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Iris ID, a leading global provider of iris recognition technology, has recently announced that its iCAM 7S series has been certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under license number R-41110639. BIS is the national standards-setting body for India. The recently mandatory BIS certification attests to the safety, quality and reliability of electronic, medical, construction and many other commercial and consumer products. The iCAM 7S series and other company products are extensively used by India’s Unique Identification Authority as part of the country’s national identity program. Registrations, known as Aadhaar numbers, are used for Indians to apply for a passport, obtain a driver’s license, receive social services and many other daily activities. More than 1 billion citizens are enrolled in the program. Mohammed Murad, Vice President Global Sales and Business Development, Iris ID said that the BIS certification is similar to Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards found throughout the world and the CE mark used in Europe. “We’re pleased to have received BIS certification as India is a very important market for Iris ID,” he said, “Our products are used not only by the government agencies, but also by many commercial organizations.” Once a product has passed BIS certification, manufacturers may use the agency’s mark on products used in India. Iris ID authentication systems are currently used worldwide for access control, time and attendance, national ID programs, border crossings, voter registration and many other applications. Iris ID Systems Inc. has been active in iris recognition research, development and production since 1997. The company’s IrisAccess® is the world’s leading deployed iris recognition platform used in thousands of locations daily authenticating the identities of millions of people. More public and private organizations look to IrisAccess for iris based authentication than to all other iris recognition products combined.

Symantec Corp., the world’s leading cyber security company and Fortinet, a global player in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, have recently entered into an expansive partnership agreement to provide customers with the industry’s most comprehensive and robust security solutions. Fortinet’s industry-leading next-generation Firewall (NGFW) capabilities are planned to be integrated into Symantec’s cloud-delivered Web Security Service (WSS). Additionally, Symantec’s industry-leading endpoint protection solutions are also planned to be integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric platform. The technology partnership provides essential security controls across endpoint, network, and cloud environments that are critical to enforcing the zero trust security framework.   WSS, a leader in secure web gateways, is a simple-touse, cloud-delivered network security service that provides protection against advanced threats, provides access control, and safeguards critical business information for secure and compliant cloud application and web use. The integration of Fortinet’s industry-leading FortiGate next-generation Firewall with Symantec’s WSS will result in the most compreDelivering Robust and Comprehensive Cloud Security Service PARTNER WITH hensive set of cloud-delivered threat prevention capabilities in a single service offering on the market today. “As the first step in this technology partnership, we plan to deliver the best-of-breed security through the combination of enterprise-class advanced firewall controls to Symantec’s industry-leading network security service,” said Art Gilliland, EVP and GM Enterprise Products, Symantec, “Through this partnership, we hope to provide joint customers the power of Symantec’s integrated cyber defense platform bolstered by Fortinet’s leading NGFW in an integrated solution that’s easy to use and deploy.” Additionally, Symantec’s industry-leading endpoint protection solution is planned to be integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric platform, providing customers with real-time, actionable threat intelligence and automated response for exploit driven attacks and advanced malware. Interoperability between Fortinet’s SD-WAN technology will also be certified to work with Symantec’s Web Security Service through Symantec’s Technology Integration Partner Program (TIPP). As part of the collaboration, both companies plan to engage in joint go-to-market activities.

Matrix COSEC Access Control Management is a comprehensive and flexible solution designed to meet access control needs of medium and large enterprises. This access control software allows controlling access on three dimensions simultaneously – user, zone and time, by answering three fundamental questions about who, where and when. In addition, the software ensures security of employees and assets with the help of value-added features like anti-pass back, 2-person rule, first-in user, blocked users, door auto re-lock, guard tour, man-trap and smart card based identification. 65,000 devices and one million users. Web based software module. Centralized monitoring and control. Multiple access control policies. User, zone, time based access. Informative reports. SMS and email notifications on exception. Integration with third party hardware.

Inorbit has emerged as one of Mumbai’s popular shopping destinations with its diverse and exceptional offerings in food, fashion and entertainment. Over the last 15 years of being in business, the mall has gained a huge fan following because of the unique shopping experience one can enjoy here. The Axis EN system, which has recently received globally recognised FM Approved accreditation, was installed by Advanced partner, Abhay Fire and Security Engineers, who were tasked with replacing the entire system including full re-configuration, programming and commissioning. The installation, covering the entire shopping mall including all public areas and retail units, comprises two networked 8-loop panels linked to the building management system, and exhaust and pressurisation fans for the building’s smoke control function. Hiren M. Shah, Proprietor at Abhay Fire and Security Engineers said, “Advanced are our first choice of panel every time, combining innovation, intuitive operation and reliability. The Axis EN system was selected thanks to its auto-learn feature and straight-forward programming of multiple zones and outputs according to the requirements of each retail unit.” Available for European, Middle East and South East Asian markets, Axis EN is Advanced’s highest performance analogue panel range, combining 1-8 loop, fire panels configurable up to 200 panel networks with a complete range of wired and wireless loop devices and powerful peripherals. Axis EN, which is part of Advanced’s Axis range of systems, holds global approvals including EN54, UL864 and AS1670. It is designed to go anywhere where high quality, reliable and easy to use fire detection and control is required. Bharat Sharma, Division General Manager for Fire Safety Solutions in India said, “Due to their complexity, Advanced Selected to Protect Premier Shopping Destination in Mumbai Industry-leading fire panels from Advanced have been installed great consideration must go into the fire protection for retail developments, with the Inorbit Mall being no different. Advanced is renowned for making things easy, even on more complex installations, and its products enjoy a reputation for real quality and performance making them the fire systems of choice.” Advanced, owned by FTSE 100 company Halma PLC, have a long history of protecting some of the most high-profile retail developments around the globe including Westfield Shopping Centre, Sydney and One New Change, London. Advanced is a world leader in the development and manufacture of intelligent fire systems. The legendary performance, quality and ease of use of its products sees Advanced specified in locations all over the world, from single panel installations to large, multi-site networks. Advanced’s products include complete fire detection systems, multi-protocol fire panels, extinguishing control, fire paging and false alarm management systems.

FFT, the leading market supplier of fibre optic intrusion detection and location products, has announced the successful supply of its 100th premium high sensitivity intrusion detection controller by its Indian-based subsidiary, FFT India Pvt. Ltd. The company has also taken the opportunity to offer its considerable gratitude to Austrade (The Australian Trade and Investment Commission) for its diplomatic and introductory assistance across a number of vital project tenders. The occasion was marked by a cake-cutting ceremony held on in presence of the FFT team and Leonie Muldoon, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner – South Asia at Austrade. The ceremony also recognised the continued assistance of Austrade – including direct support from the Senior Trade Commissioner herself, who recently took part in face-to-face meetings and championed FFT’s solutions as part of a successful tender. Sanjay Oberoi, Country Manager – India, FFT commented, “We are excited and very proud to have reached this considerable milestone in FFT’s penetration of the Indian market. Our high-end controllers provide premium long-range solutions for some of the most demanding and security-conscious installations in the world. This success is no small part thanks to the continued high levels of support from Austrade, who has whole-heartedly demonstrated its ongoing commitment to assisting Australian manufacturing and development businesses as they trade around the world. We are immensely grateful to the Austrade team for their support.” Leonie Muldoon at Austrade said, “FFT is a great example of an Australian business that is flourishing in the Indian market by providing the very best solutions to its customers. We are proud to assist Australian businesses by leveraging our local relationships and commercial knowledge in markets such as India to ensure there are no unnecessary barriers to effective trade. We congratulate FFT on this impressive landmark achievement.” Having developed and manufactured fibre optic based sensing systems for security applications since 1994, FFT’s market-leading solutions deliver performance levels and cost advantages unavailable with other sensing technologies. FFT’s fibre optic systems boast long range (up to 80km for perimeter fences or 110km for pipelines, on selected controllers), highly accurate event location, powerful artificial intelligence (AI) analysis and low installation costs, along with impressive safety and reliability, and seamless integration with third party systems and equipment. FFT’s technology is unique and proven time and again. FFT India Pvt. Ltd. has traded in India for the last six years. It has a local expert team of trained and certified engineers in the country which provide solution design, installation guidance, commissioning, training and on-site technical support (both under warranty and post warranty). The company has so far won over 50,000 kms of intrusion detection for perimeter, NLD backbone and pipeline intrusion detection.    

Matrix is participating in Intersec 2019 – the prestigious and world’s premier trade fair for security, safety and fire protection. The expo is to be held in the Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai from 20 to 22 January 2019. Matrix will exhibit its new door controller, and time-attendance, access control and video surveillance solutions at the event. Matrix is well-known for its indigenous and innovative range of solutions for IP video surveillance, access control, time-attendance and unified communications. All these solutions are specifically designed for large, multi-location enterprises, and SME and SMB organizations. Matrix Comsec continuously works towards keeping abreast with the constantly upgrading technology by designing and manufacturing solutions that are equipped with the latest technology. Matrix will also present some of its indigenously engineered new generation technologies such as video analytics, AI, deep learning and Cloud etc., at Intersec 2019. Live demonstrations COSEC ARGO – is the next generation door controller with a blend of performance and aesthetics. The door controller is equipped with features like 3.5” IPS touchscreen LCD with Gorilla Glass, full frontal glass, open connectivity with Ethernet, Wi-Fi, BLE, USB, PoE, ultrafast fingerprint identification (2x fast sensor), wall and flush mount options, simple and clean installation with minimum wiring, intuitive user experience, vandal resistant enclosure with IK08, and suitable for outdoor applications with IP65. It benefits organizations with reduced user verification time, higher security, versatility, improved productivity, low IT infrastructure cost, future proof, flexibility etc. Additionally, the device comes with higher processing speed, wall and flush mounting options, and increased fingerprint and event storage capacity, that further enhance its efficiency. COSEC VYOM – Solution experts will discuss how it assists users in using applications, hardware and software – all as a service simultaneously. Matrix NETRA series of 2MP & 3MP IP cameras offer superior image quality along with multiple streams, video analytics and edge recording. Matrix PARAM series of NVRX offer high-resolution recording, live view of multiple streams, innovative cascading, powerful investigator and instant notifications. Weighbridge integration – collects pictorial evidence of inward or outward vehicles by mapping unique numbers such as license plates, challan numbers or token numbers for further verification and auditing. Parking management – addresses the need for automated functioning of small, medium or large parking areas.

Hikvision participated in the 13th World Education Summit to showcase its innovative solutions for the education sector. The event was organized by Elets Technomedia in Bombay exhibition Center, Mumbai during 7-8 December 2018. It was inaugurated by Ms. Meeta Rajivlochan, Principal Secretary & State Project Director, State Project Directorate – RUSA, Government of Maharashtra. The World Education Summit was based on the concept of ‘innovation in education.’ The grand congregation served as a platform for numerous distinguished education leaders and stakeholders of the education sector to discuss and deliberate upon latest innovative practices in the education sector. “We at Hikvision are supporting ‘School Security’ and ‘Secure Campuses’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs in India to create awareness about the education security issues, which can be addressed effectively through innovative security solutions. World Education Summit was the perfect platform to showcase a wide range of Hikvision security solutions. We also have the latest broadcasting solution and face recognition terminals for education sector,” said Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd., “Hikvision’s smart solution for schools and campuses secures educational facilities with its advanced technology, powerful cameras, and critical recording devices.” Hikvision focused on promoting the broadcasting solution, which comprised a PTZ camera with a smart tracking option. This special camera tracks the teacher during the ongoing lecture and zooms in when the teachers writes something on the board. This feed can be streamed live to other classes in the building or even to any part of the world. The live lecture can even be webcasted on the YouTube in real time. It even records the whole lecture to be played or seen later by anyone anytime. Hikvision also displayed a unique Artificial Intelligence led classroom attendance solution there. This comprises one of its kind dual lens target capture camera, which is capable of capturing far away images, as well as close-up images with the help of a distant view camera and a tracking PTZ camera – both rolled into one. This series of camera can be used extensively to capture images in high definition scenarios which involve a wide area monitoring range, typically in a classroom scenario where the attendance of students can be taken by the face recognition technology – no manual intervention. A mammoth problem of attendance by proxies during classroom examinations can now be resolved with the help of these cameras. The educational extravaganza witnessed participation from eminent key stakeholders of government, pre-school, school, higher education, skills and vocational training, edu-tech, and start-ups sector. The summit witnessed insightful discussions on various aspects of school and higher education for two days. Hikvision stall attracted a good number of industry specific visitors, which included decision makers from the education institutions. The overall response was good as the event generated some relevant enquiries, the Hikvision team claimed.

Fire & Security India Expo (FSIE) continues to grow and brings together experts for preventive fire protection and security solutions. Now in its third year, the show will mark its debut in Mumbai at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) from 28 February to 2 March 2019. The event is organised by NürnbergMesse India in co-operation with Fire & Security Association of India (FSAI). The trade fair brings together over 150 leading brands displaying solutions for active, passive, and organisational fire safety and security management. Increase in floor space With over 10,000 sq. mtrs. of exhibition space, FSIE 2019 will have live product demonstrations across cutting edge technologies in the IBMS/ IoT space, with special focus on low voltage security systems, and new technology in fire protection & life safety systems. Interests of end customers shall be given special attentions and hence they are being specifically invited to the exhibition. FSIE will bring a unique concentrated market overview of integrated solutions for fire protection and security, especially those that intelligently combine innovation and technology. Conferences & workshops The expo will also see conferences and workshops addressing key topics related to fire safety and security. Buyer-seller meetings, trade delegations and similar others are some of the concurrent highlights that will make a part of the expo. Awards & recognition In addition, to promote innovation and recognize extraordinary contribution of organizations and individuals in the field of security, safety, firefighting and emergency response – annual FIST Awards are conducted in association with Fire & Security Association of India (FSAI), which is a major attraction of the event. NürnbergMesse is one of the 15 largest exhibition companies in the world. The portfolio covers some 120 national and international exhibitions and congresses, and approximately 40 sponsored pavilions at the Nuremberg location and worldwide. Every year, around 30,000 exhibitors (international share: 41%) and up to 1.4 million visitors (international share of trade visitors: 24%) participate in the own, partner and guest events of the NürnbergMesse Group, which is present with subsidiaries in China, North America, Brazil, Italy and India. The group also has a network of about 50 representatives operating in over 100 countries.

IISSM for striving tirelessly towards the cause of security, safety, fire and loss prevention for last 28 years. He stressed the need for the government and private sector to work together for greater efficiency and advancement of the sector. He said that there is a need for sending out the right signal to the world regarding safety and security in India. There was a thought provoking and inspiring address to the participants by Jayant Sinha, MoS, Civil Aviation who appreciated IISSM for bringing together such a distinguished gathering from across the country as well as the world, and apprised all the participants of the latest technology being used in aviation sector which will usher it in a new era. The other ministers who addressed the conclave were Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of Labour & Employment; Giriraj Singh, MoS, MSME; and Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Science & Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change. Mrs. Aruna Sundararajan, IAS, Chairman, Telecom Commission and Secretary, Dept of Telecommunications, Govt. of India, also addressed the audience. Panel discussions This year IISSM Conclave organized five panel discussions whereby the policy makers, innovators, and experts from various domains shared their views and the audience got to come across the technology aspects, their plans, and processes which are yet to come and become the integral part of their life in 3 to 5 years down the line. The topics of panel Discussions were HSSE – Sustainable Growth and Development in Healthcare, Hospitality and Retail; Social Media and Data Privacy – Opportunities and Threats in a Cyber Environment; Challenges and Opportunities in Corporate Security and Property Conservation Programmes; Security, Safety, Vigilance and Responses in a Smart City; and Road Safety – An Operational Risk and Collaborative Solutions. All panel discussion were very lucid and informative and they evinced excellent question-answer sessions, thus making them very interactive. IISSM Security and Safety Excellence Awards 2018 The much coveted awards in security/ safety sector – IISSM Security and Safety Excellence Awards 2018 were awarded to those organizations that have set an example for others to follow and contributed immensely to the sector. There was individual excellence awards for those who think out of the box, and execute it on the ground – thus contributing a great deal to the society. The awards were given by various ministers including Suresh Prabhu, K.J. Alphons, Santosh Gangawar, Jayant Sinha, Giriraj Singh, and Dr. Harsh Vardhan, after their address to the participants. Apart from these Awards, there were special awards for professionals whose contributions have been remarkable in spreading the brand IISSM in various parts of the country. Fellowship Awards 2018 Dr. Harsh Vardhan presented IISSM the Fellowship Awards in appreciation and recognition of their contribution for enhancing the standards and ethical practices in the profession of security, safety, fire prevention, introduction of technology, and to make the loss prevention as the key management practices for improvement of the profitability. In his valedictory address Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Culture stressed the need to have frequent deliberations on such topics. He said in spite of being a minister he was an entrepreneur, and from his own experience he knew if security and safety gaps are left open, it can cause irreparable damage to the growth. He also stressed the need for preservation, maintenance and security of heritage monuments. The conclave was concluded with a vote of thanks. The participants dispersed to their places with an enriched experience and looked forward to attending the next IISSM conclave in 2019. The next IISSM Global Conclave is likely to be held in Bangalore in the month of November 2019.

The police personnel in India need to be trained in information technology (IT), and be exposed to digital technologies to avoid getting left behind in the era of cyber policing, a top official of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said at a recently held ASSOCHAM event in New Delhi. “The future of smart policing is cyber policing, there is no future of conventional policing. It can only be guidance but it has to be cyber policing in the future in both real and virtual worlds,” said Sanjay Goel, Joint Secretary, MeitY. Mr Goel who is heading the e-governance division in MeitY also added, “The Ministry is aware of challenges in data analytics. Recognising this, my team has set up a Centre for Data Analytics under NIC (National Informatics Centre) in Delhi itself.” Considering that there are no boundaries in cyber world, Mr Goel said that this has made policing more challenging and complex, “We are up to the challenge and our security authorities are moving ahead with times and taking the challenge head-on.” Talking about the digital initiatives of the government, he said, “So far with three governance initiatives and various electronic initiatives and digitalisation we have done, we have been able to ensure flow of information, and now we are migrating towards smart policing.” He said that latest technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), internet of things (IOTs), robotics and data analytics should be made available to the police authorities at the site of an emergency as these are the soul of smart policing which should become the new norm. Noting that these technologies are four decades old, he said, “Now with increase in computing powers and improvement in tools we have, we are able to tap it and we need to catch up with rapidly changing technology.” Amid others who addressed the ASSOCHAM seminar included – DrLovneesh Chanana, Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on IT/ ITeS and Vice-President (Digital Government), SAP India Pvt. Ltd.; Anil Dhawan, Co-chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Homeland Security, and Ankur Sareen, AGM, Networking Embedded Appliance Division Delivery, NEC Technologies. ASSOCHAM initiated its endeavour of value creation for Indian industry in 1920. It was established by promoter Chambers, representing all regions of India. Having in its fold over 400 chambers and trade associations, and serving over 4.5 lakh members across India. ASSOCHAM has emerged as the fountainhead of knowledge for Indian industry, which is all set to redefine the dynamics of growth and development in the knowledge based economy.