As India continues to fight the devastating second wave of Covid-19, Prama Hikvision has stepped up its efforts to help the security professional community. As a responsible organisation, Prama Hikvision has announced a one-of-itskind CSR initiative across India to donate free oxygen concentrators to support its immediate employees, partners and end-users. The employees and registered partners can avail the service by logging into the website https://covidhelp.pramahikvision.com and providing details of the requirement. The company has also set up separate helpline numbers for enquiries and understanding the process further. Prama Hikvision has also planned donation of oxygen concentrators to security industry associations, including FSAI (Fire and Security Association of India) and FOCUS (Forum of Critical Utility Services). Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd., said, “The second wave has affected many of our employees, partners and their families across India. We stand firmly with our employees and partners in these testing times by providing free oxygen concentrators through this CSR initiative. Employee welfare and care of their loved ones has always been our top priority and this time again, we hope to extend as much help and support as we can to all our loved ones.” Prama Hikvision, India’s leading video security products and solutions provider, has initiated this program to provide oxygen concentrators as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) drive. The key objective of this initiative is to address the problem of acute shortage of medical oxygen by providing oxygen concentrators to its immediate employees, partners and end-users. The company is providing oxygen concentrators free of cost for use and return basis. This CSR initiative will enable help and support in combating Covid-19. To apply for the oxygen concentrators under Prama Hikvision’s CSR initiative, the applicant needs to fill the details on the website with valid documents and patient details as per the terms and conditions. The company is providing pan-India service to deliver the oxygen concentrator machines. These machines have to be returned to the company once the patient gets recovered from Covid-19 so that they could be given to support other applicants. For more information contact via e-mail: covidhelp@pramahikvision.com  

Genetec, Inc., a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has recently appointed Girish Maiyya as Channel Sales Manager for India. In this newly created role, Maiyya will lead the company’s channel strategy and partner ecosystem growth across India, one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for Genetec in APAC. Reporting to Genetec India Country Manager, Anand Thirunagari, Maiyya will be responsible for managing Genetec distribution and channel partners to accelerate sales growth in the region as well as onboarding and training new channel partners. Maiyya is an experienced security industry professional having spent over eight years with Bosch as a product manager for video surveillance and intrusion alarms systems in India. During his tenure at Bosch, he was responsible for establishing the company’s distribution business for video surveillance across India. He was also instrumental in setting up the intrusion alarm systems business in India and SAARC countries, and managed Bosch’s commercial and technical training for South Asia. Prior to Bosch, he was territory manager for Sharp Business Systems. “Our channel partners are an essential connection between Genetec and our end users,” said Thirunagari, “Girish not only brings industry knowledge, but he also has in-depth experience of managing and supporting both distributors and channel partners in India. We are excited to have such an experienced and customer-focused individual as our new Channel Sales Manager.”  

BYOD, WFA, WFH – the pandemic has made many companies realize that there is now no need for employees to work from office. Safety trumps the comfort of working from the office. It has been more than a year and companies have now comfortably settled into the concept of remote working within the safety of their homes. But, what about the safety of the devices employees use? Cyberattacks are rampant now more than ever and there is a need to ensure the work devices are safe from the outside world. Effective and secure infrastructure for employees, suppliers and purchasers working remotely is the need and this is where Safe-T’s ‘Zero Trust’ architecture comes into the picture. “Zero trust model works on a philosophy of ‘trust nothing, always verify’ instead of the legacy philosophy of ‘trust but verify.’ The zero trust model has three fundamental processes in protecting the devices – trust nothing, continuous authentication and least privilege access. Safe-T provides secure-access solutions that would enable companies to enforce ZTNA within hours to secure remote access and authenticate users with MFA before network access is granted. Safe-T mastered zero trust architecture, and is enabling enterprises to secure users and their devices through their security review campaign. iValue InfoSolutions is an integral part of this campaign and delighted to support customers and partners in enhancing their security posture to mitigate prevailing and evolving threat landscape” Harsh Marwah Chief Growth Officer at iValue InfoSolutions  “Safe-T ZoneZero, is a unique ZTNA solution, being the only true client-less and agent-less solution, we allow connecting any type user, managed or unmanaged to any resource in minutes. In addition ZoneZero allows supporting both internal and external users in parallel, allowing to implement ZTNA concepts throughout the organization in a simple fashion,” said Eitan Bremler, VP Corporate Development at Safe-T Data. To help organizations, Safe-T has arranged a ‘Free Network Review.’ The review has been designed to provide the company with a custom report, documenting the current architecture, vulnerabilities, and network attack footprint. The review consists of a three-step process: Complete the online questionnaire. Results are analyzed by Safe-T Security Experts, and a custom report is built for the company detailing the existing architecture and potential vulnerabilities. Free consultation, with a security professional to review each risk, types of attacks and how Safe-T’s solution can mitigate different threats. Safe-T’s wide range of access solutions reduce organizations’ attack surface and improve their ability to defend against modern cyber threats. Using Safe-T’s ZoneZero™ SDP, ZoneZero™ VPN, ZoneZero™ MFA, Secure File Access (SFA) and Secure Data Access (SDA), organizations can provide complete zero trust access for network (LAN) users, remote employees, partners, applications, IoT devices and more, to company resources regardless of their location. As a variety of brands offer this solution, speedy deployment and ease of integration is the key differentiator for success of any deployment of zero trust security. Safe-T offers this key ingredient with zone zero that is easy to integrate with the existing security, besides offering an end-to-end zero trust access to the resources. A premium technology enabler, iValue InfoSolutions drives ‘go to market’ for niche, compelling and complementary offerings, ‘digital assets’ protection, optimization and transformation area, leveraging customer life cycle and product life cycle adoption frameworks. iValue’s mission is to optimize, protect and transform ‘digital assets’ of organizations, with leading-edge and proven offerings, in collaboration with trusted partners. iValue offerings are aligned, customized and optimized for organizations, across vertical & size, through its OEM, consultant & global, national, regional and local system integrators partnerships.  

In view of the impact of the second wave of Covid-19 on the industry, the situation to conduct the show in September remains uncertain. With an aim to ensure planning certainty for the event, the organisers have decided to take the pre-emptive decision to postpone Secutech India, originally slated from 16-18 September 2021. A joint statement issued by Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd and ABEC Exhibitions and Conferences Pvt Ltd stated, “We are glad to have the support from the industry and our exhibitors whose interests are at the centre of this decision. It is important that the event re-unites the industry and serves its objective of meaningful business encounters. In order to achieve this, exhibitors require adequate planning flexibility to present their brand and products to the trade visitors and buyers. We are committed to delivering a high-quality event and enabling crucial business learning for the sector.” With a comprehensive safety concept strongly aligned with government guidelines, India’s leading security business event – Secutech India, will open its doors to the industry in April 2022. Through a combination of focused exhibit zones targeting priority sectors such as smart cities, smart homes, integrated building management system (IBMS), banking, and fire & safety segments, the 2022 edition of Secutech India aims to draw attention to innovations in touchless access points, facial recognition, behavioural biometric access, temperature detection & monitoring, systems, queue management systems, electronic toll collection systems, cloud computing, systems, Li-Fi among others. Global Digital Security Forum 2021: New dates to be announced soon The pandemic has changed the dynamics of both physical and digital security across the globe, augmenting new technology introductions and demand for contactless mobility, remote surveillance, and track-and-trace technologies. Amid settling in the new normal and getting business back on track smoothly, prioritising security solutions has become a need-of-the-hour for residential, commercial and public infrastructure. In a bid to secure and ensure future-ready resilience of the corporate sector, highlight security developments and continue business learning, Global Digital Security Forum (GDSF) will take place this year with a new schedule. Messe Frankfurt India has confirmed that while the agenda is set, the new dates will be announced after consultations with the conference advisory panel and industry stakeholders, when the industry can come together once again. Safety and security are increasingly important basic needs, and therefore, stand for a growing global market. With twelve trade fairs, congresses and forums around the world, Messe Frankfurt brings together demand and supply worldwide with progressive, connected products, applications and services focusing on commercial security and the protection of buildings, spaces and people. The safety, security & fire business cluster offers access to the dynamic markets of the Arabian Peninsula, Asia, Europe and South America.  

HID Global, a worldwide player in trusted identity solutions, recently announced the general availability of WorkforceID™ Authentication solution, the latest addition to its cloud platform for creating a seamless, effortless experience for issuing, managing and using identity credentials in physical and digital workplaces. WorkforceID Authentication builds upon HID’s proven and widely deployed multi-factor authentication platform for consumer applications including online and mobile banking. It joins a growing suite of employee ID badging, visitor management and other trusted workforce identity solutions. “A person’s identity has become the new security perimeter in a hybrid workplace that now extends from home to the office and everywhere in between,” said Julian Lovelock, VP Global Business Segment, IAM, with HID Global, “The addition of multi-factor authentication to the HID WorkforceID platform advances our vision of a unified and flexible approach to identity and access management for an organization’s employees, partners and contractors. This is the next step in providing a suite of applications that manage digital and physical identity credentials through one convenient cloud platform.” Pivotal in HID’s overall multi-factor authentication portfolio, the HID® WorkforceID Authentication solution enables organizations to extend a streamlined, simple and secure login experience to every user and application throughout today’s diverse and dynamic enterprise environment. It easily integrates with Microsoft’s on-premise Active Directory (AD) or cloud-based Azure AD. This platform is positioned within the environment to enable: Simplified deployment and administration: Easy integration with cloud-based, on-premise, or hybrid legacy applications, as well as existing enterprise technology including virtual private networks (VPNs) for remote login. Multiple authentication factors: HID® ActivID™ one time password tokens and security keys, smart cards, and the HID® Approve™ mobile app that enables users to authenticate to applications and deny fraudulent login attempts via their phone. Standards-based security: ISO 27001 standards, SOC2-certified, and EU GDPR-compliant. Intuitive user experience: Featuring self-service tasks for setting up authentication methods. The WorkforceID Authentication solution extends HID’s broader authentication ecosystem that includes its comprehensive credential offering and WorkforceID digital credential manager for easily managing workforce authenticators used for both physical and digital access. HID Global was recently recognized as the overall top challenger in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Enterprise Authentication Solutions report and included as a market leader in its market leadership category. The report noted that “HID Global has been a strong player in government and enterprise workforce IAM for years. The company’s inclusion of identity vetting and credentialing services is a valuable differentiating factor in their solution.”