VSYS News

Viscount Appoints Strategic Advisor for Cloud Security Applications

2012-08-30 09:00 ET - News Release

BURNABY, BC -- (Business Wire)

Viscount Systems Inc. (OTCMARKETS:VSYS) a research and development manufacturer of information technology-focused solutions for physical security, announced it has contracted with LMC Consulting Group of Seattle, Washington, for security cloud advisory services. Shayne Bates, Director of Security Cloud Strategy at LMC Consulting, will advise the company as it expands strategic initiatives to develop and deliver physical security and building automation systems as a security-as-a-service in the cloud.

LMC will focus on advising on cloud and commercialization options for Viscount’s Freedom Plus; a physical security platform that eliminates legacy wiring, readers and panels usually associated with such systems. The system, based on Microsoft Active Directory, forms part the Company’s move to Cloud hosted services which include Microsoft Windows Azure, and the Company’s mobile device strategy.

Bates is a well-known international industry veteran, and Chairman of the ASIS International Commission on Information Security Management . LMC Consulting Group works with clients to design and implement practical solutions to their most complex issues and operates primarily in technology industries. Its Security Cloud client portfolio includes Microsoft and other international technology Companies.