Security Matters: Jan. 14, 2020 — Guest: SIA Chairman Scott Schafer
For everyone who followed our audio-only podcast Security Matters, thank you! For 2020 we are making a change, ending production of the audio-only program and instead supporting the efforts of SIA member Andrew Lanning of Integrated Security Technologies. Lanning’s Security Matters: Hawaii program will now be the official Security Matters podcast/videocast for SIA, and what…
Keep Reading »Get Essential Training for Security Project Managers With SIA’s Early 2020 Course Offerings
Ready to take your projects and career to the next level? More than just knowing the technology, successful security project management involves budgeting, client management, timeline execution and more. The Security Industry Association’s (SIA’s) Security Project Management (SPM) training course can help you. Take the SPM class your way with SIA’s online and in-person options.…
Keep Reading »New SIA Resources to Help You Navigate Data Privacy Regulations
With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in effect, take advantage of these two new guidance documents from SIA to help your firm navigate these regulations’ impact on your business. Both reports are available exclusively for SIA members; your firm’s SIA membership gives you access.…
Keep Reading »SIA Grows Government Awareness of Pressing Issues in the Security Industry
SIA Organizes Congressional Visit to Member Company Altronix On Jan. 3, as part of a visit organized by the Security Industry Association (SIA), Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), vice chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, toured SIA member company Altronix’s facility and headquarters in Brooklyn,…
Keep Reading »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…
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