The Washington Post highlighted Xtract One Technologies in their latest report on corporate America’s accelerating security investments following recent workplace shootings. CEO Peter Evans noted that clients who were previously just browsing our offerings are now contacting us with clear deployment intent, saying “We are going to deploy a solution before December. Can we run a demo with you?”
The article features our weapons detection technology, including video demonstration of schoolchildren walking through our systems while carrying backpacks, laptops, tablets, and metal water bottles without triggering alerts. Our technology can process multiple people simultaneously while distinguishing between genuine threats and everyday items.
The report details how workplace homicides involving firearms have increased from 322 a decade ago to 373 in 2023, with about 28 percent of public mass shootings occurring in workplace settings. Companies are responding with increased security spending – Intel’s executive security costs jumped from $1,500 to $248,900 between 2023 and 2024.
Read the full Washington Post article to see how Xtract One is helping transform corporate security.