Tag: Securitas
Companies sign EU AI Pact
September 27, 2024SSN Staff
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has announced that over one hundred companies have become the initial signatories of the EU artificial intelligence (AI) Pact.
Those first signatories include many multinational companies and European SMEs including a number connected with the security industry like Milestone Systems, Securitas, Verisure, and Cisco.
“We need rules to ensure AI is being developed to serve humanity,” said Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone Systems earlier...
Orange County, N.C., ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
August 2, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that the Orange County Emergency Services, Public Safety Communications Division became the 146th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States and the 14th in the state of North Carolina to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring...
Buncombe County ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
July 11, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that the Buncombe County Public Safety Communications Center (BCPSC) became the 145th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States and the 13th ECC in the state of North Carolina to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers...
‘Selective growth’ in M&A activity predicted for second half of 2024, Cetingok says
May 22, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
DALLAS—While market conditions might be conducive to increased M&A activity in the security space this year, not so fast, says Alper Cetingok, senior managing director for Raymond James & Associates.
Cetingok’s M&A forecast for the last six months of the year sees buyers remaining more selective, while some sellers are delaying processes due to market conditions and persistent gaps in valuation expectations.
“We're going to see some growth, I think,...
Florida ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
May 21, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Palm Beach County Fla. Sheriff's Office became the 144th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the U.S. and the 11th in the state of Florida to implement TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers to ECCs.
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Securitas: ‘We are taking actions to improve performance’
May 10, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
STOCKHOLM — Securitas saw a welcome improvement in the U.S. but fell short in Europe due to integration issues and its airport security business, according to the company’s interim report for the months of January-March.
Overall, Securitas saw an operating income before amortization of MSEK 2.357 billion, or roughly $217 million USD. It gained an impressive 6% increased operating margin improvement thanks to North American operations and its performance in Ibero-America. Seasonality...
Industry luminary Jim Henry passes away, colleagues reflect
April 17, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Legend. Great friend. Terrific presence. Mentor.
These are just some of the heartfelt tributes and reflections from colleagues and friends of industry luminary Jim Henry, one of the inaugural winners of the Security Systems News (SSN) Security Legend award, who passed away on April 13, 2024, after a lengthy illness. He was 70.
Henry spent more than 50 years in the security industry, from the early days of running a business with his family to later working for behemoths...
Securitas training 10,000 data center professionals
February 21, 2024SSN Staff
STOCKHOLM – Securitas has revealed that it aims to certify 10,000 officers as data center security and safety professionals following the establishment of the Global Clients Data Center Group in 2023.
Securitas said it’s now taking an important next step by strengthening the skills of its security officers by introducing a certification for managing data centers’ diverse security challenges with efficiency and expertise. Calling data centers the unseen backbone that enables everything...
Renowned security PR professional Lynda Murphy passes away
November 27, 2023SSN Staff
CHICAGO—Lynda Murphy, the founder of Murphy Knott Public relations who represented numerous security companies along with other major local, national, and international clients, passed away on Nov. 20. She was 69.
Murphy founded Murphy Knott Public Relations in 1984 and led the company for nearly four decades until her death, helping to craft the corporate messaging of major brands such as Miller Brewing Company, IBM, Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, Vienna Beef, Ferrara Candy Company,...
AMAG Technology’s Kyle Gordon – ‘It’s a noisy and chaotic industry right now, and it’s really exciting’
October 24, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – A star of the access control sector of the security industry, AMAG Technology is changing and evolving to address the demands of the future. One of those changes has been naming Kyle Gordon the EVP of global sales, marketing, and commercial excellence.
Gordon accepted his new role in August of this year, and Security Systems News (SSN) was able to speak with him about his winding path through the industry and about what comes next for security.
SSN: Mr. Gordon, could...