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Jane Embury explains how skybridges, along with modern glazing systems, play a significant role in evacuations.

The Bridge of Sighs and Evacuation Models

Skybridges, along with modern glazing systems, play a significant role in evacuations.

The Rise of the Machines: M2M’s Role in Transforming Business and Security

The Rise of the Machines: M2M’s Role in Transforming Business and Security

Faced with tighter security requirements, enhanced regulatory pressure and heightened environmental concerns, businesses seek technologies that will improve overall business processes.

Twist Mobile Access Adoption Growing

Twist Mobile Access Adoption Growing

Smartphones expected to replace mechanical keys and physical access cards making user experience, value and new gestures a must.

Securitron EcoPower Power Supply Achieves Energy Savings

GreenCircle certified for up to 99% energy savings versus traditional power supplies.

Apple CEO Discusses Privacy Talks with Chinese Government

Apple CEO Discusses Privacy Talks with Chinese Government

Tim Cook said the talks were ‘very open’

Amazon Boosts Privacy Law Compliance with New Frankfurt Data Center

Amazon Boosts Privacy Law Compliance with New Frankfurt Data Center

The AWS data center hopes to help German businesses move to the cloud.

6 Halloween Safety Tips Every Adult Needs to Know

6 Halloween Safety Tips Every Adult Needs to Know

There's thousands of safety tips for children on Halloween, so parents, these are just for you!

Middle Atlantic Sets New Standard for Compact Surge Protection

Engineered with non-sacrificial and non-degrading protection to ensure system reliability by absorbing surges without contaminating system ground.



Von Duprin Concealed Vertical Cable Exit Devices Fill Church's Tall Order

Expansion and the building of new structures prompted way to secure pairs of 14-foot tall bronze doors.

BadUSB is Haunting Cyber Space

The ABC’s of Cyber Security

It’s time to stop lecturing about cyber security and transform it into a topic of conversation, a give-and-take discussion, so that an effective battle against cyber malice can wage, and hopefully, win out over cyber criminals. Our perceptions must change; we must take the time to make safety and security into habits when it comes to the cyber world.

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  • Survey: 48 Percent of Worshippers Feel Less Safe Attending In-Person Services

    Almost half (48%) of those who attend religious services say they feel less safe attending in-person due to rising acts of violence at places of worship. In fact, 39% report these safety concerns have led them to change how often they attend in-person services, according to new research from Verkada conducted online by The Harris Poll among 1,123 U.S. adults who attend a religious service or event at least once a month. Read Now

  • AI Used as Part of Sophisticated Espionage Campaign

    A cybersecurity inflection point has been reached in which AI models has become genuinely useful in cybersecurity operation. But to no surprise, they can used for both good works and ill will. Systemic evaluations show cyber capabilities double in six months, and they have been tracking real-world cyberattacks showing how malicious actors were using AI capabilities. These capabilities were predicted and are expected to evolve, but what stood out for researchers was how quickly they have done so, at scale. Read Now

  • Why the Future of Video Security Is Happening Outside the Cloud

    For years, the cloud has captivated the physical security industry. And for good reasons. Remote access, elastic scalability and simplified maintenance reshaped how we think about deploying and managing systems. Read Now

  • UL Solutions Launches Artificial Intelligence Safety Certification Services

    UL Solutions Inc., a global leader in safety science, today announced the launch of artificial intelligence (AI) safety certification services, enabling comprehensive assessments for evaluating the safety of AI-powered products. Read Now

  • ESA Announces Initiative to Introduce the SECURE Act in State Legislatures

    The Electronic Security Association (ESA), the national voice for the electronic security and life safety industry, has announced plans to introduce the SECURE Act in state legislatures across the country beginning in 2025. The proposal, known as Safeguarding Election Candidates Using Reasonable Expenditures, provides a clear framework that allows candidates and elected officials to use campaign funds for professional security services. Read Now

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  • 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.

  • Connect ONE’s powerful cloud-hosted management platform provides the means to tailor lockdowns and emergency mass notifications throughout a facility – while simultaneously alerting occupants to hazards or next steps, like evacuation.

    Connect ONE®

    Connect ONE’s powerful cloud-hosted management platform provides the means to tailor lockdowns and emergency mass notifications throughout a facility – while simultaneously alerting occupants to hazards or next steps, like evacuation.

  • QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC)

    QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC)

    The latest Qualcomm® Vision Intelligence Platform offers next-generation smart camera IoT solutions to improve safety and security across enterprises, cities and spaces. The Vision Intelligence Platform was expanded in March 2022 with the introduction of the QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC), which delivers superior artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing at the edge.