Tag: Information Technology (IT)
Bill Hildebrand leaves retirement for RGB Spectrum
February 21, 2023SSN Staff
ALAMEDA, Calif. – RGB Spectrum has announced that industry veteran Bill Hildebrand has left retirement to lead its sales team as director of North America.
The company announced on Feb. 21 that Hildebrand had come out of retirement to lead its sales team after nearly 14 years at Planar Systems where he helped the company grow by leaps and bounds, his most recent role being North American Vice President of Sales. He has over 26 years of experience in the IT and AV industries, with...
Man in the Mirror
October 19, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Before October is over, I thought I should take the time to talk a little bit about National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I.E., this one.
If you’ve been following my blog or roughly most of my cybersecurity-based stories for this publication, then you don’t need me to tell you how important cybersecurity is. Mass data breaches are common, and damages from cyber crime and spending to counter it is a steeply rising slope. It’s no surprise then that the theme of this awareness...
Defendify talks rebrand and updates to website and app
September 28, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
PORTLAND, Maine – Cybersecurity platform Defendify has followed up on its recent funding round and user base expansion with a redesign of their website as well as updates to their app for improved ease of use for customers.
Touted as an all-in-one cybersecurity solution, the Defendify platform streamlines cybersecurity assessments, training, detection, policies and testing into a single SaaS solution that can fit an organization’s needs, even those with small IT teams. The redesign...
Patreon fires entire security team
September 9, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO – Professionals in the IT and cybersecurity world have raised their eyebrows after Patreon quietly fired their entire security team this week.
The news came following a LinkedIn post from a former Patreon security team member on Sept. 8. “So for better or worse, I and the rest of the Patreon Security Team are no longer with the company.” Emily Metcalfe wrote. “As a result I'm looking for a new Security or Privacy Engineering role and would appreciate...
Defendify closes $3.35 million funding round to expand on cyber offerings, growth
August 18, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
groPORTLAND, ME – All-in-one cybersecurity platform Defendify announced that it has closed a $3.35 million funding round.
The round was led by existing investor Maine Venture Fund (MVF) with participation from current investors York IE, Maine Technology Institute (MTI), 3dot6 Ventures, Wasabi Ventures, and FreshTracks Capital. The company has been growing strong despite the pandemic, expanding both its reach and user base as it grows its team.
“Defendify is building a robust...
Ventech Solutions promotes Dass to Chief Delivery Officer
August 12, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
COLUMBUS, OH. – Technology and healthcare solutions provider Ventech Solutions has named Katherine Dass as its Chief Delivery Officer.
Dass assumed the position on August 1, 2022, and reports to Chief Executive Officer Tonia Bleecher. A five-year veteran of Ventech Solutions, Dass joined the company in 2017 leading efforts in client relationship and delivery among other projects. "Kathy is a visionary leader in the health care IT field, and we are thrilled to welcome her to our executive...
ServiceNow app now integrates with AMAG's Symmetry CONNECT
October 28, 2019SSN Staff
TORRANCE, Calif.—Over the past five years, AMAG has morphed from a pure access control company into a physical security company, evolving into more of a trusted advisor. The company has paid special attention to talk directly to their customers to understand their problem(s) and, in turn, provide solutions that met their needs, while along the way, implementing changes and innovating in unique ways based on customer feedback and practical, logical internal business decisions. As part of the...
Federal government aims to modernize physical security practices
July 19, 2019Lilly Chapa
WASHINGTON—The Security Industry Association's 16th annual GovSummit in Washington, D.C. was jam-packed with sessions outlining the physical security challenges the federal government is facing and what the security industry can do to help address them. Whether the speakers were discussing government physical access control systems, federal procurement policies, critical infrastructure or soft targets, one message kept emerging: the need for the government to evolve its approach to assessing,...
The door is open for IT integrators to enter the physical security market
March 20, 2019Melissa Stenger
BOULDER, Colo.—Disruption is creating rapid growth in the security market, as new technologies are introduced, new players are entering the arena and bringing solutions that are merging and blending technologies and industries. With Access Control as a Service (ACaaS), network connected devices and wireless locks are driving a significant amount of growth in the market, which allows new integrators with network expertise the opportunity for a simple expansion of their business into physical...
How I use my system
October 8, 2014Leif Kothe
Bob Schott was recently hired as director of information technology at Security Partners, a wholesale monitoring company based in Lancaster, Pa. In his new position, Schott will oversee all aspects of IT in Security Partners' three central stations. Schott got into the security with IASG, which was bought by Protection 1/CMS Monitoring in 2007. Prior to that, he held IT positions at some large companies, including Coca Cola and IBM. He was recruited by CMS before the company went public. “I...