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When it comes to gunshot detection, no two technologies are alike. What most have in common, however, is their effortless fit within a security integrator’s life-safety product portfolio and business model.

While security integrators and dealers are on the front lines of protecting their customers against cyber liability, their products can also be a point of entry for bad actors. Here’s how to protect end users and yourself.

2023 is looking like an extremely opportunistic year for security and smart home professionals as consumers revisit smart home systems installed during the pandemic.

Despite continuing battles with the supply chain, spiking inflation and other obstacles, the video sector remains on a robust, upward trajectory. 

While the more traditional physical card systems are still in play, integrators are seeing an increasing demand for mobile capabilities.

Wholesale monitoring executives discuss trends, technologies and services that dominant today’s monitoring ecosystem and where independent security dealers can find success. 

The good news is COVID-19 seems to be in the rear-view mirror; but ahead all signs point to a recession. Security dealers and integrators are wary, but cautiously optimistic they can weather this downturn with the skills they have honed in recent years.

A great deal of deployment flexibility and enhanced security are notable selling points among a litany of reasons why VsaaS is gaining in popularity. 

Top-performing security companies are still commanding high valuations when selling their businesses, while the financial markets tighten due to extra caution about the economy.

Advances like digitization, IoT, AI and mobile devices put mass notification directly into users’ hands, speeding up response times in emergency situations.