Tag: Security Industry Association (SIA)
Election, interest rate uncertainty will give way to ‘huge overhang of money’ in 2025
November 6, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK—The security industry’s financial outlook appears to be on an upswing, according to three experts who offered their investment insights during the recent Security Industry Association’s (SIA’s) Securing New Ground (SNG) conference.
M&A acceleration in 2025
John Mack, executive vice president, Imperial Capital, pointed out that YTD global M&A activity rose 14% to $846.8 billion compared to 2023; however, U.S. activity was down 8% to $338...
SIA, IACP recognize Dubai Police Force with Michael Shanahan Leadership Award
October 24, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The United Arab Emirates’ Dubai Police Force has been recognized as the winner of the 2024 Michael Shanahan Leadership in Public-Private Cooperation Award, a program presented by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in partnership with the Security Industry Association (SIA).
The award was presented Oct. 22 at the 2024 IACP Annual Banquet in Boston.
The Dubai Police department received the IACP/SIA award for its...
Easing the security burden
October 23, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
More security-related news coming out of New York for this week’s blog - this time on the state level - and significant enough that security integrators and small business owners in NY State should really take the time to read about these important developments that will help protect employees and merchandise.
Let me go back to April of this year, when the New York State legislature passed its annual budget measure for fiscal year 2025 which addresses multiple priorities and...
FAST adds Salesforce’s Jeff Fulciniti to Board of Directors
October 21, 2024SSN Staff
DALLAS—The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) has named Jeff Fulciniti of Salesforce to its Board of Directors.
FAST is an expert-led group drawn from the membership of the Security Industry Association (SIA) and the Electronic Security Association (ESA) and that defines and refines FAST’s strategic plan, as well as the foundation’s annual goals.
Fulciniti is a distinguished senior technology leader with extensive cross-functional...
SIA announces 2024 SIA Women in Security Forum Scholarship winners
October 18, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named eight recipients for the 2024 SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Scholarship – a program developed to further educational opportunities and promote advancement for the widest spectrum of people possible in the security industry.
In the 2024 scholarship program – open to employees of SIA member companies and SIA student members – each honoree will be awarded $7,500 to use toward...
SIA names Scott Gross as 2024 SIA Insightful Practitioner Award honoree
October 17, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Scott M. Gross, facility security officer at Con Edison, as the 2024 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, an honor recognizing excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions.
SIA will present Gross with the award on Nov. 20 during the 2024 SIA Honors Night celebration.
Gross has over four decades of experience in security and fire protection. In...
SIA names Alice DiSanto as 2024 SIA Progress Award honoree
October 17, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Alice DiSanto of Rajant Corporation as the 2024 recipient of the SIA Progress Award, an honor presented by SIA’s Women in Security Forum (WISF) community celebrating individuals who pave the way to success for women in the security industry.
SIA will present DiSanto with the award on Nov. 20 during the 2024 SIA Honors Night celebration.
DiSanto – who...
SIA names John Nemerofsky as 2024 George R. Lippert Memorial Award honoree
October 17, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named John Nemerofsky as the 2024 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award, an honor presented annually to a distinguished individual for long-term, selfless service to the security industry and to SIA.
Nemerofsky will be presented with the award on Nov. 20 during the 2024 SIA Honors Night celebration.
Nemerofsky is a beacon of leadership in the security industry. With a remarkable career...
AI, cloud adoption dominate SNG’s vice presidential ‘debate’
October 16, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK—There were no cameras, no network anchors and no fact checking - just two experts discussing two relevant topics related to the video security sector, AI and cloud, during a vice presidential “debate” at the Security Industry Association’s Securing New Ground conference.
The session, titled “Vice Presidential Debate: Video Sector Market Dynamics,” was moderated by Geoff Kohl, SIA’s senior director of marketing, and featured Tom Cook,...
SWEAR’s solution provides ‘counterpunch to AI’
October 16, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK—With an increasing amount of disinformation, Boise, Idaho-based SWEAR provides an innovative solution for the security sector to safeguard the integrity of digital content.
The solution, which uses real-time digital DNA encoding to safeguard security content, integrates directly at the video management system level, ensuring that every piece of content is preserved with a secure chain of custody and maintains integrity for evidentiary purposes.
“The volume and...