The Security Industry Association (SIA) marked Data Privacy Day on Jan. 28 by continuing its efforts to help its members understand and manage the critical issue of protecting consumer data.
ADT Inc. today announced its intent to lead a new consumer privacy initiative with a coalition of organizations committed to driving the adoption of privacy standards and best practices across the home security industry.
Google Nest has become a trending topic this week as multiple users have reported security breaches. On Tuesday, Q13 FOX reported that a family in Auburn, Wash. claimed that someone hacked their Nest and was watching them and speaking through the cameras. On Sunday, a Northern California family’s Nest issued a fake emergency warning claiming that three nuclear missiles from North Korea were headed for Los Angeles, Chicago and Ohio, according to the East Bay times.
EverCommerce has announced the acquisition of the California-based central station software company Secure Global Solutions (SGS), producer of the software platform stages.
Following the worldwide debut of its Safe Zone Gunfire Detector (GFD) at CES 2019, Safe Zone today announced the completion of a $1 million round of funding anchored by Tampa, Fla.-based Seedfunders, the strengthening of its North American market distribution and the expansion of its senior leadership team.
EverCommerce, a service commerce platform connecting technologies and solutions for service sector businesses, has added Secure Global Solutions (SGS), a software development firm that produced the stages platform, to its list of companies on its website.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) released its Security Market Index for January, and the results show that overall confidence in the security industry is holding level this month, as general optimism about current business conditions and steady increases in new product sales, introductions and production keep the Index at 65, the same as in Nov. 2018.