Learning & Development
SIA Appoints New Chair to Helm Young Professionals Group
Silver Spring, Md.—Brendan McFall, Technical Project Manager, Northland Controls, became the new chair of the SIA RISE Networking Group, volunteering his time to support career resources for young professionals in the security industry, announced the Security Industry Association (SIA) today. SIA RISE offers networking events, job resources, scholarships and professional development to young professionals at…
Keep Reading »A Chat About ISC West 2018 With Will Wise of Reed Exhibitions
SIA sat down with Will Wise, Group Vice President of the Security Events Portfolio at Reed Exhibitions, about what’s new at this year’s upcoming, highly anticipated ISC West 2018 event, the first and largest go-to converged security event of the year. Explore ISC West and register at http://www.iscwest.com. SIA: What new and exciting updates can…
Keep Reading »The Standards Driving Biometric Adoption in Physical Security
SIA Education @ISC West will provide conferees with more than 70 sessions of valuable information on important topics in the security industry at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas on April 10-12. John Santini Jr., Chief Engineer, Princeton Identity, based in Stonington, Connecticut, will team up with Blaine Frederick, Vice President of Product Management, EyeLock,…
Keep Reading »SIA Member Exchange: Bolstering Education with Axis Communications
In a recent visit to the headquarters of the Security Industry Association (SIA), James Marcella, Director of Industry Associations, Axis Communications Inc., emphasized the importance of partnerships to his company. Axis Communications values long-term loyal partnerships, which it views as the backbone to its success, in part because its sales strategy involves two-tiered distributions. Axis…
Keep Reading »Formal Degree Preps Next Generation of Security Professionals
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has teamed up with Mercer County Community College in New Jersey to offer the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Security Systems Technology. The degree program is one of the very few ways that students can gain experience in the security industry through a formal education program, and many security…
Keep Reading »SIA Opens Registration for Complimentary Events at ISC West 2018
Las Vegas, Nevada—More than 30,000 security professionals will gather for ISC West, sponsored exclusively by the Security Industry Association (SIA), in Las Vegas on April 10-13. While attending ISC West at Sands Expo, conferees will visit more than 1,000 exhibitors and participate in roughly 80 sessions produced by SIA Education@ISC. SIA also will host a…
Keep Reading »Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Our Bad Habits
SIA Education@ISC West will provide conferees with more than 70 sessions of valuable information on important topics in the security industry at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas on April 10-12. Jerry Bowman, RCDD, RTPM, CISSP, CPP, CDCDP, President of Square Mile Systems LLC, will present one such session, Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Our Bad…
Keep Reading »SIA Announces RISE Scholarship Winners
SIA Awards Scholarship Funds to 10 Rising Young Professionals with SIA RISE Silver Spring, Md.—Ten young professionals employed at SIA member companies were awarded funds from a pool of $30,000 in scholarships, the Security Industry Association (SIA) announced today. The 10 individuals successfully applied for the scholarships under the SIA RISE program, a networking group…
Keep Reading »Member Benefit Spotlight: Discounted Pricing on Security Project Management Training Seminars
As a SIA member, you can enjoy the benefit of discounted pricing on Security Project Management (SPM) Training Seminars produced by the Security Industry Association (SIA) — a savings of $300. SIA members receive a 20 percent discount on private SPM Training Seminars of 8 or more participants. SPM Training Seminars provide security project managers…
Keep Reading »Exploring Drones as Threat or Asset at ISC East
In January 2015, a federal employee unintentionally crashed a small drone onto the White House lawn in the late hours of the night. The employee, a scientist with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, avoided charges for the regrettable accident, in which no one was hurt, but the incident shined a light onto the dangers of…
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