Security Blog

The January edition of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION includes our annual industry forecast as a cornerstone of our special 2013 Industry Forecast Issue. For the piece, I interviewed 20 of the industry’s most knowledgeable market analysts, business experts, systems integrators, manufacturer representatives and trade association directors. Some of their perspectives can be found in the magazine article, with the balance of their assessments appearing in separate Under Surveillance blog posts.

Why does Les Gold, attorney at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP believe 2013 will be a good year for electronic security integrators and dealers?

The Security Industry Association (SIA) Director of Standards Joe Gittens shares what he thinks will be pressing security issues and surprises in 2013.

What challenges and opportunities does TRG Associates President John Brady expect the security industry will experience in 2013? Keep reading to find out!

Richard Bielen, NFPA's PE Division Manager for Fire Protection Systems shares his thoughts on where the electronic security industry is headed in 2013.

The January edition of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION includes our annual industry forecast as a cornerstone of our special 2013 Industry Forecast Issue. For the piece, I interviewed 20 of the industry’s most knowledgeable market analysts, business experts, systems integrators, manufacturer representatives and trade association directors. Some of their perspectives can be found in the magazine article, with the balance of their assessments appearing in separate Under Surveillance blog posts.

The December issue of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION features the magazine's annual Top 30 Technology Innovations, in this case for 2012. I selected half of them but it was challenging to cut so many worthy products down to just 15. So I thought I would use this space to share three additional offerings that just missed the cut for my 2012 list. Here are those receiving honorable mention. Happy holidays!

When learning about a 76-year-old widow slept with a hatchet under her pillow for protection after she had been robbed, a Power Home Technologies employee decided to pay it forward and installed a security alarm system for the woman free of charge.

If a central station fails to contact an alarm subscriber during a power outage, is the dealer liable or the monitoring center?

It behooves installing and monitoring companies to maintain competitive awareness, as well as possibly “borrow” concepts that may work for their own businesses. With that in mind, ADT is hitting the television airwaves with a new holiday-themed ad campaign focused squarely on raising awareness for its home automation offering, ADT Pulse.