SIA Member Profile: Rajant Corporation
Security Industry Association (SIA) member Rajant Corporation is a global industrial wireless network provider with successful deployments in more than 55 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil and gas, petrochemical, safe cities and municipalities and agriculture. The company was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. SIA spoke with Alice…
Keep Reading »Start the New Year Off Right – Get Involved With SIA in 2020
Happy New Year, everyone! We’re already a week into 2020, but there’s still time to make a resolution to grow your engagement with the Security Industry Association (SIA) this year. Here are some of the top ways to get involved and maximize your SIA membership (Not a SIA member? Learn more and join here). Going…
Keep Reading »Why You Need to Participate in SIA’s Wage & Benefits Survey
With the unemployment rate matching a 50-year low, this new SIA benefit gives your firm an edge in a tight labor market. Are you wondering if your salary, wage and benefits packages are competitive? Are you struggling to attract the best workers during this period of low unemployment? Did you know the Fed just reported…
Keep Reading »SIA Member Profile: BearCom
Security Industry Association (SIA) member BearCom designs and delivers high-performance wireless voice, video and data communication solutions that boost operating efficiency and increase safety. The company is headquartered in Garland, Texas, and operates coast to coast across the United States and Canada from more than 80 branch locations that provide local design, deployment and service for…
Keep Reading »Emerging Uses of Facial Recognition Technology in the Private Sector: Highlights From ITIF Briefing
The rapid improvements in the accuracy of facial recognition technology over the past few years have opened up many opportunities for commercial use of the technology. Airlines are using facial recognition technology to expedite boarding, luxury apartment buildings are using facial recognition technology to eliminate the need for residents to carry keys and the hospitality…
Keep Reading »Why Your AI Application Needs Better Lighting
There is no question that artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise. In 2018, the U.S. National Defense Strategy identified AI as one of the key technological advancements that will “ensure the United States will be able to fight and win the wars of the future.” This reflects the explicit, executive objective to invest in AI as a national security interest – though shareholders…
Keep Reading »SIA Member Profile: Pelco
Security Industry Association (SIA) member Pelco is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of predictive video security solutions, including cameras, recording and management systems, software and services. Pelco is headquartered in Fresno, California, and has engineering offices in Fort Collins, Colorado, and various sales locations around the world. SIA spoke with Stuart…
Keep Reading »SIA Member Profile: Compass Integrated Communications
New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Compass Integrated Communications is a full-service marketing communications firm that has provided successful marketing communication strategies and plans for a variety of clients, including world-class manufacturers and systems integrators. Compass – headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and working as a remote team across the United States and Canada – serves…
Keep Reading »Why SIA Opposes Massachusetts’ Far-Reaching Facial Recognition Technology Prohibition Bill
Massachusetts’ Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on Oct. 22, 2019, to consider S. 1385/H. 1538, an extreme ban on facial recognition technology prohibiting any government entity or employee at the state and local level throughout the commonwealth from “acquiring, accessing or using the technology or any information derived from it by another…
Keep Reading »ISC Events’ Mary Beth Shaughnessy and Trish Moubayed on Women Supporting Each Other in the Workplace
SIA’s Women in Security Forum is an initiative to support the participation of women in the security field through programs, networking and professional growth events and thought leadership opportunities. The group – open to all SIA members – works to promote, recruit and cultivate the leadership of women for a more inclusive and diversified industry. SIA…
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