Electric Guard Dog CEO Jack DeMao won a Gold Stevie Award as Maverick of the Year, Business Services, while the company won the Bronze Stevie Award for Company of the Year, Business Services in The 15th Annual American Business Awards.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), the nonprofit association representing global security companies, and University of Phoenix have awarded full-tuition scholarships to 11 full-time employees from SIA member companies. Scholarship recipients will have the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s or master’s degree program at University of Phoenix.
All the suspense surrounding the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS) ended during ISC West when CrucialTrak’s Biometric Access Control System (BACS) took top honors as Best New Product at the awards presentation on April 5.
In a presentation at the 2017 ESA Leadership Summit entitled “Burglary Victim Adaptation & What Security Businesses Should Know,” Kristie R. Blevins, associate professor in the School of Justice Studies in the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University, shared this information from a study she was a part of, which was designed to better understand burglars as well as burglary victims.
NTT Security, the specialized security company of NTT Group, announced the formation of the Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC) to replace what was known formerly as the Security Engineering and Research Team, which last year transitioned under the NTT Security brand.
Convergint Technologies, a provider of service-based systems integration, acquired Operational Security Systems Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, and with an additional location in Orlando, Fla. Operational Security Systems is a full-service provider of the design, installation and maintenance of electronic security systems.
PSA Security Network has acquired USAV, a team of professional audio-visual (ProAV) integrators. USAV’s affiliate CI Edge, a buying group designed to support middle market commercial technology integrators, was also acquired as part of the transaction.