While fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, people from all walks of life and institutions from all over the world have also shown goodwill and donated various anti-pandemic materials to places in need. As a world-leading video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, Dahua Technology adheres to its social responsibility by donating high accuracy thermal body temperature measurement equipment to multiple countries across the globe to aid the prevention and control of the pandemic.

Recently, with the support of the Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health received two sets of thermal body temperature measurement equipment donated by Dahua Middle East FZE. These two systems have been deployed at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, providing efficient, visible and real-time screening of passengers. Termalna kamera precizno mjeri tjelesnu temperaturu s mogućom greškom od ±0,3℃. Pomoću AI algoritma može mjeriti temperaturu više ljudi s udaljenosti od tri metra.

The industry’s latest thermal camera launched by Dahua Technology is capable of highly accurate body temperature measurement up to ±0.3℃ (with blackbody). With built-in AI algorithm, it can measure multiple people from up to 3-metres distance, enabling fast and non-contact access.

Moreover, in order to help more affected countries to take effective preventive measures at an early stage, other Dahua overseas branches have also joined the donation efforts abroad.

Dahua Technology South Africa (PTY) Ltd. donated a set of thermal body temperature measurement equipment to the Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa. Under the guidance and suggestions of the embassy representatives, the equipment was successfully installed by Dahua local technicians and it was visited later by Ms. Funeka Bongweni from the country’s National Department of Health (NDoH) – Port Health. Ms. Bongweni expresses her high expectations of Dahua Technology’s thermal body temperature measurement solution.

In New Zealand, the same equipment was donated and installed on March 5. It was immediately tested for effectiveness by H.E.Ms. Wu Xi, the Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand, and three government counsellors for business and education. They spoke very highly of Dahua Technology’s thermal solution and its temperature measurement accuracy.

At the same time, Dahua Technology’s donations have also been recognised and appreciated in other relevant departments. Dahua Middle East FZE donated 76,000 disposable surgical masks and 2,000 N95 masks to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sent an appreciation letter that reads: “Your actions attested the togetherness of hearts in difficult times.” A letter from The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University also expresses gratitude towards Dahua’s generous donation of protective materials for its medical staff, which greatly increased their confidence while serving in the frontline.

Suprema has introduced a new logo to celebrate 20 years of successful activity in the biometrics industry, the company announced.

The biometrics company has a sales network that spans across 140 countries and boasts more than one billion users. Suprema’s product portfolio addresses access control systems, time and attendance solutions, mobile access solutions and fingerprint live scanners. In its 20-year business activity, Suprema has gained number 1 market share in biometric access control in EMEA and has been included among top 50 security manufacturers in the world.

Suprema has also reported an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20 percent. Over 40 percent of staff are involved in research and development efforts, as the company has every year committed over 16 percent of sales in research and development.

The anniversary logo includes two colors: infinite burgundy and superior purple to emphasize company vision, culture and technical expertise.

“We would like to give special thanks to all our partners and employees who have made this possible,” said Suprema Founder and Chairman, James Lee, in a prepared statement. “Everyone at Suprema is ready to lead our next 20 years.”

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More than 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Although recent years have witnessed significant progress in identity theft protection technologies and solutions, many US citizens still don’t know how to protect their sensitive information.

According to data gathered by PreciseSecurity.com, the number of identity theft complaints in the United States increased by 45% and reached over 650,000 in 2019. With more than 270,000 reports, credit card frauds represented the leading type of identity theft crime in the last year.

New Account Credit Card Frauds Jumped 88% in a Year

Most identity thefts are crimes of opportunity. Identity thieves usually target people who don`t report suspicious activity on their credit reports and don’t regularly check for identity theft warning signs.

In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Sentinel Network received nearly 80,000 reports of people whose information was used for credit card frauds. By 2016, the number of reports rose by more than 65% and reached 124,500. The next two years witnessed a slight slowdown in the rising trend, with the number of credit card frauds reaching nearly 158,000 reports in 2019. However, by the end of the last year, the number of Americans reporting this type of identity theft crime jumped over 40% to a 271,823 figure.

The 2019 statistics also revealed interesting information about mostly attacked credit card users. During the last year, the Sentinel Network received more than 31,000 reports from people who said their information was misused on an existing bank account, representing a 4% decline compared to 2018 figures. However, over 246,000 credit card frauds were carried out on new accounts, or 88% more than a year before.

Nearly 30% of Credit Card Fraud Victims are in Their Thirties

Identity thieves can get a victim’s credit card number by using fraudulent websites or credit card skimmers. However, the credit card number can also get exposed to a data breach.

The 2019 data revealed that Americans in their thirties were the most exposed to credit card frauds, with 74,572 complaints or nearly 30% of all reports last year.

More than 55,600 complaints were from people in their fifties, making it the second-largest age group in the total number of reports. US citizens in their twenties ranked in third place with over 43,000 credit card fraud reports in 2019.

When your business is responsible for the valuables of a lot of people, security is a crucial business value. De Nederlandse Kluis, the largest independent provider of professional safe deposit boxes in the Netherlands, recently upgraded its security system to cater for suitably large data storage and multiple, controlled access points. Systems integrator Van der Perk Security installed this, using a Hikvision solution.

Challenge

De Nederlandse Kluis needed to be able to back up video recordings from cameras in locations all over the Netherlands in a central datacenter. The locations needed to be able to see each other’s feeds. However, although only one uploaded stream per camera was allowed to the datacenter, it needed to deal with multiple streams throughout the whole system. Bandwidth control was an important element of the project, as they deal with a lot of content. With a number of users accessing the system from different locations, access control rights management was also important.

There was also the question of being able to see in the vault after another security measure filled it with smoke.

Finally, secure storage is a key part of a security solution that spans so many locations, with feeds from multiple cameras creating a large amount of data.

Of course, all of this needed to seamlessly integrate, with a central management system controlling it all and providing operators with an overview, depending on their access rights.

Solution

In total, the solution comprised 720 Hikvision cameras of increasing resolution (2 MP / 3 MP / 4 MP). These are installed at 32 locations around the Netherlands, each with its own Embedded 4K NVR (DS-7716NI-K4). The security in each of the vaults has been increased with a bi-spectrum thermal camera. This is to allow operators to monitor the situation inside the vault even when another security feature has filled the room with smoke to make it impossible for any ‘wrong-doers’ to see. With the thermal camera able to pick up thermal signatures, the system can still detect people, giving security personnel the advantage.

The central data center holds all of these footages separately to the vault locations, so even if the NVR (and therefore, its recordings) is stolen, the footage is still accessible, making further investigation possible. To achieve this, a central server was installed, with a Hikvision Hybrid SAN storage server (DS-A82024D), boasting a 64-bit multi-core processor and 24 HDDs. The solution was completed with a HikCentral video management system used to bring all of the elements together.

HikCentral delivers the flexibility to manage all streams from all the locations, as well as the users from them. Different users have various levels of access, and this is all administered by the HikCentral software.

For example, the system can combine 12 user streams into one. This set-up means that security personnel from each of the sites can tap into the feeds from another. They could, for example, have the footage from different sites on different screens within their office, making it easier to monitor each other’s premises.

This means that all branches of De Nederlandse Kluis are monitored 24 hours per day through live camera images. These images are sent real-time to the control room, where they can be analyzed and stored.

A unique feature of this solution is the fact that the back-up only kicks in when the system detects motion in one of the vaults. This is an innovative way to reduce the amount of data stored – helpful both in data storage requirement and sheer amounts of data to search through in case of an incident.

Peter van der Perk, owner of the system integration company responsible for installation, says: “The total solution with the HikCentral VMS and back-up recording is exactly what De Nederlandse Kluis needed from their management system. On top of that, Hikvision could provide the best solution for the best price.”

The advent of 4G and 5G internet of things (IoT)-based connectivity is spurring the online migration of smart-city applications, helping generate a more than sevenfold increase in smart-city artificial intelligence (AI) software revenue by 2025.

The global smart-city AI software market is set to soar to $4.9 billion in 2025, up from $673.8 million in 2019, according to Omdia. Wireless data communications standards are enabling smart-city applications to move into the online realm, where they can capitalize on the latest AI innovations. The growing capabilities of AI are enabling data and insights collected through IoT networks to be monitored, analyzed and acted upon.

“From video surveillance, to traffic control, to street lighting, smart-city use cases of all types are defined by the collection, management and usage of data,” said Keith Kirkpatrick, principal analyst for AI at Omdia. “However, until recently, connecting disparate components and systems together to work in concert has been challenging due to the lack of connectivity solutions that are fast, cost effective, low latency and ubiquitous in coverage. These challenges now are being overcome by leveraging advances in AI and connectivity.”

Using the power of AI, smart-city systems can create municipal systems and services that not only operate more efficiently, but also provide significant benefits to workers and visitors. These benefits can come in many forms, including reduced crime, cleaner air, more orderly traffic flow and more efficient government services.

Smart cities leverage AI for video surveillance

One example of how smart cities are leveraging AI is in the video surveillance realm.

When hosting public events, some cities are beginning to use video cameras that are mated to AI-based video analytics technology. The goal is to have AI algorithms scan the video and look for behavioral or situational anomalies that could indicate that a terrorist act or other outbreaks of violence may be about to occur.

However, cities are increasingly employing cloud-based AI systems that can search footage from most closed-circuit TV (CCTV) systems, allowing the platform and technology to be applied to existing camera infrastructure. Furthermore, video surveillance can be combined with AI-based object detection to perform tasks including learning patterns in an area; detecting faces, gender, heights and moods; reading license plates; and identifying anomalies or potential threats, such as unattended packages.

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An executive order is being prepared to ban federal agencies from buying or using foreign-made drones, building on previous moves by the Interior Department to ground its entire fleet of drones, all of which had parts manufactured in China.

The draft order, which was reported by TechCrunch, specifically cites national security threats posed by Chinese manufacturers as the reasoning behind the ban. The Trump administration fears that sensitive data collected by drones could be accessed by the Chinese companies, which are required to collaborate and share information with Chinese authorities if asked.

The order will “encourage” domestically built drones and that federal agencies would have one month to comply with the ban, according to TechCrunch. Military and intelligence agencies would be granted widespread exemptions under the terms of the draft order, TechCrunch reported.

China-based drone manufacturer would stand to lose the most from the ban. DJI accounts for 70 percent of the world drone market and formerly supplied many of the parts and drones for federal agencies. Michael Oldenburg, a DJI spokesperson, stated the company’s opposition to any proposed ban on foreign-made drones.

“While we haven’t seen the document, this proposal is another attack on drone technology based on its country of origin, which recent reporting has shown has been criticized within federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service and even the White House Office of Management and Budget,” Oldenburg told TechCrunch.

He added: “When communicating among themselves, these agencies’ officials have explained how such an approach damages American interests and does not solve any cybersecurity issues, and have acknowledged that DJI’s products have been validated as secure for use in government operations.”

The global fire alarm and detection market size is expected to reach USD 75.3 billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 8.5% over the forecast period, according to a study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc. 

Increasing awareness towards the safety and security of assets across the globe is expected to offer significant opportunities for technological innovations in the market. Additionally, rise in the consumer spending on fire protection devices especially across the enterprise and industrial sectors in order to reduce the risk of accidents is expected to spur market growth. Moreover, stringent government regulations and mandates regarding workplace safety, and increasing demand for state-of-the-art fire alarm & detection system is expected to fuel the market.

A growing number of fire accidents has developed into the need for installation of advanced alarm and detection systems across the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. For instance, legislative requirements from different countries including the National Fire Protection Association, USA, and Building Code of Australia have mandated the installation of fire detection devices, thereby boosting the demand for these devices.

North America dominated the market in 2019 and is expected by the researchers to continue its dominance over the forthcoming years.  Whilst the Asia Pacific region is anticipated to exhibit the highest CAGR from 2020 to 2027. Growing industrialisation and urbanisation in emerging markets such as India, China, and Japan is expected to accelerate infrastructure spending including mass transportation such as airport security for example.

The fire detector segment is expected to dominate the market owing to stringent government regulations across various countries mandating the installation of the devices. For instance, in India, the National Building Code (NBC) was published in 2016 to implement building standards ensuring safety through the use of active and passive smoke detection systems. The segment is expected to reach USD 38.1 billion by 2027.

Within the detectors segment, smoke detectors are expected to dominate and the analysts expect that trend to continue over the forecast period, anticipating it to reach USD 17.0 billion by 2027. 

Prominent industry participants cited by the researchers include Bosch; Eaton Gentex; United Technologies Corporation; Honeywell; and Johnson Controls.