For a long time in the physical security industry, there were two camps: the alarm company — based on RMR, and the integrator — based on large onsite systems.

Cybersecurity has been a conundrum for the physical security industry for several years.

When the COVID-19 pandemic drove people nationwide to isolate themselves and curtail travel, security dealer training largely went digital. Now that the pandemic is waning, will the shift toward digital be a permanent change?

The invention of the humble lock and key dates back to the 6th century, and in its simplest form, served societies as the earliest version of access control. Traditional locks and keys are a functional solution to the root problem of securing property and identifying an individual before allowing or denying entry.

Hanwha Techwin, a global supplier of IP and analog video surveillance solutions, announced that the Star of Hope Mission in Houston, Texas, has installed hundreds of Hanwha security cameras and a Wisenet WAVE VMS to help secure facilities for unhoused men, women and children. 

Arcules, a provider of unified security-as-a-service solutions, announced that local Nebraska non-profit Together recently streamlined its security infrastructure through the Arcules unified cloud platform. 

For more than 20 years, Creative Security has provided security solutions for organizations across California, ensuring their staff and premises stay protected. However, the business also needed to ensure its internal IT tools and services were helping, not hindering, its core business objectives. 

DMP is partnering with Hanwha to give customers another powerful and dependable cloud-to-cloud video solution.

MxV Consulting LLC is launching Momentum Security Training, an online, context-based education platform serving the physical security industry.