The Electronic Security & Technology Association (ESTA) presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to member Arthur L. Beaver, Jr., owner and CEO of Security Systems of America based in Pittsburgh.

National Monitoring Center (NMC), a third-party monitoring company in the U.S. with monitoring centers in Lake Forest, Calif., and Irving, Texas, announced the launch of a new global monitoring company following the merging of four monitoring companies with the backing of global private equity firm The Riverside Company.