Tag: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Adams County, Colo., enhances public safety with ASAP implementation
March 18, 2025SSN Staff
COMMERCE CITY, Colo.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Adams County Communications Center Authority (ADCOM911) has completed implementation of the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) Service.
ADCOM911 went live with the service on March 4, becoming the 149th emergency communications center (ECC) in the U.S. and fourth in Colorado to adopt the ASAP program
The ECC dispatches emergency services for multiple law-enforcement agencies, including the Adams County...
ASIS announces revised SRA standard
April 16, 2024SSN Staff
ALEXANDRIA, VA – ASIS International has shared the release of its new American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standard dedicated to security risk assessments.
The ASIS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Standard has been revised and designed to change how organizations assess and manage security risks. Noting it was developed by a team of seasoned security professionals, ASIS said their SRA Standard offers an up-to-date and forward-looking comprehensive and systematic approach...
Rapid Response first third-party monitoring center to get UL listing for AVS-01
April 2, 2024SSN Staff
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Rapid Response Monitoring Services has earned the Underwriters Laboratories UL-CAVS listing, becoming the first third-party monitoring center to both adopt the standard and receive the UL listing for the new TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Validation Scoring Standard.
“AVS-01's accurate scoring and classification of intrusion alarms improves situational awareness and allows specialists to relay a more comprehensive depiction of what is happening at the premises,” said...
SIA earns American National Standards Institute reaccreditation for SIA standards
May 30, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced that it has successfully completed the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) reaccreditation process for its standards development program.
ANSI is the nonprofit standards body accreditation organization that oversees development of voluntary consensus standards for products, processes, systems and personnel in the United States. It requires all ANSI-accredited standards developers to complete a full audit...