Locksmith Access Control Business For Sale

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March 26, 2024

Locksmith Access Control Business For Sale Asking $A1,998,000.

Locksmith Access Control Business For Sale – A locksmithing access control importer, exporter, wholesale business is for sale in Brisbane for around $2 million.

Established more than 40 years ago the business is a national locksmithing and security business offering maintenance and servicing, as well as product supply via an online portal.

The sale includes a national team supporting the growing SE Queensland region, as well as a national customer base, with clients including schools, government departments, large commercial and a growing percentage of purchases online generating passive income.

This is an independently owned brand, which has a national product distribution and service base. This business remains popular among general locksmith businesses who save money because being a direct importer the company is able to provide value for money products.

Sales have continued to grow by 13.25 per cent in 21/22 – YTD. This being ‘organic growth’, having not done anything differently over the years to generate this sales improvement. The gross profit margin being around 73 per cent in 21/22.

Locksmith Access Control Business For Sale

The retiring owner isn’t motivated to do anything but receipt what is naturally occurring. Growth continues to be delivered, all thanks to on-going referrals and a ‘mega-percentage’ of repeat and return client transaction rate.

A good percentage of annual sales are paid upfront by clients, making this a highly attractive investment for any new owner to be financially secured by, or is a highly beneficial bolt-on to an existing industry business (full training and a highly supportive transition will be provided by the current owner).

The asking price is slighting under $2 million + SAV ($180-200K approx – fast moving stock) but the owner is open to all genuine offers.

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Dahua ASC3202B Access Controller

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March 26, 2024

Dahua ASC3202B Access Controller Supports 1000 Users, 3000 Fingerprints, 5000 Cards.

Dahua ASC3202B Access Controller – Dahua’s ASC3202B access controller features a built-in web server, and main and sub control modes, with the main control offering access control platform functions via the ability to connect with and manage up to 19 sub controllers.

The system supports 1000 users (main control mode), 3000 fingerprints, 5000 Bluetooth cards (main control mode and 50,000 in sub-control mode), and 300,000 records. The ASC3202B accesses card readers through Wiegand and RS-485 protocols, and supports TCP and IP connection, and standard PoE.

The controller supplies power to the lock through its 12V DC output power supply, which has a maximum output current of 1000 mA, and supports configuring the hardware I/O port and exporting configuration diagrams. It supports 2 RS-485 card readers or 2 Wiegand card readers.

The system retains stored data when powered off and supports multiple advanced access control functions, such as role management, 128 holiday periods; block, VIP user, guest user and patrol user lists; first-person unlock, multi-person unlock, global anti-passback, global multi-door interlock and global external alarm.

Dahua ASC3202B Access Controller

Authentication options include card, remote, password, fingerprint, Bluetooth and combination unlock. The system has 2 alarm inputs and 2 alarm outputs, 2 exit buttons, 2 door status detection inputs, lock control, tamper alarm, duress alarm, and door sensor timeout. Other alarm events supported include illegal card exceeding threshold and duress fingerprint.

The controller is housed in a neat IK06-rated poly case with an RJ45 10/100Mbps port that has dimensions of 186.4mm x 185.8mm x 58.3mm, a weight of around 1kg, an operating temperature of –10C to 55C, a standby power consumption of around 2W and a total power budget of 1700mA DC or 1200mA PoE.

Interoperability is via ONVIF, CGI and there’s SDK and API support for custom integrations, and the system can be programmed remotely via app. You can learn more about the Dahua ASC3202B access controller here or read more SEN news here.

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Tennant Creek Security Fire Maintenance

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March 26, 2024

Tennant Creek Security Fire Maintenance And Testing Tender Contract.

Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics has gone to tender seeking testing and maintenance of security and fire systems.

The tender requires an integrator to test and maintain fixed and portable fire equipment, fire detection and electronic security equipment for 3 years and requires the contractor to be available to meet the demands of emergency callouts.

While the scope of work centres around Tennant Creek, the settlements of Ali Curung, Alpurrurulam, Canteen Creek, Tara and Wutunugurra are included in the tender. Security systems are likely to include CCTV, access control and alarm systems.

The tender lists prospective tenderers as being BCI Australia, Chubb Fire Systems, F.M.A. Contracting, Sourcing Technologies, Northern Test & Tag and PSG Holdings – this suggests there’s an invite list, though the tender does not clarify this.

You can learn more about this Tennant Creek Security Fire Maintenance tender here or read more SEN news here.

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AIM Defence Wins Drone Laser Contract

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March 26, 2024

AIM Defence Wins Drone Laser Contract For Drone Swarm Killer.

AIM Defence Wins Drone Laser Contract – Melbourne-based AIM Defence has won a $A5.4 million contract to provide a drone swarm killing solution for the Royal Australian Air Force.

The Fractl:2 laser is a prototype directed energy weapon capable of burning through steel and can take out drones travelling at speeds of 100km/hour at a range of kilometres while being controlled remotely, according to AIM Defence.

AIM’s Fractl:2 system can shoot down 50 drones on a single charge or can be plugged in for continuous operation. According to AIM, Fractl’s laser beam can hit a drone moving at 100 kilometres an hour a kilometre away with a beam the size of a 10-cent piece.

Fractl is capable of disabling A-IED threats rapidly and at a safe distance. Using advanced targeting solutions Fractl can surgically strike specific targets on the drone, enabling operators to cut wires, engage explosives, or destroy the drone.

Being able to target a drone’s rotor, wiring, camera or other key operating area means the device can be retrieved from the field for forensic analysis to enhance operational awareness. Fractl is highly deployable, offering battery and AC power options while the entire field ready unit weighs less than 50 kilograms.

According to AIM, Fractl is able to safely deter and defeat, drones and drone swarms, providing a significant base defence capability. The system can be scaled as a single unit (vertically) or across collaborative units (horizontally) to address operational requirements as needed.

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The system uses lasers with advanced AI engagement modelling and governor algorithms to safely engage incoming threats. The use of high-quality optical system and precise tracking means Fractl is an order of magnitude smaller than other directed energy solutions.

Meanwhile, Fractl’s advanced operating system is easily integrated into existing systems to effectively reduce operator load and enhance engagement response time.

Fractl uses eye safe laser technology and advanced optics, making it the perfect option for protecting critical assets and infrastructure, providing force escalation pathways from non-destructive warnings through to total drone defeat.

AIM Defence co-founder Jessica Glenn said that countering drones and other autonomous weapons systems is now “one of the most critically needed capabilities for militaries worldwide”.

“For the past 4 years AIM Defence has been working with Australia’s defence innovation ecosystem to build a cost-effective, high-precision and deployable directed energy system,” Glenn said. “Fractl:2 is the culmination of that effort,” Glenn said.

AIM Defence co-founder Dr Jae Daniel said that the team had successfully demonstrated “over 200 drone defeats both indoors and outdoors over the last 2 years”.

Dr Daniel said that with safety improvements made to the Fractl system after each test, the one-micron Fractl:1 variant is “orders of magnitude safer than other directed energy systems”, while Fractl:2 is “the safest and most deployable high power laser system in the world, by quite a margin”.

You can learn more about AIM Defence drone lasers here or read more SEN news here.

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HID 2024 State of Security Report

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March 26, 2024

HID 2024 State of Security Report Highlights 6 Key Areas Of Development.

HID 2024 State of Security Report – HID has released its State of Security Report, which considers trends in the access control industry relying on input from security installers and end users globally.

Key points of interest include the prediction mobile ID will be ubiquitous in 5 years, multi-factor authentication is gaining ground with 83 per cent of organisations using it – and passwords will die out.

HID also found sustainability is growing as a factor in 74 per cent of decisions, biometrics is taking off, with 39 per cent of respondents saying they use it and 30 per cent planning to use it, ID management is heading into the cloud, and AI has launched, with 35 per cent of respondents saying they were planning on implementing an AI application in the next few years.

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1. Mobile identity is expected to be ubiquitous in the next 5 years

Given the widespread use of mobile devices, momentum continues to build around their use in support of identity. Within the next 5 years, surveyed end users state that nearly 80 per cent of organizations will deploy mobile IDs. Industry partners are even more optimistic in their outlook, stating that 94 per cent of their customers will have deployed mobile IDs.

2. Multi-factor authentication widespread despite slow implementation of Zero Trust

More than 83 per cent of end user respondents said their organization currently uses multi-factor Authentication (MFA), mainly due to the vulnerabilities of passwords.

For many, this represents the first step on the longer journey toward Zero Trust, an approach to security that calls for organizations to maintain strict access controls and to never trust, always verify anyone – internal or external – by default. Zero Trust has been implemented in 16 per cent of organizations with over 100,000 employees and 14 per cent in those with up to 10,000 employees, according to the survey.

With MFA being widespread, the eventual end of passwords is imminent. The creation of new standards such as Fast Identity Online (FIDO), which uses “standard public key cryptography techniques to provide phishing-resistant authentication,” will pave the path to new and more secure authentication options that will be part of a more robust Zero Trust architecture.

3. Sustainability a growing driver in business decisions

Among HID’s survey respondents, sustainability continues to rank high as a business priority, with both end users and partners rating its importance at a 4 on a 1-to-5 scale. Additionally, 74 per cent of end users indicate the importance of sustainability has grown over the past year, and 80 per cent of partners reported the trend growing in importance among their customers.

There will be a continued emphasis on solutions that minimize energy use, reduce waste, and optimize resource usage. A shift to cloud-based solutions and increased use of mobile devices are 2 clear strategies to reach these sustainability goals.

4. Biometrics continues its impressive momentum

In this year’s survey, 39 per cent of installers and integrators said their customers are using fingerprint or palm print, and 30 per cent said they’re using facial recognition. The momentum continues to build as 8 per cent plan to test or implement some form of biometrics in the next year and 12 per cent plan to do so in the next 3 to 5 years.

5. Identity management points up to the cloud

Nearly half of end users are moving to cloud-based identity management, with 24 per cent already using it and another 24 per cent in the process of implementing such systems. Industry partners say their customers face several hurdles here, including existing reliance on legacy/on-prem equipment (28 per cent), lack of budget (24 per cent), and cloud-based identities simply not being a business priority (21 per cent).

6. The rise of artificial intelligence for analytics use cases

Conversations about AI have come to dominate the business landscape, and many security professionals see AI’s analytic capabilities as the low-hanging fruit to enhance identity management. Rather than looking to AI to inform the entirety of the security system, it’s possible to leverage data analytics as a way to operationalize AI in support of immediate outcomes. In this scenario, 35 per cent of end users reported they will be testing or implementing some AI capability in the next 3-5 years, with 15 per cent already using AI-enabled biometrics.

You can find HID’s full report here or read more SEN news here.

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Australian Interest Rates To Fall Q4

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March 26, 2024

Australian Interest Rates To Fall Q4 According To Economists.

Australian Interest Rates To Fall Q4 – Australia’s economy looks to have weathered the worst, with inflation falling, interest rates on hold pending easing later in the year, tax breaks coming mid-year, and lifting consumer sentiment.

It’s good news for the electronic security industry, much of which depends on residential and SME work, particularly in sensitive areas of the economy like retail and hospitality.

After peaking at 7.8 per cent in December 2022, inflation has fallen sharply, sliding to 4.1 per cent in the December quarter. Since then, Australia’s inflation was 3.4 per cent for the month of December and 3.4 per cent for the month of January, which aligns with predictions price growth will fall to 3.3 per cent by June 30.

RBA still argues there’s a long way to go before inflation is back within its favoured 2-3 per cent target range but it’s difficult to know how much of its position is an attempt at social conditioning already branded on vulnerable consumers by a series of rapid interest rate rises.

Australian Interest Rates To Fall Q4

These stressors on borrowers stifled economic growth by controlling a spike in inflation from mid-2022. Economists have since suggested the inflation spike was more about service providers, manufacturers and distributors extending margin to recover COVID losses than material impact of events like the war in Ukraine or extended latency in supply chains.

It’s difficult not to feel that ANZ’s underlying vulnerability to inflation stems from a series of monopolies in key supply and distribution chains, including food, vehicle imports, air transport, retail, energy and banking, that successive government regulators have failed to address for decades.

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Food prices are a case in point, spiking more than 10 per cent for local produce and much higher in the case of meat, which remains at record highs despite good growing conditions in both countries. Air transport was another area in which prices spiked by multiples post-pandemic.

RBA’s latest forecasts have inflation falling to 3.3 per cent by June 30 this year, with a prediction it will take 12 months for a further slight easing to 3.1 per cent by June 2025. Australia’s central bank argues inflation will only fall into its target range of 2.8 per cent – potentially triggering an easing of interest rates – in December 2025. But retail banks argue inflation will fall much faster, sliding to 3 per cent this December.

Australian Interest Rates To Fall Q4

RBA’s latest announcement tends to suggest it will hold interest rates at current levels until deeper into the year, allowing a fuller picture of growth, prices and employment to emerge – recent statements by major retail bank economists suggest they expect an easing of interest rates in Q4 2024 that will continue into 2025.

In the medium term, population growth through immigration looks set to have a significant impact on the Australian economy over the next 4 years. With building squeezed by rising costs there are huge housing shortfalls nationally that will emerge as higher house prices, higher rents, and ultimately, a building boom once state and local governments disentangle themselves from red tape.

An adjacent positive indicator recently was Australia’s February Labour Force Survey, which indicated jobs growth of 116,500 for the period, despite predictions of continued softness.

Consumer sentiment rose 6.2 per cent in February. Sentiment remains low at 86 per cent but is likely to continue building into positive territory, with falling inflation, interest rate stability, and tax breaks later in the year, and interest rate reductions beginning in Q4.

You can read more about the Australian economy here or find more SEN news here.

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Z-Wave Long Range 1600 Metres

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March 25, 2024

Z-Wave Long Range 1600 Metres 4000 Nodes.

Z-Wave Long Range 1600 Metres – Z-Wave Long-Range extends Z-Wave connectivity beyond buildings and is designed to push Z-Wave device uptake into verticals such as light commercial, hospitality, multi-dwelling units, rural applications and more.

Z-Wave Long Range is an extra 100kbps DSSS OQPSK modulation addition to the existing Z-Wave protocol. The modulation is treated as a 4th channel – allowing gateways to add LR nodes to the existing Z-Wave channel scanning. Z-Wave LR is only available for the US market presently, but the Z-Wave Technical Workgroup is evaluating and testing to ensure compliance to support Europe and APAC regions.

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For installers the most exciting benefit of Z-Wave LR is the big increase in transmission range in ideal conditions. The specification supports a maximum output power of 30dBm which can be leveraged to bolster range capabilities and support future transmission distance up to 3000 metres.

Z-Wave Long Range 1600 Metres

In the first implementation of Z-Wave LR – from Silicon Labs through the 700 Series platform – a proven transmission distance of 1600 metres direct line of sight is delivered at an output of +14dBm. Prior to Z-Wave LR, multiple signal repeaters would need to be installed within a network to achieve transmission distance beyond the boundaries of the home. Z-Wave LR eliminates the need for these repeaters.

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Z-Wave LR also increases scalability on a single smart home network up to 4000 nodes. Compared to Z-Wave (232 nodes), this represents a serious 20x increase in network node availability. Larger network support enables the addition of potentially thousands of Z-Wave devices on a single network, which is pretty awesome if you ever need it.

Z-Wave LR offers up to 10-year battery life on a single coin-cell type battery by leveraging dynamic power control. This new feature enables the Z-Wave Long Range device to automatically adjust and optimize the radio output power at every transmission. This 10-year battery life allows devices to be installed in out of the way places, though button batteries have risks and environmental costs.

Z-Wave LR devices operate on a star network topology which features the gateway/hub at a central point and then establishes a direct connection to devices.

There’s more information about Z-Wave Long-Range here or you can find more SEN news here.

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SALTO DBolt Touch Smart Deadbolt

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March 25, 2024

SALTO DBolt Touch Smart Deadbolt Empowers Retrofits.

SALTO DBolt Touch Smart Deadbolt – SALTO has launched the new DBolt Touch smart deadbolt for bringing mechanical retrofits into the 21st century.

SALTO’s DBolt Touch offers a retrofit smart locking solution for upgrading mechanical deadbolt locks in the multi-family residential market. DBolt Touch comes with advanced technologies like SVN, BLUEnet, and JustIN Mobile deliver cloud and standalone SALTO technology.

Easy to retrofit, compatible with any deadbolt door, and with different models available, the SALTO DBolt Touch smart lock has been designed to blend seamlessly and connect wirelessly to the property ecosystem.

In addition, the SALTO DBolt Touch’s smart access technology – powered by SALTO’s access management platforms – delivers a comprehensive and modern digitized property that unifies security, access control, property management, and the tenant experience in an all-in-one smart access solution for residential living.

SALTO DBolt Touch Smart Deadbolt

The DBolt Touch smart keypad reader enables PIN-based entry for residents and visitors. For users who require a physical credential, the DBolt Touch series offers the same level of security and convenience by supporting smart RFID key cards.

The DBolt Touch enables mobile access via SALTO’s Digital Key solution – JustIN Mobile. Property managers and residents can use a smartphone – including Apple Wallet – to access a property’s various doors, amenities, and individual units.

Rated AAA according to A156.40 (American National Standard for Residential Deadbolts), the DBolt Touch meets the highest standards set by the security industry.

The SALTO DBolt Touch comes in 2 versions: the DBolt Touch and the DBolt Touch-Interconnected (IC). The DBolt Touch deadbolt model is a smart lock that simply replaces an existing mechanical deadbolt.

SALTO DBolt Touch Smart Deadbolt

It’s an easy-to-install unit door lock that adds smart features and maintains the design integrity of the residence.

Meanwhile, the DBolt Touch Interconnected Deadbolt (IC) model is a smart deadbolt that combines the convenience of a passage lever with the security of a deadbolt in an all-in-one unit. Using an innovative multi-sided smart locking mechanism, users can retract both the latch bolt and deadbolt simultaneously in a single motion for a quick and easy exit.

You can learn more about the SALTO DBolt Touch Smart Deadbolt here or read more SEN news here.

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External Intrusion Detection Considerations

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March 25, 2024

External Intrusion Detection Considerations In Challenging Environments.

External Intrusion Detection Considerations – Andrew Hogendijk of Leader Security discusses external intrusion detection considerations of sensors and camera AI in challenging urban and natural environments…

At Leader Security we deploy many external detection systems, often in extremely rough environments. There is a marked difference in the performance of devices in urban areas as opposed to more natural ones, which leads us to choosing different approaches to the implementations.

Urban areas have a lot of heat banks and a lot of potential moving objects including debris. In these environments we find that the use of AI-driven video detection works extremely well if you have the camera detection operating at a realistic volume.

For example, a camera with a 90-degree FOV at 8MP will work very well at detecting people and vehicles up to about a 20m distance, however beyond that the performance and reliability decreases rapidly. Additionally, it is very important to have the IR illumination of the camera aimed correctly so that any IR reflections, including the ground itself, are not blinding the camera’s AI from detecting objects.

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Natural areas don’t have the heat bank issues as much as urban areas, however, they are affected by other concerns such as wildlife. The most irritating cause of false positives is insects at night. They just love the IR and the warmth of the camera body.

A good surface bug spray helps with insects but it does not eliminate the issue, which forces you to reduce the sensitivity of the AI, and of course this reduces the effective detection capabilities. Same optical rules apply of course. Using radar type detectors works well here in conjunction with the AI of a camera.

External Intrusion Detection Considerations

To obtain the highest level of confidence requires a combination of sensor technologies, with the problem being broken into stages:

1: Detection detecting something on one or more of the sensors (simultaneously). Multi-sensor activation matters here – AI + PIR + microwave or radar
2: Qualification what that something is – AI object recognition to a defined degree/threshold of confidence
3: Verification – send the image of the scene to a human operator not an AI system to determine.

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It is also necessary here to have a lower confidence level of detection based on a reduced number of simultaneous sensors so that if one sensor is affected by environmental concerns, or other such conditions, then the detection event still occurs.

To be clear on this you may have a camera, a PIR, and a radar all working to detect intrusion in an area, or perhaps some other combination of sensors (it doesn’t really matter what tech for this example) you would set the detection threshold at any 2 of the 3 being active in a given time period. If you get all 3 you could act instantly. This can reduce the number of false positives and deliver a solid level of performance in even the toughest environments.

External Intrusion Detection Considerations

Choose the tools for the job and don’t rely on a single method for detection. Overlap 2 AI cameras, double up on PIRs, mix-and-match as the environment demands – adjust for the seasons and the weather as you go.

It’s not easy but it is possible to achieve a high level of detection with a high level of confidence. It takes work and is continuous throughout the year as the weather changes. Keep the detectors as clean as possible, settle the sensitivities to the environment, and you have the best chance of success.

You can read more about Leader Security here or find more SEN news here.

*Andrew Hogendijk is chief technology officer at Leader Security.

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City of Port Phillip Seeks Access Control CCTV

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March 23, 2024