security management

Cloud access control for Fairytale Frozen Yogurt

SALTO Solutions presents the SALTO KS cloud-based access control system

Fairytale Frozen Yogurt wanted more flexibility than a mechanical locking system could provide for its six stores. They achieved this thanks to the SALTO KS cloud-based access control system. The six shop entrance doors were equipped with electronic ...

Cloud access control for retail companies

SALTO KS Keys as a Service: Manage access wire-free and in real-time

With SALTO KS Keys as a Service, all types of wholesalers and retailers, chain restaurants and banks can manage access to all shops, locations, offices and warehouses/storage rooms wire-free and in real-time. This enhances loss prevention, helps to ...

Professional Development Guide – newly updated

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2020

Just published, the Second Edition of the Professional Development Guide contains full details of the learning and development opportunities at ISE 2020. Full listings of manufacturer demo and training sessions have been added, along with updates to ...

Wireless with SVN-Flex from SALTO

SALTO has launched SVN-Flex, a new technology that enables virtual networked access control solutions

In the solutions wireless electronic escutcheons and cylinders act as wire-free updaters. This leads to greater efficiency, security and convenience.The innovation of the SVN-Flex is that users no longer necessarily need hard-wired wall readers to ...

Think Different! Thought leadership at ISE 2020

Over 200 specialists to offer expert opinion and insight

Integrated Systems Europe 2020’s professional development programme will feature over 200 leading experts from a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas across five days of keynotes, conferences, masterclasses, workshops and ...

5 tips for retailers to protect their online customers

Amazon Prime Days inspire cybercriminals to shop for victims

Amazon Prime Days is a summer rerun of Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas shopping – significant price reductions together with a concurrent increase of threat actor activity in the deep and dark web. Looking back, the December 2018 ...

Tackling organized retail crime with video analytics

Inpixon joins forces with National Anti-Organized Retail Crime Association

Inpixon, an indoor positioning and data analytics company, announced it is collaborating with the National Anti-Organized Retail Crime Association (NAORCA Worldwide) to combat retail crime by providing a free 90-day trial offer for IPA Video™ ...

Stores with employee background checks favored

Sterling’s 2019 ‘Retail Industry Screening’ survey

Sterling, expert in background and identity services, today released the results of its 2019 ‘Retail Industry Screening’ survey. An inaugural initiative, the survey examines Americans’ perspectives, experiences and concerns related ...

Achieving goals with the right attitude

Corporate health management is a process, not a one-time event

Employee satisfaction/engagement is critical to the success of any business, big or small. Customers notice if employees are dissatisfied with their jobs.Customer satisfaction, employee recruitment and hiring, employee retention and increasing sales ...

Cyber Criminals: The bad boys of the online world

They also mercilessly attack small and medium-size businesses online

We all have heard of cybercrime and hacking attacks, but we probably didn’t become more informed about it. Smaller online retailers or website operators, in particular, should address this issue and take action. So-called DDoS attacks ...

How does IoT make access control work for you?

Managing security flexibly and remotely with the Internet of Things

Mankind has always considered security a priority. Cavemen blocked entry into their abodes with huge boulders. The early Roman empire were the first to use keys, albeit made of wood. The problem was where there was a will, there was a way. Intruders ...

Recognizing law enforcement and loss prevention experts

Award for commercial companies of the law enforcement authorities

A prosecutor, a veteran retail loss prevention executive who started as a security guard, and an LP team that helped stop an organized crime ring will be honored this week as the National Retail Federation holds its annual NRF PROTECT conference in ...

Organized retail crime on the rise

Organized retail crime is continuing to grow, with 67 percent of retailers surveyed reporting an increase in the past year

The 13th annual ORC study released  by the National Retail Federation found that 96 percent of responding companies had experienced ORC in the past year. Losses averaged $726,351 per $1 billion in sales, an increase from $700,259 last ...

Police and retailers must join forces in the fight against organised retail crime

Impact of international organised retail crime groups operating within the UK is huge

In 2016 we saw the total cost of crime suffered by the retail sector amounting to an astonishing £660m, with £458m attributed to theft. According to the British Retail Consortium, a contributor to this rise was the limited capacity of ...

3 reasons to invest in better valuable goods management

How do you manage the store’s most valuable goods?

Are they stored in a safe, behind the tills or perhaps in another room entirely? In that case, you’ve probably made life more difficult for yourself – this article explains why. ...

New figures reveal wave of cyper-threats and rising violence against staff

The BRC’s annual Retail Crime Survey reveals that 53 per cent of retail fraud is now cyber-enabled, and violence and abuse against staff has risen by 40 per cent

The BRC’s Retail Crime Survey has today laid bare a growing new frontier of retail crime, driven by rising cyber-enabled incidents. It also reports a 40 per cent increase in violence and other forms of abuse against retail workers in the past ...

UKCloud first British firm to achieve iso27018 information security certification

UKCloud has also successfully re-certified against the ISO20000 standard for IT Service Management for a further three years

UKCloud, formerly Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave assured cloud services company, announced that it has achieved certification against the ISO27018 information security standard, for the protection ...

Explosive retail adoption of cybersecurity services

Neustar with 36 percent growth in number of customers in the retail industry from 2014 to 2015

Neustar has experienced rapid adoption of its cyber security technology by European retail clients, with brands such as Funky Pigeon, All Saints and Permanent TSB securing and optimising their web presence with Neustar.

Maximize connected security - Intelligent products made by Bosch

Bosch Security Systems will display its innovative security, safety and communications products at Intersec

From 17th to 19th January INTERSEC 2016 in Dubai will showcase the latest technologies in Commercial & Information Security, Homeland Security & Policing, Fire & Rescue and Safety & Health. Bosch Security Systems will display ...

US Retail Fraud Survey 2015 launched

Key issues surrounding retail risk and loss prevention

This year’s US Retail Fraud Survey 2015 is based on primary research into the systems, processes and strategies used by North America’s leading retailers. The Survey, launched in 2013, is based on primary research into the systems, ...

Complete spectrum of security technology for retail

EHI study reveals: € 3.9 billion inventory losses in German retail

Shop lifting continues to be the No. 1 cause of inventory discrepancies – this is also evidenced by the current study of the EHI Retail Institute “Inventurdifferenzen 2015” (Inventory Discrepancies 2015). Retailers have to invest ...

National Retail Security Survey has been released

Retailers estimate shoplifting and fraud cost $44 billion in 2014

A new study being released from NRF PROTECT, the industry’s largest retail loss prevention event, finds that retailers lose billions of dollars to shoplifting, employee and vendor theft and administrative error – collectively known ...

Security meets Design

Bosch delivers networked security solution for award winning shopping center in Turkey

Bosch Security Systems was chosen as the central supplier for the security systems at Marmara Park Shopping Center in Istanbul, one of the largest of its kind in Turkey. The shopping center is completely designed in a galaxy-theme. Space-related ...

“These days, stockouts can cost you more than ever“

Interview with Hans-Jürgen Nausch, Global Account Manager for Checkpoint Systems

The combination of security systems with other solutions – for instance inventory management – is a topic that is increasingly being discussed in the retail sector. At the EuroCIS 2015, we spoke with Hans-Jürgen Nausch, Global ...

Security in retail has a name: EuroCIS 2015

Shoplifters score billions – security technology in retail is indispensible for shoplifting prevention

EuroCIS – the leading trade fair for retail technology – takes place again from 24 to 26 February 2015. Given the losses that the retail sector suffers due to inventory discrepancies, which continue at an almost unimaginable level, ...

Lancope protects retailers from cyber-attacks during vulnerable holiday season

Advanced, context-aware security helps combat cyber-attacks that bypass conventional defenses

Lancope reminds retailers to remain vigilant with confidential data this holiday season. Last year, the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving were rife with high-profile attacks against retailers, including the largest retail hack in U.S. history. Due to ...

County of San Diego approves ServSafe Food Handler online training course

The ServSafe Food Handler online training course is now an approved form of food handler training in the County of San Diego. The training program helps restaurant operators and employees earn their San Diego Food Handler card, covering key areas in ...

Industry must take on more responsibility for IT security

On the occasion of this year’s it-sa, eco – Association of the German Internet Industry e. V. (Hall 12/Booth 333) has introduced a 5-point plan on how companies can take the initiative with regard to IT security and data ...

40 Years of Security Essen: Premier Global Fair Showed Itself on Its Best Form in 2014

More Decision Takers, Higher Internationality and Longer Dwell Times

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Security Essen presented itself on its best form: 1,045 exhibitors from around 40 nations showed a large number of innovations for civil security at Messe Essen at the end of September - including worldwide ...

Organized retail crime still major problem for retailers

Retailers allocating more resources to combat ORC, Federal legislation still needed

A decade has passed since NRF first surveyed its community of loss prevention and security executives about the impact organized retail crime has on their company, and with the release of the 2014 survey, it’s evident that the $30 billion a ...

Mobile Point of Sale devices could leave millions worldwide open to attack

Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) devices can be easily hacked, leaving banks, retailers and millions of customers exposed to serious fraud around the world, global information security firm MWR InfoSecurity has revealed at the SyScan security conference ...

Occupational Health and Safety

Safety Has Many Different Facets

Next year, occupational health and safety will take center stage. The “Arbeitsschutz Aktuell 2014“ trade show (“Occupational Health and Safety“) is just around the corner and is not alone. Together with the “XX World ...

“Employers need to find and foster their employees’ optimum stress levels“

Iterview with Jörg Feldmann, German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)

Safety is king. Whether it’s at the end of 2013 at the A+A Trade Fair in Düsseldorf or in August 2014 at the Arbeitsschutz Aktuell Trade Fair in Frankfurt (“Occupational Safety Today“): occupational safety is and remains an ...

Enso Detego Launches Store Guard+

A Robust RFID Electronic Article Surveillance Solution for Fashion Retail Stores

Enso Detego GmbH, a leading provider of RFID products and solutions to the Fashion and Food & Beverage Industry, today launched Store Guard+, a new RFID electronic article surveillance (EAS) solution with best-in-class theft detection ...

Trusteer Announces General Availability of E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Service

Offering Addresses Complete Cybercrime Life Cycle

Trusteer, provider of endpoint cybercrime prevention solutions, announced the general availability of the Trusteer Cybercrime Prevention Architecture for e-commerce. This service provides Trusteer’s award-winning “bank grade” ...

Video Analytics Reduced False Alarms & Insurance Rates

Xtralis ADPRO FastTrace 2/2X & IntrusionTrace Protects Volkswagen and Audi Car Dealerships

Xtralis has announced that SECONTEC, a premier security installer in Germany, after elaborate test process, selected and installed ADPRO FastTrace 2X & i-LIDS approved IntrusionTrace  to protect Volkswagen and Audi dealership car ...

One in four customers admit they do not trust companies to secure their personal information online

But customers still seem ill prepared to take precautions to protect themselves

Businesses have a job on their hands to address a serious lack of trust by customers that regularly shop, pay and bank online. This is according to new research looking at consumer attitudes to online data security by information security and ...

OSID by Xtralis Wins Special Jury Award at Expoprotection 2012

Award is the Seventh Won by Xtralis Open-area Smoke Imaging Detector (OSID)

Xtralis received a Special Jury Award for its Open-area Smoke Imaging Detector (OSID) at Expoprotection 2012, held December 4-7 in Paris, France. A jury consisting of market experts, journalists, end users, and consultants presented Xtralis with the ...

Video Client from Bosch adds powerful features

Support for more storage solutions

Bosch Security Systems announces the latest release of its viewing client and storage software. Video Client 1.4 (BVC) from Bosch offers a number of enhancements - including improved search and support for advanced features of IP cameras from Bosch ...

Xtralis Establishes DACH Headquarters in Molfsee

Former HeiTel Digital Video HQ will be base for life safety and security teams

Xtralis, a leading provider of early detection and visual verification safety and security solutions, has established a new headquarters in Molfsee, Germany to serve as a base of operations for its rapidly growing business in Germany, Austria, and ...

”We work on considerably improving the image“

iXtenso-Interview with Dr. Harald Olschok, Chief Executive Officer of BDSW

Security service requires trained associates. They are not available for minimum wage however and their skills have to be improved, says Dr. Harald Olschok. Since 1992, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the German Federal Association of the ...