The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently named Boris Stern as the 2025 recipient of the SIA Standards Service Award. 

The SIA Standards Service Award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated continued excellence and tireless service in volunteer efforts related to the leadership, development, education and advocacy of SIA’s standards programs and services. Boris Stern, based in Switzerland, is a consultant representing Swissdotnet. He has been actively engaged in the security industry for 15 years, specializing in monitoring center technologies, with a strong technical background in information security and telecommunications

Passionate about aligning technological advancements with industry standards, Stern actively contributes to normative writing across multiple organizations, including SIA, UL, the International Electrotechnical Commission and CENELEC. He also serves as managing director of E-DOOR SARL and lead auditor at the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems, and he previously worked as chief business development officer at Sitasys AG. For nearly three years, Stern has served as chair of SIA’s Intrusion Subcommittee, which maintains and promotes standards dealing with residential and commercial intrusion panels and communication between protected premises and monitoring stations.

“I am truly honored to receive this award, which reflects the dedication and collaboration of our working group – huge thanks to them! Together, we tackle key industry challenges of tomorrow, such as interoperability through APIs and the integration of user-installed systems (DIY solutions),” said Stern. “Our work is driven by a shared voluntary commitment and multidisciplinary expertise, and we are always looking for new volunteers to join us!”

The SIA Intrusion Subcommittee serves as the primary editor of CP-01 and the SIA DC family of standards. Under Stern’s leadership, the team has worked extensively to enhance alarm transmission interoperability, ensuring that a majority of manufacturers align with SIA standards. During this time, SIA achieved approval by the American National Standards Institute for the DC-09-2021 standard. The DC-09-2024 standard, which the group manages, is in the approval process, and SIA is collaborating with its UL partners on a unified terminology project for the United States and beyond. The subcommittee continues to drive industry-wide collaboration, supporting seamless integration and the ongoing evolution of security technologies.

“SIA is thrilled to honor Boris Stern with the SIA Standards Award. He has demonstrated impressive engagement in the association at an international level and has played an instrumental role in our standards initiatives,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “Boris has demonstrated unwavering dedication and commitment in his volunteer leadership and continues to find innovative ways to advance and strengthen intrusion standards. Being a subcommittee chair requires significant time and dedication, and Boris has exemplified both in his service to SIA standards. We deeply appreciate his contributions, are proud to recognize him at ISC West and look forward to continued success with his leadership.”