Inc. Magazine revealed that Allied Universal, a security and facility services company in North America ranked No. 56 on the SDM 100 with more than 215,000 employees and revenues over $7.3 billion, ranked No. 1,617 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. This will be Allied Universal’s tenth year on the list.

According to a study on the Connected Security Home Market done by Persistence Market Research, the global connected home security market was valued at $300 million in 2014, and is expected to surpass $400 million by the end of 2019. 

Allied Universal announced the launch of HELIAUS, an advanced artificial intelligence platform designed to improve safety and reduce risk by enhancing on-site guarding services. 

American Alarm released a five-year study, “Regional Security Report: Five-Year Study of Verified Alarms, 2014-2018,” examining verified alarms in greater Boston and central New England.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to take surveillance to a whole new level.

Each year, the federal government makes investments in critical capabilities to meet security requirements, which the security industry strives to provide.

There is an art form that unfortunately is vanishing from our culture: the stubborn fortitude that causes people to attempt to fix just about anything around the house or office.

Look around and you will see a plethora of brands offering smart devices.

“What would I need to do to double my win rate?” I was asked that question by the owner of a commercial integrator. His company sells large systems with sales cycles that could last months.

An interesting case in the state of Ohio occurred when a deputy sheriff, while responding to an activated burglar alarm (alarm drop) without lights or sirens so as to not alert any intruder in the home, collided with a stopped car.