Tag: biometrics
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...
Winners of 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards announced
May 2, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Five women outstanding in their field have been named as the winners of the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards.
This globally recognized program is sponsored by IDEMIA and the NEC Corporation of America with organizational and media sponsors AVISIAN, Biometric Update, FindBiometrics, Mobile ID World and SIA’s Identity & Biometric Technology Advisory Board and Women in Security Forum. The winners are as follows:
Larisa...
Cancun announces multiparty deal to bring advanced biometrics to vacation spot
January 10, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
CANCUN, Mexico – Digital infrastructure company GigNet announced what it called a unique multiparty agreement to bring advanced biometrics to the Puerto Cancun development.
GigNet has invested a considerable amount of resources into fiber optics in the area of Puerto Cancun, and is partnering with Pangiam to utilize their Trueface product, facial recognition software that uses photos and videos taken in real-time to match against a temporary gallery of client images for the purpose...
Neurotechnology announces SentiVeillance Cluster
November 18, 2022SSN Staff
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Biometrics identification company Neurotechnology has announced the release of the SentiVeillance Cluster, a real-time face identification, and vehicle/license plate tracking solution.
The company says it was designed for expansive surveillance systems that supports continuous video streams from multiple servers. Operators are given sorted live data to enable fast decision making for a number of use cases including law enforcement, security, and smart city monitoring.
"We...
Suprema launches BioStation 3
November 4, 2022SSN Staff
SEOUL, KOREA – Biometrics and access control company Suprema has launched their new contactless access control terminal, BioStation 3.
Suprema says that the BioStation 3 has been specialized for facial recognition for the post-covid era. It integrates 20 years of Suprema’s access control expertise and authentication technology to present a security package that includes QR codes, barcodes, mobile access cards, and RFID cards. “BioStation 3 features increased usability and a compact,...