ADS Security, a regional security and automation company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., has acquired the customer accounts of Duncan Security Systems of Nashville. ADS will service and monitor the new customer accounts out of its local branch and monitoring center in Nashville. 

Brivo surveyed security and IT professionals about their biggest challenges annually.

News industry websites are at a higher risk of user-data breach or data misuse compared to other industries, the 2019 Feroot User Security and Privacy report found. 

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE) published a report that documents the failure of eight federal agencies, over the course of two administrations, to address vulnerabilities in their IT infrastructure.

Cobalt Robotics is a physical security service provider that builds indoor autonomous robots to make security and facility operations more effective. Today, the company announced that it has raised $35 million in Series B financing. The financing was led by global technology investment firm Coatue, and is intended for geographic expansion of services throughout the domestic United States.

What does it take for a security business to grow in today’s environment of increased competition and staffing shortages? Brivo gets a lot of questions from security integrators about how to build a successful security business.

The Bay Area is now covered by Security 101, as the company announced its fourth office location in California with the opening of Security 101 – San Francisco. 

Banner Solutions, a national wholesaler of security opening hardware products, announced the acquisition of Berg Wholesale, an Oregon-based distributor of door and bath hardware.

After acquiring ARD last April, VITAPROTECH Group, a European provider of access control and security systems and technologies for critical sites, is continuing its growth strategy with the implementation of its internationalization strategy, and has purchased TDSi, a manufacturer of integrated access control systems in the U.K.