Drone Takedown Authority Would Be Granted Under Senate Proposal

Security and law enforcement agencies would be given new authority to monitor and take down threatening drones under bipartisan legislation proposed by a group of U.S. Senators. A bill introduced by top members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would also direct the Department of Homeland Security to study drone technology and the emerging threats it creates. While technology exists to monitor most small commercial drones and to disable or redirect their flight paths, law often prohibits the use of these techniques. The bill, known as the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018, would give DHS and the Justice Department the authority to monitor and track drones without consent of the operator.

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Luxul Releases Its Dual-WAN Epic 5 Wired Gigabit Router

Luxul announced its Epic 5 router (ABR-5000) is now shipping with Domotz remote management software. More Than Just a Router, Epic 5 Delivers Ultra-Fast Speeds While Lowering Operational Costs for Integrators and Enhancing the Customer Experience. With the Epic 5’s onboard Domotz technology, integrators receive alerts when network issues arise —allowing them to take immediate action— and share device information with Luxul’s support team for swift and easy troubleshooting.

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Milestone Systems Opens Brand New Offices In Karnataka, India

Milestone Systems announces the opening of its new offices in India, located in Karnataka, in the south western region of India. Milestone Systems started operation in India in 2006 from its Dubai office, and since then the number of staff has increased from 1 member to 7 and is expected to increase by another 5 staff members in 2018. Milestone Systems India increases its growth by 20% plus YoY.

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Arecont Vision to Shed Debt Burden Through Chapter 11 Sale

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Arecont Vision® announced that it will execute an asset purchase agreement with an affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners, LLC under which Turnspire will acquire substantially all of the Company?s assets. To eliminate the company?s debt, the Company has initiated proceedings under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware, from which it expects to emerge with a clean balance sheet and fresh capital.

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S2 Security Releases S2 Magic Monitor Version 6

S2 Security announced the availability of S2 Magic Monitor Version 6. S2 Magic Monitor unifies access control, video surveillance, forensics, digital signage and live internet feeds in a single user interface. Version 6 introduces enhanced access control functionality and a new web widget, further unifying the security management experience. In Version 6, comprehensive people management enables users to add, search for and manage person records directly from S2 Magic Monitor.

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Keatings Communications Offers School Bell System With Lockdown For Schools Via IP

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Keatings Communications announced that with the latest in technological advances it can now offer schools a school bell system with lockdown capabilities through VoIP phones. According to company founder Brandon Keating, the installation of this system not only provides unprecedented safety, security and reliability for staff and students, but also phenomenal savings. Keatings? newest technology uses VoIP phones to play a custom ring at assigned times throughout an entire campus, and without any missing areas, as long as the company?s phones have been installed.

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KeyMe Bolsters its Executive Ranks with Two New Key Hires

KeyMe, a leading resource for total access and key management, has added two key executives to its ranks. Jimmy Abbott joins as KeyMe’s new CFO, and Adam McCann as the Director of Analytics, a newly created position. Jimmy Abbott is a seasoned corporate finance executive with 15 years of experience in technology and consumer companies. Adam McCann is a recognized leader in analytics and data visualization, with 13 years of experience with the proven ability to transform how organizations use data.

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Stephen Oliva Joins Altronix As U.S. Western Regional Sales Manager

Altronix announced the appointment of Stephen Oliva as their new Western Regional Sales Manager. A highly focused and motivated professional with more than 20 years of experience in the security industry, Stephen has held important positions at Axis Communications, ASSA ABLOY and Chubb Fire & Security. He previously held the position of Regional Sales Manager at Thomasson Marketing Group, Inc. Stephen?s role at Altronix will include new business development, expanding well-established customer relationships, conducting technical trainings, amongst his other duties.

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Security Industry Association Applauds Signing Of Maryland Alarm Bills

The Security Industry Association (SIA) commends the signing of companion bills impacting alarm systems companies in Maryland ? House Bills (HB) 645 and 1117 and their corresponding companion Senate Bills (SB) 662 and 927. In early 2018, SIA testified in support of these bills before the Maryland General Assembly, and they have since been signed into law by Gov. Larry Hogan.

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Nortek Security & Control Acquires IntelliVision, Establishing Leadership In Artificial Intelligence And Video Analytics

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Leaping to the forefront of the rapidly growing fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and video analytics, Nortek Security & Control LLC (NSC), a global leader in smart connected devices and systems for residential, security, access control and digital health markets, announced the acquisition of San Jose, California-based IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a pioneer and leader in Artificial Intelligence, smart cameras and deep learning-based video analytics software. IntelliVision will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of NSC. IntelliVision will continue to support its customers and products.

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Delta’s Vehicle Access Control Equipment Protect The 2018 Commonwealth Games In Australia

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Delta Scientific announced that Delta’s innovative MP5000 portable barrier systems were selected to protect people attending the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It was the largest sporting event in Australia since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Organizers required a vehicle access system that could be rapidly deployed and would create secure vehicle check points that carried crash-certification. Perimeter security measures were aligned with the recently implemented Australia and New Zealand Counter Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC) strategy for the protection of places of mass gatherings.

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Arecont Vision Releases ConteraVMS, ConteraWS, & ConteraCMR

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Arecont Vision® announces the immediate availability of the Contera® line of video surveillance software, cloud-managed web services, and cloud-managed video recorders for customer ordering. The Contera Total Video Surveillance Solution is composed of megapixel cameras (Arecont Vision Mega and ConteraIP® single- and multi-sensor families), advanced video management system software (ConteraVMS®), a range of video recorders and NVRs (ConteraCMR®), and powerful cloud-based web services (ConteraWS®).

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BriefCam To Be Acquired By Canon Inc.

BriefCam announced its acquisition by Canon Inc., a world leader in digital imaging solutions. The addition of BriefCam to Canon?s market leading Network Video Solutions products portfolio complements the Canon Group?s previous acquisitions of AXIS Communications and Milestone Systems with a breakthrough, innovative video content analytics solution. The acquisition will drive further, rapid innovation in video analytics by BriefCam as well as new co-innovation activities with Canon and its market leading portfolio companies.

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Fujitsu Bolsters Global Managed Security Service To Defend Against Diversifying Cyberattacks

Fujitsu announced that it is expanding its Fujitsu Security Solution Global Managed Security Service, which provides centralized lifecycle support, from cyberattack prediction to system restoration. The company is strengthening endpoint and cloud security, and will provide analyses of threat information from the dark web. Fujitsu is offering in Japan from May “Fujitsu Security Solution Cybereason EDR Service,” which offers a total package of deployment, operations, and maintenance for Cybereason EDR, software that can detect cyberattacks by unknown sources on endpoints using machine learning.

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Dahua Launches Mini PT/PTZ IR Camera

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HANGZHOU officially launched its mini PT/PTZ IR cameras, offering a broader suite of professional functions compacted into a smaller size, which makes it easier for installment, night filming and visual detail capture. Integrating starlight technology and 3x optical zoom, Dahua?s latest mini PT/PTZ IR cameras offer a family of solutions with the classic series of SD1A and SD12, which are well recommended for small & middle-size area surveillance.

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exacqVision A-Series NVRs Provide High-Capacity And Easy Expansion

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Johnson Controls introduces a new line of high-capacity, front-accessible hard disk drive (HDD) recorders within its exacqVision A-Series portfolio in response to the increasing demands for video storage expansion. The use of video surveillance to detect, deter and prosecute crime has grown significantly, and increases in camera resolutions and frame rates have caused the need for video storage to surge at an unprecedented rate.

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Surveon Elevates The Productivity Of Factories With Industrial Security Solutions

Surveon provides IP cameras with enhanced video quality and network video recorders with large storage capacity which are proved to be beneficial for various industrial facilities. The industrial solutions have elevated the productivity of a nutritional supplements manufactory in Colombia, a locomotives manufactory in Brazil, and a factory in Kuwait. OMNILIFE, a nutritional supplements manufactory in Colombia, has adopted Surveon industrial solutions, including IP cameras, RAID NVR, IP storage, and enterprise video management software.

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March Networks Achieves Certification For Cybersecure Business Practices

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March Networks® is now one of the first companies in Canada to become Cyber Essentials Canada certified, designating it as a cybersecure business. Developed as part of the United Kingdom?s National Cyber Security Programme, the Cyber Essentials certification is awarded to organizations able to demonstrate good cybersecurity practices and an ability to mitigate risks from Internet-based threats in areas including: firewalls, routers and other boundary security devices; Internet-connected email, web and application servers; desktop PCs and laptops; and cloud, Internet and other service providers.

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?Super Enterprise? Security Enters New Era With Sophisticated Visitor Tracking

Time Data Security Ltd.(TDS), a leading provider of security access tools for the some of the world?s largest corporations, announced the release of their next-generation visitor management software, TDS Visitor. ?Super Enterprises? —the world?s largest corporations— are seeing increased complexity around visitor access and management. Expanded international locations, as well as increasing involvement from outside parties; such as investors, contractors and journalists, have complicated the visitor maintenance process.

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