Tag: Integrated Security Technologies
SSN webcast sees thought leaders discussing 2024’s top trends and challenges
January 3, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – The evolution of cyber-physical security convergence and the emergence of mobile wallets in the access control space were some of the hot topics addressed during a thought leaders webcast hosted by Security Systems News.
Titled “State of the Industry - A Look Ahead to 2024's Top Trends and Challenges in the Security Space”, the webcast featured a panel of industry professionals - Antoinette King, director of regional sales for the East and...
Women in Security Feature: Alana Batschelet - ‘Everyone deserves to feel safe’
July 10, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Alana Batschelet joined the Waipahu, Hawaii-based Integrated Security Technologies team in August 2020, bringing with her over 15 years’ experience specializing in customer relations and a passion for helping people.
Since starting with the company, she has taken an active role in the PSA Security Sales Strategy Committee and in 2022, took on the role of chairperson for that committee.
As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association...
40 under 40: Liz Bacus, Integrated Security Technologies
June 13, 2022Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Engineering and design work for the Federal government is the bread and butter of what Liz Bacus does on a daily basis.
As the FedGov Project Engineer for Waipahu, Hawaii-based Integrated Security Technologies (IST), Bacus has a variety of responsibilities in her current role.
“I do ESS (electronic security systems) pre-sales engineering and design work, and project management of federal contracts from cradle to grave,” she explained.
“I also do pre-sales...
Unlimited Technology announces partnership with Integrated Security Technologies
March 3, 2022SSN Staff
NEW YORK—Unlimited Technology, Inc., a leading provider of security systems integration solutions, announced a partnership with Integrated Security Technologies, Inc., a security integrator specializing in government, healthcare, education, data center and commercial sectors. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
This partnership is the first for Unlimited Technology, which recently received an investment from private equity funds managed by Lee Equity Partners.
IST is...
Business resiliency during crisis
April 8, 2020
YARMOUTH, Maine—At this point in the global pandemic, unemployment is soaring; furloughs are plenty; some businesses are no longer in existence; and according Bloomberg Economics' model, chance of recession in the U.S. now stands at 100 percent. The time is now for security integrators to quickly adapt to these and other disruptions while at the same time maintaining continuous business operations and keep people safe by prioritizing what is most critical to be done. Easier said than done.The...
PSA announces new board of director members
April 5, 2018SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA, one of the world's largest electronic security cooperatives, recently announced changes to its Board of Directors.
The following PSA owners were elected to positions on the board:
Central regional director: Carey Boethel, president and CEO, Securadyne Systems
Midwest regional director: Skip Sampson, president, KST Security
Northeast regional director: Terry Rivet, president and CEO, Securitronics
Incumbents remaining on the board are:
Chairman:...
Women in Security: Christine Lanning, IST
November 27, 2017Paul Ragusa
WAIPIO, Hawaii—Christine Lanning is president of Hawaii-based Integrated Security Technologies Inc., a woman-owned systems integrator recognized as a Hawaii Business Magazine Best Places to Work six out of the last seven years.In addition to running a successful and growing business with her husband Andrew Lanning, she gives back a lot of her time to the industry as part of organizations and locally in her own community. Lanning was awarded ASIS Women of the Year in 2014, and became the first...
Security fundamentals can be strong weapons against cyberattacks
February 18, 2015Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—The recent security crisis at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield reaffirms that the constant threat of cyber hacks is the new normal. Business as usual in the security industry doesn't exist anymore. So what kinds of proactive steps are integrators and central stations taking to prevent cyberattacks?Nothing esoteric or revolutionary, actually. But they may be doing things more important than that—reinforcing the fundamentals of cyberhygiene, working harder to improve communication...
Women in Security: Christine Lanning took to technology early
November 5, 2014Martha Entwistle
HONOLULU—Christine Lanning, president of Integrated Security Technologies, a systems integration firm based here, always expected to have a technology-centric career. As a child, she soldered LED lights onto circuit boards for fun, she was the first kid on the block to have a home computer, and the only third-grader who turned in school reports printed out on a dot matrix printer.“I think it was an Apple 2E. My dad and I played around with programming and making cool graphics,”...
IST doubles service revenue
November 17, 2011Martha Entwistle
HONOLULU—At the suggestion of a new operations manager, Integrated Security Technologies decided to install a new customer service portal in 2010. As a result, the company doubled its service revenue in one year.“It's great. Customers love it,” explained Christine Lanning, president of IST, which is a member of PSA Security. “They can go online and enter their problem, and they're notified about when a tech will show up, what actions were taken, and when we resolved the issue.”IST...