23 April 2026
A SAFE-er Environment for Violence and Abuse Survivors
A Texas nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of violence and abuse is using a new security platform to address daily challenges and increase efficiency while also providing a safer environment.
The SAFE Alliance, based in Austin, Texas, offers housing, prevention programs, shelter, and support services to more than 6,000 survivors every year throughout its 22 locations, which span four campuses—sites with multiple facilities that offer a variety of services, such as medical exams or services, counseling, shelter and housing, education, and legal services. Given the sensitivity and need to ensure security for its clientele, staff, and volunteers, the organization wanted a solution that would support strict access control, reliable video coverage, and client privacy.
The nonprofit selected Genetec’s Security Center to manage more than 100 cameras, plus at least 72 access points and 11 intercoms. Staff can monitor multiple campuses from a single location, and the platform’s mobile function allows authorized users to check on cameras and alarms even while away from a computer screen.
With the system’s implementation, SAFE reduced the risk of unauthorized entry and noticed several other improvements, including improved monitoring capabilities, more efficient incident tracking and investigations due to linking video with access logs, and stronger privacy protections because of end-to-end encryption and role-based access controls that protect sensitive client and staff information.
Mergers & Moves
Motorola // Exacom
Motorola’s acquisition of Exacom, a provider of cloud-native voice and multimedia recording and logging solutions, will result in additional insights during live incidents and the preservation of evidentiary records for compliance, quality assurance, and investigations.
March Networks // VIVOTEK
March Networks and VIVOTEK jointly announced the merger of VIVOTEK’s branded business with March Networks, which is expected to offer clients a fuller end-to-end video security portfolio, including cloud, hybrid, and on-premise video surveillance environments.
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety // Jersey Fire Protection Corporation
Pye-Barker—a fully integrated and full-service fire protection, life safety, and security services provider—acquired Jersey Fire Protection, strengthening the company’s presence in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic area, specifically New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
Securitas // Social Navigator Inc. (dba Liferaft)
Securitas agreed to purchase Liferaft, aiming to improve its intelligence-led security capabilities, as the Liferaft brand offers SaaS-based open source intelligence (OSINT) threat solutions. The acquisition is expected to be finalized before the second half of 2026.
Rep Data // ReDem
Market research and data quality solution provider Rep Data acquired ReDem, an in-survey data quality solution provider. The move will expand Rep Data’s solutions for detecting and blocking bots, artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted survey takers, and other fraudulent survey behavior to support data quality.
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety // E.D.S., Inc. (dba CARE Security & Monitoring)
Pye-Barker acquired E.D.S., expanding its presence in Kentucky for design, installation, and services related to security systems, such as fire alarms, access control, biometric systems, video surveillance, and fire extinguishing services.
By Light Professional IT // Dignitas Technologies
With this acquisition, By Light expands its modeling, simulation, and virtual training offerings in critical areas of cyber training, virtual cyber effects, and training for branches of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Awards
Newsweek’s list of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2026” included Allied Universal for the third consecutive year. The company was judged on its compensation, work-life balance, and approach to culture and belonging.
The Great Place to Work Trust Index survey recognized Interface Systems as a “Great Place to Work” certified workplace for the third consecutive year. In the latest survey, 82 percent of the company’s employees said it was a great place to work, 88 percent agree that people care about each other in the organization, and 86 percent said that they have high trust in leadership’s credibility, fairness, and respect.
Contracts
Screening technology provider APSTEC Systems was selected to design and implement a security flow for entry to the Cannes Film Festival 2026.
ADT Inc., Origin AI, and Verisure announced a $30 million five-year renewable contract under which Verisure will continue to license Origin AI’s proprietary AI-sensing technology. The contract allows Verisure to expand its existing rights to commercialize the AI-sensing platform across its European and Latin American customer base. Verisure has used Origin AI’s technology since 2021, and it has been a minority investor in Origin AI since 2023. ADT acquired Origin AI in February 2026.
Reports
Interface Systems released its 2026 Retail Loss Prevention Benchmark Report, pulling data and insights from 1.6 million remote monitoring events across more than 18,000 U.S. retail locations. Among the findings, the report highlighted that 95 percent of alarm events were identified as false alarms with the use of video verification and were resolved without dispatch.
The 2026 Cybercrime Report was published by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, highlighting the evolution of fraud. The report documented an 8 percent increase in global fraud rates involving synthetic identity fraud—the fastest-growing fraud type—and increasingly sophisticated bots.
Blackline Safety’s workplace safety report, Keeping People Safe: Global Data on the State of Workplace Safety, found that in response to the hundreds of millions of work-related injuries and illness that happen every year, 95 percent of safety leaders will increase or maintain their budgets during the next two years.
Announcements
Zimperium’s zLabs threat intelligence team identified an Android banking trojan called PixRevolution. This kind of malware specifically targeted the instant payment system used by the Central Bank of Brazil, diverting funds to a criminal entity when a selected victim initiates a transfer payment in real time. In its analysis, Ziperium warns that PixRevolution represents an evolution in the field of mobile financial fraud, and as instant payment systems expand across the world, this type of malware is “unlikely” to remain contained to a single market.
Partnerships
Deepfakes. Reality Defender’s deepfake detection technology was added to the enterprise communications, contact center, and collaboration services offered by Orange Business.
Public safety. European technology provider of public safety and critical communication platforms Modirum Platforms partnered with U.S. company TD SYNNEX. With TD SYNNEX’s global reach and strong presence in the public sector, education, and healthcare markets, the partnership will help institutions address urgent communication challenges more effectively.
http://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/articles/2026/04/industry-news/