The city of Westerville, Ohio has joined a growing number of municipalities across the nation to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) at its Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
A UL work group has been focused on proposed changes to UL 827 that incorporate UL’s Central Station Operator Work from Home Guidelines into the standard.
The Monitoring Association (TMA) is hosting a special Virtual Town Hall panel presentation featuring editors from five different security trade publications, including SDM.
Monitored alarm users in Onondaga County, N.Y. will experience faster, more accurate emergency dispatches now that the county has launched Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) to automate communication between alarm monitoring central stations and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)/ 911 centers.
The new course builds upon TMA’s popular Operator Online Level 1 training program by offering six advanced modules that support the skills and standards of professionalism needed to be an effective contributor in the monitoring center.
UL now seeks feedback from industry stakeholders that rely on UL certifications as part of their own risk management programs to review the updated guideline revisions, which are intended to better define virtual workplace security measures.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a notice explicitly mentioning the security industry.
