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Employee errors or unintentional actions were behind 52 percent of incidents affecting operational technology and industrial control system (OT/ICS) networks last year, according to a new Kaspersky report “State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2019”.

Patriot One Technologies Inc. announced an integration partnership with Johnson Controls International. The signed agreement follows successful PATSCAN Platform demonstrations at ISC West and Cisco Live. The integrated solution, and subsequent ongoing development efforts, will become part of overall security system deployment projects with Johnson Controls’ key clients, including sports franchises and a global transportation client.

Inc. Magazine revealed that Allied Universal, a security and facility services company in North America ranked No. 56 on the SDM 100 with more than 215,000 employees and revenues over $7.3 billion, ranked No. 1,617 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. This will be Allied Universal’s tenth year on the list.

On Friday, August 16, American Defense Systems (Dallas, Texas) acquired Direct Protect Security and Surveillance out of Costa Mesa, Calif. Direct Protect has provided smart home solutions to residents and businesses in over 13 states for close to 10 years.  

While REMO Security Doors has only been around for two and a half years, it’s already making headlines — just last week, the company was covered by FOX News, The New York Post and more for installing metal bullet-resistant security doors in a Jewish all-girls school in Brooklyn in the wake of so many mass shootings. And that’s just the first of more than 50 Jewish schools and synagogues in Brooklyn where REMO has door installation jobs lined up. 

A currently moving bill in Massachusetts (S 1385) would place a moratorium on the use of facial recognition evidence by the government in any judicial proceeding, based on the stated presumption that facial recognition technology is racially biased in its application and violates personal privacy because it subjects every person to potential criminal investigation based on their appearance.

There was a time when power and transmission were delivered by distinct solutions, but power over Ethernet (PoE) solutions have changed that dynamic considerably by delivering power and video surveillance signals over a single cable.

THRESHOLD visitor management systems, headquartered in Connecticut, has increased its customer-facing reach by opening two new sales offices — one in Florida, to be run by a long-time THRESHOLD account executive, and one in California, the result of a recent hiring.

Morse Watchmans announced that its KeyWatcher Touch Key Management System has once again received LenelS2 factory certification and interfaces with the LenelS2 OnGuard version 7.5 access control security system.

Sargent and Greenleaf (S&G), a manufacturer of mechanical and electronic locks, announced that Palmer’s Security Solutions (PSS), headquartered in Warrenton, Va., will serve as its Authorized Global Service and Training Center.