Tag: AMAG Technology

SILVER SPRING, Md. —The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced details for the 2021 AcceleRISE conference – an essential experience hosted by SIA’s RISE community for young professionals in the security industry – taking place virtually Aug. 23-25. The 2021 AcceleRISE event will challenge tomorrow’s security leaders to test their limits, escape their comfort zones and grow their industry expertise. “I am so excited about AcceleRISE...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—AMAG Technology, a G4S company, expands Symmetry Mobile functionalities to support return-to-work strategies for businesses as they reopen. The added features provide additional controls for a person’s access to corporate sites and facilities, in addition to more screening questions to help reduce the risk of potentially infected employees accessing corporate sites. “Symmetry Mobile provides an easy-to-use return-to-work remote technology solution that provides...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—Symmetry Mobile is a web credential application designed to be used with AMAG’s Symmetry Bluetooth readers that provides a centralized, frictionless setup that supports post-pandemic working environments. “As organizations return to work and need to support COVID-19 guidelines, Symmetry Mobile will provide a touchless solution that supports multi-factor authentication,” Jonathan Moore, product director, AMAG Technology, said in the announcement. “Organizations can...

TORRANCE, Calif.—AMAG Technology, a G4S company, rebranded its RISK360 Incident and Case Management software to Symmetry Incident Management. The new name aligns with AMAG Technology’s current Symmetry naming structure. “With our latest technology upgrade, the timing was right to update the name to Symmetry Incident Management,” AMAG Technology President Howard Johnson said in the announcement. “The new name more accurately represents what solution the product solves within AMAG’s...

YARMOUTH, Maine—The state of cyber- and physical security convergence has been one of the hottest topics in security for good reason, as it is changing the way security integrators provide and manage programs, technology and services. The rise of Security 4.0, driven by the digital transformation, is creating opportunities as well as challenges, particularly with the vulnerabilities emerging technologies and IoT devices are creating on the network.G4S VP of Integrated Security Solutions, Rachelle...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Future possibilities for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are endless and stretch as far as the imagination can go, and continue to be hot topics of discussion among security professionals. While it's smart to glimpse into the future, the security industry has to make “living in reality” a top priority, especially when meaning and current use cases for AI and ML tend to come with an air of confusion.Defining exactly and precisely what each is,...

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...

LAS VEGAS—AMAG Technology, a security manufacturer specializing in access control, video management, identity management, intrusion detection and visitor management, announced at ISC West here last week that its Symmetry Blue Reader is integrating with BioConnect's Biometric Authentication app.This integration allows the user to choose from multiple biometric options, including iris, facial, voice and fingerprint, as well as PIN, adding a higher level of single or dual verification and “validating...

AMAG Technology, Inc., a G4S company headquartered in Torrance, Calif., announced this week that Kurt Takahashi, senior vice president, sales, has been promoted to president. Takahashi, who began at AMAG in February 2015, successfully grew the business through his management of the sales, sales engineering and business development teams. Prior to AMAG, Takahashi was the vice president of global sales and marketing at Quantum Secure, helping increase the global pipeline and revenue growth. Takahashi...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Access control is one of those areas in commercial security that just screams for smartphone compatibility. People seldom leave their home, car or office without their phone in tow, and scanning a prox card or identity badge seems so, well, 2006.For the past five years at least, security software vendors have been proclaiming a mobile-first strategy, focusing on creating products that exploit the capabilities of smartphones and tablets. And the industry has seen some innovations...