Do you have a social media marketing plan, or are you simply hoping and praying that your social media efforts will pay dividends? When it comes to business, I’d rather plan than hope.
Some Tweet just trashed your security company, or a Facebook post about unreturned calls has people talking, or worse, someone who isn’t even your customer leaves a negative review on Yelp — now what do you do?
This probably sounds like the start to an article about work/life balance, team-building exercises, or a fantasy sports pool, but I promise you it is not.
Property crime rates decreased by 6.3 percent last year, marking the 16th consecutive year of declining numbers, according to the FBI’s 2018 Uniform Crime Report.
Anixter International Inc., a global distributor of network and security solutions, electrical and electronic solutions and utility power solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) to be acquired in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $3.8 billion. The transaction will result in Anixter becoming a private company and is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2020.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified and forecasted the 2020 Security Megatrends, which form the basis of SIA’s signature annual Security Megatrends report defining the top 10 factors influencing both short- and long-term change in the global security industry.
ABLOY USA has reached an agreement with another key market provider to join its growing distributor network. Dallas-based IDN Global Inc., the International Distribution Network, now has two divisions that will provide ABLOY with a strong outlet for critical infrastructure and other security solutions throughout the United States.
ISC Security Events and the Security Industry Association (SIA) announced that security and public safety leaders Deanne Criswell and Angela Stubblefield will headline the 2019 SIA Education@ISC East Keynote Series. These keynote sessions are open to all attendees at ISC East, taking place Nov. 20-21 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
The Monitoring Association (TMA) will reopen a review of the TMA CS-V-O1 standard, Alarm Confirmation, Verification and Notification Procedures. This standard defines methods by which false notifications for signals received from security systems can be greatly reduced. It has been proven that confirming and verifying an alarm signal by a supervising station will drastically reduce false notifications.