Awards all around

Just starting to recover from ISC West 2017, which is a testament to how busy and well attended the show was this year. I am still waiting for final numbers from ISC but Sherida Sessa, industry vice president, ISC Events & Connected Security Expo, did say by email that both the number of attendees and exhibitors was up from last year.

There was also a sense of renewed optimism—and a healthy buzz on the show floor—about the security industry in general and where it is headed in this age of high tech products.

Speaking of new tech, there was an abundance of new products, and new companies at ISC this year, and the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS) award winners (see list below) exemplifies how tech-driven the industry has become and will continue to be moving forward. [See my and Spencer Ives' daily blog coverage of ISC West for more].

This year's Best New Product in the SIA New Product Showcase was CrucialTrak's Biometric Access Control System (BACS), which according to the company is the “world's first” multi-biometric authentication technology, providing the highest security measures by layering four different biometric authentications into one terminal. In each BACS module, up to four biometric identification technologies are considered: touchless fingerprint, iris patterns, vein patterns and facial recognition authentication.

“Many returning companies entered the SIA New Product Showcase this year, and many new entrants also competed in the showcase,” SIA CEO Don Erickson said in the announcement. “New and familiar faces did very well in the 2017 showcase. I congratulate CrucialTrak for distinguishing itself as Best New Product overall in a very competitive year.”

In addition, the prestigious Judges' Choice Award was presented to Thermal Imaging Radar for Hydra. The Thermal Radar Hydra provides wide area intrusion detection through continuous 360� thermal intrusion detection combined with 360� targeted surveillance from a 30X zoom laser IR starlight PTZ, said the company.

The SIA NPS had 120 entries from small, medium and large companies in the security industry, representing roughly a 20 percent increase over last year and set a record for entrants in recent years, according to SIA. The NPS judges presented awards in 29 product and service categories.

2017 SIA NPS Award Winners

Access Control, Devices and Peripherals
HES (1500/1600 Electric Strike Platform)

Access Control, Devices and Peripherals, Wireless
HID Global (Location Services)

Access Control, Software and Controllers
Tyco Security Products (Istar Ultra Video)

Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection
Patriot One Technologies (Nforce CMR 1)

Cloud Solutions
Feenics (KEEP)

Commercial Monitoring Solutions
Secure Global Solutions (Next Stage)

Convergence and Integrated Software and Solutions
RightCrowd (Software Essentials)

Emergency Communication/Mass Notification Systems
V5 Systems (Acoustic gunshot sensor)

Fire/Life Safety
Honeywell (5800 COMBO Smoke CO2 Detector)

Green/Sustainable Solutions Products
ASSA ABLOY Americas (IN220)

Hosted Solutions/Managed Services
SureID (Certified Edge)

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions
Optex (Redscan RLS2030S)

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions, Wireless
Bosch (Zigbee Multi-Sensor)

Law Enforcement/Guarding Systems
Sharp Electronics (Intellios Aug V)

Lock Systems and Secure Storage Containers
Securitech (Auto-Bolt Max)

Loss Prevention and Article Surveillance Solutions
March Networks (Search Lights)

Mobile Apps
STid (Mobile ID)

Network Support Solutions
KPC Networks Limited (Thru-Link)

Outdoor Perimeter Protection
Ontech (Wardium Perimeter)

Residential and Monitoring Solutions
NAPCO (Starlink Connect Z-Model)

Tools and Hardware
Axis Communications (Site Designer)

User Authentication, Identification, Credentialing and Management
FST Biometrics (iMiD Access 4.0)

Video Analytics
UMBO Computer Vision (UMBO Light)

Video Surveillance, Advanced Imaging Technologies
Thermal Imaging Radar (Hydra)

Video Surveillance, Cameras HD (Megapixel)
Wireless CCTV (Body Camera Connect)

Video Surveillance, Cameras IP
Axis Communications (Q6155E PTZ Dome)

Video Surveillance, Data Storage
Quantum Corp. (Quantum StorNext 5.4)

Video Surveillance, Hardware and Accessories
V5 Systems (Camera Agnostic Platform)

Video Surveillance, Management Systems
FLIR (United VMS)