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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, a provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, announces the results of an independently commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting which analyses the Total Economic Impact (TEI) and benefits that enterprises deploying Check Point’s CloudGuard Cloud Network Security solution can realise. The study found that CloudGuard repaid its initial investment in under 3 months, with a 169% ROI over 3 years through higher staff productivity, reduced b...

Impinj, Inc., a globally renowned provider and pioneer of RAIN RFID solutions, has announced that it has shipped more than 50 billion endpoint integrated circuits (ICs) and three million connectivity ICs and devices, extending IoT to everyday ‘things’, such as apparel, pallets, cases, pharmaceuticals, automotive parts, and luggage. This achievement reflects the adoption of the Impinj platform for digital transformation, across diverse markets, including retail, supply chain and logis...

Dahua Technology, a front-runner video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, is proud to announce that the Dahua Global Virtual Innovation Centre is now available to its global customers. By demonstrating its latest technologies, products and solutions through an online virtual showroom, the centre can support customers in designing excellent security systems. Due to the drastic impact of COVID-19, people are having difficulties in gaining access and experiencing the development of p...

Acronis, a pioneer in cyber protection headquartered in Singapore and Switzerland, announces a new partnership with EveryCloud, a British distributor and email security vendor, designed to empower their customers with Acronis’ innovative cyber protection solutions. EveryCloud will now be able to deliver Acronis’ comprehensive range of cyber protection solutions to its business customers, including backup, disaster recovery, AI-enhanced anti-malware, endpoint security and management...

ASSA ABLOY has acquired Technology Solutions (TSL) in the UK, a global provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) handheld readers. TSL designs, develops and manufactures ruggedised mobile RFID readers and other multi-technology, mobile device peripherals used to identify and track products and assets. "I am very pleased to welcome TSL into the ASSA ABLOY Group. TSL is a strategic technological addition to the ASSA ABLOY Group and reinforces our current RFID offering and provides complem...

Zenitel, a provider of intelligent critical communication solutions, is pleased to announce the hiring of a key sales executive. Chris Rinket has been appointed as the Western Europe Sales Manager in Zenitel’s EMEA Safety & Security Business Unit. Chris joined Zenitel on January 1st. He has 20 years of experience in the security industry, where he gained in-depth knowledge of CCTV, access control and integrated security systems and solutions. Critical communication solutions Chris w...

Alarm Lock Systems, a division of NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc., is pleased to introduce Peter Lowenstein as the new Alarm Lock Vice President of Sales. Peter comes to Alarm Lock with a proven track record of driving sales and growing revenue in all facets of locking, including distribution and other top manufacturers in security and access control. Access control system Peter will be responsible for energising and driving sales in the Alarm Lock Division, overseeing the Alarm Lock sales...

Check Point Research (CPR) recently conducted investigations into two known Iranian cyber groups which showed the Iranian government continues to surveil and attack dissidents of the regime, in Iran and abroad. The first cyber-group, known as APT-C-50, spies on the mobile phones of dissidents, collecting phone call recordings, messages, pictures, and GPS data. In a campaign dubbed ‘Domestic Kitten’, APT-C-50 targeted over 1200 individuals living in seven countries, with over 600 suc...

The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has announced a new partnership with Risk Crew, an IASME-accredited Cyber Essentials certification body, to deliver cyber security certification and associated benefits to NSI approved companies. The aim of the new partnership is to provide NSI approved companies with a straightforward pathway to Cyber Essentials certification, building increased reassurance for the wider communities they serve. Cyber Essentials/Plus certification Cyber Essentials/Plus...

Planning elderly care involves thinking about the long term. Building and managing residential homes with a sustainability ethos is increasingly important - to local governments and private providers. Security technology decisions can have an impact on whether they succeed. Tegs Äldrecenter in Umeå, Sweden, chose an access control solution from Tidomat including around 100 ASSA ABLOY Aperio locks wirelessly integrated with the system. Aperio locks are battery powered and operate with...

Gallagher’s fast-growing Australian team is expanding once again, welcoming Dan Butler in the newly created position of Director of Marketing – APAC & IMEA, and Sabrish Venugopal, as Technical Business Development Manager – New South Wales. Dan joined global security manufacturer, Gallagher, in 2014, coming from a stainless-steel manufacturer where he was Marketing & Communications Manager. Delivering outstanding solutions He worked at Gallagher’s Head Office i...

ProdataKey (PDK), manufacturer of renowned cloud access control platform built for mobile, introduces “Present-to-Open,” a new touchless way for Pdk io users to interact with their system’s Touch io Bluetooth readers. With Present-to-Open, users hold their smartphone within proximity of the reader to initiate immediate authentication of their credentials, eliminating any delay in unlocking the door or need to touch the reader. The phone may remain locked as long as the Touch Ap...

Paige DataCom Solutions has released the first all-in-one cable designed specifically to support the Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP), a standard developed by the Security Industry Association (SIA) to improve security and interoperability among access control and security products.  “OSDP Access Control is the clear choice for those looking to make our buildings more secure and intelligent,” said David Coleman, VP of business development for Paige. “With more and m...

SALTO Systems, front-runners in wire-free networked, wireless, cloud and smartphone-based access control solutions; announce that the SALTO Neo electronic cylinder is their latest product to gain the coveted BSI Enhanced Level IoT Kitemark™ for access control systems. Designed for doors where fitting an electronic escutcheon is not possible or required, the compact SALTO Neo Cylinder can be installed on standard doors, server racks, gates, cabinets, electric switches, sliding doors, and m...

Telguard, a front-runner in cellular alarm communication for security and life safety systems, has increased its support of the pro-installed channel and ESA by boosting the strategic partnership with the association from Gold to Platinum for 2021. “Moving up to the Platinum level is a natural step in the progression of our brand,” Telguard President, George Brody, says. “We look forward to a very prosperous 2021 for our dealers, distributors, central stations, employees and E...

SecurityCEU.com announced that they will begin hosting content related to Smart Home and Audio/Video, in partnership with Bedrock Learning. Online courses will be available on the SecurityCEU.com official website, starting February 3, 2021 and will be part of a unique Smart Home and AV Bundle, and an AV Selling Skills Bundle and available as individual courses as well. All online courses will be approved for CEUs at the national and state level for licence compliance. Smart Home and AV content...

Vision-Box, a globally renowned company in biometric recognition, digital identity, and seamless travel management solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with U.S.-based digital identity innovator, Airside Mobile, Inc., best known for the Mobile Passport App. The partnership offers an enhanced safe, secure and touchless platform for all stakeholders along the travel experience involved in managing verified identity credentials, including trusted health data. Vision-Box and Airside pa...

HelpSystems announced the acquisition of Digital Defense, a provider of vulnerability management and threat assessment solutions. Digital Defense’s cloud-native vulnerability scanning engine gives organisations in healthcare, legal, financial services, and other industries the ability to proactively detect infrastructure security gaps and take effective remediation steps to safeguard against internal and external cyber threats. As part of HelpSystems’ cyber security portfolio, Digit...

Ajax Systems, a smart security systems developer, has acquired the engineering team of Concepter, a design and product development studio. The Concepter developers will become members of various R&D teams at Ajax Systems and will work on new devices. "We’ve added the Concepter developers to the Ajax Systems team to boost our growth and engineering capabilities. The Concepter specialists have plenty of experience in handling complex custom projects. We’re excited that they will c...

Suprema, a globally renowned company in access control, biometrics and time & attendance solutions, hosted a virtual partner summit on Feb 3, 2021, where it announced new leadership, shared business success stories as well as a business blueprint for future growth. Suprema Partner Summit The Partner Summit, attended by close to hundred Suprema partners, began with a greeting from James Lee, the new Chairman of the company. Lee thanked partners for Suprema’s sales performance, shared...

Master Lock is celebrating 100 years in 2021, marking a century of empowering people, businesses, and communities across the globe with the confidence they need to secure everything worth protecting. To mark the occasion, Master Lock is launching a 360°-marketing campaign and previewing new user-led innovation that will continue to guide the company forward. Helping future generations “We are honoured that people have trusted Master Lock to secure what’s important since 1921,...

Leonardo’s Edinburgh, Scotland-based Innovation and Technology Incubator Centre has announced that it will partner with O2 (Telefónica UK) to investigate several innovative applications of private 5G technology in the defence and security industry. High speed and secure information  Proposed uses of secure, high-bandwidth mobile data include facilitating next-generation ‘future factory’ manufacturing capabilities and providing high speed and secure information ser...

Yeastar, the provider of SME PBX systems, announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named Yeastar Linkus UC Clients as a 2021 TMCnet Remote Work Pioneer winner presented by TMCnet. The award honours companies whose software and other solutions support the massive increase in remote working brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Remote working solutions “In early March 2020, we offered 3 sets of complementary remote working offers and helped thousands of comp...

TEC, presented by PSA, is the premier education and networking event for all professional systems integrators. TEC features industry leading education and certification programmes, networking, and dedicated exhibit hours designed to advance the skills and expertise of industry professionals nationwide. This premier training venue is open live to all executive owners and members and virtually to all other members. It is designed to meet the educational needs of all employees within an integrator&...

The use of AI-computer vision technology to improve situational awareness and provide highly accurate advanced object detection analytics, reducing false alerts and delivering real time notifications, has been one of the biggest advancements in video analytics. The implementation of this technology has grown increasingly over the past few years in verticals such as city surveillance, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and healthcare, where it is used to analyse unstructured video surveilla...

Hanwha Techwin America, a global supplier of IP and analogue video surveillance solutions, unveiled two new Wisenet X series NVRs that support the industry’s first video playback and recording of up to 8K super-high-resolution images. 8K recording can cover large areas with sufficient pixel density to allow operators to zoom in digitally and investigate image details in real-time or forensically and still retain a clear image. Recording capacity and storage The new NVRs in the Wisenet X...

The Genetec Channel Partner program has partnered with Credly to award verified digital badges to European channel partners who complete Genetec certification courses. Badges provide an easy way to share and validate the skills, experience and technical knowledge. Digital badges are the best tool to highlight Genetec certifications and achievements on the website, social media, profiles and more. Think of the badges as a bonus for the hard work—there's no extra cost involved. What is a d...

The six new cameras added to the Wisenet X PTZ PLUS range have been developed by Hanwha Techwin to enable users to capture evidence grade images of activity occurring in large open area applications. The ability of the new 2MP, 6MP and 4K Wisenet X PTZ PLUS cameras to operate effectively in environments such as airports, car parks, industrial estates, stadia and city centres, is enhanced by a long list of technically advanced features, which include AI-based object tracking, precise PTZ control...

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a renowned provider of cyber security solutions globally, has announced the availability of its complete Quantum Spark series of security gateways for small and medium size businesses (SMBs). The range of six gateways sets new standards of protection against the most advanced cyber attacks for SMBs, giving unrivalled ease of deployment and management, and delivering optimum security without needing specialist skills. The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investiga...

BCD International, the global video data infrastructure manufacturer composed of the BCDVideo, Video Storage Solutions, and BCDOEM brands, announced the grand opening of the BCD International Inc. India Build Centre. This engineering and manufacturing facility reinforces its partnership with Dell EMC and strategically positions BCD in the market to expand its OEM and security customer base. As Dell’s number one OEM partner for surveillance and Internet of Things (IoT), BCD is expanding it...