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29.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Network Connections in the City

More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. These occupy 2% of the earth’s surface and produce 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The resulting sociopolitical and ecological problems call for corresponding actions to make people’s coexistence sustainable and efficient, thereby improving the overall quality of life. Intelligent networking plays a central role here, especially in the field of information and communication technologies when extracting and transmitting data flows.

23.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Assa Abloy: Improving Staff Health and Safety

The responsibilities of the modern facilities manager combine site security with employee health and safety. At Hydreaulys, a French water and waste management utility, a simple switch to programmable key-based access control helped them make improvements on both counts.

23.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Aerial Surveillance: Security for Complex Sites

This integration brings together Navtech Radar’s radar-based, wide-area intrusion detection with the Herotech8 ‘drone-in-a-box’ technology to deliver a whole new capability.

21.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Simple But Effective AccessControl: Südmetall Presents ÜManagement 2.0

Südmetall Schließsysteme focuses on the development and production of electromechanical locks and access solutions ‘Made in Germany’. An experienced and motivated team at the Leipzig site works intensively together with highly qualified partners on smart solutions for electronic access management. Because needs change over time, Südmetall strives to continuously optimize and improve its own products. All this is done with the aim of making life a little more convenient, safer, and therefore better.

20.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Flawless Security Within Access Control

STid designs identification products and solutions for high-security access control and automatic vehicle identification. In this interview with GIT SECURITY, Vincent Dupart, STid’s CEO, and François Gitz, STid’s Sales Manager, explain the their keys of success and users’ expectations in the access control market.

16.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

How BIM Product Files Helped an Architects Team

A BIM (Building Information Modeling) partnership between an architect and Assa Abloy Opening Solutions has kept a complex project moving forward. Working with Assa Abloy building information modelling (BIM) consultants helped Zarhy Architects and Studio PEZ maintain the flow of up-to-date information for a complex, constantly evolving project, and left them free to focus on creativity and delivery. Collaboration was key to successful design and building specification for the Broadcom R&D Center at Tel Aviv University.

15.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Security for Ports 2021

Keeping up logistics, shipping on high seas and waterways is a business which needs to be carefully run on big trade ports, rivers or passages, especially on the word trading routs. We could get an impression of what happens, if sea traffic comes to a stand during the past month when Suez Canal was blocked. Logistics in Ports and waterways is a high-security topic, which is why GIT SECURITY collected some of the security technologies on the market that help keeping up the flow of logistics safe and secure.

13.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Access Control Solutions for Critical Infrastructure and High Security Applications

We hardly notice them, but they are there, all day and every day; the equipment installations and their control and monitoring systems that supply us all with electricity, telecommunications, gas and water. Those are perhaps the services that first come to mind without which we would all have serious difficulties very quickly – daily life would also be radically different without quite a few others. Ensuring that these installations are not accessed by unauthorized people is the job of well thought-out security systems. GIT SECURITY takes a look at some of the solutions to mitigate the risks of theft, vandalism and acts of terrorism and to protect critical infrastructure and other high security locations.

13.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Security Made in Italy

The Italian company Ksenia Security has managed to increase its brand awareness continuously over recent years. And this effort has not been diminished because of the international Covid crisis. Matthias Erler of GIT SECURITY spoke with Giorgio Finaurini, Marketing and Sales Director, to find out more about this innovative and design-conscious manufacturer of security and building automation products.

13.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Digital Access Management: Send and Save

iLoq takes care of its courier and parcel transport in a CO2-neutral manner in cooperation with UPS. Through their carbon neutral program, UPS provides companies with an easy environmental solution to neutralize CO2 emissions from transportation.

12.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Thermal Technology For Accurate Perimeter Defense and Fire Detection

Hikvision has launched HeatPro, a new thermal series of cameras designed to provide affordable all-weather deterrent and alerts. It is especially useful in perimeter protection and fire prevention applications.

08.07.2021 • Topstories • Safety

Gloves: Strong Duo Against Cuts

In everyday work and the working environment, cuts are among the most common accidents at work. About 30 percent of all “non-fatal injuries” are external injuries such as hand-cut wounds.

08.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

No Touch, No Problem: How QR Codes Add Benefits to Access Control

While QR codes aren’t new, it’s fair to say that 2020 became the comeback year for this technology. Be it the replacement of paper menus with QR codes on tables, which guests could scan to get a virtual menu on their mobile device, touchless payment options, or access control solutions that allow contactless visitor management – the global pandemic put contactless technology back in the spotlight. What also came into focus was the healthcare industry, that had to suddenly adjust to the new situation – probably more than any other industry. In the attempt of keeping people healthy and safe that’s when these two sectors crossed – because access control (specifically with QR code systems) played an interesting role for healthcare establishments.

01.07.2021 • Topstories • Security

Panasonic to transfer its Security & Industrial Medical Vision Businesses into a new company ‘I-PRO EMEA’

Panasonic Europe B.V. and Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU) announced the transfer of its European Security and Industrial Medical Vision (IMV) businesses, currently part of PSCEU, into a newly founded independent company, i-PRO EMEA B.V. (i-PRO EMEA). The new company will formally start its operations from October 2021, and will be part of the Japan-based Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd. (PIPS).

30.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Survey reveals healthier buildings top the list of back-to-work priorities

More than half of all surveyed German facility managers say COVID-19 has caused them to permanently rethink how their facility operates.

23.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Industry Report: Pandemic Forces Cloud Solutions

In January 2021 Genetec EMEA surveyed physical security professionals based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on the state of physical security in 2021. Following a review of submissions and data cleansing, 1,550 respondents were included in the sample for analysis. Genetec EMEA has now shared this research into cybersecurity as a strategic priority and the accelerating adoption of cloud infrastructure for physical security.

22.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Flawless Security Within Access Control

How STid Fulfills User Expectations in Access Control Solutions

21.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Salto and Gantner Create New Industry Force

The coming together of two leading innovators in access control and smart technologies creates a new force challenging the industry with more integrated and streamlined keyless and contactless solutions.

20.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Assa Abloy: Wireless Access Control in Education Sector

With a combination of duty of care, valuable equipment and personal data, the education sector presents one of security’s biggest challenges. Choosing the right access control solution is critical. Could going wireless be an option?

18.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Three Questions for Five Experts: Biometric Sensors

In this series, GIT SECURITY EMEA ask three questions to five industry experts about the issue's special focus. This time we asked five experts for their view on biometric sensors.

15.06.2021 • Topstories • Management

AI is not just for high-end video surveillance

Uri Guterman, Head of Product & Marketing for Hanwha Techwin Europe, explains why Deep Learning AI is no longer an emerging technology which is only suitable for high security or mission critical video surveillance cameras

10.06.2021 • Topstories • Security

Conference Programme WIN>DAYS 2021

An eventful trade show and a top-class conference are coming to an end. You missed a presentation? You can still watch the recordings after WINDAYS.

04.06.2021 • Topstories • IT-Security

Assa Abloy: Protecting Data Centres With Better Physical Security

Critical business assets demand multi-layered security. This principle applies equally to virtual and physical assets: Data may be mission-critical to a business, just as people and premises are. Data security tools will include the latest in cyber-security — perhaps even artificial intelligence — working alongside physical security technologies such as electronic access control.

31.05.2021 • Topstories • Security

Assa Abloy Provides Access Control Platform for Global Manufacturer

It can be a challenge to find an ideal electronic lock for every opening, and then to manage them all within a single, integrated solution. All too often, security procurement involves difficult compromises: A system which works perfectly for one door or department leaves another where the same solution doesn’t quite meet its needs. At newly built commercial premises in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, power-tool manufacturer Makita stocks and distributes batteries, and runs wholesale supply logistics. They searched for a single, intuitive system to control every access point — now and in the future.

27.05.2021 • Topstories • Security

Introducing Hikvision’s AX PRO wireless alarm system

Anti-intrusion systems must be able to detect security breaches instantly and reliably – while also minimizing false positives. To help companies and homeowners achieve this, Hikvision has created its AX PRO wireless alarm system, which includes highly reliable video verification solutions, secure wireless transmission, and a wide range of state-of-the-art alarm detectors.

22.05.2021 • Topstories • Security

Assa Abloy: The Importance of BIM Consultants and Software

When Brunelleschi built his famous dome on Florence cathedral, he had to design his own scaffolding. He built lifts for moving materials above ground level. He created airborne kitchens, so workers needn’t descend all the way just to eat lunch. Plug-and-play building technologies have improved since the 1400s. Yet a surprising amount of any project is still administered manually, in a way Brunelleschi might have recognized. A disruptive, digital revolution is imminent. Every building project demands coordination of vast amounts of information. Realizing a vision from brain to bricks and mortar depends on marshalling it successfully. For architects and engineers, building owners and contractors, digitization is here to help — and to stay. Building Information Modeling, or BIM, sits at the heart of a project.

22.05.2021 • Topstories • Safety

Strong Duo Against Cuts

In everyday work and the working environment, cuts are among the most common accidents at work. About 30 percent of all “non-fatal injuries” are external injuries such as hand-cut wounds.

17.05.2021 • Topstories • Security

Deeply Integrated: Cooperation between Eizo and Milestone

As part of a technical cooperation, Eizo and Milestone have integrated a plug-in to use Duravision IP decoding solutions from Eizo in the Milestone XProtect video management software (VMS). GIT SECURITY spoke about this with Oliver Nachtigal, Business Development Manager Security+Surveillance at Eizo and Roy Band, Community Manager Middle Europe Region, Milestone Systems.

10.05.2021 • Topstories

Preview: Wiley Industry Days 2021

VIDEO: PREVIEW TRAILER WINDays 7–9 June 2021– the virtual industry event for safety and security. With special shows on the topics of Civil Engineering, Healthcare and Hygiene as well as Automation, Machine Vision and Photonics.

07.05.2021 • Topstories • Management

The Risks of a Globalized World

Dr. Anja Opitz is responsible for the “International Politics and Security Policy” department at the Academy for Political Education in Tutzing, Germany. She conceives and leads symposiums, expert forums or seminars that are held for various disseminators – currently, for example, a seminar on the strategy ability of the German Bundeswehr in the context of the global security architecture. The Academy aims to bring science and practice together – so Opitz also concerns herself with research into the nexus between health and security as well as with the European security and defense policy. She is also President of the Global Health Security Alliance (GloHSA). Matthias Erler from GIT SECURITY spoke with Dr. Anja Opitz.

06.05.2021 • Topstories • Fire Protection

An Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Michael Hirsch has been leading the Fire business unit within the Bosch Building Technologies division as Vice President since February 1, 2021. In this interview, Matthias Erler from GIT SECURITY discusses the new responsibilities in Hirsch’s role, AIoT technology as well as current and future innovations in fire protection from Bosch Building Technologies.

05.05.2021 • Topstories • Security

Deeply Integrated - Cooperation between Eizo and Milestone

As part of a technical cooperation, Eizo and Milestone have integrated a plug-in to use Duravision IP decoding solutions from Eizo in the Milestone XProtect video management software (VMS). GIT SECURITY spoke about this with Oliver Nachtigal, Business Development Manager Security + Surveillance at Eizo and Roy Band, Community Manager Middle Europe Region, Milestone Systems.

23.04.2021 • Topstories • Safety

Focused on the Future

Despite the corona pandemic, a lot is happening at Sensor People from Owen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the future, Leuze electronics will only operate under the Leuze brand name. At the same time, the company is becoming even “yellower” and is positioning itself more strongly in this market segment with its own business unit for safety. GIT SECURITY EMEA spoke with Ulrich Balbach, CEO of Leuze.

02.04.2021 • Topstories • Safety

Additional Safety For Lone Workers

The Budenheim company takes its name from the Rhine-based region of its founding, but today operates as a truly international chemical specialist. The company headquarters remain in the region (Close to neighbouring Mainz, Germany), but are now part of a number of additional production sites based around the world. Inevitably, some of the activities carried out by Budenheim personnel, require an element of lone working – often defined as working outside of eyesight or earshot from another colleague. Typically, this will involve maintenance or check procedures around product control, testing, and safety. Even employees not working in a high-risk environment, can face heightened risk in an emergency, due to working alone.