Codelocks launches ConnectShare locks for easy access and app-enabled management

Codelocks International Ltd, the global access control specialist, has launched ConnectShare, a new range of smart locks that use mobile phones to make access and management easy.
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SWEAR launches program to help cities protect the integrity of critical video evidence

SWEAR, a leader in digital content authenticity, today announced the Community Video Integrity Project, a new initiative designed to help cities and public agencies proactively protect the integrity of critical video and establish a verifiable record of authenticity from the moment it is captured.
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Robust UK extends its Riser-Dor range

Robust UK, a leading manufacturer of steel door solutions, has announced that it has added a fire-rated and smoke-tested double doorset option to its RISER-DOR range. 
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Hospitals facing hidden access-control problem as workforce turnover surges

The NHS has a particularly difficult security challenge because its buildings must remain open and accessible while managing a workforce that is constantly changing.
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Yale launches first-of-its-kind MOTUS production line for multipoint locks

Ned Kenjic, Director and Head of Manufacturing at ASSA ABLOY UKI, introduces MOTUS, the new multipoint lock manufacturing flowline at ASSA ABLOY's production facility in Willenhall:
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What smart locks inherit from software

By Evgenii Arsentev, PhD, AI transformation executive, ARSENTEV.AI

A mechanical lock fails in a way the trade has understood for a century. It fails locally, it fails visibly, and it fails one site at a time. Somebody notices a door that will not close, a key that turns badly, a cylinder that has been attacked. The failure is in front of you and it belongs to that one door.

A connected lock does not do any of that. It inherits the failure modes of the software industry, and those are shaped differently: they are remote, they are quiet, and they tend to arrive everywhere at once. That is not an argument against connected hardware. I run automated systems for a living and I would not go back. It is an argument for specifying them with your eyes open, because the questions that protect a mechanical installation are not the questions that protect a connected one.
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Squire partners with inaugural Fix Radio Tool Theft Conference

Squire is pleased to continue its support for the trade at the 2026 Fix Radio Tool Theft Conference in partnership with Wickes TradePro. The event is due to take place at Fazeley Studios, Digbeth on the 22^nd of October 2026, and as a Collaborating Partner, Squire will draw on its 246 years of security expertise to share best practice and discuss practical security measures for tradespeople.   

The conference comes as tool theft continues to affect tradespeople across the UK. In 2024, more than 25,000 tool thefts were reported, with the crime estimated to cost tradespeople approximately £40 million a year. For many, these crimes can result in lost income and significant disruption to their business.
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Every AI agent needs a kill switch: DigiCert launches AI Trust Manager

DigiCert, a global leader in intelligent trust, has announced the general availability of DigiCert AI Trust Manager, part of the DigiCert ONE platform.

The new solution helps organisations discover and manage the AI agents they own or operate, establish each agent’s verifiable identity and ownership, define what it is authorised to do, and revoke that authority with a kill switch when trust changes.
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ZBeta launches Drone and Robotics Consulting Program to help organisations navigate the next dimension of physical security

ZBeta, a pioneer in delivering comprehensive physical security consulting services, today unveiled a new Drones and Robotics Consulting Practice designed to help organisations understand, evaluate and prepare for the rapidly expanding role of autonomous and unmanned technologies in physical security.

Drones and robotics are changing the security landscape from two directions. organisations face growing risks from unauthorized drones, including surveillance, espionage, disruption, and threats to critical infrastructure. At the same time, drones and robotic systems are creating new opportunities to extend security operations through automated patrols, remote inspections, incident response, and enhanced situational awareness.
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UK locksmiths go behind the scenes at ABUS Pfaffenhain

ABUS has welcomed a group of UK locksmiths to its Pfaffenhain manufacturing facility in Germany, giving customers the opportunity to see first-hand how its locking systems are manufactured.

The group of new and existing customers spent several days in Germany, with the visit combining a tour of the Pfaffenhain factory with time to meet the ABUS team, learn more about the manufacturing process and explore the wider range of security solutions produced.
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Lords call for UK AI “kill switch” powers

A group of UK peers is calling for the government to have powers to deactivate powerful AI systems and, in extreme circumstances, switch off data centres if they pose a threat to national security.
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A fire door framework: why every component counts

Iain Banks of Allegion UK provides a detailed guide on the functional hardware behind fire doors, exploring how each component plays a vital role in protecting people, property and compliance.
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Secure Logiq and Cortech Developments launch ‘Resilience by Design’ CPD events

Secure Logiq and Cortech Developments are joining forces for Resilience by Design, a new CPD-accredited event designed to get consultants and specifiers thinking about resilience from the very beginning of the security system design process.
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ASSA ABLOY Door Group calls for a more proactive approach to door maintenance

ASSA ABLOY Door Group is urging building owners and facilities managers to take a lifecycle approach to the management of doors, with regular inspection, maintenance and repair playing an important role in keeping buildings safe, compliant and operational.
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Investing in the future of architectural hardware

Amid a developing landscape of regulation, digital innovation and heightened expectations around competence, how can the industry support the next generation of architectural ironmongery professionals? GAI Fellow Award 2026 Winner, David Gray of Consort Architectural Hardware, discusses. 

"There was a time when architectural ironmongery might have been viewed as humble brassware, hinges and fittings only.
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