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The Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA), an industry body comprised of stakeholders from all facets of the security, safety and building automation space, today announced two important developments as part of its mission to pave the road towards trustworthy and innovative security and safety solutions. 

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.

SOMEHOW, A YEAR HAS PASSED since the mysterious coronavirus spread to the United States and changed everything as we know it. At first, it seemed like the pause in business would only last a couple weeks. But soon, weeks turned into months, and now here we are, a year later, completely changed as an industry.

New fire alarm control panel technologies such as wireless and smart technology benefit fire protection companies as well as security integrators and alarm dealers.

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.

Immix, a provider of physical security software, has received ISO 27001:2013 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS).

The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) created a video based on the Virtual PLAI Experience, an event held in May 2020, which included eight companies showing interoperability and exchange of identity information relying on the PLAI specification.

Central station redundancy and its significance is essential to understand. A select group have maintained redundancy over the years, although UL hasn’t mandated redundancy until recently.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents numerous unprecedented challenges to the monitoring industry and those with a stake in the protection services it provides. Not the least of these is operating in a regulated environment, under standards that did not fully anticipate the impact of public health mitigations.

At last, 2021 is here — I can’t be the only one happy to leave 2020 in the dust! The year brought so many changes to the business of monitoring, our heads haven’t stopped spinning. With the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unemployment numbers that unfortunately came along with it, providing peace of mind has never been more important.