Tag: SW24
Helping building owners keep watch
November 25, 2014Spencer Ives
NEW YORK—SecureWatch 24 used ISC East 2014 to showcase SecureWatchman, a new offering of customizable video analytic alerts for building owners.
Special cameras with built-in analytics will be able to enact protocols devised by building owners, leading back to SW24's central station in Moonachie, N.J. Jay Stuck, company executive VP, identified multi-family housing as a key market for this product.
“Now we're able to help the building owners and supervisors detect loitering,...
Five questions: Bryan Wagner
June 18, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
Bryan Wagner is the new vice president of New York City-based SecureWatch24. He'll be responsible for analyzing potential vertical markets, developing sales strategies and executing business development tactics to attain sales goals. Before joining SW24, he worked for Securitas for 13 years, most recently as a senior business development manager. He also received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy, where he served in the military police, protecting classified installations. Security Systems...
SW24 tests national strategy in Manhattan's Diamond District
May 21, 2014Leif Kothe
NEW YORK—It has ambitions to become a national enterprise-level security provider, but SecureWatch 24, a full-service security company based here, also has identified a strong market in its own backyard—the roughly 3,000 high-end jewelry stores in Manhattan's famous Diamond District.Those 3,000 retail stores are located within a two-block area south of Rockefeller Center. That's not far from SW24's Fusion Centre, a 25,000-square-foot monitoring facility that, together with its guard services,...
SW24 earns UL listing
April 29, 2014SSN Staff
NEW YORK—SW24 Security has received Underwriters Laboratories certification for meeting all requirements under the UL standard for central station alarm service, according to a news release. The certification was given to the company's SW24 Fusion Centre, its 25,000 square-foot monitoring facility, which offers enterprise-level and residential services, including hosted video, access control, virtual security tours and PERS services, among other offerings.
The company said the UL listing was...
SW24 honors vets and first responders at Brooklyn Nets games
March 4, 2014Leif Kothe
NEW YORK—SecureWatch 24 is teaming up with its partner in the National Basketball Association, the Brooklyn Nets, to honor first responders and serving or retired armed forces veterans at the team's home games, according to a news release from the company.As part of the SW24 Security Heroes program, SW24 Security and the Nets make an in-game announcement about each honoree. A brief biography is read to the crowd at the Barclays Center, where the Nets play home games. In addition, the honoree...
SW24 named presenting sponsor of the Brooklyn Nets
September 16, 2013SSN Staff
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—SW24, a New York-based security services company, has signed on to become the first-ever presenting sponsor of the Brooklyn Nets and the team's exclusive security partner.
The deal, announced Sept. 16, provides SW24 with courtside advertising presence and exposure in publications, at some checkpoints and on radio broadcasts. “SW24 has a tremendous commitment to safety and service, which are our top priorities at the Brooklyn Nets. Everywhere the Nets brand goes, so will...
SW24's 'game-changer': No long-term monitoring contracts
September 12, 2012Rich Miller
NEW YORK—SecureWatch 24 is entering the residential intrusion market with what it calls a “blast from the past” for the security industry: no long-term monitoring contracts, with customers owning their equipment and paying up front to cover installation costs.SW24, based here, specializes in property surveillance and facilities management. Its main business is video monitoring, with more than 22,000 cameras installed at more than 2,000 buildings in the New York City area. The company...
SW24 sees bright future for guards
February 15, 2012Rich Miller
“Guards, gates and guns.”
That was the standard for the security industry 20 years ago, as cited by Edward Levy, VP and global head of security for Thomson Reuters, during his keynote address at last week's TechSec conference in Delray Beach, Fla. But while technology has clearly raised the bar since then, allowing many companies to reduce the number of boots on the ground, a contradictory fact remains: The age of the guard is not over.
To prove the point, look no further than...
SW24 gears up for intrusion market
January 25, 2012Rich Miller
NEW YORK—Preparing to expand its footprint to handle alarm monitoring across the United States, SecureWatch24 has named a manager for its new central station in New Jersey and has added intrusion-monitoring capability at its Manhattan headquarters.SW24 specializes in property surveillance and facilities management. Its main business is video monitoring, with more than 22,000 cameras installed at more than 2,000 buildings in the New York City area. The company has a network operations center...
SecureWatch24's new dealer program
October 25, 2011Daniel Gelinas
ORLANDO, Fla.—Video monitoring company SecureWatch24 recently announced that it's launching a new dealer program for its advanced video monitoring and access control services.SecureWatch24 in July told Security Systems News about the construction of a high-end, state-of-the-art, video monitoring command center it is calling the SW24 Fusion Center ."For us, it's a matter of fusing different technologies and bridging the gap between public and private entities, between local, municipal, state...