Virtual Facility, provider of machine learning and automation management of alarms and maintenance work orders for the built world, announced it closed a $9 million seed round of funding from lead investor Camber Creek, with participation from existing investors Primary and Ubiquity Ventures. 

Does the telephone consumer protection act apply to burglar and fire alarm monitoring services?

Security professionals reveal their thoughts on the security, monitoring and smart home markets.

The global smoke alarms market was valued at $1.8 million in 2019 and is expected to surpass $3.3 million by 2027, according to a report by Coherent Market Insights. 

The latest apps, websites, white papers and everything online in the security industry.

Traditional security and the smart home are the same. There — I’ve said it. Our industry likes to see them as different, but for someone growing up now, without any preconceptions of alarm systems, they all just look like a lot of gadgets for the home.  So what does this mean for the smart home and traditional alarm monitoring?

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.

Many years ago I reported on a case decided in California. Fireman’s Fund had paid various claims for burglary or fire losses and filed a lawsuit against alarm companies that had contracts with the plaintiff`s insureds, claiming subrogation to losses arising from property damage incidents sustained by insureds.

For those working in monitoring call centers, the transition to working from home isn’t so easy. 

B Safe Inc., a regional provider of security and fire alarms for Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is expanding with the acquisition of Diamond Electronics of Hightstown, N.J.