The COVID-19 pandemic has completely turned our world upside down. And as unemployment rates rise, crime is surely soon to follow, making security more important than ever.

We are all collectively experiencing the proverbial “nightmare” scenario: a healthcare and business crisis [i.e. COVID-19] that got here in a flash and left us in a social distancing experiment. While change was forced upon us, I believe some of it will be positive moving forward.

ISC West is a foundational event in the security industry, providing a space to network, share insights and discover the latest advancements.

To understand how cloud-based access control can help boost your business, you first have to define what it is — and what it isn’t.

Johnson Controls announced Tyco Cloud, a new cloud-based security suite developed to help customers move costly and complex security infrastructure for access control and video surveillance to the cloud. With Tyco Cloud, organizations can reduce costs, improve enterprise security management and scale security operations on demand, providing unlimited possibilities to deliver security services over the internet.

 

ProdataKey, a provider of cloud-based networked and wireless access control products and services, will host the second annual Cloud Access Summit on June 13, 2019, in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Connected Technologies LLC and OpenEye announced a new integration between OpenEye Web Services (OWS) and Connect ONE.

Paxton announced that its cloud-based access control solution, Paxton BLU now integrates with Ivideon, a cloud-based video surveillance company.

Lenel introduced its OnGuard 7.4 security management platform, which can be deployed in the cloud and accessed through a Web browser on a mobile device or computer. Lenel is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.