Tag: biometrics
News poll: Cybersecurity the biggest concern for incoming U.S. president
October 14, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — With the U.S. presidential election swiftly approaching, the November News Poll found that cybersecurity should be on the minds of the incoming administration in January.
The Security Systems News (SSN) poll found that the most important security issue facing the incoming president in 2025 was cybersecurity threats with 38.71% of responses regarding that as its greatest concern. "Cybersecurity challenges from major global powers and economic...
Newspoll: MFA is worth it
July 10, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — As organizations and individuals do their best to shore up security in an increasingly insecure world, there’s a race for the best method for securing private data.
For the Security Systems News (SSN) August News Poll, we asked readers to discuss their use of multifactor authentication (MFA) and what that means for their organization’s security posture. It should probably come as no surprise that 100% of poll respondents responded they use some type of...
Physical Access Control Report from HID highlights top 5 trends
July 1, 2024SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — HID has released its 2024 State of Physical Access Control Report, which identifies five key trends that it says are shaping the future of access control.
Produced by IFSEC Global in partnership with HID, the report surveyed over 1,200 security professionals across the globe. Conducted between November 2023 and January 2024, the survey reveals five trends, as follows:
Mobile access and digital ID set to become ubiquitous
According to this report, nearly two in...
Leire Arbona Puértolas, Arielle Thomas named 2024 SIA Industry Advocate Award honorees
May 21, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has recognized two industry leaders – Leire Arbona Puértolas and Arielle Thomas – as the 2024 winners of the SIA Industry Advocate Award.
SIA presents the award to individuals who make an extraordinary contribution of professional time, leadership, and resources to position SIA and its members to address the public policy challenges impacting the security industry. Arbona Puértolas and Thomas were recognized...
HID releases 2024 State of the Security Industry Report
March 21, 2024SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—HID, a provider of trusted identity solutions, has released its 2024 State of the Security Industry Report, which delves into the underlying concerns driving upcoming innovations and the technologies that underpin them, helping security leaders be proactive in adapting to evolving challenges.
Conducted in the fall of 2023, the 2024 State of Security Report gathered responses from 2,600 partners, end users, and security and IT personnel worldwide across a range of job titles...
ASSA ABLOY sees strong performance in commercial, but residential still challenging
February 7, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
STOCKHOLM – While ASSA ABLOY reported strong gains in its commercial business in the fourth quarter, there's a clear drag on profits in its residential business.
It was a strong quarter in many respects for the global manufacturing company, managing a total of six acquisitions in the quarter, and a record number of acquisitions for the year. Several of those acquisitions were in the South American market, where ASSA ABLOY President and CEO Nico Delvaux said the company continues...
Video analytics confirmed mommy was kissing Santa Claus
December 20, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
That’s right everyone, I’m back from vacation, and you know what that means? Yeah, I’m ready to have another vacation from my vacation.
Allow me to both physically and metaphorically crack my knuckles because I have two more of these blogs to knock out in 2023. Once the new year starts, I’m contractually obligated to spend at least a month talking about everyone’s 2024 predictions before getting swept off to new adventures. It’s probably going to be about...
Data security: in the palm of our hands
December 8, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – At the end of November Amazon made waves in the security, hospitality, and retail industries with the preview release of its Amazon One Enterprise services.
It’s no secret that industries are flocking to biometrics as a solution to solve security problems. In July 2023, Security Systems News (SSN) learned from readers in our monthly poll that 42.86% of respondents were leveraging biometrics in their businesses and organizations. More than that, 71.43% favored...
Suprema launches Biostation 2a
November 3, 2023SSN Staff
SEOUL, South Korea – Suprema, an access control and biometrics provider, has launched ‘BioStation 2a’a deep learning-based fingerprint recognition solution providing powerful access control features.
The company said that a cutting-edge AI algorithm is embedded in the BioStation 2a. “This innovation was achieved through Suprema's expertise in creating a lightweight AI engine optimized for edge device,” they said. BioStation 2a is a high performance edge device...
Growing interest in biometrics clear in SSN News Poll
July 19, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Biometrics continues to gain ground as it finds a variety of applications in the security industry, and so Security Systems News asked readers to weigh in this month on how the technology is currently serving their needs.
For our first question we asked: Does your business or organization currently use biometric technology? An equal number of respondents, 42.86%, replied both “Yes, we’re currently leveraging fingerprint/retina scans/facial/voice recognition...