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inforcer, a provider of Microsoft 365 multi-tenant management software for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), has announced the release of its new Threat Detection and Response solution to help MSPs rapidly identify threats, contain breaches, and prevent recurrence of attacks, unifying left of boom and right of boom security. Having spent the last three years becoming the dominant player in left of boom tenant security, helping more than 1,200 MSP partners to secure and manage Microsoft 365 tena...

NEXT Biometrics, the world's pioneer in advanced high-security fingerprint sensor technology, has received three orders from the Taiwanese and Malaysian governments in the second quarter of 2026. The orders span NEXT’s FAP20 fingerprint authentication sensors and reader module for use in a range of governmental use cases. The orders will be fulfilled from existing inventory for delivery in Q2. The digital identity market in Asia-Pacific is experiencing strong growth, expected to record a...

IDenfy, a globally recognised RegTech company providing identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, has recently incorporated Smart-ID into its electronic identity verification platform. By adding the primary mobile electronic identification service in the Baltic region, businesses will be able to verify customers from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia using their everyday identities (without asking the customer for physical documents during onboarding). Smart-ID is the most popular mobi...

Mul-T-Lock’s MTL™500 platform has been selected by DES Locksmiths for its Golden Key initiative, a programme focused on strengthening accountability, traceability and long-term security within master key systems. The Golden Key was developed in response to post-Grenfell fire safety concerns, addressing how emergency services access communal areas in high rise residential buildings. Introducing patented control Historically, fire brigade keys were widely available to purchase, whic...

iDenfy, a global company that provides ID verification and fraud prevention services used by over 1,000+ businesses across the globe, has officially added BSN masking for identity verification in the Netherlands. This functionality allows Dutch users to provide an identity document with the Burgerservicenummer (BSN) deliberately masked out while proceeding through the entire verification process. BSN is considered to be sensitive personal data according to both the GDPR and the Dutch national p...

INTERSCHUTZ 2026 delivers across the board. With around 140,000 visitors from 144 countries, the world’s pioneer trade fair for firefighting, rescue services and civil protection sent a clear message from 1 to 6 June: the safety and resilience of the societies are among the defining issues of our time. The strong international attendance particularly demonstrated the growing demand for exchange, innovation and global cooperation. “The importance of fire and rescue services and civil...

Absolute Security, an enterprise cyber resilience pioneer, today unveiled Lenovo ThinkShield TraceLock. Powered by the Absolute Security Cyber Resilience Platform, customers can leverage this innovation to locate, wake, connect, control, and restore supported devices through a firmware-embedded, persistent connection, even when they are powered off or disconnected from WiFi or local area networks. With the ability to locate and control offline, lost, missing, or stolen PCs, security and IT team...

In an agentic AI world, organisations must act and defend at machine speed and scale. Cisco Cloud Control, unveiled today at Cisco Live, is a unified platform built for humans and AI agents to manage, monitor and defend critical IT infrastructure — and the foundation for Cisco’s AgenticOps operating model. With one login, Cisco Cloud Control delivers a single view of Cisco networking, security, compute, observability, and collaboration in one secure environment. People and agents wo...

Responding to the phased shutdown of the legacy 2G network in the UK, Reliance Protect has launched its next generation 4G lone worker safety key fob device. The new Pulse+ device is among the first solutions to support full Voice Over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) communications across multiple networks, ensuring voice calls and alarm transmissions can operate entirely over 4G infrastructure. Delivering emergency support The UK’s mobile network infrastructure is undergoing its biggest tr...

SAFR today announced new investigation capabilities for SAFR Guard, without the need for on-site servers. Retail security has been burdened by costly, infrastructure-heavy systems that are complex to maintain and slow to scale. SAFR Guard now changes that, combining real-time proactive alerts with new investigation capabilities, all without server bloat. With built-in privacy guardrails, it’s designed for responsible use from day one. Server-dependent infrastructure As retail crime beco...

The European fire safety industry is at a turning point. Digitalisation, remote connectivity, and cybersecurity are converging to redefine how buildings are protected and maintained. Euralarm’s new White Paper on fire safety in a connected world covers integrating detection, remote services and cybersecurity. This white paper outlines how fire detection systems are transforming into intelligent, connected infrastructures — and what this means for service providers, building operators...

Convergint will mark its 25th Annual Convergint Social Responsibility Day (CSRD), closing operations worldwide for a full, paid workday so colleagues can volunteer in the communities where they live and work. Coinciding with Convergint’s 25th anniversary, this year’s effort also includes the expansion of its STEP (Secure, Train, Educate, Protect) Up for Schools initiative through a newly structured grant program to help underserved K-12 schools strengthen safety and security infrastr...

Lately, when talking to healthcare security leaders, one thing has been coming up more than anything else: they know their security infrastructure is disconnected; they know it creates risk, and they’re not sure how to close the gap without a costly overhaul. That’s not a failure of intent. It’s a consequence of how security was built in the healthcare sector. Over decades, physical security and cybersecurity have developed distinct disciplines with separate ownership. Facilit...

The latest Gallagher Security Command Centre v9.50 release is designed to help organisations achieve more with their security investment. Headlining the release is the full integration of AccessNow, Gallagher Security’s cloud-native platform that automates the entire access and credential request process from request through to approval and provisioning. Largely manual process Josh Arnold, Chief Product Officer, says at many organisations today, granting access remains a largely manual...

iDenfy, an international RegTech provider that specialises in identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, has teamed up with Verimi’s electronic ID verification platform. Verimi’s bank-backed digital ID wallet can now be implemented into iDenfy’s existing non-document-based verification workflow. Now every business can identify German users with credentials that they have already set up with their service provider, without asking to present an ID card on the onboardi...

Invicti Security announces the launch of Invicti AppSec Core, an all-in-one application security platform designed to cut through scanner noise and keep AppSec teams focused on real, exploitable runtime risks throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Built for lean security teams, AppSec Core delivers unified visibility and control with all the essential tools needed to secure web and API applications, from code to cloud to runtime. AppSec Core addresses the key security challenges...

Acre Security, a global provider of integrated security solutions, announces it has joined the AiN Group approved partner ecosystem, expanding access to its security portfolio across AiN’s dealer network. AiN operates as a networking group of approximately 700 independent dealer businesses, giving members the collective strength to compete and grow in an increasingly complex market. Through the partnership, AiN dealers gain access to Acre’s full cloud security solutions — givi...

ZBeta, a pioneer in delivering comprehensive physical security consulting services, announces that Sergio Delgado has joined the company as Research Operations Manager to support the continued growth and evolution of its LabZ initiative. With a strong background in technical account management, project delivery, and team leadership, Delgado brings a practical, operations-focused perspective to advancing research and innovation efforts across the organisation. Managing complex security implemen...

Allient Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of specialty Motion, Controls, and Power products and solutions for targeted industries and applications, today announced that Spectrum Controls (Allient Bellevue) has been named the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Innovation Award 2026 winner during the 2026 PartnerNetwork™ Conference. Collaborative engineering expertise The Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Innovation Award recognizes organizations that demonstrate excellence in deve...

Starburst, an enterprise intelligence platform, announced the appointment of Paras Malhotra as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In this role, Malhotra leads Starburst’s information security, governance, risk and compliance (GRC), and product security across the company’s SaaS and on-premises offerings. Malhotra partners closely with engineering, product, and go-to-market (GTM) teams to strengthen the company’s security posture. This supports Starburst’s growing...

A year on from its launch, Gallagher Security's OneLink has been recognised in the 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards as winner of the Cloud Security category. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the awards recognise the world's pioneer companies and products that help mitigate risk and secure operational integrity across 27 categories and six countries. Burden of traditional infrastructure OneLink solves a persistent challenge in physical security: how to protect distributed, often...

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), the global pioneer in enterprise physical security software, announces it will showcase its latest investigation capabilities in Security Center SaaS at NRF PROTECT 2026, taking place June 8-10 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. At booth #1017, Genetec will demonstrate how retailers can investigate incidents that increasingly span multiple stores, systems, and camera vendors, helping security and loss prevention teams connect evidence faster across distribu...

ASPEED Technology Inc., the global pioneer in Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC), together with its subsidiary Cupola360 Inc., is co-exhibiting at COMPUTEX 2026. This year, focusing on next-generation highly integrated server solutions and data center control security, ASPEED is debuting its latest integrated platform control solution, AST1840 Satellite Management Controller (SMC)+eFPGA, alongside a full lineup of products featuring the Caliptra 2.x security architecture. Meanwhile, Cupola3...

Following the successful completion of the spin-off of Octave Intelligence plc (Octave) from parent-company Hexagon AB on May 22, Octave’s Swedish depository receipts commenced trading on Nasdaq Stockholm on May 25 and Octave’s Class B ordinary shares will commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in New York today. Building on thirty years of expertise and partnership with the world’s biggest and most complex organisations, including more than 60% of the Global Fort...

Pointer has appointed Christopher Valentino as Senior Business Development Manager, strengthening the company's presence as it expands in the UK data centre security market. The appointment comes at a time of continued momentum for Pointer, which has been building its profile across critical infrastructure and data centre environments through a combination of specialist fire and security integration, in-house design capability, regional delivery strength and long-term service support. With more...

Scality, a global pioneer in data infrastructure software for AI-era storage at scale, announces a strategic partnership with Biomemory, the pioneer in industrial-grade DNA-based data storage systems, to accelerate the development and enterprise integration of DNA-based cold archive storage. Together, the two companies will work to position DNA storage as a viable, ultra-secure, and long-term archival tier within modern object storage environments, complementing existing flash, disk and tape in...

HiveWatch, a physical security software company reimagining how organisations keep their people and assets safe, releases The State of Physical Security Operations in 2026, a new benchmark report examining how enterprise physical security programs actually perform when measured against operational realities, including alarm volume, SLA attainment, operational maturity, and AI adoption. Commissioned through independent research firm Censuswide, the report surveyed 300 U.S.-based professionals re...

System Surveyor, the pioneer site survey and system design platform for security integrators and technology managers, officially opened registration for System Surveyor THRIVE 2026, the company’s inaugural in-person user conference taking place September 28-30, 2026, in Austin, Texas. Designed for System Surveyor users, partners consultants and physical security professionals, System Surveyor THRIVE will bring together industry leaders and customers for two days of collaboration, innovati...

HackerOne, a global pioneer in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), announces the H1 Platform, an agentic AI platform designed to help enterprises eliminate exploitable risk with continuous discovery, validation, prioritisation and remediation at AI scale. The launch comes as the discovery-remediation gap becomes the defining security problem of the AI era. AI is now writing meaningful portions of enterprise code. Recent surveys indicate 73% of engineering teams now use AI coding tools...

VIVOTEK, a foremost global security solutions provider, and March Networks®, a global pioneer in video surveillance and business intelligence, will showcase new AI and cloud solutions at Security Canada West 2026, taking place June 3 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, British Columbia.   Think Search and Searchlight AI At booth #706, attendees will see how VIVOTEK’s Think Search and March Networks’ Searchlight AI are helping organisations search vide...