Archive: August 2022
Dragonfruit AI names Ray Cooke as VP of Business Development
August 31, 2022SSN Staff
MENLO PARK, Calif.—Dragonfruit AI, the provider of one of retail’s first massively scalable video AI platforms – Frontier - announced that Ray Cooke has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development.
Cooke, who most recently served as SVP at Hanwha Techwin America, will help large-scale retailers use Frontier to derive insights from their video to address pivotal challenges, such as optimizing staffing, detecting unsafe conditions, accelerating investigations,...
Security 101 adds industry veteran Tim Whall as strategic advisor to the board
August 31, 2022SSN Staff
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Security 101, a national provider of full-service commercial security solutions, has announced the addition of industry veteran Tim Whall as a strategic board advisor.
Whall brings decades of experience to Security 101, and his distinct style of teaching leaders has delivered award-winning transformative results across the industry. According to the company, he determines the behaviors required to achieve operational excellence and improve the customer experience, as...
Authenticate.com launches Identity Verification Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for online platforms
August 31, 2022SSN Staff
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Information verification tech provider Authenticate.com has launched their Identity Verification Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for customers in their efforts to prevent fraud using platforms like Guesty, Shopify, and Hostaway.
Consumers in the U.S. lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021 according to the Federal Trade Commission. An increase of more than 70% from the previous year Authenticate.com said in their press release. “Because the COVID-19 pandemic...
Dancin’ in September
August 31, 2022Cory Harris, Editor
As August winds down and September arrives this week, we know that school (for my kids, anyway) and the reemergence of autumn leaves and cooler temperatures are just around the corner.
While the title of my blog pays tribute to a classic song by Earth, Wind & Fire (one of my personal favorites by them, I might add), dancing in September seems a fitting description of what I’ll be doing over the next 30 days as this month promises to be a busy, yet very exciting one for yours truly.
Why,...
The Circle of Life
August 31, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Last week the CHIPS and Science Act was signed and meant to help jumpstart American efforts to supercharge our domestic semiconductor industry and reduce costs of labor while providing jobs to Americans. The answer to what this has to do with security, is everything. Cybersecurity, residential, industrial, national security, the whole shebang. It’s the circle of life.
Not just security either, literally everything. You’d be hard pressed to find any product not tagged as a smart device...
Protos Security, Southfield Capital announce strategic partnership with ControlByNet
August 30, 2022SSN Staff
GREENWICH, Conn. – A release from private equity firm Southfield Capital announced the acquisition of video monitoring and software solutions company ControlByNet (CBN) by security services provider Protos Security.
"Over the last 20+ years, CBN has developed an impressive suite of technology offerings capable of servicing the remote guarding/security needs of clients across devices," said Southfield Capital Partner, Andy Cook. "We believe that combining CBN with Protos' industry leading...
ADT partners with Uber for in-app safety features
August 30, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – ADT Security Services has announced that it is partnering with mobility as-a-service provider Uber to offer in-app safety for riders and drivers across the United States.
In a statement provided on August 30 ADT discussed the integration of their mobile safety solutions into the Uber app that allows clients and customers to get live help via ADT professional monitoring agents by phone or text anywhere in the U.S.
“When a user requests a call or text exchange...
SIA announces 2022 SIA Women in Security Forum Scholarship winners
August 30, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named seven recipients for the 2022 SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Scholarship – a program developed by the SIA WISF to further educational opportunities and promote advancement for the widest spectrum of people possible in the security industry.
In the 2022 scholarship program – open to employees of SIA member companies and SIA student members – each honoree will be awarded $10,000 to...
Sealing Technologies Inc. awarded cyber defense contract for U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 2022SSN Staff
COLUMBIA, Md. – Sealing Technologies Inc., a veteran-owned small business (VOSB) for cybersecurity solutions, has been awarded a $168.5 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps in order to update its Defensive Cyber Weapons System (DCWS).
The company said that it would be building a “holistic cyber defense solution” that’s comprised of a suite of tools to analyze vulnerabilities and SealingTech fly away kits. "The DCWS system is an important enabler of cyberspace...
24By7Security gets license to provide HITRUST services to clients
August 29, 2022SSN Staff
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Cybersecurity and compliance firm 24By7Security announced that they have become an approved licensee for HITRUST readiness for public and private clients.
A release from the company states that 24By7Security is now authorized to perform consulting and readiness services for clients that wish to adopt HITRUST’s CSF Framework or prepare for a validated information assurance assessment.
"We are proud to have earned our Readiness License from HITRUST," President...