https://securitystandards.ca Independent, vendor-neutral coverage of Canada's security and network trades: news, reviews, rankings, and standards. en-ca Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:11:22 GMT https://securitystandards.ca/articles/the-same-five-findings/ https://securitystandards.ca/articles/the-same-five-findings/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT An independent reviewer keeps finding the same five problems across different installers, platforms and provinces. Almost none are workmanship. Nearly all are decided at specification stage. https://securitystandards.ca/news/genetec-vms-leader-2026/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/genetec-vms-leader-2026/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Omdia and Novaira Insights again ranked Genetec the global market-share leader in video management software, with the Montreal company growing about 20 percent in a market that grew 13.3 percent. https://securitystandards.ca/news/aartech-canada-takex-distributor/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/aartech-canada-takex-distributor/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ontario distributor Aartech Canada is now an authorized Canadian distributor for TAKEX America, bringing perimeter beams, PIR, request-to-exit, and a new vape sensor into local stock. https://securitystandards.ca/news/cisco-asa-ftd-ssl-vpn-dos-cve-2026-20349/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/cisco-asa-ftd-ssl-vpn-dos-cve-2026-20349/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security flagged CVE-2026-20349, a high-severity flaw in Cisco ASA and Secure Firewall Threat Defense that attackers are already using to knock devices offline. https://securitystandards.ca/news/milwaukee-pipeline-2026/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/milwaukee-pipeline-2026/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT More than 100 new Milwaukee tools landed at PIPELINE 2026. Here are the battery, power, and cable-pulling updates that affect security and network installers. https://securitystandards.ca/news/flock-alpr-accountability-2026/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/flock-alpr-accountability-2026/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Facing sustained criticism of its license-plate-reader network, Flock Safety made multi-factor authentication mandatory, cut default data retention to seven days, commissioned a Bishop Fox review, and added misuse auditing, though much of it depends on customers enforcing it. https://securitystandards.ca/news/top-10-security-integrators-2026-announced/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/top-10-security-integrators-2026-announced/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Canada's best security integration firms, named. Eighty-three nominations, one editorial standard, ten names. The full ranking with our reasoning for every placement publishes August 15. https://securitystandards.ca/news/toa-canada-vx-3000-certification-program/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/toa-canada-vx-3000-certification-program/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A free, self-paced certification for the VX-3000 emergency communication platform covering code-compliant design, configuration, and troubleshooting. Certified dealers also get first call on TOA design-team leads. https://securitystandards.ca/news/toa-m-8080d-v3-update/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/toa-m-8080d-v3-update/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A combined software and firmware release brings up to eight custom groups, paired channels, iOS and Android control apps, static IP addressing, and two tiers of access control to the digital matrix mixer series. https://securitystandards.ca/news/axis-os-13-breaking-changes/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/axis-os-13-breaking-changes/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT HTTPS-only by default, signed video, mandatory ACAP signing, and a 64-bit time rebuild for 2038. Integrators running Axis fleets have one month to find out what stops working. https://securitystandards.ca/news/amd-epyc-venice-instinct-mi400/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/amd-epyc-venice-instinct-mi400/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Zen 6 EPYC reaches 256 cores with PCIe Gen 6, while the MI400 accelerators and Helios rack target large-scale AI inference. https://securitystandards.ca/news/hid-amico-facial-readers/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/hid-amico-facial-readers/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT HID's Amico biometric readers land in North America with five authentication methods and a template-on-card privacy option. https://securitystandards.ca/news/nvidia-jetson-thor-metropolis/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/nvidia-jetson-thor-metropolis/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jetson Thor T3000 and T2000 bring Blackwell compute to compact analytics hardware, while Metropolis tooling claims 6x faster vision-agent development. https://securitystandards.ca/news/hanwha-x-series-compact-ai/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/hanwha-x-series-compact-ai/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three compact X series models bring Wisenet 9 dual-NPU analytics, real-time privacy masking, and single-gang-box mounting. https://securitystandards.ca/news/bill-c26-critical-cyber/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/bill-c26-critical-cyber/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT What Canada's critical-infrastructure cyber law means for integrators, consultants, and connected physical security systems. https://securitystandards.ca/news/axis-summer-2026-products/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/axis-summer-2026-products/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AXIS P1486-LE brings a CMOS global shutter to surveillance, alongside new fisheyes, a bispectral camera, and 4K bullets and mini-domes. https://securitystandards.ca/news/ulc-alarm-standards/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/ulc-alarm-standards/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practitioner guide to ULC S301, S303, S304, and S319, and why Canadian installs reference ULC over UL. https://securitystandards.ca/news/cisco-catalyst-9350-9550/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/cisco-catalyst-9350-9550/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Catalyst 9350 delivers full 802.3bt Type 4 power across all 48 ports; the 9550 core series brings 400G uplinks to campus networks. https://securitystandards.ca/news/gallagher-command-centre-v950/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/gallagher-command-centre-v950/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Command Centre v9.50 integrates the cloud-native AccessNow platform, adds VisionPass SP Fingerscan support, and opens reporting data to Power BI and Tableau. https://securitystandards.ca/news/hpe-gen12-supermicro-x14/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/hpe-gen12-supermicro-x14/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT HPE ships ruggedized Gen12 edge servers and an NVIDIA Vera-based DL394; Supermicro's X14 platforms reach 576 E-cores per server on Xeon 6+. https://securitystandards.ca/news/ipro-generative-ai-fisheye/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/ipro-generative-ai-fisheye/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT i-PRO's 12.5MP X series fisheyes run a generative AI engine fully on-camera, adding free-text detection without cloud dependency. https://securitystandards.ca/news/intel-xeon-6-plus-clearwater-forest/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/intel-xeon-6-plus-clearwater-forest/ Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Clearwater Forest is Intel's first 18A data-centre CPU, aimed at packing many concurrent inference and analytics workloads per rack. https://securitystandards.ca/news/ai-video-analytics-canada/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/ai-video-analytics-canada/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT How AI video analytics fit Canadian privacy law, with notes on retention, minimization, and facial recognition caution. https://securitystandards.ca/news/dell-poweredge-18g-powerstore/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/dell-poweredge-18g-powerstore/ Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT New PowerEdge servers reach 256 cores per system on 6th-gen EPYC; PowerStore Elite packs 5.8PB effective into 3U, both relevant to VMS back ends. https://securitystandards.ca/news/brivo-ai-agent-api/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/brivo-ai-agent-api/ Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Brivo's Security Platform API adds agent-ready documentation and tooling, aiming to make custom access and video integrations cheaper to build. https://securitystandards.ca/news/verkada-2026-platform-wave/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/verkada-2026-platform-wave/ Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Verkada's spring platform update pairs new bullet cameras and AI detections with the AC43 controller, a FIPS-grade variant, and the AF64 Access Station Pro. https://securitystandards.ca/news/fortinet-fortigate-g-series/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/fortinet-fortigate-g-series/ Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT ASIC-accelerated firewalls for the data centre and enterprise edge add encrypted-traffic inspection and shadow-AI visibility on FortiOS 8.0. https://securitystandards.ca/news/ubiquiti-unifi-eav-switches/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/ubiquiti-unifi-eav-switches/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The EAV line pairs a 2,150W PoE budget and low-latency switching with a 24-slot SFP+ fiber model, priced well under enterprise equivalents. https://securitystandards.ca/news/canasa-canadian-security/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/canasa-canadian-security/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT What the Canadian Security Association does, how it fits licensing, and why its events matter to integrators. https://securitystandards.ca/news/90w-poe-8023bt/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/90w-poe-8023bt/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT How IEEE 802.3bt Type 3 and Type 4 deliver 60W and 90W for PTZ cameras, multi-sensor units, and heaters. https://securitystandards.ca/news/intel-arc-pro-b-series/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/intel-arc-pro-b-series/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Battlemage-based workstation cards pair large VRAM with strong media engines, a practical fit for VMS clients and video walls. https://securitystandards.ca/news/nist-csf-2-canada/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/nist-csf-2-canada/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT CSF 2.0 added a Govern function and widened its scope, with practical notes for Canadian integrators and consultants. https://securitystandards.ca/news/vsaas-data-sovereignty-canada/ https://securitystandards.ca/news/vsaas-data-sovereignty-canada/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The trade-offs of cloud video, from bandwidth to data residency, with the privacy and contract points for Canada.