The Premier Event in Perimeter Security
June 24, 2026 | 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT) | Washington, D.C.
The Perimeter Is Evolving. See the Future at Perimeter PREVENT.
Join us June 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C., for a high-impact event focused on the critical issues related to perimeter detection, alerting and defense—developed with the guidance from our SIA Perimeter Security Subcommittee.
More than ever, perimeter security requires layered and strategic approaches, and Perimeter PREVENT is designed to keep you current on these strategies and how to apply them to high-value environments including government and commercial facilities, critical infrastructure, data centers, public events and more.
Join other corporate security leaders, government security personnel, specifiers, engineers, systems integrators and solution providers for an all-day symposium featuring educational presentations, networking opportunities and an open forum to present your questions and ideas.
Details at a Glance:
- When: June 24, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
- Where: National Housing Center, 1201 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005
Tickets:
$175 for SIA members | $275 without membership | Free for government employees
Registration is 100% FREE for government workers, including public safety, military/defense, educators and legislative staff and other government employees. Perimeter PREVENT is considered a "widely attended gathering" and complies with all relevant event guidelines.
Government Attendees: When registering with email addresses ending in .gov, .mil, .us, .ca, and .edu, your registration will automatically be free. If you are a government employee and need to register with an email address that doesn't use one of those domains, please email info@securityindustry.org for registration assistance. Government employee status will be verified.
Registration follows our cancellations, refunds and substitutions policy.
At this event, you'll:
- Get an overview of protective design strategies, with a focus on federal guidelines and widely adopted industry best practices
- Explore security challenges and innovations in protecting urban spaces
- Examine critical infrastructure security measures for data centers, including physical and cybersecurity protection integration
- Learn strategies for mitigating security risks during periods of civil unrest, including proactive design and response planning
- Access interactive tabletop networking sessions where attendees can strategize, discuss and ideate on relevant security topics
- And more!
Speakers
Keynote: Ret. General William J. Walker
Chief Security Officer
Allied Universal Security Services
Christa Decker
Co-Chair, SIA Perimeter Security Subcommittee
Vice President, Protective Design Group
Whitman, Requardt & Associates
Amy Dunton
Co-Chair, SIA Perimeter Security Subcommittee
Vice President
Sulton Security
Xander Alexander
Technical Evangelist
Motorola Solutions
Matthew Beausoleil
Perimeter Security Lighting Specialist
CAST Perimeter
Gerald Becker
Vice President, Market Development and Alliances
Quanergy Solutions
Melissa Dominguez
Founder
Dominguez Urban Strategies
Bill Eckard
Senior Director, Public Safety, Corrections & Federal Physical Security—Americas
Octave
David Fortune
Director of Data Center Practice
Plugout
Joelle Hushen
Founder and President
NICP/US CPTED Association
Rachelle Loyear
Vice President, Integrated Security Solutions
Allied Universal
Cathy McHugh
Marketing and Sales Associate
CIAS Security
Robert Millar
Regional Manager
FLIR Systems
Sunil Mudholkar
Vice President, Product, Safety, Infrastructure and Geospatial Division
Hexagon Physical Security
Nicole Palumbo
Chief Operating Officer
Magos Americas
Gregg Pingitore
Detective, Threat Reduction and Infrastructure Protection, Counterterrorism Division
New York City Police Department
Herb Ubbens
President
Paratus Consultant Group
Aryn Vastola
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Betafence Group
Event Sponsors
Previously Attending Buyers, Specifiers and Reseller Partners Include:
- Amtrak
- Architect of the Capitol
- Black Raven Security
- Brookings Institute
- CGI Federal
- CHC Insurance
- Concentric Security
- Convergint Technologies
- GHD
- Integrated Security Technologies
- Johnson Controls
- Karagozian and Case
- Keystone Security Services
- Kimley-Horn and Associates
- Microsoft
- National Football League
- National Park Service
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Oxley Consulting
- Paratus Consulting
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency
- Protection Engineering Consultants
- QTS Data Centers
- Sloan Security
- Texas A&M University
- Thornton Tomasetti
- Toronto Blue Jays Stadium
- U.S. Capitol Police
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security
- U.S. Secret Service
- U.S. Security and Exchange Commission
- VMWare
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- And more!

