Cathexis demonstrates its ‘effective innovation’ Issue 7 2022, Cathexis Technologies, Technews Publishing, Surveillance, News & Events, Integrated Solutions Cathexis Africa recently held a roadshow with a stop in Johannesburg where Hi-Tech Security Solutions was invited to attend, along with many of the company’s partners and users.
Surveillance solutionism is not a solution Issue 7 2022, Leaderware, Surveillance The concept of surveillance solutionism has been used more broadly in the context of other types of surveillance, including the monitoring of people using technology, apps, social media, as well as AI-enabled technology.
Five ways to grow your security installation business Issue 7 2022, Integrated Solutions, Security Services & Risk Management Running your security installation business is hard. Growing it is harder. Finding time to work on the business (strategic stuff) as well as do things in the business (operational stuff) can be tricky when you only have so many hours in a day.
eCommerce losses to online payment fraud to exceed $48 billion Issue 6 2022, News & Events, Security Services & Risk Management, Financial (Industry) A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total cost of eCommerce fraud to merchants will exceed $48 billion globally in 2023, up from just over $41 billion in 2022.
SABRIC releases annual crime stats for 2021 Issue 6 2022, News & Events, Financial (Industry) SABRIC, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, on behalf of the banking industry has released its annual crime stats for 2021.
Hikvision aims for solutions Issue 6 2022, Technews Publishing, Hikvision South Africa, Surveillance, News & Events, Integrated Solutions, Conferences & Events Hikvision recently held a roadshow titled Industry X, where the company highlighted its latest products and solutions, supported by partners and distributors.
Reliable, low-maintenance video appliances Issue 6 2022, Technews Publishing, Surveillance, News & Events, Infrastructure, Products & Solutions Symetrix, part of the Agera Group, has added the AES range of video recording servers, storage appliances and workstations to its portfolio.
Technology and the future of security installation in South Africa Issue 6 2022, Integrated Solutions, Security Services & Risk Management What are the technologies and trends shaping installation, service and maintenance teams globally, and how will they shape South African businesses today and in the future?
Upgraded security and AI monitoring at upmarket estate Issue 5 2022, Watcher Surveillance Solutions, Surveillance, Integrated Solutions, Residential Estate (Industry) Estate upgrades and enhances its security through a partnership between surveillance specialist Watcher and the incumbent guarding company.
The technology wave implications for staff mismatches in control rooms Issue 6 2022, Leaderware, Security Services & Risk Management An industry habit of looking at control rooms through a physical security lens has increasingly left clients and staff at a disadvantage in keeping up with control room technology and demands.
Resilience is a collaborative effort Issue 6 2022, Technews Publishing Cyber resilience is not an ‘IT thing’; Wayne Olsen says it is an enterprise-wide risk strategy that involves collaboration, lots of collaboration.
The challenge of data safety and availability Issue 6 2022, Technews Publishing, Information Security Veeam offers backup and recovery software that presents the user with one interface to manage backups to and from almost any platform.
Cold chain integrity in real time Issue 6 2022, Technews Publishing, Asset Management, Infrastructure, Transport (Industry), Logistics (Industry) DeltaTrak offers real-time farm-to-fork IoT monitoring of the cold chain to ensure every step of the journey is recorded and verifiable via the cloud.
Nomad launches early adopter programme Issue 5 2022, News & Events, Integrated Solutions, Smart Home Automation Participants in Nomad’s Early Adopter Programme will receive 10% of their volume order to facilitate testing before the commercial launch later this year.
Wage settlement reached Issue 5 2022 The South African National Security Employers’ Association (SANSEA), a representative employer’s organisation within the security industry, confirmed that after a series of ongoing negotiations an agreement was reached.
Perimeter risks and solutions Residential Security Handbook 2022: SMART Living , Technews Publishing, Nemtek Electric Fencing Products, Stafix, XtraVision Hi-Tech Security Solutions asked three local providers of perimeter security solutions for their input on what the risks and solutions are that estates are using, or could be using, in defending their residents today.
Locally designed lock designed to stay locked Residential Security Handbook 2022: SMART Living , Technews Publishing The new Blade Lock makes it close to impossible to break a lock by conventional means; combined with the Smart Gate, your security behind the door is certain.
Kyalami Estates residents enjoy peace of mind from CathexisVision Residential Security Handbook 2022: SMART Living , Cathexis Technologies With 16 parks, 5 dams, 994 houses, and thousands of residents and visitors within the the estate’s 8 km perimeter, protecting Kyalami Estates required a solution that centralised the management of multiple cameras and integrated devices.
Questions about risk assessments Residential Security Handbook 2022: SMART Living , Technews Publishing, Alwinco, Security Services & Risk Management, Residential Estate (Industry) Hi-Tech Security Solutions spoke to two independent risk assessors to find out about their experience in the estate market and how successful they are in getting HOAs to accept risk reports and address them.
Security risk and the sum of small things Residential Security Handbook 2022: SMART Living , Leaderware, Integrated Solutions, Security Services & Risk Management, Residential Estate (Industry) Dr Craig Donald advises that the small things we often write off as unimportant can quickly scale to become serious threats to security and safety.