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G4S, Jupiter, Fla., launched a Security Risk IQ tool to help clients measure potential risk to an organization.

HID Global acquired Crossmatch, a provider of biometric identity management and secure authentication solutions, from Francisco Partners.

Parks Associates released its Smart Product Market Assessment: Networked Cameras. The study estimates that 7.7 million standalone and all-in-one networked/IP cameras will be sold in the U.S. in 2018, with $889 million in revenues.

Vector Security Inc. was awarded a contract to provide security for all new Habitat for Humanity homes built in Jacksonville, Fla. during the 2018-2019 contract year.

Security dealers and integrators have been securing churches for decades, but the demand has picked up in recent years, spurred largely by mass shootings in 2015 at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (also known as Mother Emanuel) in Charleston, S.C., and in 2017 at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

After becoming fairly well-established in my career, over the past several years I have become accustomed to hearing generalizations and stereotypes about generations in our workplace. Here are some of the stereotypes I commonly hear: “Millennials are selfish, entitled, demanding, and not to mention, addicted to technology.

Ener-Tel Services, based in San Angelo, Texas, started in 1984 as an automation controls company for heating and cooling units, explains General Sales Manager Ron Pullen.

Security systems integrators manage a diverse set of projects with demanding requirements. Their suppliers play a chief role in helping them meet those requirements and exceed their customers’ expectations.

Though many alarm companies in the area have weathered hurricanes and other natural disasters before, it doesn’t make preparations any less urgent.

The SDM 100 Gala is an evening that many security professionals have come to look forward to with anticipation.