Tag: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Guardian Protection’s monitoring centers attain ANSI/TMA AVS-01 certification
November 14, 2025SSN Staff
WARRENDALE, Pa.—Guardian Protection has announced that its 24-hour monitoring centers have attained ANSI/TMA AVS-01 certification, a standard introduced in 2023 and currently held by fewer than 10 security monitoring centers in the U.S.
AVS-01 is a standardized scoring metric used to report unauthorized human activity - such as a burglary detected by an alarm system - to an emergency response agency. The scoring provides greater situational awareness to first responders and can be impactful...
ASIS International introduces new ANSI-approved school security standard
August 28, 2025SSN Staff
ALEXANDRIA, VA — ASIS International has announced the release of its American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standard designed to provide a framework for developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving school security.
ASIS said that the standard provides a critical benchmark for assessing and improving a school’s security posture regardless of size and funding.
"This standard represents thousands of hours of dedicated volunteer work by a passionate cross-disciplinary...
ASIS International introduces new ANSI-approved investigations standard
June 19, 2025SSN Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—ASIS International has announced the release of its revised American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standard dedicated to investigations.
The revised standard provides requirements and guidance for the collection and examination of information pursuant to an investigation. It can be found as an eBook here, or in print here.
Investigations are important fact-finding tools in an ever-increasing complex business world. Whether conducting...
Adams County, Colo., enhances public safety with ASAP implementation
March 18, 2025SSN Staff
COMMERCE CITY, Colo.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Adams County Communications Center Authority (ADCOM911) has completed implementation of the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) Service.
ADCOM911 went live with the service on March 4, becoming the 149th emergency communications center (ECC) in the U.S. and fourth in Colorado to adopt the ASAP program
The ECC dispatches emergency services for multiple law-enforcement agencies, including the Adams County...
ASIS announces revised SRA standard
April 16, 2024SSN Staff
ALEXANDRIA, VA – ASIS International has shared the release of its new American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standard dedicated to security risk assessments.
The ASIS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Standard has been revised and designed to change how organizations assess and manage security risks. Noting it was developed by a team of seasoned security professionals, ASIS said their SRA Standard offers an up-to-date and forward-looking comprehensive and systematic approach...
Rapid Response first third-party monitoring center to get UL listing for AVS-01
April 2, 2024SSN Staff
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Rapid Response Monitoring Services has earned the Underwriters Laboratories UL-CAVS listing, becoming the first third-party monitoring center to both adopt the standard and receive the UL listing for the new TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Validation Scoring Standard.
“AVS-01's accurate scoring and classification of intrusion alarms improves situational awareness and allows specialists to relay a more comprehensive depiction of what is happening at the premises,” said...
SIA earns American National Standards Institute reaccreditation for SIA standards
May 30, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced that it has successfully completed the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) reaccreditation process for its standards development program.
ANSI is the nonprofit standards body accreditation organization that oversees development of voluntary consensus standards for products, processes, systems and personnel in the United States. It requires all ANSI-accredited standards developers to complete a full audit...