Our congratulations to Babel Street and its CEO, Jeff Chapman, on winning the fifth annual Golden Eagle Award from the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety & Security (NCS4).
PSA, a security and systems integrator cooperative, announced the call for presentations for the TEC 2018 annual conference will be open June 26 – August 4, 2017. Proposals can be submitted at www.psatec.com/cfp.
Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients based in Davenport, Iowa, and ranked No. 26 on the SDM 100, announced it has hired its first student, Luis Miranda, through its “Grow Our Own" Program.
Convergint, founded 16 years ago and ranked No. 2 on SDM’s Top Systems Integrators Report, has made 11 acquisitions in the past 18 months with no plans to slow down its global expansion. SDM Associate Editor Tim Scally spoke with Dan Moceri, Convergint’s co-founder and executive chairman, about the company’s growth strategy and what has driven Convergint’s continued acquisitions.
Seacoast Capital, a lower middle market non-control equity and debt investor, announced today its initial $16 million growth capital investment in OnSSI (On-Net Surveillance Systems). OnSSI, founded in 2002 and based in Pearl River, N.Y., is an independent provider of IP-based video management software (VMS) and services used to manage video surveillance cameras and other security edge devices.
Assembly Bill 748 from Assemblyman Phil Tang (D- San Francisco) would significantly expand public access to footage from police body-worn cameras from shootings and other public interest cases, according to the Los Angeles Times.
While many security companies lack the tools, experience and knowledge necessary to deliver an engaging and successful webinar, host John Hunepohl has devised methods to overcome the challenges of conducting a live and engaging, highly effective session and offers training through his company Crystal Ball Creations.
Mountain Acquisition Company LCC (MAC) an Aspen, Colo.-based holding company, has acquired Western Security Systems, a provider of residential, ranch and commercial security services in Steamboat Spring and the Yampa Valley for more than 30 years.
On June 28 and 29, industry representatives and representatives from the educational field went to Washington, D.C., to take part in the Congressional School Safety Caucus, a caucus that SIA along with the Secure School Alliance and several SIA members helped to launch with Congresswoman Susan Brooks from Indiana and Congressman Rick Larsen of Washington for the purpose of spreading awareness about the technology, funding and education needed for safe schools.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a joint report detailing malware attacks targeting employees of companies that operate nuclear power plants in the U.S., including the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation in Burlington, Kan., according to the cybersecurity firm Tripwire.
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