South Africa is increasingly pushing for drones to be used for security and border control and now Milkor has plans to introduce the largest drone ever produced in Africa: the Milkor 380. Pretoria-based Milkor is currently testing its Milkor 380 with the SA Air Force in...
A new conceptual framework could provide vital steps forwards in the bid to improve fire forecasting globally. A paper on plants and fire modelling, published in New Phytologist, revealed that the water and carbon dynamics of plants provide the mechanism that links fire behaviour to plant...
The French government is trying to fast-track legislation in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics that could see artificial intelligence in video surveillance be approved. If approved, it would mark the first time that the country has allowed the use of automated video camera surveillance, where...
VuWall is strengthening its TRx centralised video wall management software with continuous updates to meet evolving needs. The company’s TRx 3.4 was showcased for the first time at last month’s Intersec exhibition. It adds support for SDVoE Multiview mode, video wall mode and USB routing on...
Fire service experts at ESO have been looking forwards to the emerging trends in the fire industry and predicting what fire departments should be preparing for in 2023. Using the expertise of multiple expert team members and millions of data points, ESO has made four bold...
Iris ID has announced that its IrisAccess iCAM 7S series of advanced multifactor biometric iris readers are the first iris biometric devices tested and verified to meet the Security Industry Association (SIA)’s Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) Secure Profile communications standard for access control security...
Members of the Fire Brigades Union in the UK have backed walkouts by a majority of 88%, with a turnout of 73%. Both firefighters and control room staff have opted for strike action – set to begin on February 9 – over pay, after rejecting a...
Kaspersky has achieved a SPARK Matrix award for its managed security services, with service excellence and customer impact both being cited as key drivers of its success. The 2022 SPARK Matrix: Managed Security Services places Kaspersky as a ‘Technology Leader’ ahead of other Aspirants and Challengers....
Danati Fire & Safety – a leading investigator of fires and explosions in South Africa – has been improving its investigating time thanks to the Tiger VOC detector. The tool is able to indicate where a higher-than-usual concentration of VOC may be present at the scene...
Credence Security – a pan-EMEA specialty value-added-distributer and its sister companies, Cyber Security South Africa and Cyber Security Africa Distribution, have been consolidated under a unified brand identity called Trinexia. Vivian Gevers, Chief Operations Officer, Trinexia, said, "We are confident that in this new chapter, we...