Paxton is offering UK and Ireland installation companies the ultimate security experience from April, after successful events in Europe and South Africa. The Paxton Tech Tour 2024 is free to attend and a chance for security installation professionals to develop knowledge and explore business opportunities with Paxton. Tickets are now available to book. Dan Drayton, […]
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A beachside nightclub in Dubai was the setting for an important recent Data Centre Networking event, sponsored by leading critical digital infrastructure provider, Vertiv, access control specialist, Meesons, and data centre specialists, Datalec Precision Installations, and organised by Vertiv Strategic Segment Director – Colocation & Hyperscale, METCA, Ian Paul and Astha Batra, Field Marketing at
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Geoff Gritton, Business Development Manager for Secure Logiq has won BDM of the Year for a third year running at Norbain’s annual awards show, which recognises top sales professionals and employees. Gritton is a security industry stalwart, but has only been with Secure Logiq for three years. He credits the friendly, family atmosphere and relaxed
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The ISRM has opened two new Chapters – one in Mexico and one in Canada. Both new chapters will serve as an integral part of the ISRM North America hub. According to the ISRM, the new Canada Chapter will serve as a dynamic platform for knowledge sharing, enabling professionals from various industries to collaborate and
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Cybersecurity architect and host of the Security Architecture podcast, Evgeniy Kharam is inviting security professionals to join him for the Kickoff episode of Season 5. In this latest series, Kharam and co-host Dmitry Raidman will be exploring the best ways to protect infrastructure as a service (IaaS) environments. It will be focusing on the Cloud-Native
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Data management specialist, Cloudera has introduced new sales, technical, and industry accreditations for partners globally as part of its redesigned Cloudera Partner Network (CPN) program. The new accreditations validate a partner’s understanding of the value of Cloudera’s solutions, helping them to build their knowledge of Cloudera products, programs, tools, and resources. According to Cloudera, the
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Lookout, Inc have announced the launch of Lookout SAIL, the Company’s new generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) assistant that will reshape the way cybersecurity professionals interact with Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security and Lookout Cloud Security. In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, companies are engaged in an ongoing battle against cyber criminals who are constantly
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Lookout has released the results of a survey conducted at Infosecurity Europe, which evaluated the opinions of 246 security professionals towards the NCSC Cyber Essentials framework. The research found only 28% of organisations had fully implemented Cyber Essentials, with over a third (40%) of security professionals claiming they were unfamiliar with the scheme. Of those
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The results of the Q1 2023 top-clicked phishing report have been released by KnowBe4 and include the top email subjects clicked on in phishing tests from organisations. It showcases the shift in phishing topics to IT and online service notifications such as laptop refresh or account suspension notifications that can affect end users’ daily work.
Genetec, Motorola Solutions and Milestone Systems continued to grow their combined global share of the market for video surveillance software and service agreements in 2021. According to a new report from Novaira Insights, this global market was worth $2.4 billion in 2021 with around 68% of this outside China. The “big 3” grew their combined
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Altronix has expanded its line of Trove Access and Power Integration Solutions to support more brands of access control including Inner Range, Kisi, and Suprema – as well as DIN rail mount solutions ICT and TDSi. “Our collaboration with today’s top access control suppliers provides users with more flexibility when designing and installing access control
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Lisa M. Kelley, an experienced finance and operations executive, has joined Quanergy Systems’ board of directors. Kelley brings to the board more than 25 years of success in the electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing and consumer goods industries. As a member of Quanergy’s board, Kelley will sit on the compensation and audit committees, leveraging her audit committee
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Vemotion Interactive has released the VB-400, a MIL-SPEC, multi-stream, multi-media hybrid encoder and recorder. The VB-400 together with a local user interface, includes the ability to define on-board recording and transmission parameters, for full rate camera viewing and control (including recorded footage playback). The new VB-400 encoder supports any mix of analogue and IP cameras,
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Global MSC Security has honoured David White’s 50-year career in policing and the security industry, with the 2022 Gordon McLanaghan Award for Security Innovation. The highly respected consultant, tutor and former police officer, was presented with a piece of Bristol Blue glassware, by the Managing Director of Global MSC Security, Derek Maltby, upon his retirement
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Despite 43% of businesses believing their biggest challenge in detecting and remediating threats is an over-abundance of tools A worrying 73.48% of organisations feel they have wasted the majority of their cybersecurity budget on failing to remediate threats, despite having an over-abundance of security tools at their disposal. The survey conducted by Gurucul, the leader in
In response to the growing number of ransomware and cyberattacks across the globe, Armis has surveyed over 100 security professionals to explore the major challenges, risks, and worries of business leaders in the cybersecurity industry. Top industry risks were found to be employee behaviour, poor asset visibility and poor patch management practices. After years of
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viisights and EAGL Technology have partnered to create and deploy video understanding technology designed to detect armed persons and provide real-time early alerts. By combining viisights AI-powered behaviour recognition video analytics with EAGL gunshot detection and alert systems, customers will benefit from the ability to identify and detect a potential active-shooter scenario in real-time to
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Adarma has released research findings from a nationwide ransomware study of 500 C-level executives at UK businesses with over 2,000 employees, aiming to investigate how organisations perceive today’s threats and how prepared they are to respond. The survey discovered a major disconnect in the way organisations think and act in the face of ransomware. The
Secure Logiq has created a direct presence in the Middle East with the official opening of a new local office. Based in Dubai, the new office will provide Secure Logiq’s local customers and partners with a direct line of contact to local sales and design specialists in their own time zone. “The Middle East is
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Morse Watchmans, has been acquired by TouchPoint, a privately-held company focused on engineered products in growth markets where the touch point is a differentiating factor. Following the acquisition, Morse Watchmans will join TouchPoint’s Intelligent Inventory Management platform. This portion of the company focuses on developing inventory management solutions that enable the secure, accurate and efficient
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The UK government has launched a new scheme to help cyber start-ups, small businesses and scaleups launch and grow their businesses. Cyber Runway will see entrepreneurs and businesses get access to business masterclasses, mentoring, product development support, networking events and backing to trade internationally and secure investment so they can turn their ideas into commercial
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Hikvision’s HikCentral Professional platform provides a centralised software solution to remotely view and manage all facets of an organisation’s integrated physical security systems. The platform delivers integration and management capabilities for video surveillance, access control, video intercom and various specialty solutions such as under vehicle surveillance, along with a host of embedded intelligent analytics and
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Assa Abloy has acquired Capital Door Service, a pedestrian door distributor and service company in California, Nevada and Arizona. Headquartered in Sacramento, California, Capital Door Service was founded in 1999 and has 50 employees. “I am very pleased to welcome Capital Door Service into the Assa Abloy Group,” said Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of
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InCadence Strategic Solutions has been awarded a 10-year, $46.8 million contract to provide technical advice, application development, installation, modernisation and operational support for the implementation of the Diplomatic Security Identity Assurance System (DSIAS) and the Ares mobile biometric system. “We are proud to have the opportunity to provide an award-winning technical solution that supports Department
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Morse Watchmans has launched a new website that features a host of key management products, resources and integrations. The new website has been designed to strengthen communications with customers and partners and serve as a platform for product and thought leadership information to the professional security industry. “The key management industry is experiencing many changes,
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Hikvision’s financial results for the first half of 2021 show the manufacturer generated revenues of $5.25 billion (RMB 33.90 billion) with a year-over-year (YoY) growth of 39.68%. Net profits attributable to shareholders of the listed company were $1 billion (RMB 6.48 billion), reflecting a YoY growth of 40.17%. “While uncertainties remain, the sustained growth we’ve
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Idemia has formed a global partnership with Bosch Building Technologies to target the fast-growing biometric access control market. According to market analysts, this market at $1bn in 2021, will grow to $1.4 by 2024, twice the growth of traditional access control systems. Bosch Building Technologies offers a software solution that manages different Bosch security subsystems
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Integrated Biometrics (IB) has signed a strategic development alliance with Sciometrics to provide advanced touchless technology that enables developers to turn smartphones into high-resolution biometric devices. The alliance reflects IB’s commitment to providing leadership in fingerprint collection technology to the industry and is the culmination of years of joint efforts to develop such technology. IB
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The UK government has signed a contract worth over £230 million for the RAF’s Poseidon Maritime Aircraft fleet with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK). Specialising in anti-submarine warfare, the Poseidon (P-8A) is the RAF’s multi-role maritime patrol aircraft. Working alongside the Royal Navy and close maritime allies such as the United States and Norway, Poseidon locates,
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on whether to launch a market investigation into Motorola’s Airwave network – the mobile radio network used by all emergency services in Great Britain. The move follows concerns expressed about the impact of the dual role of Motorola as the owner of the company providing the
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KnowBe4 has released a new Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation’s Phish-Prone percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are likely to fall for a phishing or social engineering scam. The initial baseline phishing test was administered to organisations that had not conducted any KnowBe4 security awareness training. The results
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Haivision Systems has announced a definitive agreement to acquire CineMassive Displays. With the addition of the CineMassive technology, Haivision will combine low latency live video with real-time secure data sources and communication elements to provide customers with a single-vendor solution for situational awareness. Combining real-time video with intelligent data visualisation allows Haivision to provide a
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Assa Abloy has signed an agreement to sell its Nordic locksmith business Certego to Nalka Invest. According to Assab Abloy, this transaction reinforces the strategic focus on the core security solutions business of its Opening Solutions EMEIA Division. Certego is a locksmith and security solutions installation business in the Nordic region. It provides planning, installation
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Cybereason has released research findings from a global ransomware study of nearly 1,300 security professionals that reveals more than half of organisations have been the victim of a ransomware attack. In the UK specifically, 305 companies were contacted and 84% of businesses that chose to pay a ransom demand suffered a second ransomware attack, often
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Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Tetra Drones Limited, a developer of custom-made, high-performance and niche Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Plymouth Rock acquired 100 ordinary shares of Tetra from the sole Shareholder, Ben Pickard. Pickard will continue to work for PRT following completion of the acquisition. “The acquisition of Tetra
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Mayflex has become a strategic partner to Zitko Talent: the training initiative designed to fast-track entry level field engineers into Fire and Security. The 12-month programme offers trainees paid employment from day one, combined with around 300 hours of certified product training and theoretical study towards a Level 3 industry qualification. The product training is
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Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Openminded, a French cybersecurity services company that provides advisory, cloud and infrastructure security, cyber defence, and managed security services. Once completed, the acquisition would bring approximately 100 highly skilled cybersecurity professionals to Accenture Security’s workforce of nearly 7,000 professionals globally and extend Accenture’s cybersecurity presence and capabilities
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Assa Abloy has published its Q1 2021 results, highlighting a 2% net decrease in sales but organic growth of 4%. This figure was supported by the company seeing strong organic growth in Asia Pacific EMEIA and Entrance Systems, but countered by a 9% drop in organic growth for Global Technologies. “The world continued to be
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Buyers of video technology are focusing increasingly on business protocol enforcement applications, in addition to traditional security, say Idis America and virtual guarding and monitoring service partner Virtual Management Intelligence (VMI). The two companies are working together to deliver AI-supported remote surveillance services, including business operations monitoring, in sectors such as transportation, warehousing, cannabis production,
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The US Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) and the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) have signed a memorandum of agreement to collaborate on expanding the country’s national security innovation base. The new partnership links two DOD organisations with a common mission to establish an annual, joint programme plan to leverage
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Alan Riegler has been named as the new Managing Director at ISM. Riegler joins the ISM team with over 10 years’ Sales Director experience and a demonstrated history of successfully working in the security and investigations industry. His commitment to building and developing strong successful teams and individuals sits well within the business values of
The UK’s Department for International Trade is highlighting the country’s capabilities for large-scale event security with a new brochure. Major Event Security: An introduction to UK capability is the first in a series of promotional literature that highlights the UK security sector’s strengths to international buyers. The document explains how industry can help to ensure
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Device Smart has signed a distribution agreement with Nimans and the Nycomm Group. Nimans will be stocking and promoting the Night Sabre low profile security light though its security and retail divisions in support of an increasing security product offering. The Night Sabre is described by the manufacturer as the world’s slimmest security light at
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Beech Tree Private Equity has invested in UK-based managed security services provider Performanta. The investment will support Performanta with its plans to scale up rapidly, enhancing sales to accelerate its focus on enterprise customers and the channel as well as further investment into its flagship product Core. The investment will also help the company make
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ReliaQuest’s 2021 Security Technology Sprawl Report with IDG found that on average, enterprises maintain 19 different security tools, with only 22% of such tools serving as vital to primary security objectives. The study surveyed 400 IT and security decision makers at companies with more than 1,000 employees on the effectiveness of their current security tools
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a critical tool in revolutionising critical disease treatments, as well as R&D methods, but it now is also transforming healthcare operations. Security & Safety Things (S&ST) offers a platform for smart cameras that enables the cameras to run a variety of different applications to perform different functions, much like a
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Boon Edam has opened three service centres on the east coast of the US. The service centres are in Washington, D.C., New York City and Atlanta and will support customers in the immediate surrounding states. The manufacturer states that this will make it easier for clients to receive product installation services, planned preventative maintenance and
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The UK is set to invest an extra £24 billion in defence and spend £210 billion on equipment programmes over the next decade. The figures were announced as part of the country’s Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy. The Integrated Review has also seen the creation of a Counter-Terrorism Operations Centre, the
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Chris Roberts, the newly appointed Chief Security Strategist for Cynet, will launch a new CISO community specifically designed to help cybersecurity leaders. The interactive community will support CISOs who want to share experiences, collaborate on best practices, coordinate initiatives, discover new resources or simply just need a place to talk. Roberts, an experienced cyber researcher
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Zitko has promoted from within to fill a pair of new senior appointments. The new appointments see Terri Lalonde and Laura Raven join the company’s senior leadership team. Terri Lalonde joined Zitko in 2019 to manage all aspects of candidate experience, including service standards, engagement, marketing and application/selection processes. Her promotion to the SLT underlines
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With two out of four events in the ASIS Europe series successfully completed, new Premium Online passes are now available at a 25% discount – they include full access to the upcoming 23 March and 6 May events, and all the on-demand content recorded on the first two event days. On 23 March, the programme
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The UK has doubled the budget for its Safer Streets fund to £45 million. The fund is used by local authorities across the UK to improve neighbourhoods with enhanced lighting and CCTV coverage. The decision comes in response to the outpouring of experiences and concerns following the death of Sarah Everard. The announcement came following
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The UK’s Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy is to be published this week. The review will set out the importance of cyber technology to the UK’s way of life – whether it’s defeating its enemies on the battlefield, making the internet a safer place or developing cutting-edge tech to improve people’s
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Emma Maslen, VP & General Manager, EMEA & APAC at Ping Identity answers the question What’s the best thing about being a woman in technology? The most challenging?
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Molson Coors Beverage Company, the brewer behind brands such as Coors Light, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, Blue Moon, Peroni, Killian’s, and Foster’s has filled a report to the SEC announcing that it experienced a systems outage that was caused by a cyber security incident. In the filing, the company reported that it had “engaged leading
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Following the confirmation that its systems had been hacked, Verkada has updated its customers on the security of its system, the status of its investigation into the hack and the steps it is taking to ensure the protection of its customers and system. The surveillance systems manufacturer has confirmed that it has identified the attack
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Cynet has closed a US$40 million Series C funding round led by Greenfield Partners with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, BlueRed Partners and Deutsche Telekom. The investment will be used to meet the vigorous demand for Cynet’s Autonomous XDR Platform from companies of all sizes. Following a steep rise in
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Mission 500, the non-profit charitable organisation dedicated to serving children and communities in need across the US, partnered with ADI Global Distribution in January to raise more than US$93,000 to support corporate social responsibility across the security industry and help underprivileged children in communities across America. This is the second year ADI teamed up with
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A new study has revealed that women hold only 10% of board positions and 16% of management positions within the world’s leading cyber security companies. The study was carried out by Eskenzi PR and Marketing, and looked at the websites of 138 companies from the Cybersecurity Ventures Hot 150 to understand the ratio between males
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Fortus Group Holdings has announced the acquisition of two companies; UK based distribution company Enterprise Security Distribution and UK and Ireland based remote CCTV monitoring specialist Re:Sure Intelligence. The deal gives the enlarged group a turnover of £100 million, or 10% of the £1 billion Ireland and UK security product market. Details of the purchase
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A new England-wide study by IP video integrator NW Security completed in September, found that 97% of medium and large-sized businesses wanted to make significant improvements to their existing CCTV systems. Over a third (36%) of firms captured in this study wanted their CCTV systems to be integrated better with other security-related systems such as
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Ping Identity has joined the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) to help forge open standards for protecting digital identities. The DIF aims to develop an open ecosystem for decentralised management of digital identities, and ensure interoperability between all participants. The goal is to help people and organisations gain control over their digital identities, enabling them to
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The Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) has announced a new specification that focuses on camera cyber security measures as well as a new App Developer Council designed to attract and involve app developers in the Alliance’s ever-growing ecosystem of security and safety industry players. The OSSA Camera Cyber Security Specification contains definitions and guidelines
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Videosoft is taking its range of adaptive low bandwidth video streaming products global and introducing the FireBird F-100 compact, low bitrate video recorder, encoder and transmitter. The Videosoft suite of video streaming products, including the brand-new FireBird F-100, reportedly deliver high quality, low latency live video over unreliable or congested networks, including 4G mobile and
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Anthony Barnard, HR Manager at Northland Controls and Nadine Jones, Key Account Manager at Zitko discuss how Project Managers and Engineers can be successfully recruited, hired and onboarded in the Fire and Security industry.
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Assa Abloy has acquired the textile services business of Invengo Information Technology, a real-time inventory management platform combining software, RFID tags, equipment and services to identify, track and monitor linen and textile assets. The business will join the HID Global portfolio. “Invengo Textile Services is a strategic technological addition to the Assa Abloy Group,” said
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The Florida Department of Education has chosen Everbridge as an approved partner for the state’s Alyssa’s Law mandate. The company has been approved to develop and install mobile panic alarm systems in Florida’s K-12 schools. Beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year, Florida public and charter schools will be required to demonstrate compliance with Alyssa’s Law,
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Astrophysics has been granted ISO 14001 certification, highlighting its commitment to implement and maintain environmental management systems. The x-ray scanner manufacturer already has ISO 9001 certification and states that the combination of the two demonstrates its dedication to quality production processes, environmental policies and the continual improvement of each. ISO 14001 focuses on environmentally responsible
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Talion, born out of the Applied Intelligence division of BAE Systems, has emerged onto the UK cyber market as one of the newest managed security providers. Talion’s roots began when the UK government requested BAE Systems to protect a major UK sporting event. Highly targeted secure government departments and large global organisations followed suit, leveraging
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Cop UK is now stocking, supplying and supporting the entire range of products from Hikvision. This includes the manufacturer’s IP, Turbo, AX PRO Alarm and Display products. “We are excited to be able to stock such an extensive selection of products from the Hikvision range,” said Chris Bentley, Managing Director at Cop UK. “As you
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Plymouth Rock Technologies believes it has broken the record for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone delivery and set a new record for complete ‘round trip’ autonomous delivery capability as part of its work on the United Nations mission in Somalia. On February 10, 2021, between 09.00 and 09.30 ZULU, a PRT delivery drone,
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Boon Edam Inc has reported growth in 2020, selling 59% more optical turnstiles than in the previous year. While most people began working from home early in the year, orders for optical turnstiles, which are typically installed in the lobbies of commercial buildings, continued at a steady pace through the summer and into the autumn.
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Promise Technology has joined The Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) at the Adopter level. OSSA is a non-profit, non-stock corporation that brings together like-minded organisations to create a framework providing standards and specifications for a common standardized platform for security and safety solutions. “Promise brings to the table decades of experience innovating high-performance enterprise
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CDVI group has become one of the founding training partners for Zitko Talent. This announcement follows the news that systems integrator Reliance High-Techhas recently joined the programme as founding employers. Zitko Talent is a partnership of employers, educators and manufacturers devoted to attracting and developing a fresh generation of fire and security engineers. CDVI is
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Bayshore Networks and GE Digital have expanded their partnership to address the growing need to secure industrial and critical infrastructure networks. GE Digital’s OpShield technology will be integrated into Bayshore Networks’ solutions providing industrial cybersecurity and active prevention/protection for industrial equipment, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human machine interface (HMIs), and engineering workstations. “We’re pleased
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UK-based handheld RFID reader manufacturer, Technology Solutions (TSL), has been acquired by Assa Abloy. TSL designs, develops and manufactures ruggedised mobile RFID readers and other multi-technology, mobile device peripherals used to identify and track products and assets. “I am very pleased to welcome TSL into the Assa Abloy Group,” said Nico Delvaux, President and CEO
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Idis has acquired a controlling (44.84%) stake in KT Powertel, the radio communications subsidiary of telecoms giant KT Corp. The move has been designed to strengthen the manufacturer’s offering in the security and safety sectors, with customers to benefit from powerful push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) communications solutions, and an emerging generation of advanced safety and
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The EU has harmonised its standards for point heat detectors and point smoke detectors which will be mandatory from August 31, 2022. CertAlarm is now able to offer these certifications. Back in 2018, The Technical Committee CEN/TC 72 released two common standards – EN 54-5: 2017 + A1:2018, “Heat detectors – Point heat detectors”, and
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There has been a sharp increase in the necessity for businesses to adopt hosted video surveillance (VSaaS) and access control (ACaaS) solutions according to new research into the impact of Covid-19 on physical security purchasing decisions. While 70% of 1,000 senior decision makers in IT, security, FM and HR roles agree this to be the
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Citadel Defense has received a multi-million-dollar government contract for its Titan AI-powered, RF-based counter drone system. Under this contract, Titan systems are being delivered in response to urgent needs. Citadel’s technology was selected following a competitive evaluation of two dozen competitive counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS). According to the manufacturer, Titan proved highly effective
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Access control specialist, Alcatraz AI has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS). 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. “The Alcatraz team is proud to have achieved ISO 27001
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Datto has been invited by the Institute for Security and Technology to join its Multi-Sector Ransomware Task Force. As a founding member, Datto joins other world-renowned experts in the fight against cybercrime and will represent the managed service providers (MSP) community, focusing on the interests and needs of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). “Cybercriminals learn
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DigiCert has successfully migrated its customers and partners from multiple legacy Symantec enterprise, retail and partner TLS consoles to its award-winning DigiCert CertCentral and shut down legacy public TLS issuance systems. According to DigiCert, this milestone significantly improves the user experience, while consolidating DigiCert’s PKI operations, freeing resources to focus on innovation of customer-facing and
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Annke has expanded the potential market for its smart security products by adding 36 more countries to the list it ships to. The new countries that are included on the shipping list are from Africa, South America and Central America and mean that the manufacturer now ships to 123 countries worldwide. “Recently, a lot of
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F5 Networks has completed its acquisition of Volterra. With the addition of Volterra’s technology, F5 is creating an edge platform built for enterprises and service providers that will be security-first and app-driven with unlimited scale. “I am incredibly excited to welcome Volterra to the F5 family and get to work bringing Edge 2.0 – a
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Smart security systems manufacturer, Ajax Systems, has expanded its geography and opened its third R&D office. The new office is located in Vinnytsia in west-central Ukraine and is scheduled to open in February 2021. The previously opened Kharkiv office showed the manufacturer the success that was possible with regional development teams. Ajax is planning to
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The Navies of Belgium and the Netherlands are equipping 12 next generation Mine Counter Measures Vessels with Thales’ NS50 radars for air and surface surveillance with fire control capabilities. Thales describes its NS50 as “the world’s most compact, affordable 4D multi-function naval radar in the market”. It offers air and surface detection, tracking and classification
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DigiCert has announced details of its expansion within the Nordic region. The company has signed its 30th partnership agreement and added to its regional leadership team while adding to its regional customer base. The company now has 30 strategic partnership agreements within the region amongst major systems integrators, solution providers and global consultancies. The list
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Simon Wheeler and Neil Bain from Controlled.co.uk discuss how systems integration contracts come to them and how they approach their relationships with clients.
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Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office have signed a £76 million aircraft support contract aimed at maximising the availability and capability of the UK’s F-35 Lightning stealth jets. The Lightning Air system National Capability Enterprise (LANCE) contract will provide additional expertise on aircraft maintenance, bespoke UK training courses for pilots, groundcrew and engineers,
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Flir Systems has received awards from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to deliver improved air and ground surveillance capabilities using advanced thermal imaging and drone technology. The awards are potentially worth more than US$23 million, including for delivery of the next-generation Flir LVSS (Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System) for CBP’s Mobile Surveillance Capability (MSC)
Gary Higgins of Smartwater explains how he is seeing the security industry in the UK evolve during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Assa Abloy has sold its Italian residential door business within Gardesa to Italy-based Bertolotto and is in the final stages to sell its remaining shutter business – a process expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2021. Gardesa is an Italian manufacturer of residential security doors and roller shutters, headquartered in Cortemaggiore, Italy
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Ping Identity has won with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognising it as a ‘Best Place to Work’ in 2021. The annual Employees’ Choice Award is based solely on the input of employees who provide anonymous feedback about their job, work environment and employer on Glassdoor. Ping Identity was recognised as a Best Place to
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Synopsys has been recognised as a leader in The Forrester Wave: Static Application Security Testing, Q1 2021. The report identifies the 12 most significant vendors in the static application security testing (SAST) market and evaluates them against 28 criteria in three high-level categories: current offering, strategy and market presence. Synopsys’ Coverity SAST solution received the
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Brazilian provider of managed security and cyber defence services, Real Protect, has been acquired by Accenture. The move has been described as a way of Accenture extending its cybersecurity presence and capabilities in Latin America. Real Protect is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and has an office in São Paulo. Powered by two security operation
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Carl Heathcote from Jacksons Fencing, discusses how the business has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Genetec has opened its 16th global office in Vienna, Austria. Ideally located to support the company’s expanding footprint in Central Europe and serve as a hub for the DACH region, the new office in Vienna will support the company’s fast-growing R&D, regional sales and support teams. With a multilingual staff representing 18 nationalities, the Austria
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The supervisory board of Mobotix has reappointed Klaus Kiener as the company’s chief financial officer until March 31st, 2023. He will continue to be responsible for Finance, Corporate Planning, Investor Relations, Legal/Compliance/Data Protection, Organisation, IT Services, Purchasing and Logistics/Customs. Kiener was significantly responsible for the development and successful implementation of the restructuring programme “Fit for
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