Access control news

Gunnebo Entrance Control has partnered with UBS at multiple sites across India to deliver security solutions designed to support controlled and reliable movement within an upgraded commercial office environment. The UBS offices regularly experience busy periods, particularly at the start and end of the working day. The company needed a solution that could handle high volumes of people without causing queues or delays, while still meeting internal security requirements. Main entrance control sy...

Yubico, a cybersecurity company and creator of the YubiKey, the most secure passkey, at RSA Conference announced the expansion of its Enrolment services – available exclusively through YubiKey as a Service – to include support for simple and secure in-the-field enrolment of YubiKeys for Microsoft and PingID environments.  These expanded enrolment options help customers fast track to phishing-resistance and passwordless, and more easily customise and secure their EntraID and Pin...

Arctic Wolf®, the cybersecurity and AI company, announces the availability of the new Aurora Agentic SOC™. This new offering redefines the SOC operating model by placing AI at the core, shifting from a legacy human-led approach to an agent-driven model that delivers better outcomes and stronger ROI for IT and security leaders. Built on the Aurora® Superintelligence Platform, the Aurora Agentic SOC combines Arctic Wolf’s pioneering Concierge Experience™ with turnkey age...

March Networks®, a global pioneer in intelligent video surveillance and business intelligence, and VIVOTEK, a foemost global provider of IP cameras and cloud video solutions, jointly announced the merger of VIVOTEK’s branded business (OBM) with March Networks to deliver greater scale and a stronger, end-to-end video security portfolio spanning cloud, hybrid, and on-premise video surveillance environments. Together, the two companies combine complementary strengths in enterprise v...

SwiftConnect’s connected access network for places and spaces brings together existing physical access systems, identity providers, and IT ecosystems into one open, unified network, replacing friction with fluidity to make access feel effortless. Organisations can enable on-demand mobile credentials and centrally manage the physical credential lifecycle to deliver secure, consistent experiences across every door, floor, and shared resource – all without proprietary lock-in. D...

Johnson Controls a global technology pioneer in energy efficiency, decarbonisation, thermal management and mission-critical performance, introduced the fifth generations of both its DSC PowerSeries Neo security system and its IQ Panel, bolstering the company’s intrusion detection capabilities for residential and commercial settings to protect what matters most.  Delivering ease of use These latest updates will be displayed at ISC West 2026 in Las Vegas from March 23-27 (Bo...

Alarm.com, the foremost platform for intelligently connected properties, announced it will showcase new AI powered platform advancements and product innovations at ISC West 2026.  Following a milestone year surpassing $1 billion in annual revenue, Alarm.com continues to scale its unified platform to meet accelerating global demand for smarter, more connected protection across residential and commercial environments.  Single cloud based platform Alarm.com brings security, video, acce...

Allegion US, a provider of security solutions, technology and services, will be exhibiting and demonstrating new interoperable electronic access control technologies and software at ISC West 2026 (booth #23051), the security industry’s most comprehensive and converged trade show occurring from March 23–27, 2026, at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas. “Today, the access control industry demands more than just hardware, credentials or standalone software,” said Mark Casey, vic...

At ISC West 2026, HID, a provider of trusted identity solutions, announced the launch of HID Converged Credentials at booth #9053. This solution allows organisations to secure their facilities and manage employee identities and credentials through a single, unified platform. Designed to give security teams a practical path to modernise their identity architecture, the solution consolidates physical and logical access under a single phishing-resistant credential, reducing vendor complexity and s...

Commvault, a pioneer in unified resilience at enterprise scale, announced an expanded integration with Microsoft Security to better connect threat detection with trusted recovery. The new integration uses Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Security Copilot, and the Commvault Cloud platform to streamline resilience operations (ResOps) and enable real-time data insights, helping organisations move quickly from identifying a threat to validating and restoring clean data faster with greater confidence....

Gallagher Security announces the release of its new F5 and F6 Fence Controllers, marking the latest generation of enhanced safety monitored pulse fence technology. Engineered to set a new benchmark in safety, performance, and reliability, the F5 and F6 Fence Controllers introduce advanced safety features designed to meet the demands of modern security environments. Flexible deployment options Purpose-built for high-performance perimeter protection, the new fence controllers provide intelligen...

Allied Universal®, the world’s pioneer security and facility services company, announces HELIAUS® Guest, its automated enterprise visitor management system designed to replace antiquated clipboard visitor sign-in methods. Part of the company’s AI-driven HELIAUS workforce management solution, HELIAUS Guest manages every stage of the visitor experience by simplifying pre-screening and automating compliance reporting. Creating safer environments “Organisations today are...

Teleport announced Beams, a trusted runtime designed to solve the security and IAM challenges blocking teams from designing and running AI agents in production infrastructure. Beams runs each agent in an isolated Firecracker VM with built-in identity. Each Beam is connected to infrastructure and inference services without secrets, with audit and access control. Function Beams addresses a key challenge engineers face when designing agentic workflows for infrastructure. Engineers want to devel...

Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and foremost provider of gunshot detection solutions, announced that its SDS Perimeter Outdoor Gunshot Detection System is now available following the successful completion of its beta testing program. Purpose-built for exterior environments, SDS’s new outdoor technology extends the company’s proven gunshot detection capabilities beyond building interiors to provide earlier threat awareness across campuses, building perimeters, p...

Demand for data centres is growing at a remarkable rate. Data’s strategic importance, for both commercial and non-commercial organisations, makes physical security fundamental at these sites. In addition, national and regional regulations place ever more stringent requirements on in-house and co-location operators to take a secure approach to data management and protection. Data’s sensitive nature also brings data centres within the scope of the EU’s NIS2 and Cyber Resilience...

Zimperium, the world pioneer in AI-empowered mobile security, released its 2026 Banking Heist Report. The finding is unambiguous: mobile banking apps have become the primary battleground for financial fraud — and attackers are winning. Malware bypassing app security controls Throughout 2025, Zimperium’s zLabs team tracked 34 active malware families targeting 1,243 financial institutions across 90 countries. Android malware-driven financial transactions increased 67% year-over-year....

VIVOTEK, a foremost global security solutions provider, has spent the past five years advancing its “Safety Map” sustainability initiative, leveraging its security expertise to strengthen community and environmental resilience. In 2024, VIVOTEK partnered with the Hualien-based regional revitalisation team Lamb Social Innovation Studio to assess safety risks and blind spots in Dachen New Village and propose improvement solutions. The project was selected as a representative case f...

Suprema, a global pioneer in AI-powered access control and security solutions, has signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) to collaborate on advancing residential complexes through service robot technology. Residential security In future residential environments, realising safe and convenient robot services for residents requires architectural designs that enable seamless robot mob...

Underlining the deep technical partnership between barox and Dallmeier, Dallmeier has developed a barox switch-monitoring for its Hemisphere® Enterprise VMS open software platform. Integration With the idea being initiated by Dallmeier’s CEO, Thomas Dallmeier, the new development enables the barox range of industrial PoE video switches and media converter products to be integrated and displayed on Hemisphere®’s Event and Alarm Inbox, or for smaller applications, in the SeMS...

OPSWAT Founder and CEO Benny Czarny has released his first book “Cybersecurity Upside Down”, calling on organisations to rethink their cybersecurity strategies. The book offers a fresh perspective on long-standing assumptions about defending against cyber threats and educates readers on the importance of a prevention-first mindset.  Detecting threats after entering the system Drawing on more than two decades of experience building cybersecurity technologies, Czarny argues tha...

Rapid7, Inc., a pioneer in AI-powered managed cybersecurity operations, announced new cloud security capabilities within Exposure Command, its industry-pioneer exposure management solution. The introduction of runtime validation and Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) enables organisations to identify, validate, and prioritise exploitable risk based on real-world attack paths and business impact. As organisations scale hybrid and multi-cloud environments, security programs must move beyond...

Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) announced a partnership with System Surveyor, a digital system design platform for security and technology integrators. The collaboration will provide DMP dealers with advanced tools to simplify system planning, automate documentation and accelerate the sales process. The partnership grants DMP dealers’ access to System Surveyor’s mobile, collaborative system design platform. Incorporating DMP system components within the platform, dealers can desig...

RAIDS AI, the AI safety monitoring platform, has announced its partnership with Prescient Security and Drata. The three companies can provide organisations with end-to-end operational AI governance. As well as cross-referring clients, the companies are working together to educate organisations and help them navigate an increasingly complex compliance landscape.  Partnership launch during webinar The educational element of the partnership launched with a webinar, which aired live on 11 Ma...

Reinforcing its commitment to an Open Platform for security system design, System announces affiliate partnerships with six additional manufacturers: DMP, Alarm.com, Avigilon and Pelco (Motorola Solutions Companies), Radionix and Zenitel. With the addition of these solutions to the System Surveyor Manufacturer Partner Program, System Surveyor users gain access to an expanded catalog of video surveillance, access control and other security solutions that includes more than 30 manufacturers to st...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has confirmed that, going forward, the SIA Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) Transparent Mode configuration will be open to all within the security industry. About OSDP SIA OSDP is an access control communications standard developed by SIA to improve interoperability among access control and security products. Transparent Mode is a capability within the OSDP standard that allows secure communication channels to be used while pass...

Tyler Gebert has joined DMP as the regional sales manager for the Northern California territory.  With a decade of experience in the security industry, he will provide pivotal service and support to DMP dealers throughout Northern California, Oregon and Nevada.  Easy decision “Throughout my career I’ve trusted DMP products in my customers’ homes and businesses, as well as in my own home,” Gebert said. “Choosing to work for DMP and talk to people about p...

Honeywell Building Automation will showcase seven immersive demonstration areas at ISC West 2026 that mirror real-world customer environments. Located at Booth #20059, the Honeywell experience will take visitors through dedicated zones for Data Centers, Healthcare, Hospitality, Critical Infrastructure, Education, Government and Commercial Real Estate. Across these seven environments, attendees will see how Honeywell’s broad solutions portfolio—including access control, video surveil...

Inovonics, a provider of wireless solutions for life safety and security applications, is publicly debuting its recently introduced EN2242 Duress Card that sets new benchmarks in performance and user comfort here at ISC West 2026 in booth 3103. The new wearable panic duress notification device features sleek and lightweight styling designed for user comfort along with a host of new features that leverage Inovonics’ industry-leading wireless technology. “We took a different design ap...

Innodisk, a global AI solution provider, announces its participation in NVIDIA GTC 2026. Alongside subsidiary Aetina, Innodisk Group is showcasing the seamless integration of NVIDIA AI architectures into scalable, deployable edge AI applications. By converging its high-performance computing platforms and the proprietary vision sensing camera modules, Innodisk is translating cutting-edge technology into field-ready industrial AI solutions across two verticals: smart healthcare and intelligent mo...

Morse Watchmans, the industry pioneer in key control and asset management systems, is debuting KeyWatcher® Sentinel at ISC West Booth 12109 . It builds on the company’s decades of experience, helping organisations redefine key and asset management. It will be showcased alongside the company’s comprehensive portfolio of key management solutions. “We listened closely to the challenges our customers face, like the need for better scalability, more integrations, and simpler wo...