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SIA Announces Rose M. Littlejohn, PwC Managing Director for Security, as Keynote for Securing New Ground
Littlejohn, a leading security practitioner, will share her insights with manufacturers, integrators, and others at the security industry’s top executive conference on Oct. 26. Silver Spring, Md. —The Security Industry Association (SIA) today announced Rose M. Littlejohn, Managing Director, Security, Meeting and Events Services and U.S. Travel, PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers), as a keynote presenter for…
Keep Reading »SIA Member Exchange: Providing Business Solutions with Panasonic
Andre Greco, Michelle Chapin and Paul Schomburg of Panasonic visit the Security Industry Association. In only eight years, Panasonic underwent an exciting transformation. In 2008, the company once known for its televisions and telephones sold 51 percent to consumers and 49 percent to business. Last year, Panasonic was 95 percent a business-to-business company and only 5…
Keep Reading »SIA New Member Profile: LCA Sales Co.
The Security Industry Association welcomes aboard LCA Sales Co., based in Hawthorne, New York, as a new member of the association. We caught up with President and CEO Joel Schwartz, who told us more about LCA Sales. In our discussion, Schwartz emphasized networking as a primary benefit of SIA membership. As a manufacturers’ representative agency,…
Keep Reading »SIA New Member Profile: Lowers & Associates
Lowers & Associates, with U.S. headquarters in Purcellville, Virginia, recently joined the Security Industry Association (SIA)! We learned more about the company’s background from Cherie Kern, Lowers & Associates Marketing Associate, who told us how the company views shifting risk profiles and why everyone should think of managing risk as part of their jobs. Learn…
Keep Reading »SIA Announces Kathleen Carroll of HID Global as Chair of Data Privacy Advisory Board, Craig Sharman of Johnson Controls as Government Relations Committee Chair
Carroll takes the rein of a new advisory board while Sharman replaces her on Government Relations Committee. Silver Spring, Md. — During the 2017 SIA GovSummit, SIA Chairman Denis Hebert announced that Kathleen Carroll, Vice President, Government Affairs, HID Global, would assume responsibilities as chair of the Security Industry Association (SIA) Data Privacy Advisory Board.…
Keep Reading »SIA New Member Profile: Imageonix Technologies LLC
The Security Industry Association (SIA) extends a warm welcome to Imageonix Technologies LLC, a distribution firm focused on critical infrastructure protection, as a new SIA Member! We chatted with Mike Broggie, CEO, Imageonix Technologies LLC about how SIA is helping his company with “a roadmap to the security industry” as Imageonix Technologies creates awareness among…
Keep Reading »SIA New Member Profile: QuiAccess
Belgium bar code reader manufacturer QuiAccess talks with SIA about the importance of the SIA Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) to the company’s bar code readers. In this SIA member profile, we chat with Stefaan Joos, product designer for QuiAccess. “OSDP is very important to our future,” Joos explains. Find out more about the company…
Keep Reading »SIA Names Legislators of the Year
Sen. Cory Gardner and Reps. Mike Coffman and Peter Welch have fought to prevent restrictions on security product power supplies and to restore school safety grant funding. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) today announced it would recognize three Members of Congress as SIA Legislators of the Year for their work on…
Keep Reading »SIA Establishes SecurityPAC to Bolster Advocacy Efforts
New political action committee will support candidates who champion issues important to the security industry. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) today announced the establishment of a political action committee (PAC) called the SecurityPAC. SecurityPAC was established by the SIA Executive Committee for the purpose of identifying, supporting and contributing campaign donations to…
Keep Reading »SIA New Member Profile: Kwikset
The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomes aboard residential lock manufacturer Kwikset headquartered in Lake Forest, California! SIA caught up with Nick English, North American Sales Manager, Residential Access Solutions, for Kwikset about the company’s recent activities in smart locks and their overall relationship to smart homes. “Multiple studies have shown that the most popular entry…
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