Home security alarm provider Monitronics, Dallas, Texas, was awarded the False Alarm Reduction Association (FARA) Industry False Alarm Reduction Achievement Award.
Just two days before the announcement that Ascent Media Corporation acquired Monitronics International Inc., Frost & Sullivan recognized Monitronics with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year. Based on its recent analysis of the alarm monitoring residential security market
In a year that saw ADT (No. 1 on the SDM 100) buy Broadview Security (No. 2 on the SDM 100) and Protection One (No. 3 on the SDM 100) acquired by GTCR, 2010 came to a close with one more major acquisition in the security industry.