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BEAUMONT, Texas — Infrared Cameras Incorporated (ICI) recently unveiled its new Biorisk Cloud Platform to help businesses, agencies and healthcare providers protect their people from biorisk threats. Combining infrared technology and a proprietary, Cloud -based data management solution, ICI helps organizations across industries report and manage biorisk, such as COVID-19, to avoid potential safety incidents and operational disruptions. With accurate, real-time temperature readings, ICI’s platform streams data from thermal cameras to ICI’s proprietary Cloud platform to identify biorisk patterns and threats before they cause operational issues like facility closures or shuttering of distribution centers, according to the company. The Cloud platform , supported by Amazon Web Services, is said to readily integrate into an organization’s current business intelligence and operational platforms to help enhance reporting and improve safety and operational processes. Related: Roundtable...

AUSTIN, Texas — Salient Systems, a provider of open architecture video management software solutions, announces Keith Aubele CPP, LPP, has been named as the company’s Chief Security Officer. Aubele brings decades of experience at leading retail organizations to the CSO role, which is the first such position for Salient, the company says. A former director of loss prevention for Walmart Stores and senior vice president of loss prevention for The Home Depot, Aubele will guide Salient’s approach to customer needs in the rapidly changing security landscape, as well as provide overall leadership and direction on corporate risk assessment, strategic planning and global initiatives on behalf of Salient. Aubele also serves on the Asset Protection Council with ASIS Int’l and holds a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with ASIS, and a Loss Prevention Professional certification (LPP) from Missouri Southern University. He has also worked with top Fortune 500 clients while leading his cons...

CHANTILLY, Va. — Corbett Technology Solutions ( CTSI ), a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, announces the acquisition of Star Asset Security, a leader in systems integration, monitoring and managed services across enterprise IT, cyber and physical security infrastructure. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Orlando, Fla., Star Asset Security serves customers via eight offices located throughout the south and central United States. The company offers Cloud-based physical security, IT and cybersecurity solutions enhanced by its ION247 Center of Excellence. ION247 provides managed services out of its network operation center to proactively monitor, maintain and secure clients’ IT environment and physical security infrastructure. Based here, CTSI designs, engineers, installs, maintains and manages highly engineered security, fire, nurse call, A/V, collaboration and communication systems. CTSI serves thousands of clients across the U...

SACREMENTO — Carlyn Perry made an alarming discovery in the bedroom of her Sacramento, Calif., apartment bedroom: she recently found a hidden camera inside what she thought was a smoke detector. “It’s just a really violating feeling, for sure,” she described to KCRA 3 News . “There’s really no way for me to know how long it was there before I found it.” Perry says last month, her apartment complex let her know a maintenance person would be keying into her unit to service the smoke and fire alarms . A few days later, she noticed the device’s cover had fallen open. She went out of town with her boyfriend, and upon her return, she noticed the cover was back up. “So, I asked him if he’d fixed it for me, just like, ‘Oh, thanks for fixing that.’ And he was like, ‘I didn’t fix it,’” Perry said. Confused, the couple decided to take a closer look. That’s when they discovered the device wasn’t a smoke detector at all but a motion-activated surveillance system with a memory card inside. The c...

According to SSI sister publication Campus Safety ‘s 2021 Video Surveillance Deep Dive, video surveillance continues to be incredibly popular with K-12, college and hospital security professionals. A whopping 94% of all respondents to this year’s survey say they have video surveillance systems deployed, with another 4% saying they don’t but plan on buying security cameras in the next two years. Additionally, most say they are quite pleased with the systems they’ve installed. Nearly two-thirds of all respondents rate the coverage and quality of their video surveillance technologies as “excellent” or “good.” “We consistently use CCTV to solve cases. Outside law enforcement agencies frequently ask for our CCTV to assist in their investigations as well,” said one respondent. “We have identified at least one issue, concern or crime every day since we turned the system on,” said another. “Many reported cases related to thefts, fights, protests, mishaps etc. have been solved ...

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada — Senstar, a provider of video management, video analytics and perimeter intrusion detection systems, announces the integration of its Senstar Symphony Common Operating Platform with the HALO IoT Smart Sensor from IPVideo Corp. The integration allows HALO users to monitor alerts and notify personnel of out-of-normal ranges or levels of vaping, sounds and gunshot, chemicals, air quality and health, within the Senstar Symphony Common Operating Platform. HALO, which features vape and air quality detection, audio analytics, chemical and environmental monitoring, now includes an all-new health index, which is said to help combat the spread of airborne diseases by providing occupants immediate alerts to dangerous conditions. The HALO sensor can be deployed in areas previously off-limits to surveillance or other detection because of privacy concerns, such as restrooms, locker rooms, hotel and patient rooms — expanding the possibility for security detection and prot...

ATLANTA — Pye-Barker Fire & Safety announces it has acquired Yarnell Security Systems, a leading commercial and residential security service in central Pennsylvania. This acquisition is said to further strengthen Pye-Barker’s position in CCTV and access control monitoring. Based in Lancaster, Pa., Yarnell provides 24/7 monitoring of commercial and residential fire, security, CCTV and access control systems staffed by certified security personnel local to central Pennsylvania. Yarnell Security serves over 10,000 customers annually. The company was founded by the late Harold Yarnell, Jr. in 1967 and later owned and managed by his children Teri and Ron. Yarnell Security employs 47 team members. Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, founded in 1946, is a leader in fire protection and life safety, with over 110 locations and 3,000 team members. It is a full-service life protection company offering specialties including portable extinguishers, restaurant fire suppression, special hazard sys...