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CertaSite Acquires Great Lakes Fire & Safety Equipment in Alpena, Mich.

This is CertaSite’s sixth acquisition in Michigan and expands CertaSite’s service territory into the Upper Peninsula.

Brinks Home Security Announces Deregistration of Common Stock

Brinks Home Security is deregistering because it believes that its public company reporting requirements do not provide a discernable benef…

Pro-Vigil Finds 20% of Companies Experienced Increase in Physical Security Incidents Since COVID-19

Pro-Vigil polled 124 business operations leaders across a variety of commercial vertical markets to gain an understanding of how the pandem…

1/22 Security News Round-Up

This week's Security News Round-Up features news from Netwatch, Interface Systems, Per Mar Security Services and Kimberlite Corporation.

Sage Integration Adds Dallas-Fort Worth Office

The office, located in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, provides the office and inventory storage space to rapidly deliver Sage Integration’s…

Amber Solutions Closes 2020 With Series B Funding Totaling More Than $8.5 Million

Amber’s system controls the flow of electricity digitally, enabling unique integration of modern intelligence into building electrical prod…

Latch, Maker of Smart Access Control Platform, Is Going Public

Founded in 2014, Latch is an enterprise SaaS provider to buildings and residents that makes spaces better places to live, work and visit.

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Communication & Infrastructure

Network Health Monitoring: Opportunities & Challenges

Joan Engebretson

Keeping video surveillance systems up and running can be challenging — in large part because not everything needed to keep the camera functioning properly is under the control of the …

Life Safety & Fire Alarm

Acadian Monitoring Reduces False Alarms by 99% With AI

Courtney Wolfe

False alarms have long troubled video monitoring stations. With stations in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, La. and Chicago, Ill., Acadian Monitoring Services did better than most in the industry, estimating …

Video Solutions

Integrators’ Experiences With EST Detectors

Laura Stepanek

It has been a long and arduous year since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on January 31, 2020, issued its declaration of a public health emergency related …

Monitoring Today

2020 Central Station Manager of the Year Jacqueline Brogan Leads With Honesty & Integrity

Amanda Reed

Jacqueline Brogan, central station manager at Alarm Detection Systems in Aurora, Ill., is The Monitoring Association’s 2020 Central Station Manager of the Year for her work in leading a team …

Integration & Network Solutions

Reminiscing on 50 Years

Courtney Wolfe

When SDM put out its inaugural issue in January, 1971, the security industry as we know it today did not exist. There were no trade shows, no systems integrators, no …

SDM's 2021 Industry Forecast Shows Hope Ahead

Karyn Hodgson

To say 2020 was a bit of a roller coaster ride is perhaps an understatement. At this time last year, most security integrators anticipated a strong 2020, only to be …

Monitoring Today

Communication Trends in Central Stations

Courtney Wolfe

Communication — both with end users and emergency personnel — has always been an essential part of any monitoring business. The methods through which monitoring centers communicate, though, have become …

Access Control & Identification

Gated Community in Miami Solves Entry Limitations With Smart Entry Systems

Courtney Wolfe

Jasmine at the Hammocks is a private gated community of 215 luxury homes that boasts many amenities, including a community pool, gym, clubhouse and private lake for residents.

Industry Innovations

Neurotechnology Identification Kit Uses Live Video

The SentiVeillance 8.0 software development kit allows developers to create identification solutions that use live video streams from digital surveillance cameras or video files.

Classifieds

Legacy Security Consulting: Do Not Sell Your Alarm Company or Accounts Until You Talk To Us!

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Blogs

How Does IoT Data Help 911 Respond to Emergencies Faster?

By Michael Martin

More than 250 million times a year, Americans call 911 in some of their darkest hours. Whether a car breaks down in the middle of a snow storm, a family member experiences a heart attack or a home or business is broken into, we know help is just a phone call away.

Industry Innovations

SALTO Lock Offers Dark Bronze Finish Option

The SALTO door locking product range is available in a variety of finishes to complement each other and other hardware that users may already have in their buildings on wood or steel doors.

Industry Innovations

PDQ Lock Solution Is Mobile-Based

The pdqSMART stand-alone and networked access control device lineups combine the added security of a deadbolt and the easy egress of a lever, linking them together for simultaneous action, a perfect solution for multi-family, senior living, and student housing applications.

Industry Innovations

Ava Security Compact Dome Provides Giant Quality

The new line of cameras is versatile, sleek and effortless to install while providing powerful smart edge analytics so operators can be proactive and respond immediately to events requiring attention.

Industry Innovations

Paxton System Manages Access, Video

Paxton10 combines next generation access control and video management on a single platform with free Bluetooth smart credentials (zero license fees), remote management functionality, license free software and, for the first time, Paxton10 cameras.

SDM Magazine

2021 January

In January 2021 issue, SDM is celebrating its 50th anniversary, "Despite Pandemic, Security Industry Seen as Financially Sound", and much more.

Check back throughout the month for new content!

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