Day: March 4, 2022

Eagle Eye Networks, the global company in cloud video surveillance, has partnered with access control provider SALTO Systems to showcase its cloud video surveillance capabilities at the coworking and coliving facilities of La Pinada Lab in Valencia, Spain. This cooperation is designed to expand the ways video surveillance is used in coworking and coliving spaces. In addition to security, video surveillance can foster collaboration and deliver insights into building usage and how visitors interact with the property. Eagle Eye Networks installed a cloud video surveillance system at La Pinada Lab to demonstrate the value of sharing video and the system’s easeof-use. In 2022, Eagle Eye Networks and select technology partners will offer courses to professionals who work in the smart cities and smart buildings field. The Eagle Eye Networks integration with SALTO cloud access control is a powerful example of the role that integrated security will play in providing holistic security and insights into buildings. “We are excited to contribute to the La Pinada Lab initiative in Spain to foster innovation and collaboration,” said Rishi Lodhia, Managing Director, Eagle Eye Networks EMEA, “Our ecosystem of technology partners help expand the possibilities of our own products and services, making them even more useful for our customers. After moving to Eagle Eye Networks, the City of Elche, Spain has reduced the number of employees needed for camera monitoring and maintenance, while city officials are gaining more insights from the cameras. In La Pinada Lab we go one step further to not only show the advantages of cloud video surveillance but how cloud video surveillance and cloud access control create an integrated security solution. Employees are able to focus on creativity, customer experience and innovation, the Eagle Eye Networks platform, with cloud access control from SALTO, provides ease-of-use and does the heavy lifting of maintaining the system.” Christian Schmitz, Vertical Lead for Shared Living and Work Spaces at SALTO Systems, said the solution gives La Pinada Lab the ability “to connect the dots between lifestyle and technology, allowing them to build the right tech infrastructure.” SALTO and Eagle Eye Networks are joining La Pinada Lab’s partnership program as Project Partners. The first step is to incorporate both SALTO smart access products and technology and Eagle Eye Networks cloud video surveillance into the infrastructure of the La Pinada space, Schmitz said, “And being installed in a lab, it is only natural to observe and experiment with the use of Eagle Eye technology and SALTO’s keyless experience, identifying opportunities for new solutions and the impact of digitization and automation on daily life.” Miguel Tito Malone, Director of La Pinada Lab said, “A space like this only comes to life if you have the right partners in the ecosystem that want to drive collaboration and innovation. To have two state-of-the art global partners like SALTO and Eagle Eye Networks is a real asset. They are leading the transformation of physical security, showing how cloud security is an important element of the building experience. Together with Eagle Eye Networks and SALTO we are able to deliver on our promise to foster collaboration in contemporary building design and usage.” Fernando Fernandez of TGT Consulting is the Eagle Eye Networks certified reseller who did the installation at La Pinada Lab. He said, “This was one of my first installations of the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS (video management system) product and I am truly impressed with its capabilities and flexibility. Now I am able to offer my clients a broader range of services, from telecommunications to physical security as a service.”  

In its latest tech round-up video, IDIS highlights its complete line up of NDAA-compliant cameras and recorders. Featuring HD and UHD network cameras, plus powerful NVR and enterprise-class PC servers that connect seamlessly to a choice of VMS. IDIS’s end-to-end, NDAA-compliant solutions are now being chosen for a growing list of European projects in sectors ranging from education, retail, hotels, data centres, and commercial office space. The updated IDIS camera lineup, designed for a wide range of settings and environments, includes a range of 2MP, 5MP, and 8MP domes, bullets, and turret cameras, plus the company’s best-selling and award-winning 5MP and 12MP IR Super Fisheyes. The new NDAA-compliant models come with IR, true WDR, IDIS smart failover, alarm in/ out, and two-way audio and vandal resistance options. New NDAA-compliant recording enabled with 16- to 32-channel network recorders (NVRs), featuring built-in PoE switches, incoming throughput of up to 370Mbps, and allow 960ips UHD real-time recording. Or large and multi-site users can choose PC severs that come pre-installed with IDIS Solution Suite VMS and support up to 256 Full HD cameras in real-time. With redundant power and equipped with RAID 5 & 6, they offer mission-critical reliability and feature a two rack-mount chassis for easy maintenance and options for sliding rails and cable management. Both the NVRs and PC servers are powered by Intel chipsets, and support H.264/ H.265 dual codec, allowing users to utilise existing monitors, making premature screen, smartphone, or tablet upgrades unnecessary. All IDIS equipment is backed by extended warranties and benefit from IDIS DirectIP® plug-andplay technology, enabling easy and fast installation, streamlined cybersecurity, and simple maintenance and firmware updates. Customers can choose to seamlessly connect to the costfree IDIS Center VMS for applications encompassing up to 1,024 devices or the enterprise-class and modular IDIS Solution Suite to manage an unlimited number of sites and devices. The flexible end-to-end solution, combined with forward and backward compatibility, results in a compelling low total cost of ownership (TCO). U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed the Secure Equipment Act of 2021, which requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish rules stating that it will no longer review or approve any authorisation application for equipment that is on the list of covered communications or services. “The IDIS NDAA-compliant range follows the rules imposed by the U.S. government,” said James Min, Managing Director, IDIS Europe, “All IDIS products are designed and manufactured in South Korea, bringing the reassurance needed for enterprises that have businesses in the US or plan to enter the market in the future.”  

To ensure that federal employees have a broader set of modern options for accessing facilities and electronic resources, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has increased the number of acceptable types of credentials that federal agencies can permit as official digital identity. The increase is part of the latest update to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, which specifies the credentials that can be used by federal employees and contractors to access federal sites. The update, formally titled FIPS 201-3: Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors, also allows for remote identity proofing and issuing, in addition to doing so in-person as was previously required. “We have expanded the set of credentials that can be used for gaining access to federal facilities and also for logging onto workstations and other IT resources,” said Hildegard Ferraiolo, a NIST Computer Scientist, “It’s not all about PIV cards anymore.” The preceding FIPS standard, version 201-2, came out in 2013 and specified credentials embedded on PIV cards as the primary means for authentication with limited exceptions for credentials designed for mobile devices that lacked PIV card readers. Millions of PIV cards have been issued to federal employees. The 201-3 update, the result of a regular review cycle, still specifies that PIV cards can be used but now offers additional options. It keeps the standard aligned with the most recent federal policies, including the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-19-17 on identity, credential and access management. It also ensures that the standard reflects current technological capabilities and needs, Ferraiolo said. “It has become important to provide more flexibility to agencies in choosing credentials to use for authentication,” she said, “Not all laptop computers are available with built-in PIV card slots, for example, and often, there are cloud-based applications that don’t use public-key infrastructure that PIV cards provide. For these situations we need alternatives.” The new options are a subset of credentials that are specified in NIST SP 800-63-3, a multivolume publication on digital identity. Branches of the government will have a richer set of multifactor credentials for different devices – including, for example, FIDO (Fast ID Online) tokens and one-time passwords (OTP). With the revision milestone now complete, the focus for NIST has shifted to providing additional guidelines and implementation details, Ferraiolo said. NIST is currently in the process of updating guidelines for the expanded set of PIV credentials in Revision 1 of NIST SP 800-157. Additionally, to ensure that different credentials are interoperable across different agencies, a concept known as ‘federation,’ NIST will provide guidelines in NIST SP 800-217. Ferraiolo said these and other NIST publications associated with FIPS 201-3 would be updated in coming months.