The Security Industry Association (SIA) stated a strong opposition to proposed House of Representatives reductions in the fiscal year 2012 budget that would severely impact Department of Homeland Security grant programs such as Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) and the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP).
Whether your growth strategy for 2012 calls for entering a new market or strengthening your position in an existing one, you’ll want to have your team on the ground and engaged at ASIS 2011 in Orlando, Sept. 19-22. ASIS International (ASIS) is launching a new educational track specifically for systems integrators. Endorsed by PSA Security Network, the new session track features practitioners in key vertical industries that will help systems integrators understand their biggest challengesand discover what end users expect from them.
One of Atlanta’s largest and longest-running security technology companies opened the doors today on a new, 32,000-square-foot facility to accommodate its rapid expansion and provide new jobs for the city.
Maranda Wright just won $10,000 in free products through a giveaway commemorating Linear’s 50th anniversary, the company announced. “I am shocked. Winning was completely unexpected,” said Wright, who is the business manager and technician at Controlled Access Systems, Fort Smith, Ark., an access control and security firm that designs and installs automatic gates, electronic entry and video surveillance systems for residential and commercial customers throughout Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
National Training Center (NTC) reminds fire alarm professionals that it’s time to register for the company’s National Training Conference 2012. The conference is scheduled for February 6 and 7, 2012 in Las Vegas at the Aliante Station – Hotel & Casino.
Bosch Security Systems announced that its new Safe & Sound Security and Audio Tour truck has been recognized with a prestigious 2011 Event Design Award in the category “Best Mobile Marketing Vehicle.”
The first annual Security Week will place in New York from Nov. 1 through 3. Comprised of three separate, yet inter-related events — Security 500 (Nov. 1, Roosevelt Hotel); Securing New Ground (Nov. 1-2, Roosevelt Hotel) and ISC Solutions (Nov, 2-3, Jacob Javits Convention Center) — Security Week will bring together the security distribution channel to focus on the business of security in the metropolitan New York area.
Iverify was awarded a five-year contract valued at $39 million dollars to provide guard replacement and shrink reduction services for an NYSE National Retailer.