SDM Magazine Issues

SDM Magazine

2022 November

In our October issue, we present this years "Integrating a Cyber Strategy" and much more!

Cloud-Based Access Control is a Win for Customers & Integrators

Laura Mazzuca Toops

November 11, 2022

Customer adoption rates for cloud-based access control services have boomed in recent years as more end users discover the benefits — from anytime-anywhere access to long-term cost savings.

Secret Sauce to Seizing Cyber Service Opportunities

A shortage of cybersecurity resources in the marketplace, rising compliance requirements and increasing cybersecurity budgets are just some of the factors why security integrators are well positioned to expand their service offerings.

Rodney Bosch

November 4, 2022

User Experience, Integration Pace Wholesale Monitoring Trends

Monitoring centers are focused on improving customer contact and providing tools for ease of use and quicker response.

Laura Mazzuca Toops

October 28, 2022

Monitoring centers are focused on improving customer contact and providing tools for ease of use and quicker response.

Marketing Madmen

A Short Primer on Super-Short Marketing Videos

David Morgan

Alex Chavez

November 8, 2022

Security dealers can create video content that represents the brand, creates brand recognition and generates interest in mere seconds.

Security & THE LAW

Plaintiff Fails in Bid to Nullify Automatic Sprinkler Requirement

Lessing E. Gold

November 8, 2022

A decision recently rendered in Illinois involved a requirement that a property be retrofitted with an automatic sprinkler system. The municipality had previously mandated that commercial buildings be retrofitted with the fire/life safety solutions. The ordinance excluded multiple residence dwellings from the retrofit sprinkler requirement.

Workforce STRATEGIES

The Importance of Apprenticeship Programs in Security

Elizabeth Voorhees

November 8, 2022

The security industry is becoming ubiquitous with other technical-based professions.

Digital Shuffle

Defendify Announces Rebrand & New Website

Laura Mazzuca Toops

November 8, 2022

Everything online in the industry, from white papers to webinars

Digital Shuffle

NFPA LiNK Provides Digital Access to Codes & Standards

Laura Mazzuca Toops

November 8, 2022

Everything online in the industry, from white papers to webinars.

TECHNOLOGY @WORK

Historic Brooklyn Day School Updates Security

Laura Mazzuca Toops

November 8, 2022

Poly Prep Country Day School is a preschool through Grade 12 independent day school. Their main campus is set on 25 acres in the heart of Brooklyn, N.Y., one of the largest in the metropolitan area. Founded in 1854, the school has a long history of serving a diverse student population.