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Security on the go – Protection for campervan travelers

Touring Camp Oy operates as an independent importer, facilitating the direct shipment of high-quality vehicles from the Hymer factory and was in need of a security solution only possible with Ajax Systems. Touring Camp Oy believes in a trusted relationship with its customers helping them to find a motorhome or caravan tailored to their needs. An authorized Hymer service garage is available to assist both existing and new motorhome and caravan owners. Challenge: To find an alternative for a conventional auto-motive alarm Touring Camp Oy strategically pursued an innovative security solution surpassing conventional alarm systems to distinguish itself in the market. In this mobile home, people travel, sleep, cook, and carry valuables, making it imperative to have a security system that offers comprehensive coverage. The heightened focus on fire safety became a critical consideration. The desired solution needed to be not only comprehensive but also highly mobile. Solution: Wireless security system with a free informative app featuring opening, motion, and fire detectors, and a panic button Ajax was chosen to promote a shift from outdated to innovative security system. The key advantage was the wireless system capabilities, ensuring fast and cost-effective installations, as well as autonomy as a crucial factor for motorhomes. The life span of some detectors lasts up to 7 years. The free app empowers users to control the system remotely from anywhere, enhancing convenience and aligning with the dynamic lifestyle of campervans users. Touring Camp Oy offers the Hub 2 (4G) Jeweller with support for photo verification as a central security system component. It uses two independent mobile communication channels, allowing the use of 2 SIM cards with 2G/3G/LTE support from different providers for maximum coverage. With a 6V PSU, an alternative power supply unit, the hub can be powered from the low-voltage motorhome’s battery. DoorProtect Plus Jeweller is employed to secure windows and doors. It can register changes in vertical slope angle, bangs, and vibrations. MotionProtect Plus Jeweller is placed inside the cabin driven by its effectiveness in minimizing false alarms, especially in the presence of variables in a compact camper environment. HomeSiren Jeweller is also installed indoors, serving the dual purpose of informing travelers about danger and deterring intruders. FireProtect Jeweller is also implemented in the sleeping area to enhance fire safety. Button Jeweller is also included for emergencies. The system is designed to serve multiple purposes for the mobile residents. It operates in security mode when the motorhome is unattended, offering fire detection and protection against intrusions. Additionally, it serves as a security measure at night when the residents are inside the van, ensuring their safety as they sleep. To ensure the successful implementation of Ajax systems, Touring Camp Oy partnered with Oy One-Pro Ab importer to provide training and technical support. Customers now enjoy complimentary system installation and benefit from a winter security monitoring service, ensuring prompt response to parking lot alarms. As the first installations are completed, customers have praised the system’s user-friendly features, emphasizing the convenience of Ajax’s mobile app. The well-thought-out interface and automation scenarios make securing the motorhomes intuitive. Why Ajax: The system’s flexibility and tailored security for every journey Ajax stands out as the security solution that adapts to every traveler’s unique needs. With Ajax, you have the freedom to design the perfect combination of equipment for your motorhome, ensuring that your security solution aligns seamlessly with your travel lifestyle. Ajax provides more than just a siren. Beyond intrusion detection devices, it includes strategically placed fire detectors for early response. Ajax also offers the option to expand the system with leak protection and automation solutions, creating a comprehensive safety solution. The client needed a robust security system that could be used remotely aligned perfectly with Ajax capabilities. The app ensures real-time monitoring of your motorhome’s security status, providing you with constant updates on the state of your vehicle. Read more exclusives and news in our latest issue here. Never miss a story… Follow us on: Security Buyer @SecurityBuyer @Secbuyer Media Contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Lidars for Automotive and Beyond

UK Exclusives / Rebecca Morpeth-Spayne

Lidar, which refers to light detection and ranging, is a technology that has been adopted in various applications such as mapping, surveying, military, archaeology, agriculture, geology, industry, etc. Many use scenarios are already quite mature. Lidar has been talked about with increasing interest, largely from the popularity of autonomous vehicles and its potential in emerging industrial applications and robotics. Just within the automotive sector, the lidar for the automotive market is expected to grow to US$8.4 billion by 2023. The History of Lidar Lidar has existed for decades, and its development path has experienced four stages. It was developed not long after the invention of the laser around the 1960s. Its ranging function was developed for aerospace and defense purposes initially. Later lidars could also be used to measure angles and velocity. Commercial and industrial lidars rose in the 1980s, and the 1990s benefited from the development of diode systems. A single-line scanning system enables lidars to be used in other applications. In addition, GPS, with accuracy to centimeter level, promoted the combination of lidars and positioning systems. These areas of progress have allowed lidars to be deployed in industrial and early-stage autonomous vehicle projects. It was not until the 2000s that lidars started to be applied in commercial, automotive applications. Since the commercial production of the first lidar in 2017, an increasing number of players have focused on automotive applications, especially autonomous vehicles. From 2020 onwards, with the autonomy levels moving towards L3, the lidar industry has also welcomed its speedy progression. Lidars have received huge investments and are moving towards chips and arrays with better performance. Lidar for Automotive Autonomy Autonomy is another big trend after electrification in the automotive sector. Automotive autonomy can potentially change our lifestyle and also offer huge business opportunities for existing and emerging technologies. An important part of autonomy is sensing and recognition. Sensors such as cameras, ultrasonic systems, and radars can already provide useful information for this purpose. However, none of them are perfect. For instance, a camera offers color and high-definition images but suffers from poor depth information and can be easily affected by the sun. An ultrasonic system is very cheap but has a very short detection range. A radar is quite robust in bad weather conditions but gives a very poor resolution. A radar’s typical 2-3° angular resolution makes most object detection challenging. For example, 2° at 100m cannot distinguish a distance larger than 3.4m. On the other hand, lidar can compensate for the disadvantages of other sensors. For instance, it can provide high resolution (e.g. 0.1°) and information not easily affected by the light condition. The innovation of lidar beam steering technologies made 3D landscape mapping and scanning easier, enabling machines, including automotive and robots, to acquire a precise 3D map of the world with depth information. This function of 3D lidar can make automotive reach higher autonomy, offering complementary information and providing redundancy to realize better safety. The huge demand and investment of the automotive industry can also speed up lidar development and cost reduction. This helps them be cheaply manufactured and widely adopted in larger application areas with potential huge quantities. Opinions on which sensors to include in an ADAS/AV system are controversial as they involve different cost structures. In addition, more sensors can also generate confusing information, leading to a more difficult decision-making process. However, as time goes by, more OEM and Tier-1 companies believe lidar should be included in the sensor suite for redundancy purposes. As the AV evolves to higher levels of autonomy, this demand becomes more obvious. Competitive Technology Landscape The huge demand for vehicles and high investments from the automotive industry have attracted tremendous players to work in the lidar area. Lidar is still relatively immature with an unestablished supply chain, a high price point, and an unclear market landscape that is very different from cameras or radars. In the lidar technological area, IDTechEx has segmented the technology analysis into four areas: measurement process, emitter, beam steering mechanism, and receiver. Four important technology choices in designing or selecting a 3D lidar module. Source: IDTechEx There are further details, such as the addition of wavelength choice and optical system selection. The technology landscape is cluttered with numerous options for every component in a lidar system. However, not all technologies have equal opportunities. Some technology combinations are easier to commercialize, while some tend to fail. For instance, FMCW usually works with 1550nm wavelength, VCSEL may perform better with Flash lidar beam steering than EEL, and MEMS have more difficulty combining with FMCW, etc. Even the hardware technology is a result of complicated sub-technology combinations, not to mention when algorithms, software, and system solutions are taken into consideration. The rapid development of different technologies is making the lidar market complicated. Understanding relevant lidar technologies can help players to realize a commercial product with acceptable performance, pass the automotive grade, and potentially lead to a cheaper manufacturing cost. Choosing the wrong technological combination, however, can result in the opposite. Future Opportunities for Lidar Components The lidar development provides opportunities to various industries and players within the supply chain. Lidar hardware can be simplified as a combination of a few major component modules. For example, beam steering mechanisms have attracted tremendous attention and innovations. They enable 3D scanning and determine the lidar reliability. However, equal attention should be given to transmitter and receiver modules as they will largely determine lidar performance and play an important role in further cost reduction. Control and processing modules, on the other hand, usually have higher technology barriers and can also offer space for price drops. Understanding the whole supply chain from materials, and components, to systems, can assist in better strategic decision-making. To read more news and exclusive features see our latest issue here. Never miss a story… Follow us on: Security Buyer UK @SecurityBuyerUK @SecbuyerUK Media Contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Crossword cybersecurity consulting gaining traction

Exclusives, News Desk / Editor

Crossword Cybersecurity plc., is pleased to announce that its Consulting division have recently signed numerous agreements including three with companies spanning the automotive, insurance and property sectors, to work with them on improving their cyber security posture. An industry-leading cyber transformation project has begun with a global pioneer in connected vehicle data. Crossword Cybersecurity will assist the company with implementing a globally recognised cyber security standard, ranking it amongst major global players in the technology industry. Achieving this standard will enable the firm to work more efficiently with any global automotive manufacturer. Consulting has also secured business with a leading international insurance broker that conducts business in the Lloyd’s of London market. A third-party audit left the organisation with a long list of security measures to implement but lacking sufficient in-house expertise to do so. Crossword Consulting worked with the organisation to offer advice on how best to improve their cyber maturity. Since developing the organisation’s prioritised cyber security strategy, Crossword will now also be carrying out the transformation work and implementing the practical recommendations they devised to make the organisation more resilient. The consulting division has implemented its Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) product with an SME property investment firm. One of the key cyber security challenges organisations are currently facing, is understanding and implementing the most appropriate levels of cyber maturity for their company, and therefore allocating their cyber security budget efficiently. In response to these challenges, Crossword launched vCISO – a virtual/remote CISO service, provided and managed by Crossword Consulting cyber security experts. The vCISO service provides clients with a virtual cyber security team and network protection at a fraction of the cost of building their own team and clients are also able to leverage the deep cyber security and technical expertise provided by Crossword and Reliance ACSN. Crossword’s Consulting team offer a full range of Consulting services from Cyber Assurance and Auditing, Penetration testing, Third Party Assurance and Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO). Whatever an organisation’s size or level of cyber maturity, Crossword Consulting is able to offer a service tailored to its needs. Regarding the recent deal announcements, Stuart Jubb, Managing Director of Crossword Consulting, said: “We are delighted that Crossword Consulting is making such headway, especially in terms of breaking ground into new sectors and with large corporations. This reflects the high regard in which our consultants are held, in what is an extremely competitive market. It is a pleasure to announce our second vCISO client and note that there are multiple vCISO opportunities in our pipeline. We believe that by using our vCISO service, clients are able to have peace of mind that they are taking the right measures to protect themselves from cyber security attacks whilst achieving excellent value for money.” For more security news visit here.

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ASSA ABLOY acquires KEYper systems in the US

Security Management, UK News Desk / Editor

ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire KEYper Systems with a strong presence in the automotive segment. KEYper was established in 1993, and operates from its HQ in Harrisburg, NC. KEYper Systems will become a separate business unit of TRAKA and an operating unit of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. Ric Stone, President of KEYper will report to Justin Sasse, Managing Director of Traka. “KEYper’s product range and expertise, especially in the US automotive and property management market segments, will complement Traka’s extensive product range and specialist solutions in key and asset management solutions globally. This acquisition will allow us to leverage Traka’s technology to further develop KEYper’s offering to its existing customers, and widen the product range globally for Traka in all of our market segments,” says Justin Sasse MD of Traka “This transaction provides us the opportunity to further strengthen our position in the industry, while advancing Traka’s strategy to increase its presence in core markets globally,” says Danny Garrido President of Traka Americas. “Traka and KEYper are an excellent strategic fit. We have highly complementary product and service offerings, strong sales and marketing organizations and a shared dedication to quality customer service – we expect this combination to result in an even more effective and successful Traka.” “I am very pleased to be joining Traka and ASSA ABLOY. KEYper will be able to accelerate its product and market development and is looking forward to engaging with the wider Traka and ASSA ABLOY organization to share knowledge and expertise,” says Ric Stone, CEO KEYper Systems. The acquisition is conditional upon satisfaction of customary legal conditions and is expected to complete during the first quarter of 2019. www.assaabloy.com

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ASSA ABLOY acquires KEYper systems in the US

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Automotive cyberattacks tackled by Irdeto and IBM Security

UK Exclusives, UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Automotive cyberattacks tackled by Irdeto and IBM Security Automotive cyberattacks are the focus of Irdeto and IBM Security as they collaborate to find a solution. IBM Security and Irdeto are working together to combat automotive cyberattacks, aiming to provide OEMs and tier-one suppliers with advanced, real-time security analytics and ECU protection that is essential to preserving security. Powered by Cloakware Secure Environment and IBM QRadar, Irdeto’s ECU joint protection solution is intended to detect and prevent attempts to interfere or reverse engineer vehicle software. Irdeto and IBM Security intend to offer the automotive industry the most secure and robust security technology, in combination with the most comprehensive big data analytics available on the market. OEMs and tier-one suppliers will thus be able to detect and prevent attempts damage vehicle software on an individual ECU. Any attempts to modify software on the ECU will subsequently be delivered via telemetry to IBM QRadar to provide automakers with real-time analytics. IBM QRadar will then process the security data from Cloakware Secure Environment to deliver a thorough overview in a dashboard format outlining the security status of their vehicle and ECU. OEMs use this information on their fleet of vehicles to either have an automated response triggered or a manual intervention to address the attack. Research by Frost & Sullivan found that OEMs and tier-one suppliers will invest more in the next three years on digitisation and cybersecurity methods to mitigate attacks targeting automobiles than in the years previously. While this indicates that the automotive industry is aware of cyberthreats targeting vehicles, many organisations are looking for a new security method that provides them with a comprehensive view of cyberattacks targeting their fleet of automobiles. “OEMs and tier-one suppliers know that they have a security problem,” said Daniel Thunberg, Global Head, Connected Transport, Irdeto. “However, many car manufacturers are unsure of the steps they need to take in order to implement a proper security approach to protect against cyberattacks. IBM and Irdeto are working together to help solve this challenge by providing a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that helps prevent any altering of vehicle software.” [su_button url=”https://www.ibm.com/security/” target=”blank” style=”flat” background=”#df2027″ color=”#ffffff” size=”10″ radius=”20″ icon=”icon: arrow-circle-right”]Click here for more information on ibm Security [/su_button] [su_button url=”https://www.irdeto.com/” target=”blank” style=”flat” background=”#df2027″ color=”#ffffff” size=”10″ radius=”20″ icon=”icon: arrow-circle-right”]Click here for more information on Irdeto[/su_button]

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