Global Life Safety Alliance (GLSA,) a 501c3 non-for-profit, announced its formation with a mission of continuing conversations with both public and private stakeholders while addressing the current and emerging life safety needs and practices throughout our changing global environments. This new alliance is designed to raise the level of communication, knowledge and expertise, defining best practices to manage growing risks and concerns.

Marrying a variety of software and hardware, the goal of a video wall in any operations center or monitoring center is to provide operators with the visual information they need to monitor, assess and respond accordingly to a variety of threats.

Nedap has launched a brand-new website developed with the customer in mind that will help you quickly find the solution you are looking for in English, Spanish and Dutch.

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

Carmelo Mosca has truly climbed the ranks of Affiliated Monitoring Inc., a Union, N.J.-based monitoring center.

All organizations need to evolve in changing times to meet the needs of their customers and constituents. The Monitoring Association is no different. Here are a few highlights in crucial areas from last year:

The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the fourth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools, which provides school administrators, school boards and public safety and security professionals with guidelines for implementing a layered and tiered approach to securing and enhancing the safety of school environments.

Guardian Protection Services is sharing content on a variety of topics to attract customers to its blog.

As security dealers offer or consider offering personal emergency response systems (PERS), they shouldn’t overlook a potentially very helpful resource — their third-party central monitoring station.

In a 2017 article in Investopedia, author Shobit Seth outlined “10 Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs".