General News
The case against TikTok
March 24, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his first appearance before Congress this week, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew came under fire from a united U.S. Congress as he sought to assuage lawmakers' concerns.
TikTok has landed on the radar of several countries over the last few years as concerns of China meddling and misappropriating user data has skyrocketed. Citing those same security concerns Canada banned TikTok on government devices in February this year (the U.S. did prior to this in December) and...
HID survey reveals five themes changing the security industry
March 22, 2023SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – HID has announced their inaugural State of the Security Industry Report, which gathered responses from over 2700 stakeholders to identify the pressing concerns facing the global security market.
Pooled from a resource of end users, IT and security personnel, and across a range of titles and organizations of all sizes in 11 industries, the report has identified themes that are driving the innovations and technologies changing the industry. HID identified 5 particular common...
Hub Security welcomes John C. Rogers to Hub Security advisory board
March 20, 2023SSN Staff
TEL AVIV, Israel – Cybersecurity solutions and services company Hub Security has added former U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Secretary John C. Rogers to their advisory board.
In a release the company stated that Rogers brings over 25 years of experience with him to Hub, having served as the Principal Deputy Assistant and Deputy Assistant Secretary for legislative affairs at the United States Department of Defense and led a billion-dollar mobility company as CEO. That unique insight...
Not remotely secure, SSN News Poll results reveal
March 16, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine –Results are in, and responses aren’t keen on the security realities of a remote work force.
For the April 2023 Security Security Systems News Poll, we asked readers for feedback on the rise of remote work and how that’s affected their security posture. While remote work continues to grow in popularity and prevalence, readers made it clear that it hasn’t been a net positive for them. In response to, “Did the initial shift to remote work for employees...
PSA, SSN to present second annual Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards
March 9, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
WESTMINSTER, Colo. and YARMOUTH, Maine—PSA and Security Systems News are excited to announce the second annual Integrator of the Year and Bill Bozeman Awards, which aspire to identify the leading system integrators within security, from smaller, local integrators all the way up to the big nationals.
Winners will be awarded at PSA TEC 2023 - taking place May 1-4 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Texas - and featured within the pages of SSN.
Broken down by size, there will be a winner...
SIA names Kim Loy and Brendan McFall as 2023 SIA Chair’s Award honorees
March 6, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Kim Loy and Brendan McFall as the 2023 recipients of the SIA Chair’s Award, an annual award selected by SIA’s Board of Directors chair recognizing SIA members’ diligent efforts in furthering the association’s mission and commitment to its future.
SIA will present Loy and McFall with the award at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, which will be held March...
SIA announces agenda for 2023 SIA GovSummit
March 3, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced details for the 2023 SIA GovSummit, SIA’s annual public policy and government security technology conference. SIA GovSummit 2023 will be held May 16-17 at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C.
Each year, SIA GovSummit brings together government security leaders with private industry technologists for top-quality information sharing and education on security topics affecting...
SIA opens nominations for 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards
February 27, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has opened the call for nominations for the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards, a globally recognized program presented by SIA with support from sponsor IDEMIA and various organizational and media partners.
The recipients of this year’s Women in Biometrics Awards will be honored at the 2023 SIA GovSummit, SIA’s annual government security conference.
“SIA is proud to support and...
Facial recognition is a violation of privacy, News Poll results show
February 21, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Facial recognition technology can be considered a violation of people’s privacy and discriminatory, even with the security benefits that the technology is intended to provide, according to the results of the March 2023 Security Systems News Poll.
The issue of whether facial recognition technology violates people’s privacy came to light in November 2022, when Madison Square Garden utilized its biometric data to prevent a lawyer at a firm that has pending...
SSN Interview with BISD Director of Safety and Security Ty Morrow
February 17, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
BRAZOSPORT, Texas – In early February ZeroEyes announced the deployment of its A.I. gun detection platform at the Brazosport Independent School District (BISD). As a result, Security Systems News sat down with the district’s emergency manager and Director of Safety and Security, Ty Morrow.
SSN: Mr. Morrow, could you tell us a little bit about BISD?
Morrow: Our district encompasses about 11,700 kids and we've got 24 facilities - 19 of them are instructional facilities...