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ASIS Foundation Awards More Than 100 COVID-19 Support Grants

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 28, 2021 10:56 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: ASIS, Brian Allen, COVID-19, John Petruzzi.

ASIS Covid

ASIS International announced that since the launch of the program in November 2020, the ASIS Foundation has awarded more than 120 COVID-19 Support Grants to its global membership. This is a major component of the association?s efforts to address the global economic climate and those security communities hit hardest by the pandemic. The ASIS Foundation Board of Trustees approved $100,000 in grants to be awarded to ASIS members in need, encouraging individuals to apply for a grant to renew their ASIS membership free of charge.

The Four Trends That Will Matter Most in 2021

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 28, 2021 6:12 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Andrew Gibson, STANLEY Security.

Andrew Gibson

The shift to a primarily remote workforce in 2020 threw gasoline on the fire in terms of organizational security, and prompted IT and security professionals to upgrade their systems and better protect their networks from impending threats. It was a year of learning, and we can apply those key lessons to businesses in 2021 and operate better than before. While we can?t know exactly what?s in store for the year ahead, as security technology continues to adapt and change, it?s important for IT and security professionals to be knowledgeable about those changes.

Identiv Appoints Leigh Dow as Vice President of Marketing

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 27, 2021 10:44 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Identiv, Leigh Dow, Steven Humphreys.

Leigh Dow Identiv

Dow is a leader in innovation, entrepreneurship, and management and joins Identiv at a transformational moment for the security and ID markets. As security and RFID become more prevalent, Dow?s strategic marketing initiatives will drive market leadership and propel Identiv?s vision and strategy forward to further position the company as the leader in transformative technology solutions for security, safety, and identity management.

D-Fend Solutions Achieves Significant Growth as it Triples Installed Base of its Takeover-Based, Counter-Drone Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 27, 2021 9:00 am Categories: Autonomous Security, drones. Tags: C-UAS technologies, D-Fend Solutions, Drone Solution, Zohar Halachmi.

C-sUAS EnforceAir

In response to increased awareness of rogue drone risks globally, D-Fend Solutions have distributed its flagship product, EnforceAir, to numerous new clients while expanding its presence at existing customer sites. D-Fend continued to grow its team globally and enlarged its North American operations, including the establishment of a direct presence in Canada. The company?s management team is now comprised of 13 executives.

Ferrero Rocher Installs Custom Golden Boon Edam Revolving Door at New Luxembourg Headquarters

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 21, 2021 8:32 am Categories: Access Control. Tags: Boon Edam, Ferrero Rocher.

Ferrero

Boon Edam announced that Ferrero Rocher, a globally renowned chocolatier, has outfitted its new global headquarters building in Luxembourg with a “golden” TQA automatic revolving door. The unique color of the door provides a visual reference to the chocolatier’s signature use of golden wrappers around each piece of chocolate. Aside from elevating their brand, Ferrero Rocher also installed a revolving door to provide a comfortable interior lobby for both employees and visitors.

Allied Universal Acquires Atlanta-Based SecurAmerica

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 21, 2021 8:27 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Allied Universal, Argenbright, SecurAmerica, Steve Jones.

Allied Universal

Allied Universal announced the acquisition of SecurAmerica a privately held, Atlanta, Georgia-based security company with 49 offices located throughout the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SecurAmerica was founded by Frank Argenbright, a Georgia entrepreneur who, over the past 40 years, has built both security and facilities management companies with operations around the world, beginning with Argenbright Security in 1979.

2021 Predictions For The Video Storage Market

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 21, 2021 7:57 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Brad Johns Consulting, COVID-19, Data Tape Storage, Surveillance.

Rich Gadomski

The past decade saw the renaissance of data tape technology with dramatic improvements to capacity, reliability, performance, and TCO giving rise to new industry adoptions and functionality. This trend will only continue in 2021 as data storage and archival needs in the post-COVID digital economy demand exactly what tape has to offer. Here are 5 key contributions tape will make to the storage industry in 2021.

DITEK Launches Complete Surge Protection Solution for Fire Alarm Systems

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 20, 2021 7:53 am Categories: New Products, Product Focus. Tags: ditek, Fire Alarm Systems, Michael Molinari.

DITEK Surge Protection Solution for Fire Alarm Systems

DITEK announces the launch of a new complete electrical surge protection solution for fire alarm systems. The DTK-120X12 combines protection for 120V system power with protection for up to 12 low voltage circuits to eliminate unnecessary damage caused by electrical surge events. This unique and compact new combination simplifies the implementation of comprehensive surge protection for critically important fire alarm systems.

Ava Security Introduces Ava Compact Dome – ?Small Giant?

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 20, 2021 7:49 am Categories: New Products, Product Focus. Tags: Ava Compact Dome., Ava Security, Tormod Ree.

Ava Aware

Ava Security is excited to announce the growth of its camera portfolio with the release of its smallest camera to date, the Ava Compact Dome. This ?small giant? is unique not only in size but also in its exceptional quality. The new line of cameras is versatile, sleek, and effortless to install while providing powerful smart edge analytics so operators can be proactive and respond immediately to events requiring attention.

GateHub Launches Wallet Protection To $100k Of Cryptocurrency Assets Per Wallet

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 20, 2021 7:45 am Categories: Critical Information. Tags: cryptocurrency, David Janczewski, Enej Pungerčar, GateHub.

Cryptocurrency

GateHub launched Wallet Protect, a new service for XRP ledger wallets that provides back-up key creation, secure key storage, fund recovery, and theft cover. These new safety features, which are provided by Coincover, offer peace of mind for anyone looking to guarantee the safety of their cryptocurrency holdings. With 1.5 million customers, GateHub is one of the world?s largest XRPL gateways, allowing its users to send and receive payments from any supported network.

Interface and Video Analytics Company, Ignite Prism, Form ExclusivePartnership

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 20, 2021 7:40 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Brent Duncan, Fir Geenen, Ignite Prism, Interface, Michael Shaw.

PRISM

Interface Security Systems announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Ignite Prism. As part of this partnership, Interface will have exclusive rights to Ignite Prism?s video analytics technology in North America. With the Ignite Prism video analytics solution, retailers or any consumer-facing business can use the data gathered by their existing surveillance cameras to derive actionable business intelligence and enhance customer experience.

PureTech Systems Announces Integration with HENSOLDT SPEXER 360 Radar

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 20, 2021 7:35 am Categories: Product Focus. Tags: HENSOLDT SPEXER 360, Ken Loy, Larry Bowe, PureTech.

HENSOLDT SPEXER 360 Radar

PureTech Systems announced the successful integration of the HENSOLDT SPEXER 360 Enhanced Radar into the PureActiv Geospatial Command and Control solution.
This deep integration enables users the ability to adjust the radar performance parameters within the PureActiv AlertView geospatial command and control client software. The enhanced radar system is deployed on Mobile Video Surveillance Systems designed for border protection.

Neurotechnology Releases New SentiVeillance 8.0 SDK

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 20, 2021 7:31 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: Neurotechnology, SentiVeillance 8.0 SDK, Vytautas Pranckenas.

SentiVeillance

Neurotechnology announced the release of the SentiVeillance 8.0 software development kit (SDK). With SentiVeillance SDK, developers can create identification solutions that use live video streams from digital surveillance cameras or video files. The latest version adds face detection and recognition of people who are wearing masks and includes new algorithms that improve license plate detection and recognition speed and accuracy.

TDSi Launches Powerful New Features for GARDiS Range

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 19, 2021 7:24 am Categories: Access Control, New Products. Tags: GARDiS, TDSi, Tina Baker.

Tdsi Gardis 2

TDSi announced a raft of new features for its GARDiS range of integrated software and hardware security systems. Additional features for 2021 include integration options for Lift Control, Area Occupancy, and ANPR ? which are all designed to assist with not only security but also ongoing safeguarding of health and social distancing requirements. The new Lift Control integration, Area Occupancy, and ANPR features are particularly well suited to the evolving safety requirements of workplaces in the wake of COVID-19.

Lorex Technology Launches New 2K Wired Video Doorbell

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 18, 2021 8:06 pm Categories: Access Control, New Products, Smart Devices. Tags: Ilan Gershon, Lorex, Video Doorbell.

Lorex Doorbell

Lorex Technology announced the launch of the newest addition to their suite of industry-leading smart security products, the Lorex 2K QHD Wired Video Doorbell with Person Detection. Featuring built-in Person Detection, the 2K QHD Wired Video Doorbell now alerts homeowners of activity around their doorstep, with notifications sent to the Lorex Home app when motion from a person is detected. This smart motion feature limits the number of unnecessary notifications.

Altronix NetWay Now Delivers More Power, while Transmitting Data Over Longer Distances

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 16, 2021 8:01 pm Categories: Product Focus. Tags: Altronix Corp., NetWaySP4BTWP, NetWaySP4BTWPN, NetWaySP4PX, PoE, Ronnie Pennington.

Altronix announces the release of new environmentally hardened PoE Switches and powered media converters supporting the latest 802.3bt PoE devices. These end-to-end PoE and fiber long-distance solutions allow multiple high-powered IP devices such as multi-sensor cameras, IR or White Light illuminators, and wireless access points to be deployed in remote locations with or without local power.

Safeture Partners with Corporate Travel Data Leader Traxo

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 16, 2021 7:53 pm Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Andres Fabris, Magnus Hultman, Safeture, Traxo.

Andres Fabris

Safeture and Dallas-based Traxo announced they have partnered to help Safeture customers enhance the duty-of-care coverage of their business travelers. Through Traxo, Safeture customers are able to access detailed corporate travel itinerary data for bookings that were made outside their travel program. The increased location awareness insight enabled by Traxo?s travel data capture solution helps reduce itinerary blindspots for corporate travel teams, empowering them to keep their traveling employees safer.

LenelS2 Introduces OnGuard Security Management System Version 8.0

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 15, 2021 10:51 pm Categories: Access Control, Surveillance. Tags: Jeff Stanek, LenelS2, OnGuard.

Lenel S2 OnGuard

LenelS2 announced the release of the OnGuard security management system version 8.0, empowering security teams with enhanced situational awareness through unified views of the security environment, as well as powerful visualization for data-based insights. Version 8.0 provides major updates including integration with the Magic Monitor unified client, rich interactive maps, a new modern reporting engine, cybersecurity enhancements and more.

Genetec shares its top physical security trends predictions for 2021

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 15, 2021 10:35 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: COVID-19, Cybersecurity, genetec.

Genetec shared its top five predictions for the physical security industry in 2021. Innovative security solutions will help businesses thrive post-pandemic. While the world remains optimistic for 2021, organizations will need to remain creative about how they use, update, and redeploy their security systems across their facilities. This will allow them to start thinking more broadly about the role of physical security and what it can do beyond traditional applications to deliver more value.

Delta Scientific Barrier Stops Intruder at U.S./Mexican Border

Posted by Jay Bartlett January 15, 2021 7:51 pm Categories: Access Control. Tags: Delta Scientific, Greg Hamm, TT218EC Manual Beam.

Delta Scientific

Delta Scientific announced that a man from Santa Ana, Calif. attempted to cross from Tijuana into the United States via a closed lane at the San Ysidro Port of Entry south of San Diego on the afternoon of December 22 (2020). The Hyundai sedan struck a Delta Scientific TT218EC manual beam vehicle access barrier on the American side of the border. The driver was instantly killed. Beam barriers are the perfect solution for ingress and egress applications where you want to leave the roadway undisturbed.