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UBIQ Closes $6.4 Million Seed Round To Grow API Encryption Platform

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 11:00 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: API Encryption, Marc Averitt, UBIQ, Wias Issa.

encryption

Ubiq Security announced it has raised $6.4 million in a seed equity investment round. The round was led by Okapi Venture Capital, an early investor in Crowdstrike, with participation from TenOneTen Ventures, Cove Fund, DLA Piper Venture, Volta Global, and Alexandria Venture Investments. Ubiq will use the funds to accelerate platform development, developer relations, and customer acquisition. Ubiq has built an API-based developer platform that eliminates the traditional complexities of encryption and key management.

New Viakoo Website Sets the Stage for Evolved IoT Market Focus

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 7:18 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Bud Broomhead, IOT, viakoo.

Viakoo Video Assurance Service

Viakoo has launched a new website to reflect the company’s evolved focus on enterprise device management. The new website features the Viakoo Action Platform and its four core pillars: Service Assurance, Firmware Updates, Password Verification and Certificate Management. To help IT professionals better manage critical enterprise IoT device and physical security applications, the new website also features a wealth of insightful information and resources.

Boon Edam Presents BoonTV to Address Biggest Gap in Physical Security

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 7:14 am Categories: Access Control. Tags: Boon Edam, BoonTV, post-COVID-19.

Boon TV Webinar

Boon Edam announced a new BoonTV event, “The Key to Closing the Biggest Gap in Physical Security: Unauthorized Entry.” In this event, JC Powell, Vice President of Sales, reveals the assumptions and misconceptions around entrance security in physical security planning and how to effectively bring reliable entrance control to a facility to avoid costly risks and liabilities. The BoonTV episode begins by addressing the audience with two fundamental questions.

Net Feasa Partners with ORBCOMM to deliver first commercial Low Power Wide Area Network Vessel Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 7:08 am Categories: Solutions, Technologies. Tags: LoRaWAN, Mike Fitzgerald, Net Feasa, ORBCOMM, VesselConnect.

Container ship

ORBCOMM announced that it has expanded its industry-leading portfolio of on-board vessel IoT systems to include LoRaWAN technology. Through a partnership with Net Feasa, ORBCOMM has deployed the first commercially available solution using LoRa technology to monitor shipping containers on board a vessel for a large global carrier. The solution combines VesselConnect with Net Feasa?s EvenKeelIoT device connectivity, management and services platform.

Tavcom Training Celebrates 25 Years of Professionalising the Global Security Industry

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 6:56 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Kevin Matthew, Tavcom Training.

Tavicom training

Tavcom Training is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. Since 1995, the company has trained and certified in excess of 50,000 learners in over 100 countries, across its extensive portfolio of more than 100 classroom and online courses. With the growth in manufacturers of security technology in the mid to late 90?s, including CCTV, access control, alarms, and IP networking, there was a growing demand for expert vendor agnostic training.

Sage Integration Names Jim Geyer Vice President of Sales

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 6:49 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Eric Frasier, Jim Geyer, Sage Integration.

Jim Geyer

Sage Integration has named industry veteran Jim Geyer as its new vice president of sales. Geyer will lead an expanding sales team as Sage continues to grow its national footprint protecting clients? people, facilities and reputations with innovative, on-the-ground support. With Geyer?s 22 years of security industry experience, the Sage executive team saw a leader who offered tactical sales abilities while also demonstrating broader strategic knowledge.

Interface Security Systems Introduces New Business Text Messaging App for Restaurant, Retail and Hospitality Businesses

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 19, 2020 6:47 am Categories: Retail, Solutions. Tags: Interface Security, Text Messaging App, Tom Hesterman, UCaaS.

Interface Security App

Interface Security Systems managed network, UCaaS and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises, announced a new offering that enables its restaurant, retail and hospitality customers to communicate with their patrons via SMS and MMS text messages. Using their regular published business telephone number, businesses can have real-time two-way text conversations with their guests, inform them when their orders are ready to be picked up, or when their room is ready.

Cobwebs Launches its Web Investigation Platform to Corporate Security Market

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:28 am Categories: Cyber Security, Law Enforcement. Tags: Cobwebs, Johnmichael O’Hare.

Cobwebs Technologies

Cobwebs Technologies has launched the only available, fully automated web investigation platform capable of unified identity resolution to the corporate security market. The law enforcement grade platform?s AI and machine learning (ML)-powered algorithms? ability to extract targeted intelligence from the web?s big data and deliver trustworthy threat intelligence is unprecedented. The Cobwebs web investigation platform works similarly to a search engine.

Siqura Becomes Part of TKH Security

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:24 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Siqura, Timme Grijpink, TKH Security.

Siqura TKH Security

From January 1st, 2021 onwards, all Siqura activities will continue under the banner of TKH Security. These leading companies in video security solutions were both already members of TKH Group NV. The Siqura video security solutions are often sold in combination with the developed security solutions of TKH Security and this complete solution is highly appreciated by our customers worldwide.

ASIS International Announces 2021 Global Board of Directors

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:21 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: ASIS, John A. Petruzzi Jr, Malcolm C. Smith, Peter J. O’Neil, Timothy M. McCreight.

ASIS board

ASIS International announced the full slate of directors for its 2021 Global Board. The Global Board of Directors, first installed in 2020, is a major step in the association?s transition to a new global governance structure that allows ASIS to better provide service to its members at the local, regional, and global levels. Global Board director Timothy M. McCreight, CPP, of Canada, was selected by the board to serve as Secretary-Treasurer in 2021.

Calipsa?s False Alarm Reduction Platform Chosen by Radius Security

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:13 am Categories: Cloud, Technologies. Tags: Aleksei Bulavko, Calipsa, Radius Security.

Calipsa dashboard

Calipsa announced that its false alarm filtering platform is being used by Richmond, British Columbia-based Radius Security. Radius Security is the security systems and monitoring branch of Vancouver Fire and Security and the first Canadian monitoring center to adopt the cloud-based Calipsa technology. Calipsa?s false alarm reduction technology uses artificial intelligence with deep learning technology to filter out false alarms with a 99.5% accuracy rate.

Acronis Acquires CyberLynx, Enhances Cyber Protection Portfolio

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:09 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Acronis, CyberLynx, Frank Dickson, Noam Herold.

Acronis

Acronis announced the acquisition of CyberLynx, a leading Israel-based cybersecurity consultancy firm with a presence in the U.K., Switzerland, and Luxembourg. This acquisition marks Acronis? third in the past year, which continues the company?s accelerated growth plan. As a premier provider of security audits, penetration testing, and proprietary training solutions, CyberLynx enjoys a global customer presence built on cutting-edge technical expertise.

Kenosha Unified School District Selects ZeroEyes? AI Weapons Detection Platform

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:05 am Categories: Campus Security, IP Cameras. Tags: Dustin Brooks, Kenosha, Kevin Christoun, weapons detection, ZeroEyes.

Zero Eyes Campus Protection

ZeroEyes has been selected by the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) of Wisconsin to help improve security on its campuses. ZeroEyes? proprietary solution will identify visible guns if present and send alerts to school administrators and security personnel within three to five seconds, helping to stop violent threats before they occur. KUSD is the third-largest school district in Wisconsin. with over 21,000 students and 4,200 employees.

PSA Announces Partnership with Proactive Data Storage & Monitoring, Inc.

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 5:02 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Proactive Data Storage & Monitoring, PSA, Thomas Maggio, Tim Brooks.

PSA announced the addition of ProActive Data Storage and Monitoring Inc.,

3xLOGIC Launches the VIGIL Video Solutions in EMEA

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 4:58 am Categories: Product Focus, Video Analytics. Tags: 3xlogic, Bill Hobbs, EMEA, VIGIL.

3xLOGIC VIGIL

3xLOGIC is launching its VIGIL suite of video solutions across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The ecosystem, comprising software and hardware such as cameras, recorders, thermal imagers, people counters, and accessories, is designed to provide a scalable security solution that?s tailored to every business need. Business leaders have increasing amounts of data available to analyse, with the total amount of data in the world forecast to reach 59 zettabytes in 2020.

Invixium Establishes New Middle East Headquarters in Dubai

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 4:05 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Invixium, MENA, Shiraz Kapadia, Wisam Yaghmour.

IXM Dubai

Invixium is opening a new office in Dubai, servicing the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa and Pakistan. The new MENA headquarters has been established to best respond to the growing interest in Invixium’s health-focused, temperature-based workforce management and access control biometric solutions that are in high demand as businesses reopen during COVID-19. Invixium’s new office is centrally located in Dubai Internet City, which is regarded as the innovation and technology hub of the region.

Irisbond Launches Hiru, the World’s First Multiplatform Eye Tracking Device

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 3:52 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: COVID-19, Eduardo Jauregui, Hiru, Irisbond.

Hiru

Irisbond has launched Hiru, the world?s first eye tracking technology that is compatible with any device regardless of operating system. With Hiru, anyone can operate devices with just a single glance from a computer to an ATM machine, an elevator or an access control system in an office building. Irisbond?s innovative eye tracking technology provides a new hands-free way of communicating with the world around us, which is proving crucial given the devastating impact of COVID-19.

Brivo Launches Brivo Access to Deliver First-of-its-Kind Data Analytics Capabilities for Property and Facility Management

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 18, 2020 12:00 am Categories: Access Control, Cloud, Technologies. Tags: Access Control, Brivo, Data Analytics, Dean Drako, Jeff Nielsen, Steve Van Till.

Brvo

Brivo announces the launch of Brivo Access, a unified security platform delivering new digital transformation capabilities for organizations worldwide. Brivo Access sets a new standard for access control with the industry?s first integrated business intelligence (BI) tools and machine learning technologies to transform data into actionable insights. Brivo Access will improve the ability of the CISO/CSO to manage more comprehensive data sets and have a more holistic view of the business.

Patriot One?s AI-Powered PATSCAN Platform Deployed at the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 17, 2020 10:50 pm Categories: Casinos, Surveillance. Tags: Dietmar Wennemer, Jay Franken, Patriot One, Plaza Hotel & Casino.

Plaza Hotel and Casino Las Vegas

Patriot One Technologies announces the deployment of its Platform at the Plaza Hotel & Casino. Phase 1 deployment of the PATSCAN Platform, offers increased security and safety for resort guests, staff and partners. In addition to the PATSCAN VRS component of the Platform for the detection of visible and invisible threats, such as weapons, disturbances, elevated body temperature identification and facial mask detection, the Plaza will also deploy Patriot One?s new PATSCAN Multi-Sensor Gateway.

SAFR is Chosen to Provide Features, Including Mask Detection and Face Recognition, for G2K Group

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 17, 2020 10:41 pm Categories: Video Analytics. Tags: G2K Group, Georg Rennenkampff, José Larrucea, Mask Recognition, SAFR.

SAFR G2K

SAFR from RealNetworks announced a global partnership with German tech company G2K Group GmbH to revolutionize real-time video analytics. SAFR features including face recognition, mask detection, person detection, and demographic analysis have been integrated into Parsifal ? a robust AI platform providing actionable video analytics for verticals such as retail, transportation, smart cities, and sports and entertainment.