PSIFebruary2017

In brief
The Security Buying Group
has launched a remote
CCTV, site monitoring
service, complete with IT
system integrity checks.
Sites are visually monitored
24/ operators using the
Digifort open platform VMS
and the IT equipment
running the CCTV system is
also continuously checked
for correct operation.
IDIS is celebrating 20 years
in the security industry in
2017 and will be marking
the anniversary at regional
offices, over social media,
during tradeshows and local
events and with partners
and customers.
Biometric data captured from HD
camera images
The capabilities of HD cameras were highlighted
recently when Isao Echizen, a professor at the
Digital Content and Media Sciences Research
Division of the National Institute of Informatics
successfully obtained fingerprints from
photographs taken from up to three metres
away. He specifically warned against posing with
the peace sign, as it could give identity thieves
Predator PTZ cameras star on
the silver screen
360 Vision Technology is celebrating a starring
role for its Predator ‘all-in-one’ PTZ camera
range in The White King, a feature film coming
to UK cinemas in late January 2017 from
Signature Entertainment.
A sci-fi drama featuring Jonathan Pryce,
Agyness Deyn and Lorenzo Allchurch, the film
is set in a dystopian world and revolves around
a 12-year old boy who is coming to terms with
his father’s imprisonment by a totalitarian
state. The film follows the young boy and his
mother as they try to navigate through
propaganda and government abuse, as they
the opportunity to match fingerprints with a
face.
Robert Capps, VP of business development at
NuData Security, said: “While physical
biometrics will always have a place when it
comes to in-person user authentication, there
are significant drawbacks to consider when we
extend biometric identity verification online.
“We shed physical biometric data wherever
we go; leaving fingerprints on everything we
touch, posting selfies on social media and
videos with friends and family. Much of this
information can be captured by fraudsters.
Fingerprints can be stolen from doorknobs and
glass and easily replicated. High-resolution
photos, as Isao Echizen demonstrates in this
zoom-and-enhance technique, can take a picture
from great distances that can be used to copy a
physical biometric. This technique was also
brought to wide-scale attention by Jan
"Starbug" Krissler when he used Angela
Merkel’s photo to unlock an iris biometric test at
a security conference in 2015. We can expect
more creative attempts by hackers to capture
this information.”
risk everything to reunite their family.
“Used in many scenes throughout the film,
we employed the powerful aesthetics of 360
Vision Technology’s Predator camera to help
establish the atmosphere of the social
structure in the world of The White King,”
explains Director of Photography René Richter.
“The film depicts a world where ordinary
citizens are not allowed access to any form of
technology, and where the technologically
equipped elite control society. We found the
futuristic and rugged appearance of the
Predator cameras perfect for their role in the
film.”
Shot on location in Hungary, 360 Vision
supplied the filmmakers with black and white
colour versions of the Predator camera, camera
control equipment, and provided training for
the film’s production staff on how to operate
the cameras.
“360 Vision Technology is thrilled to have
had the Predator camera chosen to appear in
this compelling film,” says Mark Rees,
Business Development Director at 360 Vision
Technology.
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