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EZVIZ Cloud Platform has recently achieved CSA STAR certification for its information security management systems (ISMS). The CSA STAR certification is a rigorous third party independent assessment of the security of a cloud service provider. It is an international certification program established by the founders of global standards – the British Standards Institution (BSI) and the international Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), which are the world’s leading organizations dedicated to defining best practices that help ensure secure cloud computing environments. The CSA STAR certification was issued by DNV GL for the information security management of EZVIZ Cloud services, and design and development, operation and maintenance services for overseas cloud platform of EZVIZ. “We are proud of obtaining the globally recognized CSA STAR certification. It demonstrates our dedication to security management and control systems, which are essential for the security of our computing environment and the trust of our customers of EZVIZ Cloud,” said Li Xingbo, Vice President of Hangzhou Ezviz Software Co., Ltd. EZVIZ is committed to the utmost quality and safety of its products and actively improves security compliance through professional qualification certifications. Previously, EZVIZ Cloud successfully obtained the ISO9000, ISO14000, and OHSAS18000 qualifications. In 2017, EZVIZ Cloud was also awarded the ISO27001: 2013 certification in the field of international authoritative information security, becoming the leading company to obtain this certification in the domestic home IPC (IP camera) field. EZVIZ, a global smart home security brand, is the consumer and residentially focused subsidiary of Hikvision. EZVIZ creates a safe, convenient and smart life for users through its intelligent devices and cloud-based platform. EZVIZ empowers partners to share their unique cloud services and build a thriving IoT ecosystem together.  

Allied Vision was presented with two Silver level awards in the product categories of ‘Cameras – Visible’ and ‘Embedded Vision – Cameras’ at the fifth Annual Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards presentation, held during Automate 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Alvium was recognized by a panel of esteemed experts from system integrator and end-user companies. The Alvium camera series is Allied Vision’s next generation camera solution built on an innovative camera platform. It was designed to bridge the worlds of industrial machine vision and embedded vision, and provide a full range of cameras that offers system designers a previously unknown level of freedom. Equipped with either USB3 or MIPI CSI-2, the popular embedded interface, Alvium can be used in both worlds. At the heart of the Alvium camera series, is the proprietary System on Chip (SoC), ALVIUM® technology, that combines an image signal processor (ISP) with a powerful image processing library (IPL). This enables image corrections and preprocessing to be completed in the camera rather than the host system. Furthermore, ALVIUM® Technology was developed with intelligent power management where only the used functionality draws power. The idea of simple and easy integration was fundamental in Alvium’s design. It comes available in three housing options – bare board, open housing, or closed housing (USB3 models only). Alvium’s small footprint allows system designers maximum flexibility with space constrained system designs. Also, software integration is straightforward. ALVIUM® technology supports various embedded boards such as the NXP i.MX6/8 and NVIDIA Jetson platforms. One driver is needed for each platform to operate all Alvium camera models. Designers can control the camera via Video4Linux (V4L2), Direct Register Access or GenICam, the machine vision standard programming interface. Alvium offers resolutions ranging from VGA to 21 Megapixels. The ALVIUM® SoC supports all common sensor interfaces allowing for quick integration of current and new sensors, therefore, making it future-proof. Focusing on what counts “ This prestigious program allows Vision Systems Design to celebrate and recognize the most innovative products and services in the vision and image processing industry,” said Alan Bergstein, Publisher of Vision Systems Design, “Our 2019 Honorees are an outstanding example of companies who are making an impact in the industry.” “We are very proud to have Alvium receive two awards from Vision Systems Design’s Innovators Award Program,” said Andreas Gerk, President & CEO of Allied Vision, “We’d like to thank Vision Systems Design and the judges for this honor. This recognition further validates our direction for future camera solutions. The versatility of Alvium allows us to focus on what counts – our customers and their applications.”  

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative security products and solutions, successfully hosted the second ‘Shaping Intelligence’ AI Cloud Summit at Hangzhou Whitehorse Lake International Exhibition Centre during 29-30 March 2019. Under the theme of ‘Data Enrichment with AI,’ the summit served as a platform for AI cloud ecosystem partners to exchange knowledge on leading-edge AI and big data technologies and applications. It comprised a main forum and four sub-forums on the topics of finance, commerce, public services and smart governance for cities. Over 3,000 participants took part in the event including Hikvision customers, industry leaders, academic experts and partners. “We believe that, as a fusion platform, the AI Cloud will be able to support our customers in their quest to unleash the full potential of AI and IoT. Ubiquitous intelligence will be the new normal of the AI era; intelligent applications and their data generation will be the engine” – Yangzhong Hu CEO, Hikvision Vision of the future: Fusion of Intelligent IoT and Information Networks One of the most important topics discussed at the conference was how Hikvision’s AI Cloud platform can support the integration of IoT and information network data in order to drive the future development of new, intelligent applications. Ideas discussed included the development of a computing architecture that unites cloud and edge computing, plus a data architecture that can enable the integration of intelligent IoT and information network data. Providing fully open platforms for mutual development The Hikvision AI Cloud was developed to solve real-world challenges across different vertical markets, and to create continuous value to end users. The cutting-edge architecture is designed to enable collaboration between partners across edge computing, industry applications, service platforms, standard systems, and much more. As an example of this, Hikvision demonstrated how the launch of its AI algorithm training system has enabled partners to train algorithms easily for specific customer application needs and deployment. Using a digitised event exhibition area of 6,000 square metres, Hikvision and its ecosystem partners demonstrated versatile AI solutions including smart retail, smart campus, smart financial service, smart construction, smart agriculture and so on. In addition, intelligent transportation system (ITS) was showcased including intelligent buses, intelligent road networks, intelligent airports and intelligent railway systems – all designed to boost passenger safety and enhance the travel experience. AI applications to empower industrial users At the four sub-forums held on the second day, end users from different markets exchanged thoughts and shared use cases of collaborating with Hikvision AI deployment. At the commercial forum, partners from retail, energy, property management and logistics explored how AI can increase business insight and transform how businesses operate. At the smart governance for cities forum, traffic authorities from different parts of China shared successful AI applications, including how e-police solutions help identify traffic violations and reduce the number of human injuries and fatalities. By merging video information with other systems and algorithms, traffic big data can be visualised on city maps to further guide traffic and improve urban commuting. At the finance forum, banks including China Construction Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China overviewed their digitised transformation with AI in banking security and management, showcasing how AI-powered big data was a key enabler in this process. The public services forum focused on how AI technology can support the improvement of public services management. Among other sessions, Hikvision partners introduced AI applications for distance learning, smart classrooms, campus safety and enhanced learning environments.  

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative security products and solutions, successfully hosted the second ‘Shaping Intelligence’ AI Cloud Summit at Hangzhou Whitehorse Lake International Exhibition Centre from 29-30 March. Under the theme of ‘Data Enrichment with AI,’ the summit served as a platform for AI cloud ecosystem partners to exchange knowledge on leading-edge AI and big data technologies and applications. It comprised a main forum and four sub-forums on the topics of finance, commerce, public services and smart governance for cities. Over 3,000 participants took part, including Hikvision customers, industry leaders, academic experts and partners. Vision of the future: Fusion of Intelligent IoT and Information Networks One of the most important topics discussed at the conference was how Hikvision’s AI Cloud platform can support the integration of IoT and information network data in order to drive the future development of new, intelligent applications. Ideas discussed included the development of a computing architecture that unites cloud and edge computing, plus a data architecture that can enable the integration of intelligent IoT and information network data. “We believe that, as a fusion platform, the AI Cloud will be able to support our customers in their quest to unleash the full potential of AI and IoT,” said Yangzhong Hu, CEO of Hikvision, during his keynote speech at the main forum, “Ubiquitous intelligence will be the new normal of the AI era; intelligent applications and their data generation will be the engine.” Providing fully open platforms for mutual development The Hikvision AI Cloud was developed to solve real-world challenges across different vertical markets, and to create continuous value to end users. The cutting-edge architecture is designed to enable collaboration between partners across edge computing, industry applications, service platforms and standard systems, and much more. As one example of this, Hikvision demonstrated how the launch of its AI algorithm training system has enabled partners to train algorithms easily for specific customer application needs and deployment. Using a digitised event exhibition area of 6,000 square metres, Hikvision and its ecosystem partners also demonstrated versatile AI solutions including smart retail, smart campus, smart financial service, smart construction, smart agriculture and much more. In addition, intelligent transportation system (ITS) was showcased including intelligent buses, intelligent road networks, intelligent airports and intelligent railway systems, all designed to boost passenger safety and enhance the travel experience. AI applications to empower industrial users At the four sub-forums held on the second day, end users from different markets exchanged thoughts and shared use cases of collaborating with Hikvision and AI deployment. At the commercial forum, partners from retail, energy, property management and logistics explored how AI can increase business insight and transform how businesses operate. At the smart governance for cities forum, traffic authorities from different parts of China shared successful AI applications, including how e-police solutions help identify traffic violations and reduce the number of human injuries and fatalities. By merging video information with other systems and algorithms, traffic big data can be visualised on city maps to further guide traffic and improve urban commuting. At the finance forum, banks including China Construction Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China overviewed their digitised transformation with AI in banking security and management, showcasing how AI-powered big data was a key enabler in this process. The public services forum focused on how AI technology can support the improvement of public services management. Among other sessions, Hikvision partners introduced AI applications for distance learning, smart classrooms, campus safety and enhanced learning environments.

EZVIZ, the smart home security subsidiary of Hikvision, announces that its EZVIZ Cloud Platform achieved CSA STAR Certification for its information security management systems (ISMS). The CSA STAR Certification is a rigorous third party independent assessment of the security of a cloud service provider. It is an international certification program established by the founders of global standards – the British Standards Institution (BSI) and the international Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), which are the world’s leading organizations dedicated to defining best practices that help ensure secure cloud computing environments. The CSA STAR Certification was issued by DNV GL for the information security management of EZVIZ Cloud services, design and development, operation and maintenance services for overseas cloud platform of EZVIZ. “We are proud of obtaining the globally recognized CSA STAR Certification. It demonstrates our dedication to security management and control systems, which are essential for the security of our computing environment and the trust of our customers of EZVIZ Cloud,” said Li Xingbo, Vice President of Hangzhou Ezviz Software Co., Ltd. EZVIZ is committed to the utmost quality and safety of its products and actively improve security compliance through professional qualification certifications. Previously, EZVIZ Cloud successfully obtained the ISO9000, ISO14000, and OHSAS18000 qualifications. In 2017, EZVIZ Cloud was also awarded the ISO27001: 2013 certification in the field of international authoritative information security, becoming the leading company to obtain this certification in the domestic home IPC (IP Camera) field.

Vanderbilt has recently announced a new strategic partnership with its sister company ComNet to offer customers an improved level of service. The new partnership creates a collaboration between ComNet Europe and sister company Vanderbilt International, and primarily includes leveraging internal systems and supply chain and logistics structures. This new relationship is effective immediately. A significant enhancement resulting from this partnership is that ComNet now has a fully functional, pan-European technical support team in place to support customers across the globe. ComNet’s continued growth “ The changes build from ComNet’s continued growth over the past year,” said Tom Exley, General Manager of ComNet Europe, “This format is designed to help ComNet customers get technical support faster and more efficiently. This is because, at ComNet, we are determined to put our customers first, in everything we do.” This integration means ComNet customers will have greater access to a higher number of technical support agents including local support in core languages. Meaning geographical hubs can operate more effectively and ensure resolutions for any technical issues as quickly as possible. “We are committed to building ComNet into a support network of excellence. It’s important to look ahead to identify future opportunities that will benefit our customers. This enhancement ensures we can deliver a customer service experience that is second to none,” added Exley. Increasing the scope Crucially, up until this point, ComNet’s technical support team was reinforced primarily by the company’s Sales managers. Therefore, this collaboration of technical support with Vanderbilt will free up ComNet Sales to focus solely on bringing the best products, services and offers to their clientele. So, this new partnership enables ComNet to increase their scope of offerings such as pre, pending and post-Sales support, plus the ability to design and implement complete high-performance solutions to answer customer pain points. “We believe this opportunity will significantly improve our support services model and enable our geographical hubs to operate more effectively. This will result in a more efficient cycle of how we manage and maintain our rapidly expanding customer base,” concluded Exley. ComNet offers an extensive line of fiber optic, copper and wireless video and data transmission equipment that is uniquely designed to meet the needs of the security, intelligent transportation system, utility and industrial markets. Vanderbilt is a global provider of security systems recognized for future-proof, high-performance, and easy-to-use products across access control and intrusion detection. Vanderbilt strives for innovation in Software-as-a-Service solutions such as ACT365 and SPC Connect, as well as product integration both within and outside of their portfolio offerings. An advocate of open platforms and integrations, Vanderbilt solutions are designed to meet and solve customer pain points.

Finnish cybersecurity company F-Secure continues to receive market recognition for their solutions, with the current win being a first for the company. The latest accolade is the Professional User Rating: Security Solutions 2019 (PUR-S) Champion Award given for Radar by German research and analyst firm Techconsult. F-Secure Radar is a PCI ASV certified, turnkey vulnerability scanning and management platform. It allows users to efficiently identify, evaluate, and prioritize vulnerabilities and security risks, even beyond their organization’s own network assets. Unpatched and badly configured software is a key attack vector and breach enabler, especially when it comes to more advanced attacks. F-Secure Radar can significantly lower the cost of an organization’s vulnerability management process by automatically and proactively identifying vulnerabilities, and prioritizing them based on business risk. F-Secure’s Teemu Myllykangas, Radar Solution Director explained that prioritization of vulnerabilities should be done based on true business risk rather than the perceived severity of the vulnerability. “For example, even a severe vulnerability doesn’t necessarily rise very high in remediation priority when it’s on a laptop that you do not particularly care about. However, a mediocre vulnerability on an internet-facing business-critical server will certainly be one of the top priorities. We help in prioritizing the vulnerabilities by providing the needed business risk context,” he said. Vulnerability Management (VM) is the process of identifying, evaluating, reporting, and remediating security vulnerabilities in business processes, web applications, and systems as well as the software that runs on them; however, this is not the entire attack surface. “Unlike F-Secure Radar, most VM solutions do not look Radar wins Techconsult Vulnerability Management Award beyond your own network. Often, elements of old services remain online, even after the service is shut down. They are forgotten and unmaintained, and thus are vulnerable. For an attacker studying your attack surface, however, they provide an easy-toexploit beachhead to your network,” explained Myllykangas. F-Secure Radar leverages the Finnish cyber security company’s trademark combination of human expertise and AI excellence. The expertise and real-world experience gained from F-Secure’s penetration testers and red teaming exercises fuel the development of the solution, providing award-winning value for its users. Techconsult conducted a large-scale user study on IT security products for 6 solution areas, with 14 categories and more than 60 individual criteria. The evaluation, which involved more than 2,000 user companies completing an online survey, involved ratings regarding company, and technology/ solution rating. Around 160 manufacturers offering IT security solutions on the German-speaking market were in focus. Marco Becker, IT Market Analyst at Techconsult commented, “With its vulnerability management solution F-Secure Radar, F-Secure achieved fifth place and thus a top position in the broadly diversified field of competition.” “F-Secure was particularly convincing in the concrete solution evaluation, which even achieved a place on the winner’s rostrum in several categories. In concrete terms, this means that F-Secure has the second-best rating for solution utility and manufacturer loyalty, and the third-best for user-friendliness and product loyalty,” he added. The latest award given to F-Secure comes on the heels of two from AV-TEST for F-Secure Protection Service for Business Computer Protection and the consumer-oriented F-Secure SAFE.

IDIS Europe has reported record sales growth for 2018, with a 78% rise attributed to successful projects with long term partners and continued investment in technology and support services. Contributing to this success the company, which is one of Korea’s largest in-country video surveillance manufacturers, was the supplier for major contract wins in the retail, eating-out, healthcare and education sectors. Since opening its European headquarters in Brentford, London in 2013, IDIS has established a strong technical support team and wide sales networks, and the company has worked hard to develop profitable partnerships with both installers, integrators and distributors. “Our core strategy as a company is to pursue sustainable growth alongside our partners, as a one-stop supplier for video solutions. This means working together to ensure customer satisfaction, delivering better value and better technology,” said James Min, Managing Director, IDIS Europe. For installers and integrators, IDIS is now focusing on reducing TCS (total cost to serve), giving them complete, easy-to-source video solutions that offer more profitable implementations and predictable revenue streams. “Going forward this is a priority, and it will be achieved by continuing to invest in video technology that eliminates complexity and earns the loyalty of end-users,” said James Min, “The most encouraging thing is that whenever customers switch to IDIS technology, it is giving them higher performance and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). They also know that we are working on new forward and backwards compatible technology to meet their future requirements.” For the integrator, IDIS’ model of simple-to-install technology means more realistic and attractive maintenance and service agreements. True plug-and-play performance was developed to reduce complexity for engineers installing and maintaining systems and in turn reduce cost and disruption for end users.  

GJD has recently been named ‘Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer’ at the Outstanding Security Performance 2019 Awards (OSPAs). The competition for this category was extremely competitive, making it a great achievement for GJD. The awards dinner and presentation took place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in central London. The OSPAs recognise and reward companies and individuals across the security sector. The OSPAs are designed to be both independent and inclusive, providing an opportunity for outstanding performers, whether buyers or suppliers, to be recognised and their success to be celebrated. Ana Maria Sagra-Smith, GJD’s Sales and Marketing Director commented, “It is a great honour for GJD to be recognised as an Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer at this year’s OSPAs. The award is testament to GJD’s strong focus on creating innovative product technology for the security sector.” I would like to take this opportunity to thank the GJD team for their commitment to deliver world-class security solutions to our loyal customer base.” OSPAs founder Professor Martin Gill commented, “The OSPAs provide an independent platform to showcase excellence and outstanding performance across the sector ensuring that those who contribute to maintaining high standards are recognised and rewarded.” He continued, “Each year the calibre of the nominations exceeds expectations and makes the job of selecting the winners particularly challenging for the judging panel. All those that were selected as finalists and winners demonstrated that they really are the very best and should feel extremely proud.”  

Crossing one milestone after another, CP PLUS, the leading player of the surveillance industry in India, furthered its international presence with chain of exclusive store launches across the historic country of Egypt. Extending its territorial influence, CP PLUS launched its stores in – Alexandria, Port Said, Mansoura, Cairo, Zagazg, Minya, Sohag, Qena, and Aswan – making its surveillance products and solutions available throughout the nine exclusive stores for Egyptian customers. A grand launch was organized across each of the CP PLUS store with a ceremonial cake cutting by the members of the CP PLUS team. Commenting on the Egypt debut, Aditya Khemka, MD – CP PLUS said, “We were looking forward to this launch, and opening of the CP PLUS exclusive stores in Egypt is one of the proudest moments for us. It is exciting to expand our reach and see ourselves visible on this part of the world. Egypt should prove a favorable market for us since the on-going development and infrastructural advancements will be beneficial for the business to penetrate deeper. Also, this location will provide us with an opportunity to eye the neighboring locations of the middle eastern continent. We want to work towards making the security and surveillance domain a prominent and flourishing sector here, and target more and more customers to gain business mileage.” During the store launches, team CP PLUS displayed specific security solutions such as T&A solutions, VDP solution, intelligent network solution, artificial intelligence based solution and HD surveillance solution, among others. The CP PLUS stores in Egypt will house wide range of products starting from network cameras, NVR solutions, analog HD cameras, PTZ cameras, digital video recorders, biometric solutions, vdp solutions, accessories and more. The surveillance industry in Egypt is going through a transitional phase and the country’s infrastructural development is rapidly evolving towards a brighter future. With the store launches, now the CP PLUS team will add another dimension to its   international market reach. In addition, with this CP PLUS is foraying into understanding the customer sentiments and plans to work relentlessly in fulfilling consumer expectations in the Mid-East nation.