This week's Security News Round-up features news from ISC Security Events, Schoen Cooperman Research, the Security Industry Association, Mission 500, B Safe Security and Advent Security Corporation. 

This week, Amazon's smart home security division Ring unveiled a flying camera, Securitas acquired STANLEY Security’s electronic security businesses, a preview of what’s to come at ISC West next week and more.

This week, the Portland City Council passed a ban on facial recognition, the winners of the 2020 ESX TechVision Challenge were announced, the dates for the 2021 CES show were changed, and more.

This week, ISC East was canceled, Allied Universal acquired Service Works Inc., SIA and ESA joined forces for a new organization, and more.

This week, SIA introduced a new set of policy principles guiding the use of facial recognition technology, Milestone announced a new CEO, HID Global acquired Access-IS and more.

In an effort to provide security professionals with the latest news and information through a variety of communication channels, The Monitoring Association (TMA) launched a weekly news brief that can be accessed quickly and easily every Wednesday — just ask your Amazon Alexa!