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Vector Security Inc., a provider of intelligent mobile security and home automation solutions to homes and businesses, along with its Nashville-based ADS Security division, announced the promotion of Craig Leyers to president of ADS.

The U.S. Senate passed the Developing and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. This bipartisan bill, which unanimously passed the senate in the 115th Congress and was reintroduced in May 2019 by Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), calls for the creation of a working group of federal entities and experts from the private and academic sectors tasked with providing recommendations to congress on how to facilitate the growth of connected IoT technologies. 

The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place last week, Jan. 6-9, in sunny Las Vegas, and while most physical security companies save their unveilings for March, when the security industry gathers in the same Sin City for ISC West, CES provided an interesting look at what sort of security products are appealing to the consumer right now — especially in the smart home. 

Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence, shared its top five predictions for the physical security industry in 2020.

Mission 500 announced that this year’s Security 5K/2K fundraiser at ISC West 2020 will be held on Thursday, March 19. 

Nine years after its 2011 launch, The Monitoring Association’s (TMA) Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) service is slowly — but surely — creeping into monitoring centers everywhere.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) selected five recipients for the 2020 SIA RISE Scholarship, a program offered through SIA’s RISE community of young security professionals that supports the education and career development goals of young industry talent.

Medical Guardian LLC took part in a $105 million refinancing of its senior credit facility. Imperial Capital LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor, and the refinancing was led by funds advised by Apollo Capital Management LP and its affiliates. 

Alula, a provider of smart security and automation systems for professional installers and the award-winning inventors of the Connect+ platform, received the Mark of Excellence Award for Security and Surveillance Product of the Year at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for its BAT-Connect communicator.

This year at TMA’s annual meeting in Napa Valley, I led a panel on telecommunication opportunities available through leveraging modern technologies while holding on and winding down older technologies to support legacy systems and communications.