Access control news

CREST, the international non-profit representing the global cybersecurity industry, announces the launch of its Security Testing of AI standard and accreditation. The new standard for cybersecurity service providers establishes independently assessable requirements for testing Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM)-enabled systems. AI systems are moving rapidly from experimentation into real-world deployment, with AI becoming embedded within organisations’ applications, workflows, p...

OpenAI has announced a series of enhanced safety measures designed for under 18’s using ChatGPT to introduce controls that limit how “human” the chatbot can appear amid growing concerns about the use of AI among children. Those with the new teen account can disable voice responses to ensure the tool is understood as AI rather than a person. OpenAI is also introducing reminders for young people to take a break when using the tool to prompt healthier usage patterns. Reinforcing...

Managing access control for a single facility is very different from overseeing dozens of locations across multiple regions. As organisations grow, security teams must manage more access requests, frequent role changes, and compliance across multiple sites. At the same time, access control systems are becoming more connected to identity management platforms, business applications, and corporate networks. Access control was once considered primarily a door-management function, it is now closely...

Alarm.com, the platform for intelligently connected properties, has announced the appointment of Bert McGaughey as International Business Development Manager. In this role, McGaughey will drive dealer growth and partner development across the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa, reporting to Aitor Gauna, Alarm.com European Sales Director, supporting Alarm.com's continued expansion into international markets. McGaughey brings more than 15 years of experience across the security, smart home...

Brinqa, the pioneer in exposure management for enterprise security teams, announces it has acquired PlexTrac, the trusted platform for offensive security validation, workflow, and reporting. The acquisition adds the ability to verify that remediation has actually worked, uniquely positioning Brinqa to identify and prioritise the exposures that matter most, drive remediation, and prove the fix held, closing the CTEM loop. The acquisition also makes Brinqa the largest standalone vendor in Unified...

Genetec Inc., the global pioneer in enterprise physical security software, releases retail-specific findings from its 2026 State of Physical Security Report. Based on responses from retail professionals worldwide, the research shows retailers increasingly view physical security as a business function that supports operations, employee safety, and modernisation efforts—not solely loss prevention. While retailers continue to manage everyday security challenges across stores, many are expand...

Cellebrite DI Ltd., a pioneer in AI-powered Digital Investigative and Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced that Cellebrite Genesis is expanding to more global markets and is now generally available for enterprise organisations. The expansion builds on a successful early access program and strong momentum following Genesis' June 2026 public safety launch. Genesis has seen meaningful user growth worldwide and continues to expand internationally, with availabi...

Allied Universal®, the world’s pioneer security and facility services provider, announces the appointment of Jordan Avnaim as Global Chief Information Security Officer. Avnaim will be responsible for the company’s global cybersecurity strategy and operations.  Avnaim brings more than 20 years of experience to this role and will lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive, risk-based cybersecurity program designed to help protect Allied Universal employees, s...

Zimperium, the global pioneer in AI-empowered mobile security, announces new research from its zLabs threat research team detailing the evolution of ToxicPanda 2.0, an advanced Android banking trojan that significantly expands both its technical capabilities and the scale of its fraud campaign. The latest variant represents a new generation of the original ToxicPanda banking Trojan and introduces 167 remote commands, expanding credential theft from a handful of banking applications to 349 banki...

The new AIE-VN34/44 and AIE-VO24/34 combine up to 100 TOPS of AI performance, four GMSL2 camera connections, and fanless rugged operation for transportation, AMR, and industrial automation applications. Aetina Corporation, a pioneer AI solution provider and an accelerator of edge AI infrastructure, announces the DeviceEdge AIE-VN34/44 and AIE-VO24/34, Aetina’s first palm-sized in-vehicle edge AI systems, powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano modules. Delivering up t...

NETSCOUT®, a provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced an extension of its Adaptive DDoS Protection (ADP) solution enabling service providers to automatically detect and mitigate outbound DDoS attack traffic. By extending protection from the attack target towards its source, NETSCOUT helps operators prevent compromised subscriber devices from disrupting their own networks, consuming costly capacity and attacking customers and orga...

With its Middle East entity now operational, Gallagher Security is building on more than 20 years of regional success through continued investment in local talent and a new office in Dubai Silicon Oasis, reinforcing its long-term commitment to a key growth market. “When we announced the establishment of our Middle East entity, we made a commitment to bringing Gallagher closer to our End Users and Channel Partners. The Middle East remains one of the most important growth regions in our glo...

Teleport, the AI Infrastructure Identity Company, announces support for Linux Desktop as a protected resource within the Teleport Infrastructure Identity Platform. Engineering teams can now apply the same cryptographic identity, least-privilege access controls, and session auditability to Linux desktops that they rely on for servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, GitHub, and cloud environments. The result: Their developer workstation will reside within the same unified identity layer as the r...

Commvault, a pioneer in unified resilience at enterprise scale, announces advancements to Cloud Rewind, expanding Microsoft Azure resource coverage for configuration protection and recovery. Through this expansion, Commvault is helping organisations more rapidly restore cloud applications and the resources that support them. Manually rebuilding environments is often slow, complex, and error-prone. According to Absolute Security's 2026 State of Enterprise Cyber Resilience report, 57% of enterpri...

Netwrix, a recognised pioneer in identity and data security, announces new capabilities across Netwrix PingCastle and Netwrix Threat Manager that extend identity security deeper into the Microsoft cloud, including coverage of AI agents. Organisations are deploying AI agents faster than they can govern them. Each agent is an identity holding real permissions inside the enterprise environment, yet most exist outside any inventory, ownership, or review process. Identities needing access A Cloud...

Nutanix, a hybrid cloud pioneer and AI innovator, and ChronoScale Holdings Corporation, an accelerated compute platform purpose-built to support demanding artificial intelligence workloads, today announced a strategic partnership to jointly deliver enterprise-ready AI infrastructure and help accelerate adoption of AI services across global markets. The partnership brings together complementary capabilities enterprise customers have historically had to assemble themselves — combining Nutan...

Safehire.ai, the digital risk screening company, has become an official Benefit Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), giving eligible CIMSPA partners preferential access to its Digital Risk Screening service. CIMSPA is the chartered professional body for the UK’s sport and physical activity workforce, supporting the development of a professional, trusted and high-quality sector, spanning national organisations, employers, coaches, an...

Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity pioneer driving the convergence of networking and security, announces it has acquired Virtue AI, an innovator in AI runtime protection, automated AI validation, and security for autonomous AI systems. The acquisition advances the company’s broader Security for AI strategy and vision for securing the agentic enterprise, building on Fortinet's existing AI security solution portfolio, including its FortiGate Hyperscale Firewall. As organisations rapidl...

dormakaba has acquired the operating businesses of Azure Access Technology Inc. (Azure Access), a supplier of innovative, adaptable electronic access control hardware, and ADME, Inc. (Apollo Security), a pioneer in the development and manufacturing of access control and integrated security systems. Founded in 2019 in Newport Beach, California (USA), Azure Access develops next-generation, adaptable electronic access control hardware for the US commercial market. Its open architecture controller...

A security service provider is only truly put to the test when something goes wrong. Is the point of contact available? Does the team respond quickly enough? Is communication effective when it matters most? These are the questions that concern companies—not during a sales pitch, but at 2 a.m. when the alarm goes off. For the second year in a row, Pond Security has been recognized for exactly what makes the difference in such moments: outstanding customer service. Outstanding customer ser...

Katja Schwan of Pond Security Service GmbH was named Security Guard of the Year for 2026. The fact that another colleague, Filiz Gülbenim, secured second place right behind her makes this result an extraordinary double success for the entire team. Every year, COREDINATE GmbH and the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Security Companies (BVMS) honour employees who take on special responsibilities in the security industry. The result in 2026: Katja Schwan, Pond Security Service GmbH &nd...

The UK-based Keynetics will exhibit at Security Essen for the first time, showcasing SentriGuard, its smart key-management solution for controlled, auditable access to physical keys. On Keynetics’ Stand 5A40 in Hall 5, exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to see the independently attack-tested and LPS 1175 C1 and C3-certified SentriGuard smart key safes in action. The team will also demonstrate the Access+ platform and mobile app that enable remote access management and offer a f...

On September 25 and 26, 2025, this year's “Masters of Protection and Safety” network meeting took place at a special location: the interim storage facility of BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH at the Unterweser site (Wesermarsch). The format has been organised by Dienstplanmacher GmbH for many years and is aimed at protection and security specialists from all over Germany. In cooperation with various partners, the meeting offers exciting insights into different security...

They are proud to announce: Pond Security has been awarded the German B2B Award 2025 as the industry winner in the area of customer service. This important award recognizes their daily commitment to the highest quality of service and partnership-based customer care - a strong sign of trust in a security-relevant industry. The German B2B Award is presented annually by the German Association for Consumer Studies (DtGV) – an independent market research institute with a focus on objective cus...

In a world where sustainability and social responsibility are becoming increasingly important, the security industry is also facing the challenge of making its processes more transparent and environmentally friendly. As a responsible company, Pond Security has set itself the goal of meeting ecological and ethical standards - and also actively shaping them. An important step on this path is the cooperation with EcoVadis, one of the world's platforms for sustainability assessments. EcoVadis is a...

The 19th edition of Secutech Vietnam will take place from 9 – 12 September 2026 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi. The fair will bring together 480 exhibiting brands from 14 countries and regions across 13,000sqm of exhibition space. With supports from the Vietnam Fire and Rescue Police Department and the Ministry of Public Safety, Secutech Vietnam continues to promote the adoption of advanced fire safety, emergency response, and security technologies across factories, buildings,...

iDenfy, a global RegTech company focusing on identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, announced a new partnership with the Legaline platform, the UAE’s first LegalTech service platform. By integrating iDenfy’s automated identity verification and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening into its client onboarding flow, Legaline can now virtually verify clients from any country in real time. This supports the Safe Deal payment system, where client funds are held and released...

Euralarm has published a new guidance document, Criteria for European Sovereign Cloud, to help manufacturers, service providers, system integrators and end users understand the implications of cloud sovereignty for fire safety and physical security applications. The publication provides a practical framework for assessing when and how European sovereign cloud requirements should be applied, reflecting the growing importance of digital resilience, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. As clou...

Matrix Comsec, a provider of enterprise-grade security and telecom solutions, has been recognised at the Gujarat Best Employer Brand Awards 2026 for its focus on building a people-first and future-ready workplace. The recognition was presented on August 11, 2026, at Fairfield by Marriott, Ahmedabad. Matrix integrates its people strategy with its broader business vision. Operating in a technology-driven industry, the company focuses on continuous learning, technical capability development, leade...

RAD Security, an event-driven SaaS platform built to automatically remediate Kubernetes security risks and enforce least privilege access control across distributed cluster infrastructures, today announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding. Led by .406 Ventures with participation from Vertex Ventures US and Gula Tech Adventures, this infusion of capital will enable RAD Security to accelerate product development and grow its sales and marketing efforts. Notably, the following individuals...