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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...

Physical security has always involved a trade-off: the most capable systems were often the most complex to run. On-premise servers, siloed video and access control platforms, and multi-dashboard workflows became the norm; not because anyone wanted it that way, but because the integrations weren’t there to do better. That’s changing. Rhombus is excited to announce their strategic partnership with Honeywell, bringing Rhombus’ cloud-managed video security platform together...

Amthal has been awarded a planned maintenance contract to cover Barnet and Southgate College across all its three sites, to ensure a reliable, rapid response and coordinated approach for the benefit of staff, students and visitors. Barnet and Southgate College is a large further education provider operating across three main campuses in Barnet, Southgate and Colindale. The college supports a diverse student population across academic, vocational and technical programmes, with sites that include...

Gunnebo Safe Storage is celebrating a 30-year partnership with Thornhill Security, a relationship that continues to support the delivery of complex security projects across Europe. The two companies have worked together on a significant range of installations across different sectors, including pharmaceuticals and high security sites, often involving specific operational constraints or non-standard layouts. This includes projects within modular buildings, where security solutions need to be car...

Nutanix, a pioneer in hybrid multicloud computing, announces the Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) solution is NVIDIA-Certified at the enterprise level. NVIDIA-Certified Storage is designed to enable enterprises and cloud providers to confidently deploy storage solutions that support the performance, security, and scale required for large-scale production AI workloads. Nutanix is also advancing AI-native storage with planned support for NVIDIA Vera BlueField-4 STX, reinforcing its focus on faster d...

Dragos, the pioneer in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, announces it has acquired Phosphorus, extending the Dragos Platform to protect the billions of connected devices embedded across critical infrastructure and other operational networks. Operational environments have outgrown traditional OT boundaries. Extended Operational Technology Traditional and non-traditional assets alike are woven throughout their operational environments. This expanded environment — O...

Altech Corporation, a pioneer in industrial automation solutions, has added a new 85-A hinge-type DIN rail mountable ring lug terminal block, the STH5, which combines connection security with easy access. In power distribution and other heavy-duty applications, vibrating machinery can cause connection failures and damage wires. To achieve a vibration-resistant connection with an STH5, an installer simply crimps the wire to a ring lug and fastens it to the terminal block’s flat current bar...

What’s keeping security leaders up at night? Which technologies are gaining real traction? And where is the industry headed next? Gallagher Security is once again inviting security professionals from around the world to help answer those questions through its annual global security industry research project, now open for contributions. Shaping modern security Bringing together insights from consultants, integrators, End Users, IT leaders, and Channel Partners, the research will inform G...

IDScan.net, a provider of ID verification and fraud prevention technology, announces a new partnership with DSI Security Services, a nationwide provider of integrated security solutions. Through this collaboration, DSI Security Services will offer IDScan.net’s VeriScan platform as part of its comprehensive security toolkit, enhancing on-site ID verification and visitor management for residential, commercial, and industrial clients. Founded in 1969, DSI Security Services has grown into a t...

Honeywell announces the new brand identities for its automation and aerospace businesses ─ Honeywell Technologies and Honeywell Aerospace. These will become two independent, publicly traded companies on June 29, 2026, when Honeywell spins off its Aerospace business. Honeywell's current brand value is estimated at $18 billion and has been synonymous with delivering innovation to customers for 140 years. Both new brands will draw on Honeywell's history while reflecting each company's focused stra...

Commvault, a pioneer in unified resilience at enterprise scale, recommends four steps organisations should take to stay resilient in the age of Frontier AI – where advanced AI models are accelerating vulnerability discovery, compressing exploitation timelines, and elevating the need for resilience. Frontier AI is reshaping the threat landscape in two ways. First, advanced models are generating a deluge of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) – Palo Alto Networks research show...

ASSA ABLOY has acquired Sentinel Dock & Door (Sentinel), a commercial dock and door service company based in Canada. "I am very pleased to welcome Sentinel to ASSA ABLOY. This acquisition delivers on our strategy to strengthen our position in mature markets through adding complementary products and solutions to our core business,” says Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of ASSA ABLOY. Service-oriented business "The acquisition of Sentinel significantly strengthens our direct channel pr...