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Community-led video security network transforms City of Lancaster public safety
August 13, 2025SSN Staff
PORTLAND, Ore.—A community-supported video security initiative has transformed public safety in Lancaster, Pa. The citizen-led collaboration demonstrates how open platform video technology can help revitalize struggling urban areas.
Faced with rising crime, open-air drug markets, and declining neighborhoods in the late 1990s, the citizens of Lancaster took action. What began as a grassroots response evolved into one of the nation's most effective community-supported video security networks,...
GSX teaser: Security’s new superpower? Emotionally intelligent humans guiding smarter machines
August 13, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
NEW ORLEANS —As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly becomes a tool for both cyber and physical security, the question at hand for security providers is not whether they can replace human beings with AI, but whether they should.
That will be among the topics of discussion in a session at GSX, “Guardians of the Future: Emotional Intelligence Meets Artificial Intelligence in Security,” lead by Brent O’Bryan, VP of Global Training and Talent Development...
GSX teaser: Security leaders weigh in on power of AI in ESRM
August 13, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
NEW ORLEANS — To combat new threats, enterprise security risk management (ESRM) must keep up with the broader artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced evolution. But while AI has advanced security applications, it has also raised questions about ethics, governance and the impact of future computing advances.
That’s where experts Paul Mercer, managing director at HawkSight SRM Ltd, and Rachelle Loyear, VP, Integrated Security Solutions, at Allied Universal, come in. Their panel at...
Verkada achieves FedRAMP 'In Process' designation
August 6, 2025SSN Staff
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Verkada, a provider of AI-powered physical security technology, announced that it has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) ‘In Process’ designation for Verkada Command in AWS GovCloud.
Together with Verkada’s federal agency sponsor, accredited Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) Fortreum will conduct a detailed security assessment in the second half of 2025.
Verkada’s government-grade offering promises...
AURA expands emergency response platform to US
August 6, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
AMSTERDAM — AURA, a technology platform specializing in on-demand security and medical response services, has launched in the United States, an expansion that Timothy Garrett says is driven by public need.
Garret, president of the company's U.S. division, says cities like Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and Atlanta have police departments whose resources are stretched thin, placing them among AURA's targeted expansion areas.
He talks with Security...
Duffy unveils BVLOS as part of agenda
August 5, 2025SSN Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy unveiled a new proposed rule – eliminated requirements for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations as part of his agenda to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system.
"We are making the future of our aviation a reality and unleashing American drone dominance. From drones delivering medicine to unmanned aircraft surveying crops, this technology will fundamentally change...
Versaterm acquires DroneSense
July 30, 2025SSN Staff
OTTAWA, Ontario & AUSTIN, Texas — Versaterm announced its acquisition of DroneSense, which provides software solutions enabling public safety agencies to leverage drone technology for operations and Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs.
By incorporating DroneSense’s hardware-agnostic drone management platform directly into Versaterm’s Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Incident Command & Control systems, agencies will be able to deploy drone flights as seamlessly as dispatching...
Lumana secures $40 million in Series A funding
July 29, 2025SSN Staff
LOS GATOS, Calif. — Lumana announced that it has closed $40 million in Series A funding led by Wing Venture Capital with support from existing investors Norwest and S Capital.
This latest round brings the total funding raised to $64 million. Lumana said that the funding will accelerate its go-to-market activities and fuel continued product innovation across its video intelligence platform, which uses vision language models (VLM) and agentic AI to transform any camera into an intelligent...
RAD Security unveils new features for RADBots
July 28, 2025SSN Staff
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — RAD Security is launching RADBots, a group of named, autonomous digital workers designed to help security teams investigate faster, explain risk clearly, and automate actions across the tech stack.
Launching as the security world comes together at Black Hat, RAD Security notes that each RADBot has a clear role— tracking sensitive data, monitoring shadow AI, or managing compliance—delivering simple, contextual updates into RAD’s unified Inbox. Using...
The Port of Barcelona implements Genetec
July 25, 2025SSN Staff
MONTRÉAL — Genetec revealed that the Port of Barcelona has successfully implemented Genetec Security Center into its security operations.
As one of the Mediterranean’s major logistics hubs, the Port of Barcelona has experienced continuous growth in recent years, leading to new operational and security challenges according to Genetec. In response, the Port Authority launched a modernization initiative focused on transforming the port into a safer, smarter, and more sustainable...