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Time and time again my business partner is asked to fly around the country to speak with dealers and integrators about marketing topics.

A city in Wyoming refused to issue a certificate of occupancy to a hotel because the owner failed to install a fire alarm system. The plaintiff, the contractor, submitted renovation building plans to the city stating that a fire sprinkler system would be installed consistent with NFPA Standard 13.

Business customers’ security systems, particularly video systems, increasingly rely on networked connectivity. One sometimes overlooked benefit of networked systems is that the network can be used to essentially monitor itself and to report problems to the security dealer/integrator.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC Security Events have announced that the SIA Education@ISC team is seeking quality session proposals for ISC East 2019 and ISC West 2020. 

The PowerHouse Alliance 11 distributor members announced the May training and event schedule with sessions on every product category their dealers offer, as well as Audio America’s 2019 Springtime Show.

Focused on the cyber security of integrated security systems and IoT devices, Cyber:Secured Forum will share insights from top-level speakers, including penetration testers; chief information security officers; video, cloud and telecom providers; and experts in cyber law and cyber insurance. 

If you have been working in security for a while now, you might be looking at project management as the next step in your career. And why shouldn’t you be?

ProdataKey (PDK), an innovator of cloud-based networked and wireless access control products and services, released a whitepaper that explores why widespread adoption of mobile credentialing in conjunction with access control systems has lagged behind other smart phone applications, and how new technologies promise to overcome barriers related to a security/convenience trade-off previously inherent in such solutions.

Linx International Group, a global provider of security, risk management, consultancy and training services, today announced the launch of its worldwide Linx Group Approved Education Partner Program (LGP). Organizations can now apply to join the program and deliver award winning, internationally recognized and accredited training courses from Linx International Group companies Tavcom Training and PerpetuityARC Training. 

Ten area police officers will be recognized by the Downtown Flint Optimist Club at a luncheon celebrating National Law Day on Monday, May 6. Sonitrol Great Lakes — one of Michigan’s largest locally owned and operated security firms — is sponsoring the annual event, which will begin at noon at the Genesee Career Center, 5081 Torrey Road in Flint.