Micro Key Solutions and CHeKT are completed and successful deployed the integration between the Micro Key Solutions Monitoring platform and video monitoring from CHeKT. This seamless integration fully enables monitoring centers powered by Micro Key Solutions to leverage video verification from CHeKT with no additional software or equipment needed.
Arecont Vision, announced today that it will execute an asset purchase agreement with an affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners LLC under which Turnspire will acquire substantially all of the company’s assets. To eliminate the company’s debt, Arecont Vision has initiated proceedings under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware, from which it expects to emerge with a clean balance sheet and fresh capital. The proposed transaction will enable the company to pursue accelerated development of new, industry-leading video surveillance products and better meet the needs of its customers today and beyond.
The International Foundation for Protection Officers, in conjunction with Security magazine, is now accepting nominations for the annual Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence, an award that recognizes one security professional or an organization for professional excellence or outstanding service in the security profession.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), PSA Security Network and ISC Security Events have announced the keynote speakers for the upcoming Cyber:Secured Forum, an event centered on how to improve and maintain the cyber security of integrated solutions and physical security systems.
ESX will focus its final Main Stage session on enhancing school security during the Closing Keynote Luncheon, starting at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, June 22. A mixed panel comprising industry representatives will address the recurrence of violence in schools and ways to bring a safer learning environment for children.
BriefCam, the a provider of Video Synopsis and deep learning solutions announced its acquisition by Canon Inc. The addition of BriefCam to Canon’s network video solutions products portfolio complements the Canon Group’s previous acquisitions of AXIS Communications and Milestone Systems with a video content analytics solution.
After year-over-year increases in the number of reported data breaches, Risk Based Security has released the results of their Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, showing the number of breaches disclosed in the first three months of the year fell to 686 compared with 1,444 breaches reported in Q1 2017. The number of records compromised in the quarter remained high, with more than 1.4 billion records exposed.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has expressed strong support for MI HB 5828 and HB5830, two bills designed to improve school security across the state of Michigan.
NextGen Security, SDM’s 2017 Systems Integrator of the Year, signed on with Boston-based Gradifi, a provider of the Employer SLP Plan benefit (Student Loan Paydown Plan benefit) to introduce a new employee benefit: financial assistance to pay down student loan debt.
ADS Security (ADS), ranked No. 20 on the SDM 100, has acquired the customer accounts of The Alarm Company of Jackson, Mississippi. This purchase adds approximately 2,600 accounts — 80 percent residential and 20 percent commercial — to the ADS customer base.