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Biometrics: From Face Matching to Trust Infrastructure
Facial recognition is being used to speed up border crossings, reinforce passkeys and support digital financial services. At the same time,...
Klüh Security expands technology portfolio through Verkada partnership
The German security services provider is adding a cloud-based platform to its portfolio of locally hosted video security solutions. The move gives...
Citizen patrols or professionals? Germany’s security industry rejects parallel structures
Germany’s private security industry has criticised proposals to establish citizen patrols as an additional element of public security. The Federal...
AI video analysis improves security at Lillestrøm coach station
At the Lillestrøm coach station in Norway, Akershus Kollektivterminaler has combined comprehensive video surveillance with edge AI, intelligent...
ORGATEC 2026: Turning workplaces into spaces for connection
Around 500 companies from 40 countries are expected in Cologne from 27 to 30 October. The international trade fair for workspace and contract...
German Security Industry Association Welcomes Six New Member Companies
Germany’s private security industry association BDSW is expanding its membership. From 1 August 2026, six additional security companies from across...
Genetec Study: Security Data and Access Control Become Integral to Business Operations
Physical security is increasingly moving beyond its traditional role of protection and loss prevention within organizations. The “State of Physical...
Security Industry
BDSW Restructures Legal Affairs Committee: Critical Infrastructure, Labour Law and Regulation in Focus
Germany’s Federal Association of the Security Industry (BDSW) has restructured its Legal Affairs Committee, appointing Nils Böttger as Chairman and...
Drone Security Risks: Protection Begins Before Countermeasures
Drones can penetrate security perimeters, disrupt operations and unsettle organisations without carrying out a direct attack. A new one-day VdS...
TrendAI reorganises its DACH sales team
Cybersecurity provider TrendAI is reorganising its sales management in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Oliver Becker is taking on the role of Vice...
Klüh Security expands technology portfolio through Verkada partnership
The German security services provider is adding a cloud-based platform to its portfolio of locally hosted video security solutions. The move gives...
TrendAI reorganises its DACH sales team
Cybersecurity provider TrendAI is reorganising its sales management in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Oliver Becker is taking on the role of Vice...
Society & Politics
Germany’s Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Expands Police Powers for Domestic Violence and Drone Threats
Electronic monitoring of high-risk domestic violence offenders, digital restraining orders and new powers to detect and counter hostile drones: the...
Growing Acceptance of Video Surveillance Comes With Conditions
A new US survey commissioned by Axis Communications points to a notable shift in public attitudes towards video surveillance. Fifty-eight per cent...
Critical Communications: From Radio Call to Operational Record
Body-worn cameras are sending live video to control rooms, satellites are extending connectivity beyond terrestrial coverage, and AI systems are...
Opinion: Europe Is Asking the Wrong AI Question
Europe wants to become digitally sovereign. Across the continent, governments and industry are investing billions of euros in data centres, cloud...
Products and Solutions
Germany’s SPD Wants an AI Threat Centre — But Berlin’s Long-Term Cyber Strategy Is Far From Settled
Germany’s Social Democrats want artificial intelligence to be treated increasingly as a national-security issue. A policy paper by SPD lawmakers...
Inotec to Showcase Directionally Adjustable Safety Lighting at FeuerTrutz 2026
Inotec Sicherheitstechnik GmbH will demonstrate how fire safety requirements and cost-effective building concepts can be combined at FeuerTrutz...
When AI Starts Acting: Why Enterprises Need to Rethink Security Architecture
AI agents are evolving from digital assistants into active components of enterprise IT. They can operate applications, call APIs, modify files,...
Paxton PaxLock Pro2: When the Door Handle Becomes a Fully Fledged Access Control System
A door handle is hardly the first product most security professionals associate with technological reinvention. That is precisely what makes...










