Percepto Autonomous Drone Solution Assessed in U.S. Operational Experimentation Program

Featured Video Play Icon

Percepto revealed that it has participated in an operational experimentation program with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Science and Technology Directorate in collaboration with the U.S. Army. Percepto was invited to participate in the program to evaluate the ability of autonomous drones to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations and to confirm the presence of adversary assets.

Read More ›

US Surveillance Market Gets First Look At The Expanded Suite Of COLDSTORE Video Storage Solutions

Vracity Coldstore Colossus

Veracity will be demonstrating its expanded suite of COLDSTORE? solutions at ISC West this year. The solutions on display would include the new COLDSTORE 2U delivering 112TB video storage in a compact rack-mounted space up and the COLDSTORE Colossus, the 4U, 45-bay, 630TB video storage solution. The COLDSTORE family offers unique benefits including a 10x increase in hard disk life and power savings of 90%+.

Read More ›

Princeton Identity Introduces the IOM Access600e Iris and Face Biometric Identity Device

Princeton Identity announced the lauch of its new IOM Access600e? iris and face biometric capture device, a premium level unit designed for high volume enrollment and fast, convenient identification in high security, high throughput applications. The Access600e replaces the company?s Access500e model, offering superior performance, significantly lower pricing, and a sleek, updated form factor that allows it to fit easily on tight table counters.

Read More ›

ISS Welcomes New Director Of Sales

Shawn Mather

Intelligent Security Systems announced the hiring of Shawn Mather as Director of Sales for the U.S. Mather will manage ISS? sales strategy, alignment of verticals, channel expansion, and technology partnerships. Mather?s more than 20 years of technical and manufacturing product sales experience includes leadership roles in the security industry. He has successfully built sales and channels with Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups.

Read More ›

Security Industry Association Names Chris Grniet as Committee Chair of The Year for 2018

Christopher Grniet at SIA

The Security Industry Association has selected Chris Grniet, CPP, as the recipient of the 2018 SIA Committee Chair of the Year Award, which recognizes individuals for excellence in leading SIA committees and advancing member objectives. SIA will present Grniet with the honor at The Advance, SIA?s annual membership meeting, during ISC West. Grniet chairs the SIA New Product Showcase Committee and also serves as regional vice president of the security and technology consulting division at Guidepost Solutions.

Read More ›

Abloy Opens Competence Centres Worldwide to Modernize Access Management in Rail Industry

Abloy Access Control for Rail Industry

Locking solutions provider Abloy opens several competence centres worldwide to support the digital transformation in professional access management and locking. The focus is to bring operational excellence to the rapidly evolving and critical rail industry. Finnish locking solutions provider Abloy is expanding its international business operations. The main focus in 2019 will be in the global railway industry, which is undergoing a rapid digital transformation.

Read More ›

Lanner Electronics Partners with Interactor to Accelerate Edge Computing Deployment

LEC-7338

Lanner Electronics has formed a partnership with Interactor, the leading edge compute software provider for Enterprise IoT, to address the challenges in today?s IIoT (Industrial IoT) deployments. The joint solution of Lanner?s validated white-box gateway integrated with the edge computing software by Interactor is developed to enable interoperability and connectivity on both hardware and software levels in industrial automation and smart city deployments.

Read More ›

The Deep-Learning Startup Leveraging Purpose-Built AI Algorithms on Their Mission to Improve Safety and Security

Featured Video Play Icon

On a mission to create safer communities, companies, and environments, Vintra uses artificial intelligence to augment the established surveillance systems deployed to protect the spaces where people work, learn, and travel. Vintra works with private companies, higher education, and law enforcement to transform visual data from any camera—including, remarkably, mobile sources like drones and dash cams—into actionable, tailored and trusted intelligence with proprietary deep learning algorithms.

Read More ›

Arecont Vision Costar Adds Customer Support Executive To Leadership Team

Arecont Vision Costar?s Technical Services organization includes skilled Field Application Engineers (FAEs) who primarily provide pre-sale technical and configuration support. This includes both remote and onsite assistance to authorized security dealers and integrators, working in conjunction with both the Arecont Vision Costar?s Inside Sales team and the regional sales managers and sales directors based in their geographic regions. Technical Support Engineers (TSEs) are also critical members of the Technical Services team, focused on post-sales customer issues, ranging from diagnosing hardware and software issues to troubleshooting complex situations to resolve problems.

Read More ›

New Technology Helps Everyone In Mass Shooting Situations

HEDGE Tactical Solutions

Hedge Tactical Solutions was founded by Kevin Grundstrom, a safety and security expert who trains organizations in tactical response. He started developing this new technology after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, with a team of law enforcement, military and other tactical experts. Imagine if when a mass shooting occurred, if everyone inside the building and the police officers responding knew exactly where the shooter was at all times?

Read More ›

iluminar CEO Eddie Reynolds To Speak At ISC West 2019 On Women?s Panel

Eddie Reynolds illuminar

iluminar CEO Eddie Reynolds has been selected to speak on a panel at ISC West 2019, the largest trade show for the security channel in the United States. ISC West will welcome over 30,000 security professionals and 1,000 exhibiting companies. Reynolds will join a female-driven panel at ISC West on April 9 called, ?Being a Woman Owned Business Owner in the Security Industry is an Advantage, not a Disadvantage?

Read More ›

Security Industry Association Announces Event For Women In The Security Industry

SIA Juliette Kayyem

The Security Industry Association—as part of its Women in Security Forum initiative—will host a breakfast event during ISC West featuring insights from special guest Juliette Kayyem, a national leader in America?s homeland security efforts. The SIA Women in Security Forum Breakfast @ ISC West will take place Friday, April 12, in Room 1001/1004 of the Sands Convention Center at 8:30 a.m. Learn more and RSVP.

Read More ›

BCDVideo Launches Powerful New Accelerator Storage Solution For Video Surveillance Customers

Revolutionizing how throughput is maximized in Milestone Systems video recorders, BCDVideo released today the BCDVideo Accelerator (BVA) equipped video recording servers for Milestone, which incorporate the company?s innovative accelerator technology and eliminates the need for extra storage solutions, including the costly and space-consuming 15,000rpm hard disk drives previously required to attain necessary system bandwidth.

Read More ›

The Migration Of The Access Control Market

Melissa Stenger ISONAS

Access control and the overall physical security market continue to grow at a rapid pace with no signs of slowing down. Market research expects the access control industry to grow to over $10B by 2022 which is about 9% CAGR. So, what?s driving this growth? There are several trends and disruptive technologies that are driving acceleration in a category that has traditionally been slower to migrate.

Read More ›

IndigoVision Releases New Version Of The Maxxess Integration

IndigoVision Maxxes

IndigoVision introduced a new version of the Maxxess Integration 2.0. This new version has been refreshed and expanded since its initial release 10 years ago. The new version allows alarms and events from Maxxess systems to be seamlessly combined with IndigoVision?s security management solution, Control Center, giving complete video and alarm management in a single user interface. According to IndigoVision all of their Integrations are designed with safety in mind.

Read More ›

Black Sage Technologies Selects Echodyne MESA Radar For Counter-UAS Solutions

CUAS SAGE Technologies

Echodyne announced that its security radar, EchoGuard, has been selected by Black Sage Technologies, Inc. as the preferred radar sensor for mid-range C-UAS security solutions. The radar is recognized in the industry as the best-performing sensor in its class and is a critical component for UAS detection, tracking, classification, and identification in multi-sensor arrays. Echodyne’s breakthrough MESA? technology creates a small ESA radar with high-fidelity data output with excellent range, detection and tracking accuracy.

Read More ›

News Coverage Puts Safe-Latch In The Spotlight

Safe-Latch panic device

Safe-Latch, the safety solution that helps lock down classrooms instantly, continues to make news for its innovation and simplicity in helping to secure classrooms and protect students and teachers. Wisconsin CBS affiliate WDJT recently produced a Special Report on school security, featuring Safe-Latch as a company designing products to keep kids safe at school. The CBS story is one of several news features showcasing Safe-Latch this year.

Read More ›

ReconaSense Debuts A.I.-Powered Physical Security Platform With Risk Adaptive Access Control

Reconasense

ReconaSense announced the latest release of its A.I. powered security platform for life safety and physical security, featuring risk adaptive access control and new IoT and building automation integrations that enable the secure flow of people, processes, and information while keeping risks at bay. Digital transformation has increased the volume, variety, and velocity of physical security event data being collected and stored, increasing the complexity of potential security risk factors as well as the time and talent required to identify and manage them.

Read More ›

SightLogix Introduces Dual-Video SightSensor TC

Featured Video Play Icon

SightLogix introduced the SightSensor TC product line, which adds high-definition visible color to SightLogix?s longstanding reputation for outstanding thermal detection. The SightSensor TC uses an ideal outdoor intrusion sensor—thermal video—to detect targets with high accuracy in darkness, rain, and snow. An integrated HD visible imager provides color video assessment. Both thermal and color streams are viewable through a wide-range of third-party VMS systems.

Read More ›

Dortronics Announces BICSI And AIA Sessions At PSA TEC 2019

Dotronix Custom Solutions

This year at TEC 2019, Skip Burnham, A/E Sales Manager for Dortronics Systems, Inc. will be presenting two informative sessions. These AIA and BICSI recognized courses will take place on March 12 and 13. TEC 2019 will be held March 12-16, 2019 at the Sheraton Downtown in Denver, CO and is open to everyone in the physical security industry. The course, Door Interlocks: Applications and System Design will review the various types of door interlocks, mantraps, sally ports and their applications.

Read More ›