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A Taste of Island Life at the SDM 100 Gala

The 13th annual SDM 100 Gala took guests on an excursion of island days and island ways.

September 12, 2018

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

Community Crime Solving

The age of IoT takes community policing to another level as law enforcement, citizens and security companies embrace the collaboration.

Maggie Shein

September 11, 2018

More homeowners and small businesses are installing surveillance cameras inside and outside their properties, and police departments across the country have taken notice.

What Do Enterprise Security Customers Want?

And how can integrators give it to them?

Karyn Hodgson

September 10, 2018

Large, enterprise-scale end users are among the most complex in the security sphere.

ADT Announces Senior Leadership Succession Plan: Whall to Retire, DeVries to Become CEO

September 4, 2018

ADT Inc. today announced that Jim DeVries, currently president of ADT, will be promoted to chief executive officer to succeed Tim Whall, who will be retiring on November 30, 2018.

Creative Ways of Finding Technical Security Talent

Paul Cronin

September 4, 2018

As many of you know in December 2016 we sold Atrion, a $156 million integrator, and I planned to retire. However, I found out I wasn’t ready for the sunset quite yet. I continued my active engagement with organizations like PSA Security, NSCA, CompTIA and Channel Partners. I was also able to spend time consulting with some amazing leaders.

5 Hacks for Better Weekly Security Sales Meetings

Brian Offenberger

September 4, 2018

Most salespeople hate the weekly sales meeting. You know the one. Everyone on the sales team gathers around for an hour-long discussion about which rep got closer to making a sale, while also covering menial housekeeping issues.

Generate Security Leads From Your Phone

Alex Chavez

David Morgan

September 4, 2018

Everything you need to generate leads can be done simply from your mobile phone; heck, you can even generate leads while hanging out at Starbucks like I currently am writing this article, or while you’re lying out on the beach.

How to Survive the AI Apocalypse

In the foreseeable future, AI’s sweet spot most likely will be narrowly focused improvements that will enhance — but not take over — our lives in very specific ways.

Tim A. Scally

September 4, 2018

Thanks to decades of AI villains in the movies, and technology leaders who tend to hyperbolize the dangers of AI, some fear that artificial intelligence is a threat to humanity — but is it?

Get Smart About AI in Security

It seems as though everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence, but is everyone saying the same thing? With the impact AI will have and is already having on the security industry, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page.

Tim A. Scally

September 4, 2018

Last September, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated, “Whoever becomes the leader in [artificial intelligence] will become the ruler of the world.” While not everyone finds the Russians completely trustworthy with regard to foreign intelligence, there is no denying that artificial intelligence is the next great frontier in which companies are racing to stake a claim.