The Portland City Council yesterday unanimously passed a ban on facial recognition technology, barring its use by the city and restricting its use by private businesses.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has released its new policy principles guiding the development and deployment of facial recognition technology. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to dramatically change our customers’ security and video surveillance system needs. Where past concerns were primarily focused on intrusion detection, shoplifting and/or vandalism, and life safety, now added to these issues are concerns about the spreading of the coronavirus from proximity to an infected person. 

The last two months have been interesting, to say the least. What’s the report from the Universal Headquarters of Slayton Solutions at the bunker in Bucktown Chicago? Well, the reality of the COVID-19 attack has changed a whole lot of things for us, and created some interesting opportunities to do things differently.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced its strong opposition to the recently introduced Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act. 

The O2TML is a 100 percent contactless solution designed to screen for masks, temperature and face detection.

Morse Watchmans offers touchless facial recognition access and an anti-microbial powder coating on the company’s KeyWatcher and AssetWatcher systems.

IXM TITAN is now available with a new enhancement kit that seamlessly equips the solution with a thermal infrared camera for fever detection with up to +/- 0.5°C accuracy, enabling simultaneous face recognition and temperature measurement.

Corsight AI Inc. announced the launch of global operations to provide autonomous AI software solutions for professional security and business intelligence applications. 

IdentyTech Facial Recognition platform GateKeeper allows users to keep masks on while still providing secure identification with facial recognition access control.