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Interface Security Systems promotes Brent Duncan to president/COO
October 26, 2020SSN Staff
EARTH CITY, Mo.—Interface Security Systems, a managed service provider delivering business security, managed network, UCaaS and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises, announced the promotion of Brent Duncan to president and COO.
Since joining Interface in April 2019 as Chief Revenue Officer, Duncan has been instrumental in transforming the company’s go-to-market strategy. Under Duncan’s leadership, Interface expanded its service offerings to a wider range...
CTA selects Microsoft as cloud platform for all-digital CES 2021
October 26, 2020SSN Staff
ARLINGTON, Va.—The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced it has selected Microsoft as its technology partner for the first-ever, all-digital CES 2021.
“CES is a truly global event, unique in its scale and audience diversity,” said Karen Chupka, executive vice president of CES. “For an all-digital CES, we sought a platform that allows attendees from around the world to participate easily and securely.”
Microsoft will provide solutions, support and the...
SecurXperts approved as vendor for DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CMMC) marketplace
October 21, 2020SSN Staff
BALTIMORE, Md.—The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB), named SecurXperts as an approved vendor to participate in the certification, accreditation and licensing process for the companies that will play critical roles in the CMMC ecosystem.
Early this year, the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) released the first iteration of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework, which requires
DoD contractors and subcontractors to obtain third-party...
PASS releases 2020 update to safety and security guidelines for K-12
October 19, 2020SSN Staff
The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the fifth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools, which offers the most comprehensive information available on nationwide best practices specifically for securing school facilities, from subject matter experts across the education, public safety and industry sectors.
Coinciding with National Safe Schools Week 2020, Oct. 18-24, the release of the fifth edition builds upon the existing guidelines primarily with additional...
Vanderbilt unveils Zero-touch, cloud-issued mobile credentials
October 14, 2020SSN Staff
PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Vanderbilt, a global provider of state-of-the-art video, access control and intrusion security systems, announced the introduction of Vanderbilt Mobile ACT ID, featuring zero-touch, cloud-issued credentials for seamless integration into its access control solutions.
The result is the ability to easily issue new credentials, as well as instantly grant and restrict access for office buildings, government facilities, healthcare institutions, schools, residences and a growing...
Gallagher appoints regional manager for North India
October 13, 2020SSN Staff
RIVERSIDE, Mo.—Global security manufacturer Gallagher announced the appointment of Shamsher Singh as regional manager for North India. Singh joins the team lead by Gautham NV to support Gallagher’s growing business opportunities in India, including a significant project currently underway with the Indian Air Force.
Singh brings to the role more than 11 years of sales and business development experience working with multinational companies. He holds an MBA in Marketing and International...
HID Global’s chip operating system recognized
October 13, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—HID Global announced that it has expanded its HID SOMA chip operating system (COS) family with the addition of SOMA c016 on NXP Semiconductors' new SmartMX3 microcontroller.
HID is the industry’s first to certify a native COS on NXP’s newest generation SmartMX3 platform to Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 5+ (EAL5+)
“This accomplishment is inline with our commitment to proposing our renowned SOMA technologies with an extended array of leading...
BCD develops harmonize VMware plug-in for REVOLV
October 12, 2020SSN Staff
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.—BCD International has released its Harmonize Conductor VMware plug-in, exclusively available on its REVOLV portfolio of hybrid hyperconverged infrastructure (hHCI) products.
REVOLV is a hHCI solution that reduces or even eliminates inefficiencies often presented by infrastructure in the video surveillance space: large hardware footprint, high power and cooling costs, multiple OS, and software systems, and limited resources dedicated to each server.
BCD’s REVOLV...
Cobalt Iron's solution named 2020 top AWS provider
October 6, 2020SSN Staff
LAWRENCE, Kan.—Cobalt Iron Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that its Compass enterprise SaaS backup platform has been named a Top Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider for 2020 by CIO Applications.
"Organizations across many industries — education, telecommunications, finance, and manufacturing, to name a few — now run their workloads in the AWS Cloud to improve operations and boost competitive advantage. At the same time, managing...
DMP welcomes new regional training manager
October 6, 2020SSN Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—The DMP Field Technical Training team is excited to welcome Matthew Darmody to its ranks as regional training manager for the New York Metro/New England territory where he’ll lend his technical expertise in training DMP-authorized dealers in that region.
Darmody’s first introduction to the alarm industry was through the installation of car alarms, roughly 26 years ago. After earning his degree at ITT Tech, he went on to pursue an electrician apprenticeship program....