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Infrared thermography has become an indispensable tool in the petrochemical and refining industries, and Jason Czajkowski, IRT Thermography Manager at PROtect, is leading the charge in applying the latest technologies to improve safety, efficiency, and asset integrity. A Level III #13966 certified Master Thermographer and CWI, Czajkowski and his team at PROtect are early adopters of FLIR’s newest furnace inspection tool: the FLIR G609. This article outlines why PROtect transitioned from t...

The Organising Committee of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2026) has announced that EDGE, one of the world’s pioneering advanced technology groups, will be the Main Sponsor of the ninth edition of the event, set to take place from 19 to 22 January 2026 at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). Held over four days, DIMDEX 2026 takes place under the esteemed patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar...

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions will be returning to Greenbuild 2025, the world's largest annual event for green building professionals. This conference and expo is a pioneering global platform for sustainable building. Held from November 4–7, 2025, in Los Angeles, it brings together architects, engineers, owners, and sustainability pioneers to explore innovations, educational opportunities, and products that advance the future of green design and construction. Door and access solution...

Blackline Safety Corp., a global pioneer in connected safety technology, has announced plans to open two new international offices — one in Cologne, Germany, and another in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The expansion strengthens Blackline’s operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), bringing the company closer to its rapidly-growing customer base in these regions. Blackline’s Cologne office adds to its established network in the U.K. and France, providing...

Oncam announced the next phase in its evolution: a forthcoming end-to-end, direct-to-cloud video platform designed to simplify deployment, empower integrators, and redefine enterprise surveillance. The announcement signals a new era for the company as it expands its long-standing expertise in intelligent imaging into a connected, cloud-first ecosystem. Built by Oncam’s UK and US engineering teams, the platform brings together AI-enabled cameras, intelligent IoT devices, and cloud-integrat...

Princeton Identity, a pioneer in advanced iris biometric identity solutions, is proud to announce that Brian K. Tuskan has joined the company as its newest Executive Advisor. Tuskan brings more than two decades of experience in law enforcement and corporate security leadership, having served as Chief Security Officer for both Microsoft and ServiceNow, where he helped define industry-pioneering programs in global security, safety, and intelligence-driven operations. Deep strategic security expe...

Cellebrite DI Ltd, global pioneer in premier Digital Investigative and Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, announced the appointment of Holly Windham as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Ms. Windham brings extensive legal leadership experience for growth-oriented technology companies with deep expertise spanning software, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, data privacy and public sector contracting - areas critical to Cellebrite's continued growth and market lead...

Every morning, it happens in offices everywhere: that tiny, almost imperceptible delay. The brief pause to find a keycard, the slow queue at the security desk, the momentary friction that interrupts the rhythm of the day. This isn't just a minor annoyance—it's a Productivity Tax. These small moments add up, draining efficiency and leaving teams frustrated before they even get to their desks. But what if they could eliminate that friction with a single glance? What if access control wasn't...

Addressing one of the most critical issues affecting society, the education and healthcare communities, parents in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States, and — above all else — students in higher education and K-12, ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Tri-State is hosting an important summit on security and life safety in Philadelphia. The summit will feature experienced experts from major universities, school districts, healthcare, and law enforcement to explore collaborativ...

Pioneering provider of fully integrated fire control systems, Inim Electronics, will launch its innovative software, FireDesigner, for fire safety professionals, at this year’s London Build 2025 - 19 / 20 November. The company welcomes visitors to meet the Inim team at Stand J25, to see the software in action, and learn how it can help consultants and designers to make system planning faster, simpler, and fully compliant. FireDesigner simplifies complex system configurations, transformin...

Innodisk, a pioneering AI solution provider, introduces the industry’s first DDR5 7200 RDIMM as a major upgrade to its DDR5 series, delivering superior performance and the largest 64GB single-module capacity in the industrial market, driving innovation across the embedded and edge AI segments. The DDR5 7200 series delivers a data transfer rate of 7200 MT/s, representing a 12.5% increase in speed, and offers capacities ranging from 8GB to 64GB, with RDIMM models available from 16...

Experts in a diverse range of skills in fire safety are becoming the Fire Aware Educators to help guide those in the supply chain trying to find their way around the wave of legislation and compliance currently being introduced. Key changes under the Building Safety Act involve data collection for all information at key stages of construction, while there have been amendments to Approved Document B and new regulations for Residential Evacuation Plans which come into effect in 2026. The growing...

With its new Architects & Engineers (A&E) Partner Program, Dallmeier offers architects, consultants, and engineers comprehensive support for the design and implementation of state-of-the-art video security systems – through in-depth expertise, specialised tools, and exclusive digital resources. Support across all project phases With the A&E Partner Program, planners and engineers gain direct access to field-proven tools, resources, and expert know-how to design resilient and...

Teleport announced that it has been named to the 2026 Fortune Cyber 60 list, recognizing its rapid growth and commitment to delivering identity security solutions to engineering and infrastructure teams. More than 600 companies, including three of the top five financial services firms and the pioneers in AI research, compute, and cloud, depend on Teleport to reduce risk and simplify access. Access and identity security Teleport improves business velocity and infrastructure resiliency by manag...

Vonage, a part of Ericsson, announced that, together with pioneers from Aduna, Deutsche Telekom, and mBank, it is participating in the World Banking Forum in Athens. The event convenes senior banking executives and technology pioneers from around the world to advance modern banking through technology innovation and digital transformation. Rise of digital channels An increase in fraud has emerged from the rise of digital channels in financial services and con...

U.S. border security agencies are under pressure to adapt to a new intelligence reality: an environment where data volumes are exploding, threats are increasingly sophisticated, and public expectations demand both security and accountability. According to Zach Beus, national security lead at i2 Group, a Harris Computer company, the solution lies in harnessing artificial intelligence, data integration, and shared analytic standards to shift from reactive to proactive operations. Beus, a former...

Europe’s pioneering energy and cybersecurity organisations – The Association of European Distribution System Operators (E.DSO), the European Energy Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (EE-ISAC), the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS), and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) – hosted the 8th Cybersecurity Forum in Brussels, a high-level event addressing the continent’s evolving power grid security challenges. Bringing together more th...

Durabook, the global rugged mobile solutions brand owned by Twinhead International Corporation, announced the launch of its next-generation AI-powered fully rugged R10 tablet. Equipped with high-performance Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors, the 10” device is one of the first Copilot+ PC rugged tablets on the market. Redefining versatility in the tablet world, the R10 can be paired with a detachable backlit keyboard, seamlessly transforming it into a 2-in-1 rugged laptop PC. This a...

An access management company secured a new set of supporters after one of its maximum-security key safes proved impenetrable at Europe’s largest locksmith exhibition. The Key Safe Company invited locksmiths and industry experts at The Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) Expo to take on a lock-picking challenge, with the opportunity to win the cash inside. They were each given five minutes to pick the company’s formidable ark Tamo key safe, but not one of the 73 master locksmiths wh...

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions will be returning to GlassBuild America, the largest annual trade show in North America for the glass, window, and door industries. Happening November 4-6 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, GlassBuild America is where buyers and sellers meet and learn how to solve their most pressing challenges.  The action-packed event features networking between exhibitors and attendees, and experiencing new technology and products. ASSA ABLOY Opening Sol...

Integrated access control and security manufacturer - TDSi has announced the release of GARDiS Pro Version 3.1, the latest enhanced iteration of its GARDiS Access Control Management Software. GARDiS 3.1 introduces expanded biometric support and intelligent credential management, delivering improved hardware reporting capabilities and new third-party integration options to further enhance system performance and flexibility. Latest update for GARDiS Pro Tina Baker, Software Development Man...

AMAG Technology™, a world pioneer in access control, identity management, and integrated security solutions, is naming Suprema as its strategic partner for biometric readers. This formalised partnership builds on years of successful collaboration and ensures customers worldwide benefit from a fully integrated solution that combines AMAG’s Symmetry™ Solution Suite with Suprema’s biometric technology. AMAG’s Symmetry system Suprema’s industry-pioneering biome...

Zimperium zLabs published new findings showing a rapid, global increase in NFC relay malware that abuses Android’s Host Card Emulation (HCE) to harvest payment data and complete fraudulent “tap-to-pay” transactions. First observed in April 2024 as isolated samples, this campaign family has expanded to more than 760 malicious apps, leveraging 70+ command-and-control servers, dozens of Telegram bots/channels, and localised impersonation of banks and government services across R...

VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, announced a partnership with Nscale, the Europe-headquartered AI infrastructure provider, to deliver one of the industry’s most advanced AI cloud fabrics. With recent expansion announcements across Europe, and with plans to scale to 300,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs globally, Nscale is building AI infrastructure that spans Europe and North America to support enterprises training, fine-tuning, and deploying models at unprecedented scale. Nscal...

iDenfy, a pioneering identity verification and fraud prevention software provider, announced the launch of its Criminal Background Check feature, allowing businesses to automatically screen different government databases, extract information about an individual, and help find out if they have links to crime. This helps streamline access to official government databases from all U.S. states and improve risk assessment practices, especially for U.S.-based entities and their clients that need to b...

Rapid7, Inc., a pioneer in threat detection and exposure management, announced AI-generated risk intelligence as part of the Rapid7 Command Platform. Delivered through Remediation Hub, the new capability accelerates remediation by giving security teams a clear, contextual, and actionable view of each exposure, transforming vulnerability data into risk intelligence-informed decisions that help teams to prioritise remediation, and communicate and collaborate with internal teams to drive...

DH2i, the world's major provider of always-secure and always-on IT solutions, announced the release of a new hands-on tutorial titled, “Build a Test Lab for SQL Server 2025 on Kubernetes Using Minikube” that provides developers, database professionals, and other IT professionals with a practical, self-paced tool for experimenting, testing, and learning about Kubernetes and DH2i’s DxOperator technology. In DH2i’s new tutorial, minikube serves as the foundation for buildin...

Teledyne FLIR OEM, a Teledyne Technologies Incorporated company and the pioneer in enabling thermal imaging innovation, announced its latest Thermal by FLIR collaboration with Gremsy, a pioneer in professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payload and gimbal solutions.  Through the collaboration, Gremsy is introduced its NDAA-compliant ORUS-L and Lynx payload lines, equipping drones with best-in-class aerial thermal intelligence. NDAA-compliant thermal camera module “Thermal by FLI...

Corsha, the first and only Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) purpose-built to secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication across operational systems and critical infrastructure, introduces a partnership and new platform integration with Dragos, Inc., a pioneer in operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. Together, Corsha and Dragos are transforming how organisations secure industrial systems by combining machine identity and threat detection to give security teams complete visibility, precis...

The Organising Committee of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2026) has signed a cooperation agreement with Barzan Holdings, under which the company will serve as the Strategic Partner and Gold Sponsor of the prestigious event for the fourth consecutive edition. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, Head of State and Supreme Commander of Qatar Armed Forces, and hosted and organised by the Qat...