IntelligentSIA: 11 Ways to Close Out the Year With SIA

Hey SIA members! Here are the top things you need to know about our latest activities and offerings, upcoming events and opportunities and more.

Welcome, New SIA Members!

The Security Industry Association (SIA) would like to welcome its newest members: C&C Technology Group, CLG & Associates, Cloudastructure, Databuoy, Downing & Downing, Global Guardian and The Cook & Boardman Group. Thanks for your membership, and we look forward to working with you!

Here’s What Else You Need to Know This Month:

1. On Dec. 13, join us virtually for the next event in SIA’s free Vertical Insights symposium series. The Public Transportation Security Symposium will feature expert insights from speakers in the transit community, the security industry and federal government on how security technology helps to keep America moving.
2. A new SIA Practitioner Insights is here! In this special report, get SIA’s focus group findings on the security technologies that health care leaders value most, what hospital security practitioners are looking for from integrators and key risks. Unlock the report here.
3. Close out your 2021 and get into the holiday spirit with the last SIAThere! of 2021! On Dec. 14, join us virtually for the SIAThere! holiday party. Wear your ugly sweater and enjoy networking and trivia, compete for prizes and connect with other security industry professionals at this fun, free virtual event. Learn more and RSVP here.
4. SIA’s latest Physical Security Vertical Market Assessment report, produced by Omdia for SIA members, provides research and statistics on the banking and financial market for physical security equipment and solutions in the United States. Examine key market drivers and barriers for the banking and financial security vertical, how COVID-19 has impacted the retail banking business and how to win business with banking end users.
5. New course alert! SIA’s Grants Training Course is the first assessment-based training program designed to help security integrators and manufacturers advise their customers about how to effectively identify federal grant funding opportunities that could be used for critical security investments and projects – including commercial and non-federal projects. Register by Dec. 31 and save $50 on access to this on-demand e-learning course!
6. On Nov. 15, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law; the bill is the most significant U.S. investment in infrastructure in decades and includes $550 billion in funding far above baseline for many existing highway, transit, rail and other programs. In this blog, get helpful analysis and see how SIA is working to educate members on the provisions that will most impact the industry.
7. SIA’s latest Security Market Index (SMI) report, provided to SIA members as a review of current market conditions, shows weakening momentum and increased uncertainty in the industry amid the “COVID hangover.” Special focuses of the November/December 2021 SMI report include steady market confidence for systems integrators, perspectives on pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and labor shortages and how organizations are handling COVID-19 vaccination.
8. On Nov. 18 at ISC East 2021, the SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) hosted a special breakfast event on public speaking techniques for great presentations. During this event, offered as a special Thursday edition of WISF’s Wisdom Wednesdays series, attendees enjoyed complimentary breakfast and networking and heard tips and insights on how to present like a pro from panelists Elaine Palome, director of human resources at Axis Communications; Leigh Dow, vice president at Identiv; Chris Peterson, founder and president at Vector Firm; and Kristin Shockley, enterprise segment marketing manager at Genetec. Get some tips from the discussion here.
9. SIA has released the fall 2021 edition of SIA Technology Insights, a journal distilling the most current thinking for applying today’s security technologies. This edition features articles from experts on topics ranging from how artificial intelligence impacts physical security to SIA’s Open Supervised Device Protocol standard, cannabis security and cyber-physical security convergence.
10. Following last month’s vehicular attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, SIA Perimeter Security Subcommittee Chair Rob Reiter authored a new article that draws links and lessons from a decade’s worth of hostile vehicle attacks across the United States. Read the article to learn why cities must pay attention and what SIA is doing to drive awareness.
11. The SIA  Nominations Committee welcomes nominations of individuals to serve on the SIA Board of Directors, a strategic body that exercises oversight of the organization and implementation of the SIA Strategic Framework. The deadline for application is Dec. 31; learn more here.
12. SIA  has named Edison Shen as its new director of standards and technology. Shen – who previously served as a program manager in the Building Infrastructure and Transportation Systems divisions at the National Electrical Manufacturer Association – manages and administers SIA’s standards and technical program activities; coordinates with other standards organizations that impact the SIA standards program of work; liaises with the SIA standards committee, subcommittees and working groups to set agendas and build consensus; develops cybersecurity and security technology content for SIA members; researches standards activities and complementary programming; and manages the SIA Standards team.