Access control news

Electronic Security Factory Rep Firm - LRG, inc, one of the largest rep firms in the United States, has announced that LRG, inc veterans - John Swinford and Kenny Hilton purchased the organisation from Chris Lanier effective March 13th. A long-time industry veteran, Lanier founded LRG, inc in 2001. Texas-based LRG, inc covers 16 Central U.S. states for many of the industry’s top-tier manufacturers of intrusion, video, fire, audio, and networking solutions. Lanier will be retained for 2024...

Beyond Identity, the provider of passwordless, phishing-resistant MFA, announces the formal release of ‘Zero Trust Authentication’ (ZTA) as a subcategory of zero trust technology, together with the launch of the Worldwide Zero Trust Leadership series of events that will run throughout 2023. Bringing together security technologies and integrators, Beyond Identity, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Optiv, World Wide Technology, Guidepoint Security, BeyondTrust, Ping Identity and Climb...

Atakama, the pioneer in multifactor encryption, enabling unrivalled data protection through distributed cryptographic key management, announced its new multifactor encryption platform, Atakama Enterprise, featuring the Atakama Intelligence Center. Atakama’s multifactor encryption combines advanced distributed key management (DKM) with the proven concept of multi-device authentication for a progressive security solution that challenges the status quo of conventional data protection. Intro...

Interface Systems, a managed service provider of business security, actionable insights, and purpose-built networks for multi-location businesses announces the winners of its ‘Tech for Good’ and ‘Women in STEM’ scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year. The two $5,000 scholarships are designed to help provide financial support to college students pursuing four-year STEM studies who have a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. Life-threatening situ...

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions announced the integration of its IP-enabled Power over Ethernet (PoE) and intelligent WiFi access control locks with Genea Access Control, a pioneer in cloud-based access control software. “Genea is excited to partner with ASSA ABLOY. By leveraging the power of Genea’s cloud-based access control with ASSA ABLOY’s wireless door locks, we can now provide our partners, IT, and security teams with a seamless and convenient way to control...

AMG Systems of the United Kingdom and USA are strengthening their North American Sales and Marketing effort by adding 3 key industry veterans to lead the push into the Americas Market. Dave Sinise, formerly ComNet Eastern Regional Sales Manager is now AMG Vice President of Sales for the East Region, Dan Anderson, former ComNet Director of Sales and now AMG Vice President of Sales for the West Region, and Frank (Skip) Haight former ComNet Vice President of Marketing and now Americas Marketing Ma...

Smart Spaces, a pioneering global provider of smart building technology, has teamed with HID to introduce an employee badge in Apple wallet, offering a secure and even more seamless building entry for employees at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London. By adding their employee badge to Apple wallet, employees and staff in the building can now safely and easily gain access to offices with just a simple tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch. Following the initial partnership between Smart Spaces and...

Neurotechnology, a global provider of high-precision biometric solutions, announces the release of MegaMatcher 13.0, the latest version of the company’s flagship biometric product line. MegaMatcher provides a range of products for developing multi-biometric solutions that require high accuracy, speed and scalability. The latest release features MegaMatcher SDK, MegaMatcher Accelerator and MegaMatcher ABIS updates and improvements and adds a new tattoo algorithm that can detect, verify an...

Motorola Solutions announces the new Avigilon physical security suite that provides secure, scalable and flexible video security and access control to organisations of all sizes around the world. The Avigilon security suite includes the cloud-native Avigilon Alta and on-premise Avigilon Unity solutions, each powered by advanced analytics and designed to provide an effortless user experience. Avigilon has been the capstone of Motorola Solutions’ Video Security & Access Control busine...

Energy security tops the list of the ‘most exciting’ areas of smart utility development, ahead of climate-related and disaster management technologies. This is according to a recent survey among senior professionals at US utility companies, and interviews at the leading utility industry event, DISTRIBUTECH 2023 in February 2023. Commissioned by Wi-SUN Alliance, a global association of industry-leading companies driving the adoption of interoperable wireless solutions for use in smar...

LiveAction, a pioneer in end-to-end network security and performance visibility announced its partnership with QBS Software, an EMEA software delivery platform. With a primary focus on the UK, French and German markets, QBS will deliver Liveaction’s full product portfolio in addition to technical, pre-, and post-sales support. ThreatEye® The offering will include the recently launched next generation of ThreatEye®, the company’s Network Detection and Response (NDR) platfor...

Vismo, a global pioneer in location monitoring and safety solutions, and Factal, a risk intelligence, and breaking news platform, announced a partnership to provide risk data to Vismo customers to enable them to better protect their employees when incidents occur and fast.  Vismo helps organisations protect their staff, contract and other workers included, by (i) understanding the risk level of incidents in relation to their employees’ location and (ii) monitoring alerts activated&nb...

Building on more than 50 years of expertise in creating disruptive technologies and in developing accurate and fair matching algorithms, IDEMIA is committed to continuously improving its solutions. Both OneLook Gen2 and MorphoWave TP take advantage of this know-how and are designed to provide a faster, more secure, and barrier-free biometric verification. OneLook™ is the best-in-class multibiometric identity verification solution. It offers accurate, from-a-distance face and iris capture...

HiveWatch, a physical security software company reimagining how organisations keep their people and assets safe, announced it will debut its GSOC operating system (OS) during ISC West 2023, March 29-31, in Las Vegas, at booth #31065. The HiveWatch® GSOC OS is a cloud-based Security Fusion Platform® that works with existing disparate security systems to power an organisation’s GSOC.  HiveWatch® GSOC OS HiveWatch platform uses Multi-sensor Resolution™ to give securi...

For over three decades, Matrix has established itself as a prominent player in the international telecom and security industries. Matrix offers a comprehensive range of solutions, including video surveillance, access control, time attendance, and telecom, catering to the needs of organisations of all sizes. Technology-driven solutions Matrix's primary focus is on customer-centric, technology-driven solutions, and it achieves this by developing world-class products in India through indigenous...

Advantech, a globally renowned industrial edge AI solution provider and integrator of NVIDIA solutions, is happy to announce its decision to speak at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference 2023 (GTC 2023). Leveraging extensive experience developing AI edge systems with NVIDIA technology — including GPU cards, mobile PCI express modules (MXM), and Jetson systems on module — Advantech and its partners will deliver four sessions at GTC 2023. Advantech to discuss case studies on late...

Access control readers play a crucial role in access control systems by reading user credentials and verifying whether they have the authorisation to access a specific area. These readers can either be standalone devices mounted on walls or integrated into entrance turnstiles. As access control systems become more prevalent, organisations need to select the appropriate access control reader that meets their security requirements. COSEC ATOM RD100K The COSEC ATOM RD100K is an innovative acces...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technologies, launches its Augmented Luggage Identification eXperience (ALIX™) solution. This breakthrough innovation will help operators to identify bags that have lost their physical tags, using image recognition. ALIX™ has been developed in partnership with Air France and is currently being used at the airline’s global hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Augmented Luggage Identification eXperience (ALIX™) solution...

HID, a worldwide pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announced it has been awarded a contract to supply the Kingdom of Bahrain with an end-to-end ePassport solution. HID’s solution will enable the Gulf nation to take a significant step in its identity journey, by moving from a machine-readable passport (MRP) to an electronic passport. The solution will be supported by HID’s chip operating system SOMA™ and HID Integrale™, a modular ID system for enrollment, personalis...

Skills for Security (SfS), the provider of fire and security apprenticeships in the UK, has announced the launch of a new sponsorship package aimed at addressing the industry's skills crisis and supporting its growth. Given the lack of skilled professionals in the sector, businesses must invest in the development of the next generation of talent. Sponsorship package The sponsorship package offers four tiers, each providing unique benefits for businesses. The levels are Innovation Partner, In...

Guardian Zone, the provider of an innovative, cloud-based, crowdsourced, incident management software and app, is proud to celebrate that the Security Industry Association (SIA) has named its founder and CEO Sheryl Pinckney-Maas as one of the 2023 honourees on the Women in Security Forum (WISF) Power 100 list. Each year, the SIA WISF recognises 100 women in the security industry who are role models for actively advancing diversity, inclusion, innovation and leadership in the community. SIA WI...

Allied Universal®, a security and facility services provider announced the acquisition of Landmark Event Staffing Services, a comprehensive event security and guest services company supporting a wide range of venue and event clients nationally. Strategic expansion “This acquisition supports Allied Universal’s growth agenda for our Event Services business which continues its trajectory expansion in the U.S.,” said Allied Universal Global Chairman and CEO - Steve Jones. He...

Intellian Technologies, Inc. and SES, the pioneer in global content connectivity solutions, have announced two new customer user terminals designed exclusively for SES’s O3b mPOWER communication system. The new mP85 and mP240 are designed for SES’s telecommunications, enterprise and cloud customers, with an expected delivery later this year. Requirements for SES’s customers O3b mPOWER is SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit satellite system that started launching...

The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) will host two expert sessions at The Security Event and the inaugural Professional Security Officer Live event taking place next month on 25-27th April at the NEC in Birmingham. On Wednesday 26th April at 12:30 in the Security In Practice Theatre, Matthew Holliday, NSI’s Director of Approval Schemes will explore "How does cyber security affect security systems?" Professional Security Officer Live Event Events will be of interest to frontline offi...

Johnson Controls has further strengthened its CEM Systems range of access control solutions with the launch of the intelligent DCM200 door control module. Designed to be highly secure and to directly interface with CEM Systems’ AC2000 access control software versions 10.2 or higher, the DCM200 is a two-door controller which is able to support a combination of up to four Wiegand or CEM Systems approved Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP v2) smart card readers. Access control system OS...

Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, announces it will enter the excess cyber insurance market in the United Kingdom to help protect businesses with enhanced coverage. By adding additional capacity to the market in this way, Coalition will help more businesses get the coverage they need to protect themselves from digital risks. Coalition will extend its reach to provide full-follow form coverage and protection of up to &poun...

Absolute Software, the only provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, announces the continued expansion of the Absolute Application Resilience™ ecosystem with the company’s latest product release. Joint customers can now leverage Absolute’s patented Persistence® technology, and unbreakable device connection, to strengthen the health and resiliency of more than 70 mission-critical security and business tools - including eClinicalWorks, Forescout® SecureC...

DNAKE smart home products have received two awards for extraordinary aesthetic design and superior functions from the 16th Annual Edition of the International Design Awards (IDA) in the category of Home Interior Products - Switches, and Temperature Control Systems.  DNAKE Sapphire Series Switches is the Silver Prize winner and Smart Central Control Screen- Knob is the Bronze Prize winner. International Design Awards (IDA) Created in 2007, the International D...

Intellian Technologies Inc., a global provider of resilient multi-constellation, feature-rich satellite user terminals and communications solutions, unveils their latest Electronically Scanned Array (ESA) technology at Satellite 2023, in Washington, D.C. Intellian’s flat panel user terminal portfolio includes solutions designed to operate across fixed enterprise, land mobility, maritime, government and defence sectors. The full-duplex ESA user terminal will operate on the O...

Matrix Comsec, a manufacturer of telecom and security solutions, successfully showcased its extensive range of security products and solutions at the recently concluded Securexpo East Africa 2023. The event provided an opportunity for Matrix to display its IP video surveillance solutions, Access control, and Time-Attendance systems, along with telecom solutions to the African and nearby markets. IP video surveillance solutions Matrix's IP video surveillance solutions garnered significant att...