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Gigya, a provider of customer identity management, released a whitepaper called “Businesses Should Begin Preparing for the Death of the Password” based on results of its survey of 4,000 consumers in the U.S. and the UK. From baby boomers to millennials, 52 percent of consumers would choose anything but a traditional username and password account registration when given the option.

Since the widespread emergence of mobile computing technology in the 1990s, an entire industry has erupted with the mission to enable field service with better tools. 

The Security Canada Conference and Expositions, presented by CANASA, are planned throughout the country for 2016.

PwC’s Global State of Information Security Survey (GSISS) 2016, found that Canadian companies are taking steps toward establishing holistic, integrated safeguards against cyber-attacks.

The Toronto Police Service announced that it has deferred the implementation of its verified response policy indefinitely.

The CANASA breakfast on Feb. 25 in Burlington, Ontario, featured a panel of experts on the topic of video-verified alarms from Videofied (RSI Video Technologies), Tyco, and Norelco safeCAM. Sergeant Carolyn Sweenie, the alarm coordinator from the Toronto Police Service, was there to interact with the panel members and provide feedback to the CANASA attendees.

Numerous media outlets have reported that the Canada Border Services Agency plans to test facial recognition technology, comparing images of people arriving into the country with images of suspects on watchlists, though, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the agency has yet to conduct any trials involving actual travelers.

Ivan Spector, president of Sentinel Alarm, Montreal, Quebec is well-known for his commitment to bettering the security industry at many levels and in many ways. 

For years do-it-yourself (DIY) security existed on a parallel track with the professionally installed security system — rarely, if ever, intersecting. Not anymore.

Personal emergency response systems (PERS) traditionally have worked only in a user’s home, enabling users to summon help with the push of a button — typically on a pendant that the user wears. But recent years have seen the introduction of mobile PERS offerings (mPERS) that can work outside the home using cellular service for communications to the central station.