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Genetec Lands Multi-Year Changi Airport Group Security Upgrade Project

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 5, 2021 1:06 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Changi Airport Group, genetec, Giovanni Taccori.

Singapore?s Changi Airport Group, one of the most innovative and technologically advanced airports in the world, has selected Genetec, to enhance and upgrade its security system. The three-year project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, will see Genetec Security Center, a unified security platform that blends IP security systems within a single intuitive interface, underpinning the airport?s security operations, with a specific focus on the video surveillance system across its terminals. The contract was awarded to Genetec following a rigorous competitive tender process.

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HelpSystems Acquires Digital Defense to Enhance Cybersecurity Portfolio

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 4, 2021 10:52 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Digital Defense, HelpSystems, Kate Bolseth, Larry Hurtado.

Digital Defense?s cloud-native vulnerability scanning engine gives organizations in healthcare, legal, financial services, and other industries the ability to proactively detect infrastructure security gaps and take effective remediation steps to safeguard against internal and external cyber threats. As part of HelpSystems? cybersecurity portfolio, Digital Defense joins Core Security and Cobalt Strike to establish a comprehensive, best-in-class security assessment toolkit.

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BCD International Opens New Engineering and Manufacturing Centre in India

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 4, 2021 5:07 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Andrew Hubble, BCD International, dell, Kaivalyamurti “KV” Swami, Kelly Carlberg.

BCD International and BCDOEM announced the grand opening of the BCD International Inc. India Build Centre. This engineering and manufacturing facility reinforces its partnership with Dell EMC and strategically positions BCD in the market to expand its OEM and security customer base. As Dell?s number one OEM partner for surveillance and Internet of Things (IoT), BCD is expanding its product availability, operations, service and support in two key regions for their customers.

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Zenotta Launches the First Peer-to-Peer Electronic Trade System

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 10:46 pm Categories: Integrated Systems, Network. Tags: Andrew Kessler, Roelou Barry, Zenotta AG.

Today marks the launch of the Zenotta Digital System (ZDS), and with it, a step into a future where data is re-invented. The problems of data privacy, digital content ownership, creative freedom and trust are solved with the development of the first Peer-to-Peer Electronic Trade System. With the ZDS, digital content becomes a means of exchange, and files become programmable assets that can be truly owned, with identity, rights, intelligence and privacy embedded at the data level.

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The HGH Group announces the promotion of Vincent Leboucher to President

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 3:01 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Cyril Bourdarot, HGH Group, Vincent Leboucher.

HGH announce that Vincent Leboucher has been promoted to President of the HGH Group. Current President Thierry Campos retires from the business after 32 years at HGH. Vincent Leboucher, 40, graduated from the Institut d?Optique Graduate School

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AxxonSoft Releases Axxon Next 4.4.4 and DetectorPack 3.5.0

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 3:44 am Categories: VMS Software.

AxxonSoft has released version 4.4.4 of the Axxon Next intelligent VMS. The stability of features was improved. Support for 83 devices has been added to the new version of Drivers Pack 3.68, including IP cameras, thermal imagers, fisheye cameras, NVRs, HDVRs, intercoms, and a network speaker. Support for additional features of 125 devices has been added as well, and ONVIF and GB/T 28181 drivers have been improved.

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Alcatraz AI Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 3:30 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Alcatraz, ISMS, ISO 27001, Vince Gaydarzhiev.

Alcatraz AI announced that it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for its Information Security Management System. The ISO 27001:2013 certification is an international standard designed to help create a robust ISMS that helps ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive company and customer information. A-lign has certified that Alcatraz has the proper technical controls and formalized IT security policies and procedures in place to protect it from unauthorized access or compromise.

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Eastplats Deploys Invixium Touchless Temperature Screening Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 3:27 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: Eastern Platinum Limited, Hannelie Hanson, Invixium, IXM TITAN, Matthew Simpson, Shiraz Kapadia.

Invixium announces that Eastplats has deployed IXM TITAN with Enhancement Kit at their Crocodile River Mine. This deployment comes in response to a growing global need for touchless access control and temperature screening due to COVID-19. The local deployment of IXM TITAN was handled by South Africa-based integration specialists, Bluewhale Digital. Bluewhale Digital, after assessing a number of products, chose IXM TITAN for its superior specifications, build quality and ability to handle the unique challenges posed at the mine.

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New Fiber Defender FD7104

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 3:22 am Categories: Network, New Products, Product Focus. Tags: Defender FD7104, Fiber, Masaya Horii.

Fiber SenSys recently announced the release of the Fiber Defender FD7104, a smarter high-performance sensor that is easier and quicker to install. With FSI?s 30 years of leadership in fiber-optic sensors, the FD7104 utilizes an advanced algorithm that incorporates a new intuitive embedded web interface. This new browser-accessible interface eliminates the need for additional software and allows local or networked access to the unit. The sensor?s firmware is field-upgradeable and automatically updates the embedded manuals.

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Calipsa and DW Integrate False Alarm Reduction and Video Management Platforms

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 3, 2021 3:19 am Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Brian Baker, Calipsa, DW, Patrick Kelly.

Calipsa and Digital Watchdog have integrated Calipsa’s false alarm filtering analytics with DW’s Spectrum IPVMS video management platform. Calipsa’s false alarm reduction software is compatible with all Spectrum cameras and is quick and easy to deploy with no hardware required. Once an alarm is triggered on a connected camera, Spectrum servers send video to a Calipsa cloud-based server where algorithms look for human and vehicle movement before returning genuine alarms and filtering out those that are false.

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LenelS2 Announces BlueDiamond Mobile-Ready Readers

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 30, 2021 1:17 am Categories: Technologies. Tags: BlueDiamond, Jeff Stanek, LenelS2.

LenelS2 announced a new line of BlueDiamond mobile-ready readers. The new multi-technology readers are cost-effective, designed to provide simultaneous support for a wide range of physical credentials, and can be seamlessly upgraded to support BlueDiamond mobile credentials. LenelS2, a global leader in advanced security systems and services, is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions.

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Genetec Broadens its Access Control Offering for US Federal Government Customers

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 11:05 am Categories: Access Control. Tags: Bryce Lamers, genetec, Justin Himelberger.

Genetec announced that it is broadening its portfolio of FICAM-(Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management) certified options for its Security Center Synergis access control system with support of Veridt Stealth access control readers. Traditionally, the options for Federal Government organizations to replace a non-FICAM compliant system or to secure a new site were restricted to a limited choice of proprietary solutions.

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Intrinsic ID?s QuiddiKey PUF Selected by Fungible in Drive to Secure Next-Gen Data Centers

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 9:11 am Categories: Solutions. Tags: Intrinsic ID, Pim Tuyls, QuiddiKey, Wael Noureddine.

Intrinsic ID announced that California-based data center infrastructure upstart Fungible Inc., has licensed QuiddiKey for its Fungible DPU SoCs. Fungible?s industry-first DPU ? is a family of novel data-centric processors that deliver radically improved performance and cost efficiencies for data centers at all scales. By selecting Intrinsic ID?s QuiddiKey, a hardware IP security solution based on SRAM PUF, Fungible is fortifying its security strategy by provisioning its chips with internally generated, device-unique keys without compromising performance.

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StoneLock Integrates with Johnson Controls Access Control

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 9:04 am Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Access Control, Colleen Dunlap, Johnson Controls, Kelsey Bourk, Stonelock.

StoneLock announced the official integration Johnson Controls Access Control, together with providing contactless security and event management technologies that enhance security, privacy, and ease of use. Released in 2020, the StoneLock GO delivers a true frictionless authentication of users and simplified enrollment intentionally built to protect the user?s privacy through its proprietary, ?faceless? recognition technology for global enterprises.

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Videonetics & Wasabi Partner to Enable Cloud-Based Storage of Surveillance Files

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 8:54 am Categories: Cloud, Distributors / Systems Integrators, Surveillance. Tags: Avinash Trivedi, David Friend, Videonetics, Wasabi.

2021 -Videonetics announces technology integration with Wasabi. Through this integration, Videonetics and Wasabi will provide low-cost, high-performing, and resilient storage for surveillance files in a highly secured cloud storage solution. With no vendor lock-in or hidden service fees, Videonetics customers will be able to easily deploy a cloud storage option that allows them to scale-up or scale-down capacity based on their current needs.

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Former UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner and Electronic Frontier Foundation Discuss UK and US Surveillance Strategies

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 8:48 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Cindy Cohn, genetec, Tony Porter.

In ?Eyes Wired Open? the latest episode of Engage, a new podcast series hosted by Genetec Inc., former UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Tony Porter, and Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation share contrasting thoughts on the UK and the US?s video surveillance strategies. From pervasive video cameras to facial recognition and privacy issues surrounding personal information prompted by the pandemic, government and civil liberty organizations on both sides of the Atlantic are responding with very different strategies.

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Sage Integration Adds Dallas-Fort Worth Area Office

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 8:12 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: John Nemerofsky, Sage Integration.

Sage Integration, a security integration provider serving enterprise Fortune 100 clients, has opened a Texas office to support a growing list of clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The office, located in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, provides the office and inventory storage space to rapidly deliver Sage Integration?s client-centric approach to service and innovative security solutions. John Nemerofsky, Sage Integration?s chief operating officer, will locate in the new McKinney facility.

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Orchid Fusion and Orchid Core VMS 2.16 Released

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 7:36 am Categories: Product Focus, VMS Software. Tags: Orchid Core VMS 2.16.0, Orchid Fusion.

IPConfigure announces the release of Orchid Fusion VMS version 2.16.0 and Orchid Core VMS 2.16.1, both available for download now.

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Altronix Appoints Steve Stettner as Northeast Sales Manager

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 7:31 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Alan Forman, altronix, Steve Stettner.

Altronix Corp announced that Steve Stettner has been appointed Sales Manager for the Northeast region in the U.S. With more than four decades of industry experience, Steve is extremely well versed in every facet of electronic security, including IP video, access control, and alarm and fire detection systems. Steve’s coverage includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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Deloitte Acquires R9B to Bolster Cyber Threat Hunting Capabilities for Clients

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 29, 2021 7:26 am Categories: Cyber Security. Tags: Deborah Golden, Deloitte, Eric Hipkins, John Peirson.

Deloitte & Touche LLP announced its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Root9B, LLC (R9B), a leading provider of advanced cyber threat hunting services and solutions. The deal will bolster Deloitte?s existing Detect and Respond cyber client offering with R9B?s deeply experienced cyber operations professionals and its award-winning threat-hunting and risk assessment solutions. R9B also offers tech-enabled vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, defense forensics and incident response.

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