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Security Industry Association Earns American National Standards Institute Reaccreditation for SIA Standards

Security Industry Association

This milestone highlights SIA’s long-term commitment to being ANSI accredited across the standards we develop, promote and advocate, which foster interoperability and information sharing in the security industry. Efforts like these would not be possible without the support and active participation of our member volunteers.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

This textbook provides a multitude of case studies each written by academics who are actively teaching and/or have developed curriculum in the fields of crisis, disaster, and/or emergency management with a specific focus on vulnerable populations that are the weakest links in the hazard-risk chain. Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc.,

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Security Industry Association Names New Director of Standards and Technology

Security Industry Association

Edison Shen will lead SIA’s standards and technical program activities and develop content on cybersecurity and technology topics for SIA members. He is also active in ANSI and IEC committees. SIA develops ANSI-accredited standards that promote interoperability and information sharing in the industry. SILVER SPRING, Md. –

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When is an ISO not an ISO?

Plan B Consulting

There will be a flurry of activity prior to the auditor coming in, but at least the work gets done! The main certification bodies; BCI, Certification Europe and LRQA, which are usually the ones we go with, had an additional level of checking called UKAS accreditation. With an ISO, you are regularly audited and it keeps you honest.

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When is an ISO not an ISO?

Plan B Consulting

There will be a flurry of activity prior to the auditor coming in, but at least the work gets done! The main certification bodies; BCI, Certification Europe and LRQA, which are usually the ones we go with, had an additional level of checking called UKAS accreditation. With an ISO, you are regularly audited and it keeps you honest.

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ONVIF, Security Industry Association Host Joint Webinar to Discuss “State of Standards”

Security Industry Association

As an ANSI-accredited standards organization, SIA, through its Standards Committee is responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of many standards on a variety of technical areas, including access control, alarms and intrusion, audio verification, false alarm reduction and architectural graphics. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Making Environmental Stewardship a Priority for Business

BMC

Every April, we celebrate Earth Day, and this year, BMC is taking it a step further with a whole month of activities for our inaugural Climate Action Month. We also maintain Global Accreditation for ISO 14001:2015 , a guideline for our environmental management system policies and practices. And we’re not alone. How much money?