Access control news

HID, a global pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces the North American availability of its HID Amico™ biometric facial recognition readers, making fast, secure and friction-free biometric access practical for a much broader range of organisations. Amico expands HID's biometric portfolio across a wider spectrum of use cases, deployment sizes and price points, bringing facial recognition within reach for small and medium-sized businesses. Long associated with high-security govern...

Sine, Honeywell’s visitor and contractor platform, has introduced Advanced ID Check for SinePoint Pro iPad kiosks, embedding identity verification directly into the enterprise check-in process. Rather than relying on manual document checks or separate verification workflows, Advanced ID Check helps validate identity and creates compliance records in seconds – so visitors move through faster, and organisations have the audit trail they need before anyone sets foot on site.  &ld...

Identiv, Inc., a global pioneer in RFID- and BLE-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced the expansion of its ID-Tiny product family, a portfolio of ultra-miniaturised HF/NFC inlays and tags designed to bring secure digital intelligence to compact products, small components, and high-value items where space is extremely limited. The expansion opens new possibilities for connecting physical objects that have historically been too small, too design-sensitive, or too irregularl...

ZBeta, a pioneer in delivering comprehensive physical security consulting services, announces that Payton Staub has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Software and AI. Staub’s addition enhances ZBeta’s ability to guide clients through digital transformation and leverage emerging technologies to address complex security challenges. Staub is an experienced leader with a background in enterprise software development, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and security tech...

i-PRO Co., Ltd., a pioneer in professional security and public safety solutions, announces its Security Update initiative, a program designed to further strengthen the security, cybersecurity resilience, data integrity, and long-term trustworthiness of its advanced edge-AI camera portfolio. As security requirements continue to evolve, systems must remain reliable, trusted and resilient over time. With this initiative, i-PRO is strengthening the long-term security of its camera systems to help c...

Inner Range has released Integriti V26.0, the latest evolution of its flagship unified security platform. This release introduces a range of new capabilities designed to improve operational efficiency, strengthen security, and expand integration across access control, biometrics, and license plate recognition (LPR). Integriti V26.0 brings a major upgrade to how users interact with access control at the door level. With OSDP Reader Text Support, operators can display real-time, contextual messag...

HackerOne, a global pioneer in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), has joined Project Glasswing, Anthropic's controlled-access program for Claude Mythos 5. HackerOne will share what it learns about applying frontier AI to real-world exposure management to advance cyber defense at scale. Consistent with Project Glasswing’s mandate, HackerOne is using Mythos to strengthen its defenses. While doing so, HackerOne will benchmark Mythos’ performance in use cases beyond discovery...

iDenfy, a global RegTech company that specializes in identity verification and fraud prevention services, announced a new “Verify Later” reminder feature for its Know Your Business (KYB) onboarding flow, a configurable automation that acts as a virtual follow-up assistant by scheduling and sending reminder emails to end users who chose to postpone their identity verification (IDV) step. It helps partners bring applicants back to finish onboarding without manual outreach, which once...

As defence contractors face mounting pressure to comply with evolving Department of Defense cybersecurity requirements, DigiFlight Inc. announces the appointment of cybersecurity governance and compliance veteran Jermaine Stanley as Director of Cybersecurity Compliance. Stanley's addition strengthens DigiFlight's ability to help organisations reduce cyber risk and accelerate compliance readiness across the defense industrial base. Stanley brings more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity...

Comelit-PAC has launched LogiFire 2 panel, extending its LogiFire fire detection portfolio with a solution designed for small to medium-sized installations requiring advanced functionality alongside straightforward installation and operation. The LogiFire range is Comelit-PAC's addressable fire detection platform, providing a scalable solution for applications ranging from smaller standalone sites through to larger, more complex buildings. Designed around a common ecosystem of panels, detectors...

Nutanix, a pioneer in hybrid multicloud computing, unveils new regulated industry data from its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report shared earlier this year. Serving as a deep-dive companion to the global report, the Healthcare, Financial Services, and Public Sector industry reports reveal how organisations are adapting infrastructure strategies to support growing AI adoption. Nutanix’s ECI survey indicates that enterprise AI adoption is accelerating acro...

Entrust, a global pioneer in identity-centric security solutions, announces the Agentic AI Trust Accelerator, a co-development program that will bring together enterprises and integration partners to build the identity and trust infrastructure needed to move autonomous AI projects from pilot to production. Enterprises want to deploy AI agents to do real work, but they lack the trust infrastructure needed to govern autonomous actions across systems, partners, and business processes. Organisation...

Leisure and business travellers increasingly want the stress-free convenience of a frictionless journey. Flexible, secure PIN-powered hotel locking can help provide the flow they crave, door-to-door, combining round-the-clock keyless, queue-less access with powerful, cost- and time-efficient management for staff. A 2025 survey of 12,000 travellers across 14 major European markets found that guests increasingly expect seamless, queue-free hotel stays, with self-service check-in becoming a standa...

Suprema, a global pioneer in intelligent access control and physical security solutions, has obtained ISO/IEC 42001 certification, the international standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS). The certification confirms that Suprema has established a formal governance framework for AI in its access control solutions is built, operated, and continuously improved. ISO/IEC 42001 is not a benchmark for product performance. The standard evaluates the organisational framework behi...

Gunnebo Safe Storage launches a new global certification campaign, bringing together expert technical guidance and resources on independent testing, recognised security standards and the role certification plays in physical security. Developed as an educational initiative for businesses, specifiers, distributors and end users, the campaign provides clearer guidance on the role of certification when selecting physical security solutions. It explains what certification means in practice today, ho...

ZeroEyes, creators of the pioneering multi-analytics weapons detection and threat intelligence platform, announces a planned $10 million U.S. investment in AI/ML research and development. This includes a commitment to hiring over 100 veterans in Southeastern Pennsylvania over the next 24 months to fill the roles of Technical Program Managers (AI), MLOps Engineers, and AI Solutions Specialists. The company made the announcement at Senator Dave McCormick’s 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Inno...

DMP has announced Zach Chambers as Director of Sales, Southeast. With nearly a decade in the security industry, Chambers brings invaluable experience managing multi-state territories and building trust-based relationships with dealers, integrators and end-users. Chambers says his well-rounded perspective on the industry gives him a deep appreciation for the challenges and opportunities customers face. Building trust-based relationships “My goal is to be the strongest leader I can be,&rd...

DMP has named Ludi Bouwer as Director of Sales, Latin America. Bouwer brings extensive experience with electronic security platforms, channels, integrators, distributors and end-user needs across Latin America. Over the past two decades, Bouwer has focused on building sales and business development teams in Latin America for several U.S.-based distributors and manufacturers. On the operations side, his successes include developing and implementing a false alarm reduction program and maintaining...

Cribl, the AI Platform for Telemetry, announces it is acquiring CardinalOps, an Agentic Detection Engineering solution. The acquisition adds detection engineering capabilities that help customers improve threat coverage, lower data costs, and strengthen their SOCs. This creates a flexible path toward replacing legacy SIEM architectures. Security teams are under pressure to process more telemetry, move faster against threats, and control the rising cost and complexity of their environments. With...

Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity pioneer driving the convergence of networking and security, announces new capabilities for its unified endpoint platform, FortiEndpoint, designed to help organisations securely adopt AI, protect sensitive data, and reduce risk. By bringing AI visibility and control, native data security, endpoint risk scoring, and FortiAI-assisted operations into FortiEndpoint, Fortinet enables security teams to better govern AI usage, reduce sensitive data exposure, enfo...

Teleport, the AI Infrastructure Identity company, announces it is recognised as an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole Analysts 2026 Leadership Compass for Zero Trust Platforms. Teleport pioneered Infrastructure Identity, a zero trust architecture that eliminates identity fragmentation, static credentials, and static privileges, establishing a unified identity layer for humans, machines, workloads, and AI agents, backed cryptographically by a hardware root of trust. With Teleport, just-in-time priv...

Genetec Inc., the global pioneer in enterprise physical security software, has highlighted the need for organisations in Saudi Arabia to focus on practical and responsible applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in physical security, as security teams manage growing volumes of video, alarms, sensor and incident data amid the Kingdom’s rapid infrastructure expansion. AI is drawing greater attention across the physical security industry. In the 2026 Genetec State of Physical Security r...

Group-IB, a creator of predictive cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announces the launch of its Purple Teaming service, a collaborative security validation offering that brings offensive and defensive specialists together in real time to test whether an organisation's defences, people, and processes can effectively detect and respond to today's most prevalent attack techniques. Unlike traditional penetration testing, which concludes with a report deliv...

Incode Technologies launches On-Device Age Estimation, an age check that runs age estimation and liveness detection models right inside the user’s device without their face being transmitted off it. It is the first time Incode’s proprietary models are available fully on device. And it is the first enterprise-ready offering to combine on-device age estimation with the industry’s pioneer deepfake and spoofing defences. More than 30 age assurance laws are now in force worldwide....

iDenfy, a global RegTech company specialising in identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, has added Handy-Signatur to its electronic identity verification (eID) platform. This new addition brings Austria’s established mobile digital identity and e-signature system into iDenfy’s non-document verification workflow list, allowing more businesses to verify Austrian users through native, user-friendly credentials they already use to access online services without requesting...

Keeper Security, the identity security platform for humans, machines and AI agents, announces a major milestone in its journey to become the market standard for AI-native identity security, having reached $225 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Since 2021, Keeper's ARR has grown over 3x. Keeper protects over 95,000 organisations, which includes many Fortune 500 enterprises and public sector agencies. The company is quickly emerging as the market standard for AI-native identity security...

DigiCert, a pioneer in intelligent trust, announces it has been Certified™ by Great Place To Work® in six countries, including first-time certifications in the United States and South Africa. The company also earned certification in Australia for the fourth consecutive year and in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and India for the third consecutive year. Great Place To Work Certification is based entirely on employee feedback about their workplace experience. This year, 82% of...

Permiso Security, the unified identity security platform, announces the Permiso Risk Score Engine, a proprietary model that assigns continuous, multi-dimensional risk scores to every identity in an organisation's environment. The Risk Score Engine is powered by Permiso's Universal Identity Graph and produces three distinct scoring outputs: Identity Risk Scores that prioritise which identities carry the most risk, Session Scores that highlight which activity needs immediate investigation, and Or...

The Electronic Security Association (ESA), the nation's largest trade organisation representing the electronic life safety and security industry, announces the formation of the ESA Industry Research Center Advisory Council, a distinguished group of industry leaders who will help guide the strategic direction of the association's research initiatives and ensure they address the issues most important to electronic security and life safety professionals. The Advisory Council brings together respec...

Zenitel, the supplier of unified critical communication solutions, announced the hiring of a key sales executive in its Americas Onshore Business Unit. David Douglas has been named Regional Sales Leader for the Southwest region, which encompasses the US states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. David has a demonstrated history of working in the security, public safety, emergency management, and public education industries. Before transitioning into the private sector, he served for 31...