Securing New Ground 2020, like virtually every other industry event this year took place, well, virtually — for three hours each day on October 21 and 22. But within that format it managed to cover a lot of ground, as it always does. 

ADT Inc. announced today that, via its commercial channel, it is investing in Percepta Labs, an artificial-intelligence technology startup out of Philadelphia. 

Verint Fraud and Security Solutions is hosting an hour-long webinar tomorrow, August 6 at 1 p.m. ET, during which several speakers will look at how shifting away from an autonomous security approach to a more structured convergence model can help mitigate cyber and physical security vulnerabilities, and how new technologies like AI factor into today’s converged security models. 

STANLEY Security, a global integrator of comprehensive security solutions, today announced its investment in Evolv Technology, a provider of AI-based touchless security screening. 

IntelliSite Corporation, a complete IoT lifecyle, human-based monitoring (hBM) and Smart Communities as-a-Service (SCaaS) solution provider, has acquired Deep Vision AI Inc., a provider of AI-enhanced computer vision technology which helps turn visual content into real-time analytics and valuable insights.

Allied Universal, a security and facility services company in North America, has an advanced artificial intelligence platform, HELIAUS, that is helping to keep facilities secure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cause a significant pushback on biometric device shipments, creating a major revenue drop of $2 billion over the course of 2020.

Founded in 2017 by CEO Aaron Zhang, CTO Clark Chen and CMO Joe Tham, Simshine provides customized AI vision solutions, combining software and hardware, to companies in various industries. 

Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence, shared its top five predictions for the physical security industry in 2020.

Hanwha Techwin, a global supplier of IP and analog video surveillance solutions, today announced its top five key trend predictions for the security industry in 2020.