SIA announces keynote, agenda and speakers for Perimeter PREVENT 2025

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the agenda and speakers for Perimeter PREVENT 2025, the premier event in perimeter security.

This symposium – held June 17-18 in Washington, D.C. – will gather policymakers, federal agency personnel, architects, engineers and security solution providers to engage on the cChr for physical environments, including government and commercial facilities, critical infrastructure and events.

“At Perimeter PREVENT 2025, attendees will gain essential insights on protective design strategies, explore security challenges and innovations in protecting urban retail spaces against threats, examine critical infrastructure security measures for data centers, learn strategies for mitigating security risks during period of civil unrest and more,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “This event is a fantastic opportunity for our industry and government to gather, strategize, discuss and ideate on the most pressing perimeter security topics.”

Perimeter PREVENT 2025 – presented by SIA with guidance from the SIA Perimeter Security Subcommittee – will kick off on Tuesday, June 17, with a welcome reception featuring top-tier networking, refreshments and informal conversation with speakers and attendees, including public- and private-sector end users, buyers, specifiers and reseller partners.

On Wednesday, June 18, attendees will enjoy an all-day symposium featuring keynote remarks from Cathy Lanier, chief security officer of the National Football League (NFL) and former Washington, D.C., police chief, along with additional educational presentations from top experts, networking opportunities and an open forum to present questions and ideas.

“This year’s event – in addition to bringing together leaders in barriers, bollards and fencing, along with manufacturers, integrators and solutions providers – will offer perspectives from more voices than ever before, including perimeter component manufacturers and fabricators, about how they can contribute to finding solutions for better perimeters,” noted Christa Decker, co-chair of SIA’s Perimeter Security Subcommittee and vice president of the Protective Design Group at Whitman, Requardt & Associates.  

“We’re seeing a lot of technology being integrated into perimeter security solutions and new potential threats,” added Amy Dunton, co-chair of SIA’s Perimeter Security Subcommittee and business development specialist at Ameristar Perimeter Security. “We look forward to examining how we can integrate the different layers of perimeter security into a holistic approach as we secure our facilities and data and protect our customers and ourselves.”

Session topics include:

• SAFETY Act: Instilling Confidence, Driving Value and Mitigating Risk
• Enhancing Data Center Security
• CPTED and Best Practices for High-Security Perimeters
• Layered Solutions – Fortifying, Demystifying and Redefining
• The New Perimeter Paradigm
• Protecting the Perimeter with Technology
• Civil Unrest – Perimeter Protection

Registration for attendees is $169 for SIA members and $269 for nonmembers; learn more and register here.