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SIA and Other Organizations Jointly Oppose “Right to Repair” Legislation
SIA is actively monitoring legislation that requires original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of digital electronic products to disclose proprietary diagnostic and repair information to independent repair shop owners – known as Right to Repair.
Keep Reading »Indiana Offered State School Security Model During SIA GovSummit
Tim Eckersley of Allegion discusses school safety at SIA GovSummit. Officials shared perspective on emergency preparedness measures adopted by the state of Indiana for school security in a panel discussion presented by the Security Industry Association (SIA) and the Congressional School Safety Caucus during the 2017 SIA GovSummit last month. Introducing speakers at the Summit,…
Keep Reading »SIA Statesmen Honored at SIA Policy Leadership Awards Dinner
Teresa Wu receives the SIA Statesman Award on Thursday. The Security Industry Association (SIA) honored two of its members with the SIA Statesman Award during a dinner event at SIA GovSummit on Thursday. Established in 2006, the Statesman Award is an annual award presented by SIA to an individual (or individuals) who makes an extraordinary contribution…
Keep Reading »SIA Legislators of the Year Recognized at SIA GovSummit
Sen. Cory Gardner accepts SIA Legislator of the Year Award from Denis Hebert of SIA. The Security Industry Association (SIA) this week recognized three Members of Congress as SIA Legislators of the Year for their work on policy issues important to the industry. The SIA Legislator of the Year Award is presented annually to Members…
Keep Reading »SIA Acknowledged by Security Industry Alarm Coalition
Kirk MacDowell (third from left) stand with other security industry leaders in Nashville on June 16. The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) presented the Security Industry Association (SIA) with an award for its long history of supporting SIAC initiatives in a ceremony during the ESX Public Safety Luncheon in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 16. Accepting…
Keep Reading »How SIA Helped to Oppose Problematic IoT Legislation
On Friday, June 1, California Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson ordered CA S.B. 327 to be placed on the inactive file, which means the bill will not receive further consideration for the remainder of 2017, but could be pursued again next year. (Read a news article on the bill’s withdrawal from the Northern California Record.) S.B. 327,…
Keep Reading »SIA to Honor Teresa Wu of Oberthur Technologies-Morpho, Holly Borgmann of ADT with Statesman Awards at SIA GovSummit
The 2017 Statesman Awards, presented at SIA GovSummit, represent outstanding contributions to advocating for the security industry before government decision makers. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) will honor two of its members with the SIA Statesman Award during a dinner event at SIA GovSummit on June 28, 2017, SIA announced today.…
Keep Reading »SIA Establishes Public Safety Working Group
New council to be chaired by Steve Surfaro of Axis Communications Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced today its establishment of the SIA Public Safety Working Group, chaired by Steve Surfaro, industry liaison, Axis Communications. SIA stands up the SIA Public Safety Working Group to develop recommendations to improve the safety,…
Keep Reading »SIA Honors Industry Achievements at The Advance
Ken Mills of Dell EMC receives the Chairman’s Award from Denis Hebert at The Advance at ISC West on April 4, 2017. In his role as chairman of the Security Industry Association (SIA), Denis Hébert, president of Feenics Inc., welcomed security industry luminaries to the annual meeting of SIA Membership on the first day of…
Keep Reading »SIA Selects John Steele of Johnson Controls as 2017 SIA Committee Chair of the Year
Steele serves at the forefront of advocacy on behalf of the entire security industry before state and local governments. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected John Steele, Senior Director of Government Relations, Johnson Controls, as 2017 SIA Committee Chair of the Year for his work with the SIA Government Relations…
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