Tag: Weapons Detection
Evolv Technology gives regulatory update following SEC request
February 19, 2024SSN Staff
WALTHAM, Mass. – Evolv Technology, a security technology company working with AI-based weapons detection, has provided an update on a request received from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In a release from Evolv it revealed that on Feb. 16, 2024, the SEC notified the company it was initiating an investigation that was described as a confidential “non-public, fact finding inquiry.” Evolv noted the SEC’s explicit guidance that the investigation “should...
Coming home to roost
October 11, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Another week, another grab bag of security topics to blog about with news of varying degrees of importance, but it’s all noteworthy.
Keeping with the theme of this week’s blog title we’re talking about Twitter again. Let me preempt this by saying, no, I’m not calling it “X”, and no, it’s not about who you think it is. It’s actually been roughly about a year since they last heavily featured in this blog space when Peiter Zatko testified in front of...
Athena Security system deployed at Jefferson Regional
May 1, 2023SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – American security firm Athena Security has announced that its weapons detection system has been deployed by Jefferson Regional of Southwest Arkansas.
Jefferson Regional is a not-for-profit health facility with 300 beds providing essential healthcare services for 11 different counties for more than a century. In equipping themselves with the Athena Security weapons detection system they are carrying on a tradition of leveraging state of the art technology to better serve...
Baton Rouge school employs next-gen weapons detection system
December 7, 2022SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – As shootings and other forms of violence continue to rise within the American education system, some have stepped up to provide security and safety in the interest of student welfare.
One such group is Athena Security, which most recently deployed its Athena Security Weapons Detection System at Hosanna Christian Academy in Baton Rouge, La. Athena Security’s frictionless detection systems have a slim footprint for screening people as they enter buildings. That,...