Security Industry Association (SIA) News
SIA released revised standards for security system control panels to reduce the incidence of false alarmsThe Security Industry Association has released a draft set of revised standards for security system control panels and their associated arming and disarming devices that are intended to reduce the incidence of false alarms.The "Control Panel Standard - Features for False Alarm Reduction" is meant for use by manufacturers in the design of control panels and alarm signal re...
President seeks reduced funding for transit, ports, and school programs President Obama's budget proposal includes ill-advised and disappointing reductions in funding for crucial physical security programs, Security Industry Association (SIA) officials said on Monday.Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget would cut hundreds of millions of dollars from transit, port and school security programs and provide them with much less money than the amount authorized by Congress or recommended in rec...
12 companies have agreed to sponsor SIA 2009 Government SummitThe Security Industry Association (SIA) is proud to announce that 12 companies have signed up to sponsor its 2009 Government Summit.The Government Summit is the nation's premier public policy conference for the security industry. This year's event on June 2-3 in Washington, D.C., will feature congressmen, federal officials and other special guests discussing stimulus spending, identity management, government grants and othe...
Security Industry Association seeks to secure nation's infrastructureThe Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced its federal legislative priorities for 2009, with most of the seven items on the list focused on ensuring adequate funding to secure the nation's critical infrastructure and facilities.SIA, which represents nearly 400 electronic and physical security businesses of all sizes, aims to: Secure sufficient funding for the Student Safety and Campus Emergency Management...
Two congressmen, Homeland Security inspector general to discuss government role in security industryThree influential, inside-the-Beltway officials, including two members of Congress, will deliver keynote addresses at the Security Industry Association's 2009 Government Summit on June 2-3.The Government Summit annually provides security industry professionals with information and insight about the role of government in the electronic and physical security business. This year, speakers...
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified three data communication protocols as standards for electronic security devicesThe Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified three data communication protocols as standards for electronic security devices as part of an effort to improve the ability of the devices to work with each other.Access control, video surveillance and other components of security systems often use communication formats that are incompatible with each ot...
Rob Zivney, vice president of marketing at Hirsch Electronics to moderate panel of experts at TechSec solutionsRob Zivney, vice president of marketing at Hirsch Electronics, a leading manufacturer of security management solutions, will moderate a panel of security experts at the upcoming TechSec Solutions conference being held February 23-25, 2009, at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, TX. The session is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, at 4:00 p.m. and is entitled "Where Will S...
ISC Brazil expecting more than 100 exhibitors, 5,000 visitorsElectronic security companies looking to expand internationally will have one of their best opportunities of the year March 17-19 at the ISC Brazil trade show in Sao Paulo.With nearly 200 million people and a $2 trillion economy, Brazil has one of the world's highest potentials for growth, and the nation's electronic security market is projected to expand by more than 16 percent over the next five years. ISC...
SIA approves revisions to its Open Systems Interoperability and Performance Standard (OSIPS)The Security Industry Association (SIA) has approved revisions to its Open Systems Interoperability and Performance Standard (OSIPS) Framework and Digital Video Interface efforts to support the requests of various organizations focused on IP video."New digital technologies for IP video require new standards for cameras, encoders and video analytics if these components are to integrate, or conve...
Several industry leaders have joined SIA's board of directorsThe Security Industry Association (SIA) is pleased to announce that several industry leaders have joined its Board of Directors. Seven new directors were elected to two-year terms on the now-16-member Board in a vote by SIA members at the association's annual meeting on October 30 in New York City."As SIA's membership evolves to reflect the marketplace, so has our Board, and I'm very excited about our new directors and the k...
SourceSecurity.com recently caught up with Jonas Andersson, business development director at Axis Communications, to talk in more detail about Axis' ground-breaking co-operative agreement to work collectively with Bosch and Sony on the development of a standard network interface for network video products. The resulting collaboration, now called Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF), will strive to develop an open industry standard and is inviting would-be participants to register via...
Former Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, will be a keynote speaker at ISC East 2008 ISC East 2008 will feature keynote speaker Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and former U.S. presidential candidate at 11AM on October 29 in Hall 1E. ISC East is scheduled for October 29-30, 2008 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York, NY. Giuliani was selected to speak at ISC East because of his vast knowledge of New York City's infrastructure, how it operates...
