The Security Industry Association (SIA), the leading trade association representing security solutions providers, today announced its strong opposition to the recently introduced bicameral Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act.
- By Kara Klein
- Jun 29, 2020
Many video surveillance professionals have come across the terms Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL). But what do those terms mean, and how do they affect Video Surveillance?
- By Brian Carle
- Jun 18, 2020
Amazon’s facial recognition software has been a staple for police departments, using the program to provide identities on cold bases. Prisons and jails in Florida also have been using the platform in its databases, storing thousands of mug shots of anyone who has ever been “behind bars.”
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 12, 2020
BriefCam has announced a significant new capability to its product portfolio with v5.6.1 of its innovative and extensible video content analytics platform.
Adapting thermography machines to address COVID-19 issues qualifies them as medical devices, which can pose unique challenges for businesses that are unfamiliar with the FDA.
- By Susan Kohn Ross
- May 19, 2020
A number of companies are either adding new features in response to the COVID-19 threat or developing new systems to identify if individuals are obeying guidelines.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 19, 2020
Industry associations keeping members informed about how the coronavirus crisis is affecting security businesses.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 14, 2020
By helping employees to feel productive and sharpen skills through training, ADT Commercial has hit upon an innovative way to ease collective stress during uncertain times.
- By Michael Keen
- Apr 29, 2020
As video surveillance companies look to recover lost revenue, temperature detection capabilities have become a hot commodity.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Apr 24, 2020
The company is also ending its partnership with Bosch, which began in 2016.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Apr 16, 2020
A MIchigan company is monitoring traffic in typically busy areas to show how locals are following stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus crisis.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 15, 2020
Activists and ACLU lawyers succeeded in stopping a six-month trial run of an aerial surveillance program funded by private philanthropists.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 13, 2020
Security leaders are investing in advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, biometric solutions and advanced communication networks.
Due to the stay-at-home orders in place and the shifting landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, ISC West organizers have rescheduled the security conference and expo for the second time.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 09, 2020
Airlines may require passengers to take temperature tests or other measurements of health before they can board, according to the CEO of London's Heathrow Airport.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Apr 08, 2020
Three private surveillance planes will take images of Baltimore neighborhoods to be used in criminal investigations, an effort that will be studied to see if it lowers the crime rate.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 06, 2020
The law, which will go into effect next year, will require law enforcement to use facial recognition software only to investigate serious crimes and issue public accountability reports.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 02, 2020
SIA, ESA and TMA have penned a letter to public safety officials calling for governments to exempt alarm response centers and companies that serve them from shelter-in-place orders.
- By Haley Samsel
- Mar 25, 2020
Security companies are updating their technology to recognize people wearing masks and measure temperatures, showing how facial recognition could become widely sought as a global security solution.
- By Haley Samsel
- Mar 20, 2020
Chinese manufacturer DJI, which accounts for about 70 percent of the global drone market, stands to lose the most from a ban, which is based on national security concerns.
- By Haley Samsel
- Mar 13, 2020