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This holiday season, Amazon Prime users can sign in using AmazonSmile, and Amazon will donate .5 percent of the purchase price to Mission 500. 

Matrix Comsec, a manufacturer and provider of telecom and security solutions, has been awarded the 2019 Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Award in the mid-corporate segment for excellence in the electrical and electronic goods category. 

Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients and the parent company to Midwest Alarm Services, has acquired NECO Security based in Lincoln, Neb. 

The world is rife with apocalyptic predictions. Johannes Stöffler, a respected 16th century German mathematician and astrologer, predicted that a great flood would cover the earth on February 25, 1524.

RS2 Technologies, a provider of advanced access control solutions, announced significant investments in key personnel and technology innovations to help customers and partners maximize their access control deployments in security applications. 

Allied Universal, a security and facility services company in North America, and SOS Security, a provider of global security services, announced that a definitive agreement has been executed with respect to a transformational merger. 

The New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA) announced that it has changed its name to the New Jersey Electronic Life Safety Association (NJELSA) effective immediately. 

The term “entry control” can be confusing to some; but it doesn’t have to be, says Mike Busby, marketing and sales manager for Viking Electronics Inc., Hudson, Wis.

Mission 500, a nonprofit charitable organization that works closely with the security industry to serve the needs of children and communities in crisis, will celebrate a year of giving through several initiatives at ISC East and SIA Honors Night Nov. 20-21

Back when video surveillance relied on tape-based VCRs for recording, deploying these systems was fairly straightforward. You simply connected the camera or cameras directly to the VCR and — voila — everything was captured on tape. Retention depended on how often you wanted to switch out the tape and how much cabinet space you had to store tapes.