August Home Inc, a provider of smart and secure front door solutions, announced a partnership with Alarm.com to strengthen the security of the front door. By integrating the August Smart Lock Pro into the Alarm.com platform, homeowners with smart home security systems powered by Alarm.com will be able to remotely control access to the front door, manage their security system and connect to multiple devices around the home with a single tap on the Alarm.com app.
SDM recently spoke with Richard Ginsburg, president and CEO of Central Security Group (CSG), Tulsa, Okla., a company that is ranked No. 9 on the SDM 100 Report for 2018. Ginsburg refers to CSG as the largest security company you hear from the least often, and that’s with good reason, SDM found. The company, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is laser-focused on providing the best customer experience possible to end users, along with consistent and reliable performance.
The Bosch Building Technologies division is partnering with AnyVision Interactive Technologies Ltd. and acquiring a 9 percent stake in the Israeli AI-based person- and object-recognition start-up.
Attendees at the first annual Cyber:Secured Forum, held June 4-6 in Denver Colo. and co-sponsored by The Security Industry Association (SIA) and PSA Security Network, were in for some sobering information on cyber security. If anyone came into it thinking they had it pretty well covered they were likely quickly disabused of that notion. However, the overall tone of the event was far from hand wringing. On the contrary, the whole point was to bring together experts from nearly every angle of the problem to share information and ideas on how the security industry can stay on top of a crisis it only identified in recent years.
The Education Fund was established in 2005 by Keith and Mary Ladd, owners of The Protection Bureau, for the benefit of children of current employees who enroll in formal programs for post-high school education.
Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients based in Davenport, Iowa, received Honeywell Platinum Authorized Dealer status for 2018. The award states certification in all aspects of sales and service of the complete product line of Honeywell Security and Fire products.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the recipients of its Legislator of the Year and Statesman Awards for 2018. The awardees will be honored at the upcoming SIA GovSummit, taking place June 27–28 in Washington, D.C.
The Newark Police Department has opened to the public feeds from dozens of closed-circuit cameras around the city. Police have asked viewers to assist the force by watching the video feeds and reporting anything suspicious, according to The New York Times and other news outlets.
Jenne Inc., a value-added technology distributor, has been named by Comm-Core as its newest distribution partner. Jenne will distribute Comm-Core’s line of interactive security monitoring services and state-of-the-art video surveillance solution.