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A healthy security industry will Confidently ride out the storm in 2012
posted on 31/01/2012

Memoori’s annual report on the world’s Physical Security industry showed that in 2011, despite a troubled economic climate, it increased revenues and profitability whilst merger and acquisition surged by more than double in the last 2 years to $9.847 billion. So the security industry looks like a safe port in the storm with 2 main factors contributing to its robustness. The first being the continued growth in emerging markets particularly Asia where they shrugged off the global economic downturn and the second is the growth in network video surveillance solutions. The latter will certainly continue to increase its market share despite poor economic trading conditions in 2012 and the former likewise will increase their share. The question now on everyone’s mind is will the problem of sovereign debt in the Euro zone receive the political action necessary to solve it? The jury is still out on this one. Our report showed that in the last quarter of 2011 growth in demand looked a little f... [more]

ISC keeps American football fans safe
posted on 27/01/2012

When up to 12,000 American football fans visited London’s Trafalgar Square for a free promotional event this autumn, crowd management specialist Integrated Security Consultants (ISC) was responsible for ensuring their safety. The event was organised by the USA’s National Football League (NFL) in the run up to the match between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears at Wembley Stadium. ISC also protected visiting celebrities including Hollywood star Cuba Gooding Jr. and the cheerleading team for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As part of a London-wide publicity campaign for one of the largest matches ever staged by the NFL outside the US, Trafalgar Square hosted a free ‘Movie Night’ on the Friday night, where up to 4,000 fans watched a screening of the film ‘Jerry Maguire’, introduced by Gooding. The following day, a ‘Fan Rally’ was attended by some of the team members, with performances by the cheerleaders, the Chicago Bears’ drummers and NFL Hall of Fame members, plus a display of the... [more]

Partnership Genetec and Bosch offers joint-customers fully-supported and compatible solutions for a variety of security and public safety applications
posted on 27/01/2012

Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, announced today that the integration with the full line of Bosch devices goes beyond basic functionality to offer customers deeply compatible solutions. Genetec and Bosch have been technology partners in physical security industry for years. Over time, both leaders have developed a business relationship that ensures all camera integrations are tested and certified, product roadmaps are strategically aligned and there is interoperability between firmware and software. This translates to offering joint-customers fully-supported and compatible solutions for a variety of security and public safety applications. Most notable is the full integration with Genetec’s unified security platform, Security Center, including Omnicast, its video surveillance system, and Bosch’s new line of high-definition (HD) cameras. This includes Bosch’s AutoDome pan-tilt-zoom family, the Dinion ... [more]

Imperva reports web attacks can peak at nearly 38,000 an hour
posted on 26/01/2012

Imperva, a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business data in the data center, today announced the release of the second Imperva Web Application Attack Report (WAAR), which revealed that web applications are subject to business logic attacks. The WAAR, created as a part of Imperva’s ongoing Hacker Intelligence Initiative, offers insight into actual malicious web application attack traffic over a period of six months, June 2011 through November 2011. Imperva monitored and categorized attacks across the internet targeting 40 different applications. The WAAR outlines the frequency, type and geography of origin of each attack to help security professionals better prioritize vulnerability remediation. “Business logic attacks are attractive for hackers since they follow a legitimate flow of interaction of a user with the application,” said Amichai Shulman, Imperva’s CTO. “This interaction is guided by an understanding of how specific sequences o... [more]

Pickersgill-Kaye Ltd will present its locks at the Security & Policing Exhibition
posted on 24/01/2012

Pickersgill-Kaye Ltd will introduce its portfolio of high security and custodial locking products at the Home Office's 2012 Security & Policing Exhibition in Farnborough, at the end of January. Pickersgill-Kaye will be demonstrating the design quality and manufacturing strength of its renowned range of Custodial Class 1 cell locks, Pass Locks and High Security Multipoint Locks (MPL). Also on show will be a range of high security slide bar and claw gate locks for perimeter security applications and the industry standard Kaye-Rota padlock. The Class 1 Cell Lock is made from a single billet of high quality solid steel and fits all standard cell doors. Tested against 300,000 door and handle operation cycles, the cell door locks are considered to be the best on the market. Also on display will be Pickersgill-Kaye's Class 2 Pass Lock and Auto slam Pass Lock. Heavy duty with double sided key operation, they have unique functionality coupled with a robust reliability ideal for high securit... [more]

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