Latin America. The ransomware attacks of the Conti group to Costa Rica made the decree of the state of emergency since April. Recently, the cybercriminal group doubled the cost of the ransom in the face of the executive's refusal to make the payment. The president's response to this situation has been to call it a "war."

International. A recent study on the global network video recording systems sector – NVRs, estimates that the market reached revenues of around US$2.9 billion in 2021, with a year-on-year growth rate of 12%, Fact.MR reported.

Chile. Ikusi participated in the integration of security systems in the new terminal of the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago de Chile, which was inaugurated last February and represented an investment of US $ 1,000 million.

Latin America. Johnson Controls is committed to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to improve the performance of video surveillance in Latin America, which is why it introduced AI analytics in its security-focused products.

Mexico. Uniview Technologies presented its new general manager for Mexico, Phil Shaw, who enters to strengthen the work team to increase its presence in the national market in large projects.

Colombia. The Colombian government issued Decree 338 that establishes the general guidelines for digital security governance, with which it seeks to combine and boost legal development, technical advances, as well as state and private knowledge to strengthen the country's cybersecurity.

Central America. Hikvision offers in the market of Mexico and Central America a solution to detect threats in real time, Value IP cameras and network video recorders (NVR), with AcuSense technology, which allows to identify real events of interest and reduce false alarms.

Mexico. On May 19 , Milestone Systems inaugurated its new facilities for Latin America, which are located in the Capital Reforma Torre B skyscraper, on the exclusive Paseo de la Reforma Avenue in Mexico City. The company will have a solid base of operations there to offer its services in sales, pre-sales and technical support.

Mexico. ADISES held its Road Show at the Sheraton Hotel in Mexico City where integrators came to learn about the 2022 novelties of the NVT Phybridge and Vivotek brands available for the national market.

Latin America. The Latin American Security Association – ALAS described as a total success the development of its two most recent Technological Meetings held the previous week in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, thus completing four meetings of this type so far this year after the events in CDMX and Bogotá.

International. The Italian company specialized in robust video surveillance solutions, Videotec S.p.A, has been acquired by Motorola Solutions.

Latin America. Milestone Systems confirmed its new sales director for Latin America. This is Mauricio Swain, who since May 16 joins the management team of the Americas. The main responsibilities of this professional include directly supervising the sales team and its alliances with the channels and the community throughout the region.

International. HID Global announced the acquisition of Vizinex RFID , reinforcing the brand's presence in vertical markets such as healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas and data centers, among others; and adds a fundamental technology to HID Global's RFID tag portfolio.

International. Hikvision announced its financial results for last year, highlighting total revenue of around $12 billion, year-over-year growth of 28.21% and net profit for shareholders topped $2.4 billion.

Latin America. Genetec called on Latin American governments, saying there is little preparation in the region for cybersecurity attacks. According to an investigation that carried out an important blind spot are video surveillance cameras, as 7 out of 10 have their firmware outdated.

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