Tag: Mark Ein
Kastle Systems offers COVID-19 Safety program
May 12, 2020SSN Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. —As American companies and employees grapple with when and how to return safely to their workplaces, Kastle Systems, one of the country’s largest managed security services providers to commercial businesses, has developed an integrated, building-wide plan to safeguard the health and safety of workers returning to the workplace. The comprehensive system will enable office buildings to play a significant role in screening and contact tracing."For American workers to return...
Kastle Systems International appoints new CEO
December 5, 2018Paul Ragusa
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Kastle Systems International, an integration company that specializes in managed security solutions and services based here, recently announced the appointment of Haniel Lynn as chief executive officer, effective immediately.Lynn will assume the new role of CEO across KSI's family of five security companies, including Kastle Systems, Mutual Security, Stat Land Security, Urban Alarm and CheckVideo. Former CEO Piyush Sodha will continue to be actively involved in the business,...
Kastle Systems unveils EMC platform
July 3, 2018SSN Staff
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Kastle Systems International, a managed security solutions and services company based here, announced in June the launch of its KastleAlert offering, a mobile, crowd-sourced emergency mass communications (EMC) platform.KastleAlert aims to save lives in the critical five to 10 minutes after an emergency incident occurs, but before authorities arrive, by enabling a fast and convenient method for initial emergency reporting and the quick and comprehensive dissemination of critical...
How I Use My System: Mark Ein
March 21, 2018Spencer Ives
Mark Ein, chairman of Kastle Systems, recently told Security Systems News about the security system he has at his home.What kind of system do you have?I have a Kastle System (of course!) that is comprised of KastlePresence, a hands-free mobile access control platform, and KastleVideo, an award-winning cloud-based, smart video platform.Why this particular setup?The combination of integrated access control and video surveillance provides unparalleled security coverage for my home and gives my family...
Kastle Systems acquires Urban Alarm
January 17, 2018Paul Ragusa
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Kastle Systems International, an integration company that specializes in managed security solutions and services, recently announced the acquisition of Urban Alarm, a local D.C.-based security provider.“We are thrilled to bring Urban Alarm into the Kastle family and to expand our business into several new areas including the single-family residential market,” Mark Ein, chairman of Kastle Systems, said in the announcement. “Our customer bases, product offerings...
Kastle Systems is behind Capital Shield
November 13, 2014Martha Entwistle
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Kastle Systems is donating 1,000 cameras to private businesses in the District of Columbia as part of “Capital Shield,” a public-private partnership designed to give law enforcement officials access to private security cameras in the case of emergency.Once all of the cameras are deployed “that would increase the number of cameras available to the police in an incident by about tenfold,” Kastle Systems CEO Mark Ein told Security Systems News. “I...
Kastle Systems acquires monitoring station, Mutual Central Alarm Services from ADT
November 22, 2013Martha Entwistle
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Kastle Systems International added 4,000 customer sites and a new, highly specialized UL-listed Five Diamond central station in New York City with the Nov. 21 acquisition of Mutual Central Alarm Services and Stat-Land Security Systems from ADT.Kastle, an integrator and full-service security company, specializes in managed services for commercial real estate properties and their tenants. It protects more than 2,000 properties and 37,000 businesses across the U.S.“The...
Kastle Systems acquires CheckVideo
April 30, 2013Martha Entwistle
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Kastle Systems International, an integrator and full-service security company that specializes in managed services, announced that it has acquired CheckVideo, a provider of cloud-based intelligent video surveillance.“We saw an opportunity to do in video what Kastle has done in access control,” Brian Eckert, EVP Kastle Systems, told Security Systems News.Kastle, which is based here, has annual revenues of about $60 million and $3.7 million in RMR. It has 400 employees...