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Florida School District to Receive Security Grant from Video Insight

Columbia County School District will receive 48 Video Insight Video Management Software (VMS) licenses, 16 IP video surveillance cameras, one video encoder that includes VMS licenses, 10 years of software upgrades, one year of a customer assurance program, and product training.

Speco from the Inside Out

Speco from the Inside Out

My journey north to Amityville, New York to investigate Speco Technologies.

ADT to Offer New Remote and Mobile Products

ADT to Offer New Remote and Mobile Products

The home security company begins its movement into home-control products.



Monitronics Lends Support to Mission 500 Children Fleeing Violence Project

Monitronics Lends Support to Mission 500 Children Fleeing Violence Project

Effort dedicated to providing protection and basic resources to children from Central American who are traveling unaccompanied to the United States.

Security Fears Restricting Mobile Commerce in the US

Almost half of consumers would never use mobile payment and banking apps due to fears about the level of security on their devices, with suspicions highest in the over 55 age group.

Microsemi SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 Product Families Successfully Complete NSA IAD Guidelines

Further validates Microsemi FPGA Security capabilities leadership, simplifies information assurance system design.

Eid Passport Partners with HID Global to Enhance Highest Assurance ID Management Solution

Partnership combines HID Global pivCLASS technology and ActivID Credential Management System with Eid Passport’s RAPIDGate Premier solution.

German Artists Claim Responsibility for the White Flags on the Brooklyn Bridge

German Artists Claim Responsibility for the White Flags on the Brooklyn Bridge

Two artists say they made the flags themselves

Code Blue Corporation Receives Lenel Factory Certification

Code Blue’s ToolVox interfaces with the Lenel OnGuard access control security system.

HID Trusted Tag Services Enable iZipline's Internet of Things Platform to Deliver

iZipline embeds HID Trusted Tag Services into its cloud-based platform to eliminate counterfeiting and enhance engagement between global brands and consumers’ mobile devices.

Winning Commercial Intrusion Systems

Simultaneously support UL Commercial Wireless, and addressable and conventional devices.

ONVIF Launches Education, Enforcement Campaign to Ensure Product Conformance

Initiative aims to further protect the ONVIF brand and more preemptively monitor ONVIF’s copyrights, trademarks and logos on an ongoing basis.

7 Things Security Professionals Can Learn from Robin Williams

7 Things Security Professionals Can Learn from Robin Williams

Movie quotes offer great insights and knowledge to enhance the security industry.

North Shore-LIJ Health System Chooses Perspective by PPM

New incident management system to be implemented across 16 award-winning hospitals.

Cabletronix and NACE Release Brand New HDMI Based Switcher and Matrix Solutions

Both feature 4K compatibility to work with the most current high definition technology and standards.

All 11 Members of Catalyst AV Distribution Network Now Selling Nest

Nest is a key element in this specialty product distribution network’s portfolio of best-of-breed wireless technologies that help integrators tap new and/or previously unforeseen revenue opportunities within the home

Migrant Mothers and Children Pose National Security Threat

Migrant Mothers and Children Pose National Security Threat

Department of Justice is upholding 2003 ruling from former Attorney General John Ashcroft in response to 9/11.

Ensuring Fleet Operations Don

Ensuring Fleet Operations Don't Become a Runaway Vehicle

Acquire data to recognize where the issues are and then create a system to train employees to avoid risk.

Anixter International Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Tri-Ed

Accelerates Anixter’s strategic security growth initiative, significantly advancing their existing capabilities and footprint.

Featured

  • The Business Case for Video Analytics: Understanding the Real ROI

    For security professionals who may be hesitant to invest in video analytics, now's the time to reconsider. In a newly released Omdia report commissioned by BriefCam (now Milestone Systems), the research firm uncovered a compelling story: more than 85% of North American and European organizations that use video analytics achieve a return on investment within just one year. The study, which surveyed 140 end users across multiple industries, demonstrates that security technology is no longer just for security — it's a cross-organizational tool that delivers measurable business value far beyond traditional safety applications. Read Now

  • Survey: 54% of Organizations Cite Technical Debt as Top Hurdle to Identity System Modernization

    Modernizing identity systems is proving difficult for organizations due to two key challenges: decades of accumulated Identity and Access Management (IAM) technical debt and the complexity of managing access across multiple identity providers (IDPs). These findings come from the new Strata Identity-commissioned report, State of Multi-Cloud Identity: Insights and Trends for 2025. The report, based on survey data from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), highlights trends and challenges in securing cloud environments. The CSA is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. Read Now

  • Study: Only 35 Percent of Companies Include Cybersecurity Teams When Implementing AI

    Only 35 percent of cybersecurity professionals or teams are involved in the development of policy governing the use of AI technology in their enterprise, and nearly half (45 percent) report no involvement in the development, onboarding, or implementation of AI solutions, according to the recently released 2024 State of Cybersecurity survey report from ISACA, a global professional association advancing trust in technology. Read Now

  • New Report Series Highlights E-Commerce Threats, Fraud Against Retailers

    Trustwave, a cybersecurity and managed security services provider, recently released a series of reports detailing the threats facing the retail sector, marking the second year of its ongoing research into these critical security issues. Read Now

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New Products

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.” 3

  • Unified VMS

    AxxonSoft introduces version 2.0 of the Axxon One VMS. The new release features integrations with various physical security systems, making Axxon One a unified VMS. Other enhancements include new AI video analytics and intelligent search functions, hardened cybersecurity, usability and performance improvements, and expanded cloud capabilities 3

  • A8V MIND

    A8V MIND

    Hexagon’s Geosystems presents a portable version of its Accur8vision detection system. A rugged all-in-one solution, the A8V MIND (Mobile Intrusion Detection) is designed to provide flexible protection of critical outdoor infrastructure and objects. Hexagon’s Accur8vision is a volumetric detection system that employs LiDAR technology to safeguard entire areas. Whenever it detects movement in a specified zone, it automatically differentiates a threat from a nonthreat, and immediately notifies security staff if necessary. Person detection is carried out within a radius of 80 meters from this device. Connected remotely via a portable computer device, it enables remote surveillance and does not depend on security staff patrolling the area. 3