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Dahua Technology has recently been crowned with the ‘CSR Brand of 2017’ for its dedicated support to the course of public welfare and well-regarded reputation at the 7th China Charity Festival held in Beijing. Originated in 2011 as the first media selected award to honour organizations/ individuals that make significant contribution to the charity course, China Charity Festival set up 12 awards in total and CSR Brand of the Year is the highest honor granted to a company. The decision was jointly made by charity organizations, major media and renowned institutions/ persons, based not only on the amount of money donated but also on the degree of engagement and effectiveness of the practice. Out of over 1200 companies listed, Dahua Technology was honored with the title. Dahua CSR through job offering & innovation & green products Maintaining its commitment of ‘Enabling a Safer Society and Smarter Living,’ Dahua gives equal importance to both its business growth and fulfillment of its social responsibilities, which helps the enterprise develop in a healthy way and sharpens its competitiveness. Amid its business growth and expansion, Dahua has created more than 12,000 jobs (as of September 30, 2017) and has made considerable contributions to boosting growth of the local economy and social stability. Adhering to its principles of sustainable development, Dahua executes strict management and control throughout its whole business processes including product design, component selection, manufacturing and after-sales service to help protect the environment. For this, Dahua has received the China Environmental Labeling certificate from Ministry of Environmental Protection of P.R.C., and was included in the first government procurement list for green products. Dahua global charity footprints I n response to government encouragement for poverty alleviation, the company has donated funds to poverty-stricken villages and supported students from impoverished families. Through its great passion for public service, Dahua has initiated various activities such as bike rides for charity, blood donations and reading to blind children, encouraging more people to participate in public service campaigns and give back to the community. Dahua is also active globally in its CSR efforts. Burma was hit by the worst-ever flood in August 2016. Dahua Asia-Pacific subsidiary took the initiative to collect and donate relief supplies to local people, helping them through this time of hardship. In April 2017, together with its staff, Dahua Peru subsidiary was at the forefront of fighting against a severe flood disaster in a northern region of Peru.

Hikvision exhibited their latest innovations in surveillance at the recently held Intersec 2018. Hikvision’s exposition at Intersec Dubai was a huge success, with record-breaking attendance, and with Hikvision MENA picking up some exciting accolades. Artificial Intelligence has become the most trending technology in the security industry. This year, under the theme ‘AI+ Empowering Partners,’ Hikvision showcased a series of their latest and most advanced technological innovations with AI technologies – the signature DeepinView series IP cameras and DeepinMind series NVRs outlined the AI trend in the MENA region. Hikvision’s AI Cloud Hikvision’s AI Cloud is a highly efficient distributed computing network incorporating the advantages of both cloud computing and edge computing. This hybrid computing structure helps relieve the concurrency stress on the cloud by moving huge amounts of data processing to AI-enabled edge devices – a more reasonable and efficient resource allocation that can solve the network congestion and low reliability problems typically inherent in a conventional cloud structure. At the exhibition, Hikvision showcased the signature DeepinView Series IP cameras and DeepinMind Series NVRs and the latest features powered by AI technology. These products aim to tackle basic security challenges in the areas of object detection, facial recognition, and people counting, as well as human body search. Ecosystem partnership program Hikvision has been devoted to seeking and developing the long-term and steady cooperative partner all the time, and take the fulfilling and exceeding of partners’ expectations as our value. At the exhibition, Hikvision invited partners including WD, Seagate, Axxon, Milestone and Intel to showcase integrated collaboration and applications in various fields. Industry solutions Hikvision has already successfully applied AI technology in many vertical markets such as smart cities, intelligent traffic systems, and integrated security solutions. Hikvision introduced the most complete and innovative intelligent traffic system (ITS) solution to demonstrate how it helps reduce traffic congestion, identify violators, and intercept suspicious vehicles – all with a smart and data-driven approach. The DarkFighterX At Intersec, Hikvision exhibited the DarkFighterX series cameras, which expand upon the human sense of sight by first mimicking the human eye – two distinct sensors for capturing and combining brightness and colour – then extending that ability in extremely lowlight environments. The technology results in colourful, bright, and accurate imaging, making night time surveillance video appear nearly as clear as daytime video.  

NEC Corporation and NEC Asia Pacific announced the successful completion of three Safety and Security test bed projects, held in and near Jurong Island, under the Safety and Security Industry Programme (SSIP) 2020. The SSIP 2020 is led by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and done in collaboration with JTC. ne in collaboration with JTC. The three trials were conducted over a period of 12 months from September 2016, and are aimed at using data analytics and security insights to address Singapore’s safety and security needs. The trials involved early detection of suspicious behaviour, off-site security clearance of authorised personnel and on-the-spot enrolment for first-time visitor access to controlled areas. In the first trial, NEC provided and tested a system that utilised its high performance NeoFace® Facial Recognition software together with the Intelligent Complex Event Processing engine which correlates audio and video analytics, to detect suspicious behaviour and identify Persons of Interest (POIs) in both indoor and outdoor areas. The second trial facilitated off-site security clearance for entry of authorised personnel into Jurong Island, thus reducing congestion at checkpoints. NEC provided and tested a Bus Sensors Monitoring Management System using customised tamper-proof security sensors to prevent un-authorised opening of vehicle doors during bus journeys. The third trial tested the feasibility of an automated system to provide a more efficient method of enrolling first-time visitors for entry into Jurong Island. The system leveraged NEC’s world-leading biometric solution to expedite clearance of such visitors via onthe-spot facial and fingerprint recognition enrolment at car inspection bays. For all the 3 trials, the technologies provided real-time monitoring and alerts to the simulated Command Centre, to inform the authorities of activities which may require law enforcement action. As one of the world leaders in ICT and Public Safety solutions, NEC hopes to further collaborate with the government to address heightened security threats in the areas of critical infrastructure, border control and city surveillance for a safer and more secure Singapore. “Our safety and security agencies are continuously seeking to make use of new technologies and innovation to keep up with challenges and maintain our operational excellence. Testing innovative solutions through the SSIP provides a useful platform to do so, and we look forward to more collaboration with solutions providers to address safety and security challenges, and to serve the public better,” said Mr Ng Yeow Boon, Senior Director of MHA’s Ops-Tech Group. “JTC is always on the lookout for new solutions to ensure a safer environment in our industrial space. A key example is how we achieved better security operations by improving biometric access control at Jurong Island. We are pleased to support these latest efforts to testbed new security innovations,” said Heah Soon Poh, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Engineering and Operations Group, JTC. In June 2014, an NEC-led consortium completed the first phase of the Safe City Test Bed initiative at Orchard Road for the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Economic Development Board.

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 will also provide them with access to the FICO® Enterprise Security Score Portrait product, which can help a firm identify and mitigate weaknesses in its defenses. As cyber insurance is a relatively new class of insurance, underwriters have lacked historic actuarial data upon which to base underwriting decisions. The FICO Enterprise Security Score provides an accurate, empirical, and forward-looking assessment of the overall cyber risk exposure of an enterprise, which insurers can use for underwriting, pricing and ongoing portfolio management. “We partnered with FICO because of its expertise and experience in predictive analytics and its strong focus on risk quantification,” said Graeme King, Business Group Leader for Cyber at Barbican, “The FICO Enterprise Security Score gives our underwriters a predictive, stable and objective rating to help better assess cyber risks. It also encourages our insureds to improve their cybersecurity. Using the FICO Enterprise Security Score Portrait product, our insureds receive actionable information to help them proactively strengthen their defenses and reduce their exposure to potential risks.” The FICO Enterprise Security Score is unique in its machine learning approach, internet-scale data collection and pool of curated exemplars. While other firms leverage judgmental assessments, and focus on producing the longest possible list of potential vulnerabilities, FICO’s purely empirical techniques apply data-driven risk quantification, and allow the user to focus exclusively on issues that are demonstrably correlated with breach outcomes. Jeffrey Wheatman, Research Director at Gartner, notes, “By 2022, cybersecurity ratings will become as important as credit ratings when assessing the risk of business relationships.” “FICO has a history of delivering powerful risk metrics to the insurance industry and the consumer credit space,” said Doug Clare, FICO’s Vice President for Cybersecurity Solutions, “Partnering with Barbican Insurance to give their underwriting team the ability to better measure and manage their portfolio risk is part of our focus on delivering an industry-standard score to the cyber insurance market. By offering premium credit to their cyber policy holders for the use of the FICO Enterprise Security Score Portrait, Barbican is taking risk mitigation much further than the yearly assessments that are common today.”  

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 to the notice issued by SIPO, Dahua is one of the 182 companies crowned with the title. These companies are widely acknowledged as key companies that can lead and greatly influence industry in their own realms. In 2016, Dahua continued its high investment in R&D, which reached 10.69% of sales revenue this year. Till the end of November, 2017, Dahua R&D center, with more than 6000 employees, has filed more than 1340 patents; 654 have been granted including 146 invention patents. Dahua is working hard to accelerate the transformation of technological achievements to actual productivity, creating added values to its customers and partners.

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 steps to broaden its membership composition and to chart a path forward that aligns with new organizational goals and strategies, as well as addressing the needs of security professionals worldwide,” said Sue Carioti, ASIS International Vice President, Certifications, Standards & Guidelines, “We are pleased to welcome 20 new members to the 2018 Commission. These individuals bring diverse perspectives, fresh ideas and a wealth of global experience to their roles.” The commission, which doubled in size in 2018 and now includes representatives from eleven countries, will be led by Bernard Greenawalt, CPP, Vice President, Securitas Security Services USA, Eugene Ferraro, CPP, PCI, Chief Executive, Forensic Pathways, Inc. will serve as Vice Chair. Top priorities include continuation of work on standards in the areas of security awareness, private security officer selection and training, and workplace violence prevention and intervention. The Commission will also review existing standards and guidelines with an emphasis on relevance and gap analysis, consider the restructure of standards and guidelines programs, and increase integration in ASIS knowledge and learning programs.  

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 steps to broaden its membership composition and to chart a path forward that aligns with new organizational goals and strategies, as well as addressing the needs of security professionals worldwide,” said Sue Carioti, ASIS International Vice President, Certifications, Standards & Guidelines, “We are pleased to welcome 20 new members to the 2018 Commission. These individuals bring diverse perspectives, fresh ideas and a wealth of global experience to their roles.” The commission, which doubled in size in 2018 and now includes representatives from eleven countries, will be led by Bernard Greenawalt, CPP, Vice President, Securitas Security Services USA, Eugene Ferraro, CPP, PCI, Chief Executive, Forensic Pathways, Inc. will serve as Vice Chair. Top priorities include continuation of work on standards in the areas of security awareness, private security officer selection and training, and workplace violence prevention and intervention. The Commission will also review existing standards and guidelines with an emphasis on relevance and gap analysis, consider the restructure of standards and guidelines programs, and increase integration in ASIS knowledge and learning programs.

Seagate Technology LLC and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. have recently held a ceremony to commemorate ten years’ partnership at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center of China. Dahua Technology VP and General Manager of the Domestic Business, Zhang Wei, and Global VP and President of China Region Seagate Technology, Ms. Sun Dan, were present at the ceremony to celebrate their ten years’ partnership and join hands in riding the new wave of artificial intelligence in the development of the security industry. During the event, Seagate awarded Dahua the title of ‘Seagate Global Security Strategic Partner,’ further strengthening its cooperation between the industry leaders and continuing to jointly develop market opportunities and drive the development of the security industry. Seagate is a global leader in the field of data storage solutions. Ten years ago, Seagate established a specialized sales and technical team and started partnering with surveillance equipment manufacturers. Seagate Technology Global VP and President of China Region, Ms. Sun Dan noted that during the ten years of cooperation, a strategic relationship was formed and many high-performance, large-volume, and high-reliability storage products were released to provide stronger support to video surveillance storage. “In addition to the procurement and deployment of products, the partnership between Dahua and Seagate also involved all-rounded and in-depth joint effort in the hard disk technological evolution, customized research and development, and market promotion,” stated Zhang Wei, Dahua VP and General Manager of Dahua Domestic Business, “Dahua and Seagate have long been more than just a simple customer and supplier relationship – we are strategic partners whose mutual cooperation is based upon a high degree of trust and interdependency.”