4finance Group, Europe’s leading online and mobile consumer lender, has deployed FICO® TONBELLER® Siron® solutions for anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) compliance across 10 countries and 20 back-office systems in just nine months. The cloud-based FICO solutions are delivering audit-verified compliance with global and regional regulations while maintaining 4finance’s promise to issue…
Beguiling, baffling or both – that’s blockchain. Aiming to clarify the subject for the benefit of companies and other organizations, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a straightforward introduction to blockchain, which underpins Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Virtual barrels of digital ink are flowing in the media nowadays about these…
Demand for professional video surveillance cameras has been growing quickly and is forecast to continue growing in 2018. It is estimated that less than 10 million surveillance cameras were shipped globally in 2006, which grew to over 100 million in 2016, and is forecast to make over 130 million during 2018. Despite this increase in…
2017 will undoubtedly be considered as the ‘Year of ransomware,’ the year when the global security landscape was forever changed by attacks like WannaCry and NotPetya. The havoc caused by these attacks reached far beyond the paltry ransom demand. Hospitals turned away patients, production lines came to a halt, nuclear radiation monitoring was disrupted, and…
Arecont Vision® announces the availability of the AV NVR™ all-in-one network video recorder series. “Customers have increasingly requested that Arecont Vision provide them with a NVR platform for their small to mid-sized project requirements,” said Brad Donaldson, Vice President of Product Development, Arecont Vision, “The new AV NVR will address those specific needs, while our…
In this ever-expanding era of artificial intelligence (AI), Deep Learning will soon become the foundational technology for the security industry. Technologies that ‘learn’ will become more common and more powerful. This trend will strengthen critical security efforts in every sphere. Hikvision introduces three camera models equipped with deep learning algorithms in the smart retail industry….
Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has launched a new two-wire design video intercom. With a healthy list of features, this video intercom system provides the latest in residential security with high-definition imaging and convenient installation for the consumer market. Hikvision’s advanced two-wire video intercom includes both indoor and…
Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO has recently partnered with Barbican Insurance Group (Barbican), a multi-platform insurance group that underwrites business predominantly through its syndicates at Lloyd’s of London, and which provides global cyber insurance coverage to its insureds. Barbican will use the FICO® Enterprise Security Score to measure the cybersecurity risk of insured ones, and…
Dahua Technology has been officially crowned by the State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter referred to as SIPO) as one of the ‘2017 National Intellectual Property Role Model Enterprises.’ Its patented ‘HD digital video signal transmission methods and devices, cameras, and aggregation equipment’ are recognized as a winner of the 19th China Outstanding Patent Award. According…
ASIS International, the world’s leading association of security management professionals, has announced its 2018 Commission on Standards and Guidelines. The 28-member commission ensures the standards and guidelines development process is voluntary, nonproprietary, and consensus-based, utilizing the knowledge, experience, and expertise of ASIS members and the global security community. “This past year, the Commission took purposeful…