Business Management
SIA Technology Insights – Summer 2021
In every issue of SIA Technology Insights, we try to look to the cutting edge (and sometimes even to the bleeding edge) of security technology, to ensure you stay current with the steady whir of technology change. This edition examines the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on security operations, from touchless access control to temperature screening, as well as topics like how security technology is evolving from detection to intervention and prevention.
Keep Reading »The Year That Changed Security: How the Pandemic Shaped the Use of Technology in 2020 and Going Forward
To say that the year 2020 was challenging is a huge understatement. In March of last year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life around the world. Regular business operations and the economy came to a halt. Businesses such as those in retail, stadiums, casinos, hotels and restaurants were particularly hard hit. Unemployment spiraled, as did frustration…
Keep Reading »What Dave Komendat, Boeing CSO and ISC West Keynote Speaker, Says Was His Hardest Career Challenge
The challenge he faced was even more difficult than what he encountered after Japan’s Fukushima earthquake of 2011. ISC West 2021 is coming up July 19-21 in Las Vegas, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC West have revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC West program, including 65+ sessions on the most current business trends, technologies and…
Keep Reading »4 ISC West Sessions That Will Help Your Integration Business
ISC West 2021 is coming up July 19-21 in Las Vegas, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC West recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC West program, including keynote presentations from top luminaries and 65+ sessions on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments. Among the robust lineup of…
Keep Reading »SIA Privacy Code of Conduct
SIA encourages organizations to design and implement a privacy program based on ethical principles, robust security, applicable regulations and laws and end user expectations.
Keep Reading »Participate in This Quick Poll on Vaccination Requirements From SIA’s HR Working Group
The SIA Human Resources Working Group is seeking input from executives and human resources staff in the security industry regarding policies on vaccination for employees and job applicants. We’ve created a brief survey to gauge how companies are handling return to work and to help SIA benchmark industry plans and practices. Please complete the quick,…
Keep Reading »Physical Security Market Overview: Q2 2021
This four-page brief, created for SIA members by Omdia in partnership with SIA, provides an update on adoption and opportunities for security as a service (SaaS), encompassing access control as a service (ACaaS) and video surveillance as a service (VSaaS). It also includes research and data on the body-worn camera market and examines purchases of open systems and edge devices vs. end-to-end security solutions.
Keep Reading »Physical Security Market Overview: Q1 2021
This three-page brief, created for SIA members by Omdia in partnership with SIA, highlights the challenges 2020 presented for the transportation sector and how the U.S. mobile video surveillance equipment market has performed and offers technology adoption predictions and member perspectives.
Keep Reading »RMR Microlearning Series
To assist security dealers and systems integrators in leveraging RMR to increase company value, the Security Industry Association (SIA) has developed a five-part RMR business model training program as part of its Microlearning Series of educational modules.
Keep Reading »Grow Your Business Internationally: A SIA Guide to Expanding Sales and Creating Global Operations
After surveying companies already invested internationally or interested in expanding into global markets, SIA has released a member-exclusive tool kit to help companies understand the international landscape in Israel, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
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