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AI’s take on physical security trends
Issue 1 2023, Editor's Choice, Security Services & Risk Management, AI & Data Analytics
In Issue 1 every year, Hi-Tech Security Solutions looks at expected trends in the security industry, incorporating views from different sources. This year is no different, except we have a new contributor, ChatGPT from OpenAI.
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HID Technology Seminar
Issue 1 2023, HID Global, News & Events, Access Control & Identity Management, Products & Solutions
HID Global’s technology seminar introduced partners and distributors to the company’s new Signo range of readers and highlighted the benefits and global growth of mobile access credentials.
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Celebrating a successful year
Issue 1 2023, Gallagher, News & Events, Access Control & Identity Management, Products & Solutions
Gallagher Security hosted an end-of year event at the Steyn City Equestrian Centre in which it thanked its partners for another successful year and provided a glimpse into what the company will be releasing in 2023.
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Women in Security
Issue 1 2023, Editor's Choice, News & Events
Hi-Tech Security Solutions together with ASIS International’s South Africa Chapter, will be focusing on women working within the South African physical security services and information technology sectors during 2023.
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Innovation and service, 37 years and counting
Issue 1 2023, Impro Technologies, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
Innovation, simplicity and trust underpin the nearly 40 years of success of local access control brand, Impro Technologies, which is still run as an independent entity despite being acquired by ASSA ABLOY in 2016.
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Cybersecurity in 2023
Issue 1 2023, Gallagher, Information Security
What is on the cybersecurity menu in 2023? Hi-Tech Security Solutions offers two views from industry players on the risk environment and what to look out for in the cyber world in the coming year.
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Fast, reliable and secure cloud services
Issue 1 2023, Editor's Choice, Information Security, Infrastructure
Security and speed are critical components of today’s cloud-based services infrastructure. Cloudflare offers a range of services supporting these goals beyond what most people think it does.
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The expanding scope of electronic locks
SMART Access & Identity 2023, ASSA ABLOY South Africa, Access Control & Identity Management
Electronic locks are a growing market, extending from single doors to fully integrated security solutions, including the ability to manage everything from a mobile app.
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From the editor's desk: A new start
SMART Access & Identity 2023, News & Events
Welcome to the first issue of the Smart Access & Identity handbook, Smart Access & Identity 2023. While this is the first issue, it’s also a continuation of Hi-Tech Security Solutions’ long-standing ...
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The state of the biometrics market
SMART Access & Identity 2023, neaMetrics, Suprema, Hikvision South Africa, IDEMIA , Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
Now that the pandemic is over (hopefully), will we see the same confidence in biometrics for access and identification or will the world be reverting to touch-based systems, including cards and fobs (or mobiles).
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Migrating to mobile
SMART Access & Identity 2023, neaMetrics, Suprema, Editor's Choice
The ability to use mobile phones as access control credentials has been with us for a long time, yet only 32% of companies use them, and many only for specific use cases.
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The future of touchless biometrics
SMART Access & Identity 2023, Fulcrum Biometrics, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
Facial biometrics is the main talking point today, helped along by COVID, but is it the best touchless solution available? Rob Griggs from Fulcrum Biometrics Southern Africa recommends other touchless alternatives.
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