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STANDARDS & REGULATIONS

Central Stations' Stake in Local Alarm Policy

State and local associations play an important role in speaking for the electronic security industry at a local level, as do local dealers. SIAC was created to provide support and outreach for these efforts.

Stan Martin

January 9, 2020

The electronic security industry’s national business is subject to regulation by 18,000 local public safety agencies and the government bodies that provide oversight to their activities.

SDM 2020 Industry Forecast: Insight for the New Year

The ‘20s are here and security integrators have come roaring in with expected revenue growth of 19 percent this year, in the wake of 16 percent last year.

Laura Stepanek

January 6, 2020

Security integrators expect their brilliant business performance of 2019 to continue into 2020, according to results of SDM’s Industry Forecast Study, a report published each year since 1982.

Digital Shuffle

Milestone Introduces Troubleshooting Assistant

January 6, 2020

Milestone Systems, a provider of open platform video management software, has released a troubleshooting assistant for partners and customers using Milestone XProtect video solutions.

Security NetWorkings

Securing Those Who Choose to Age in Place

Dave Engebretson

January 6, 2020

Growing older certainly has its advantages — I am but four months from Medicare and can’t wait to dramatically reduce my healthcare insurance costs. But there are other things that make life more complicated as I get older.

Marketing Madmen

What Google's BERT Update Means for the Security Industry

Alex Chavez

David Morgan

January 6, 2020

By now, you have probably heard about Google’s BERT, and if you are like most of the people calling our office, you are concerned about what the October 24 update means for you and your website.

Security & the Law

When are Police Dogs Unreasonable Force?

Lessing E. Gold

January 6, 2020

An issue recently arose in California where a police dog was used to seize and retrieve a suspect. The plaintiff fled into a thicket of bushes during a police chase.

An Opportune Time for the Security Industry

Big data concepts and machine learning enable synergistic opportunities between security providers, law enforcement, EMS and fire services.

Don Young

January 6, 2020

Protecting life and property is the founding principal of the alarm monitoring industry. For over a century, our services have provided for the early detection of fire, intrusion and other life safety events.

MONITORING TODAY EXCLUSIVE

Best Practices for a Well-Run Monitoring Center

When it comes to hiring, training and scheduling monitoring center employees, companies need ingenuity, flexibility and communication.

Maggie Shein

January 6, 2020

Hiring, training and staffing at a monitoring center comes with a host of challenges. Finding reliable, entry-level staff with the right personality profiles that are willing to work any shift, any day of the year is one.

MT Editor’s Angle

Monitoring Best Practices

Laura Stepanek

January 6, 2020

When it comes to running a top-tier monitoring center, the people component is perhaps the biggest factor that can make the difference — in some cases in life or death; but also the overall customer experience.

The Open Connectivity Foundation Introduces World’s First International Standard for Smart Home

January 3, 2020

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), an Internet of Things (IoT) standards body, announced that products from BSC Computer GmbH, COMMAX, Haier, LG Electronics, Resideo, Samsung Electronics and SURE Universal will be showcased in completely interoperable smart home demonstrations at the OCF IoT Breakthrough press event at the Barrymore Restaurant in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2020, from 3–6 p.m.