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Amplifying School Security With Gunshot Detection Systems

Security Industry Association

Preventive measures should be priorities, including security practices and technologies, and resources should be provided to help students and staff deal with mental health and anger issues before they escalate. A Guide to Evaluating Systems Much like other security technologies, not all gunshot sensors and alerting systems are created equal.

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Guest Post: Security Installations in a Wireless World

Security Industry Association

Wesco’s Bill Geary Discusses How Smart Buildings Demand a Future-Ready Infrastructure Bill Geary is executive vice president and general manager, communications and security solutions at Wesco. But, on June 29, 2007, all that changed. Smart buildings are no longer a trend, they are an expectation.

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In Memoriam: Charles Darsch, Director, Corporate Relations, System Sensor

Security Industry Association

Security Industry Association (SIA) members and the security industry are mourning the recent loss of Charles Darsch, longtime director of corporate relations at System Sensor, who passed away on July 2, 2023, at the age of 92 with his family by his side. He then formed his own alarm installation company, Minuteman Security.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. McCaw 2007. PLoS One 2007:2(11): e1220, 1-6. US Homeland Security Council 2005.

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SIA New Member Profile: Infusion Direct Marketing

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Infusion Direct Marketing, Inc. specializes in developing marketing programs for the security industry. SIA spoke with Monique Merhige, president of Infusion Direct Marketing, about the company’s history and offerings and the security industry. Lucie, Florida.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Personal protective equipment has been improvised when it should have been either stockpiled or subject to pre-arranged accelerated manufacturing contracts, and some of it has proved unusable. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014.

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IRM, ERM, and GRC: Is There a Difference?

Reciprocity

For example, retail is now “e-tail,” manufacturing plants are increasingly automated, and nearly every step of the hiring and contracting process happens online, from application to background checks to payroll. 2002-2007): Financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance, and their related IT controls.