activities that extend the visibility of common value propositions.

Complete Security Solution for the Sheikh Khalifa Central Hospital

Posted by Jay Bartlett June 19, 2020 6:57 pm Categories: Access Control, Surveillance. Tags: Sheikh Khalifa Central Hospital, Siqura, Tariq Anwer, TKH Security.

Sheikh Khalifa Central Hospital

Siqura and TKH Security realized a fully integrated surveillance and access control system in the Sheikh Khalifa Central Hospital. This new hospital is located at the eastern edge of the emirate of Fujairah and will provide better 24/7 health services to citizens on the Eastern coast. The hospital consists of 11 specialized departments, a 32-bed emergency ward, a 3-storey rehabilitation building and more than 700 parking spots.