Industry News: Anaheim Schools Upgrade Surveillance
SCHOOL SECURITY
Anaheim Union High School District, one of the largest school districts in California, selected Hanwha Techwin America to help in the district’s endeavor to improve its security infrastructure. After feeling community pressure prompted by security incidents and school shootings at other U.S. schools, the district decided to improve is security camera system. It opted for IP cameras that would allow administrators to monitor or record campus events. The solution included the installation of 1,250 Hanwha Techwin Q series cameras in 20 different locations, including at entrances, exits, exterior restroom doors, staff work areas, and general meeting places. Beyond monitoring for potentially violent incidents, the system also helps the district look for vandalism, graffiti, and even personnel issues, like inappropriate use of school equipment.
MERGERS & MOVES
The acquisition will help 1Password launch a passwordless authentication platform that can be used on every major device, browser, and operating system.
Converge Technology Solutions Corp.//Stone Technologies Group Limited
Converge’s 35th purchase since October 2017, the acquisition of Stone Technologies will deepen the company’s portfolio with information and communications technology solutions.
HUMAN Security, Inc.//clean.io
HUMAN—which focuses on protecting organizations from digital attacks—acquired the anti-malvertising company to further efforts at safeguarding advertising against e-commerce fraud and malvertising. This attack method, malvertising, is when cybercriminals use the programmatic advertising ecosystem to deliver malware to end users via ads.
Cognyte Software Ltd.//Volaris Group
Volaris acquired Cognyte’s Situational Intelligence Solutions for $47.5 million. After the acquisition, the brand was relaunched as Intellicene, and it offers clients a wider range of security and IT expertise.
AWARD
Gallagher won Security Software Manufacturer of the Year at the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. The award honors a software vendor who excels in various areas, including a commitment to high physical, integration, and cybersecurity standards, as well as creates products that meet or exceed the latest environmental and energy usage standards.
CONTRACT
Two U.S. Department of Defense organizations—the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit—jointly awarded five contracts for improving weather-sensing applications. All contracts were granted to prototype commercial solutions: Greensight, Muon Space, NextGen Federal Systems, Tomorrow.io, and Windborne Systems.
ANNOUNCEMENT
With support from Simplilearn, the University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education, is hosting a cybersecurity boot camp to provide information on offensive and defensive enterprise cybersecurity, malware analysis, ethical hacking, securing applications, and more.
PARTNERSHIPS
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy partnered with Gulf Network Security Solutions to install 40 Under Vehicle Surveillance System solutions from ISS to protect stadiums and other venues hosting 2022’s FIFA World Cup soccer matches and events. The units are portable and allow personnel to scan vehicle undercarriages as quickly as three seconds.
Guardsman Group and viisights, Inc., have partnered to improve real-time event recognition and automated reporting in Caribbean nations. The collaboration will let Guardsman companies offer clients detection of advanced weapons, violence, threats, loitering, and personal and environmental safety.
CyberVista partnered with BlackGirlsHack to provide the not-for-profit with free access to foundational cybersecurity training.
