Tag: Jeremy Brecher
Consumerization comes to cloud
January 25, 2018Spencer Ives
AUSTIN, Texas—At Security Systems News' third annual Cloud+, held here in late November, four executives addressed the consumerization of cloud—customers' expectation of innovation and services on the consumer level elsewhere in their lives.Steve Van Till, CEO of Brivo and the panel's moderator, pointed out that each of the panelists works directly with end users. Van Till said, “One of the key themes that we're going to be looking at here today is what are they hearing today, what's...
Jeremy Brecher appointed CTO of Securitas North America
August 2, 2017Paul Ragusa
PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Securitas, a global knowledge leader in security based here, announced on Aug. 1 that Jeremy Brecher has been promoted to chief technology officer and has become a member of the Securitas North America Division Management Team.As CTO, Brecher's new role will focus on customer-facing technologies across all business lines in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including cloud-based customer portals, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. He will be...
Diebold is first major commercial provider to go ASAP
October 21, 2015Spencer Ives
NORTH CANTON, Ohio—Diebold, the first commercial-focused company to participate in the ASAP to PSAP program, will be up and running in three cities by the end of November, Damon Kanzler, Diebold's VP centralized services and business processes, told Security Systems News.“Both short-term and long-term, we have the same goal: reducing response times to provide faster, better service to Diebold customers,” Kanzler said.Diebold is getting set up in Washington now. It brought a total...
Clearing up cloud confusion
August 17, 2015Martha Entwistle
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Cloud pioneers—security manufacturers who say they're fully committed to cloud-based systems—believe it's only a matter of time before all security systems rely, to some degree, on the cloud.
Cloud-based security systems are faster, cheaper and more flexible than traditional security systems, they say. So why isn't the migration to the cloud a done deal? There is confusion about the cloud, according to Christian Morin, director of cloud services...
Digging deeper at TechSec
July 15, 2015Amy Canfield
Exec ed Martha Entwistle and I had an excellent conference call yesterday with SSN's TechSec Advisory Board. We're gearing up for the annual conference on new and emerging technology, and our advisors assist us as we determine programming.
One thing I can say at this point is that the educational sessions at the TechSech conference Feb. 2-3 will be different from what you've heard over and over again. I attended ISC West and ESX, and the people I met with and the panelists at the sessions...
Diebold innovation eased by APIs
July 8, 2015Martha Entwistle
NORTH CANTON, Ohio—Systems integrator Diebold is touting its recent integration with cloud-based video provider Eagle Eye as evidence of the quick, innovative solutions it can provide its customers with its SecureStat online security management platform.
Diebold has integrated many different systems into its SecureStat platform for customers, but the integration with Eagle Eye was particularly speedy, according to Jeremy Brecher, Diebold VP Technology.
“It took weeks instead of...
Ten top integrators on tech trends
January 28, 2015Martha Entwistle
YARMOUTH, Maine—What technology trends should systems integrators be paying attention to in 2015 and why? Security Systems News posed that question to 10 top integrators based in cities across the country, from Scarborough, Maine to San Diego and many cities in between.While there were several recurring trends—among them: cybersecurity's impact on physical security, smartphones and security, cloud services, fuller integration and predictive capabilities of security systems—these...
What integrators large and small need to know about APTs
February 3, 2014Martha Entwistle
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—An outdoor IP camera may not be the easiest or most obvious entry point for a global cyber gang trying to hack into a corporation, but it could certainly could be—and systems integrators, security directors and manufacturers all have a role to play in ensuring that physical security systems are not vulnerable to hacks, according to experts who spoke at TechSec Solutions on Jan. 29.Jeremy Brecher, VP technology, electronic security, Diebold, moderated an educational...
Diebold fortifies SecureStat, explains strategy
October 2, 2013Martha Entwistle
CHICAGO—Diebold aims to connect SecureStat, its online security management platform, with all security products that its customers use now or might want to use in the future.“We're developing an ecosystem that will continue to evolve and expand,” Diebold VP of technology Jeremy Brecher told Security Systems News at the ASIS show here. “It will allow us to leapfrog the competition.”The systems integrator introduced SecureStat at ISC West and has further fortified it in...
TrendNet: A Cautionary Tale?
September 11, 2013Leif Kothe
Hundreds of TrendNet customers found out the hard way that products they purchased, billed as home security cameras, weren't all that secure. In January 2012, a hacker was able to breach TrendNet's website, circumvent security credentials and access some 700 live-camera feeds monitoring inside customers' homes. Many of the videos were then disseminated on the Internet, a curious fact by itself in light of the complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission, which said security flaws in...