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Smart Homes Require Smart Alarm Management
If you’ve been in the electronic security industry for more than a few months, you understand how large the smart home looms in terms of our future. For the past 4-5 years, the interconnectedness of the smartphone and home has become a critical issue in terms of business growth for home (and business) security companies.…
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Spotlight on Body Armor for the Security Industry
Editor’s Note: Safeguard Armor contributed a report, Body Armor Safety Information for the Security Industry, to the Security Industry Association (SIA), and we are pleased to present that report below. The security industry encompasses a wide range of sectors, with personnel providing protection in settings as diverse as shopping malls and open seas. Many of…
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SIA Releases the Latest Version of False Alarm Reduction Standard
Reducing false alarms saves first responders time and money, ensuring that resources are sent to actual emergencies, and saves consumers money as some municipalities charge up to $500 for false alarms. SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the release of the ANSI/SIA CP-01-2014 False Alarm reduction standard. CP-01-2014 details recommended…
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A Standards-Based Approach to the Internet of Things
The security industry is on notice. The Internet of Things (IoT) will have a revolutionary impact on business as usual in the electronic physical security industry. Within the next few years, this “new convergence” will drive enormous change in both physical and cyber security, along with its profound impact on automation. In response to this…
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SIA, ONVIF to Collaborate on Physical Security IP-Based Standards
The two organizations sign a memorandum of understanding to help both parties move toward their organizational goals of delivering open IP-based standards, specifications and interfaces. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA), the leading trade association for electronic physical security, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ONVIF, a prominent global Internet…
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The Promise of OSDP
Since founding Mercury Security in 1992, our goal has always been to build a common security platform that affords our customers a combination of reliability and versatility in the context of an evolving security/IT landscape. In the late ’90s, access control features such as event-based user feedback, the ability to handle smartcards and encrypt messages…
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Outstanding Leaders to Receive Awards at SIA Annual Meeting
Members to be recognized for service atISC East Silver Spring, MD — Distinguished Security Industry Association (SIA) Members will receive awards during the SIA annual membership meeting at the upcoming ISC East exposition, announced Jay Hauhn, chairman of the SIA Board of Directors. The 2013 award honorees include: Rob Zivney, senior consultant at Identification Technology…
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2012: A Good Year for SIA
Recently, the Security Industry Association (SIA) published its 2012 Annual Report, which gave SIA Members insight into an outstanding year for SIA. In 2012, SIA grew stronger, added new members, strengthened its government outreach, provided strong educational opportunities and expanded its standards activity. An association such as ours is only as good as its membership,…
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SNMP for Network Security Devices? Now We’re Talking.
It’s inescapable. These days, any piece of technology introduced into an environment must be able to run on the enterprise network. Moreover, devices can’t just “sit there” on the network; they must actively communicate with other devices plugged into it. As the bright lines between security and IT become more and more blurred, it is…
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SIA Standards to Launch SNMP MIB Project
Effort will define security-specific set of attributes SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association Standards Committee has announced plans to begin work on a security industry-specific set of attributes relating to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) structure. As the number of security devices that are hosted on an enterprise network…
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