ClanTect secures first major contract under 3DX-Ray ownership

ClanTect, as part of the 3DX-RAY Ltd portfolio, has secured a significant contract to supply six ClanTect Human Presence Detection systems to support state border security operations in Eurasia.
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i-PRO and Kepler Vision Technologies partner to improve patient safety monitoring

i-PRO Co., Ltd., a global leader in professional security and public safety solutions, has announced its partnership with Kepler Vision Technologies, a developer of AI-driven patient safety applications, to help healthcare organizations enhance patient monitoring and support care teams facing persistent staffing pressures, particularly during night shifts.
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UK businesses in Retail, Utilities and Transport face highest combined security risk, new industry index reveals

ID Card Centre has published a new benchmark ranking 11 UK industries on combined cyber and physical security exposure, using ICO breach data and Home Office crime data.

• Retail and manufacturing are the most exposed industries (50.9/100), followed by utilities (43.1) and transport and leisure (40.7).
• Finance has the highest breach rate (184 per 10,000 businesses) but ranks 6th overall because physical crime there is low.
• 77% of UK data breaches in 2025 were due to human error or process failure, not hacking. 

Breach data covers 2023 to 2025; crime data 2022/23.
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UK and Ireland lead Europe in active AI adoption for physical security

Verkada, a leader in AI-powered physical security and operations,released its 2026 State of Cloud Physical Security Report, uncovering that nearly half (49%) of organisations in the UK and Ireland are actively using AI in their physical security systems – the highest level among the 5 European countries surveyed. 

An additional 27% of respondents report they are piloting or testing the technology, suggesting that AI has already moved beyond experimentation for many organisations in the UK and Ireland. Expectations for the technology are also high. 86% of UK and Ireland respondents believe AI will move physical security from mainly reactive to proactive within the next three years. 
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Access control after the human

By Evgenii Arsentev, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, AskDocDoc

Last month I read in this newsletter about DigiCert and their AI Trust Manager (a product that gives an AI agent its own identity, an owner and a kill switch). I don't use it, so I can't say if it's good. But I read the piece twice, because a certificate company is now selling something like staff badges for software. And I think your trade will meet this question soon.

I'm not a locksmith and I never fitted a lock in my life. I'm CEO of AskDocDoc (telehealth), and in our company the software development is done by AI agents. Technical support also. In engineering we have only our CTO now. So the accounts in my company are held more and more by programs and not by people, and I had to decide how to control it. In my first piece here I wrote what smart locks inherit from software. Now I want to write about the next part - when the one who holds the credential is not a person.
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Mitie secures contract with Airbus

Mitie has secured a multi-year security contract with Airbus in the UK. The contract began on 1 October 2026 and brings together around 300 security personnel to deliver integrated security services across seven UK locations.

Mitie's Intelligence Security Operations Centre (ISOC) will provide tailored intelligence that enables colleagues to identify and prevent emerging risks. Specialist teams across aviation security, site security, emergency response, guest services, vetting and control-room operations will work alongside wider regional and UK security resources, helping to maintain safe, secure and compliant operations.
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