Tag: Candice Aragon
Nominations open for PSA/SSN Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards
January 7, 2026Cory Harris, Editor
WESTMINSTER, Colo., and YARMOUTH, Maine— PSA and Security Systems News are calling on the best and brightest security integrators to step into the spotlight.
Nominations are now open for the fifth annual Integrator of the Year and Bill Bozeman Awards -honors that celebrate innovation, leadership, and the integrators setting the pace for excellence across the industry.
Winners will be awarded at PSA TEC 2026 - taking place April...
SSN, SIA WISF team up again to spotlight women driving security forward
December 8, 2025SSN Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine, and SILVER SPRING, Md.—Security Systems News (SSN) and the Security Industry Association’s Women in Security Forum (WISF) are joining forces once again in 2026 to celebrate the women shaping the future of security.
Through its yearlong profile series, SSN will spotlight leaders whose innovation, resilience, and vision are driving progress and diversity across the industry.
SSN and SIA WISF began the partnership in 2021 and in 2022, expanded coverage beyond...
Mastering the backlog: how integrators can forecast, staff and scale for growth
December 3, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK—For integrators, managing a backlog is more than clearing a queue of unfinished projects - it’s about building a framework that ensures profitability, efficiency and scalability, industry experts say.
At ISC East, PSA Security Network CEO Matt Barnette moderated a panel featuring:
John Nemerofsky, COO at SAGE Integration;
Chris Hugman, founder and CEO at System Surveyor; and
Candice Aragon, chief experience officer at PSA
Together,...
Security LeadHER 2025 fosters growth, engagement, community for women in security
June 11, 2025SSN Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va., and SILVER SPRING, Md.—ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) have closed out a successful third annual Security LeadHER conference, a unique event dedicated to advancing, connecting and empowering women in the security profession.
The sold-out event was held June 9-10 in Detroit, gathering approximately 450 security professionals from across the United States and internationally.
Security LeadHER 2025 grew from the outstanding success of the 2023...
SIA announces 2025 WISF Power 100 honorees
March 7, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2025 honorees for the SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Power 100.
This initiative, presented by the SIA Women in Security Forum, honors 100 women in the security industry each year whose outstanding accomplishments and success stories are breaking barriers, redefining the faces of leadership and showcasing the innovative contributions women bring to the industry.
The 2025 WISF Power 100...
Women in Security Profile: ‘The industry needs to apply outside-the-box thinking when it comes to recruiting diverse talent,’ says Candice Aragon
January 7, 2025Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—While Candice Aragon, chief experience officer at PSA Network, has seen an upsurge in the number of women attending security industry events, she knows there is more work to be done around diversity.
Aragon serves as vice chair of the Security Industry Association’s (SIA’s) Women in Security Forum (WISF) and has witnessed firsthand the dramatic shift taking place when it comes to the diverse representation at conferences and trade shows.
“I...
SSN, SIA WISF to continue partnership to promote diversity in 2025
December 3, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine, and SILVER SPRING, Md.—Security Systems News is proud to partner again in 2025 with the Security Industry Association's (SIA’s) Women in Security Forum (WISF) to spotlight an incredibly diverse list of security professionals (see list below) to be highlighted in special features throughout the year.
SSN and SIA WISF began the partnership in 2021 and in 2022, expanded coverage beyond one issue with one person profiled in each issue, as well as online at...
Nominations now open for PSA/SSN Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards
December 2, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
WESTMINSTER, Colo., and YARMOUTH, Maine—PSA and Security Systems News have announced that nominations are now open for the fourth annual Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards, which aspire to identify the leading systems integrators within security, from smaller, local integrators all the way up to the big nationals.
Winners will be awarded at PSA TEC 2025 - taking place March 9-12 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver - and featured within the pages of SSN.
Broken...
SIA unveils 2024 Women in Security Forum Power 100
March 8, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has revealed the 2024 honoree list for the SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Power 100.
This initiative, presented by the SIA Women in Security Forum, honors 100 women in the security industry each year whose outstanding accomplishments and success stories are breaking barriers, redefining the faces of leadership and showcasing the innovative contributions women bring to the industry.
The 2024 WISF Power 100 honorees...
PSA Network promotes Candice Aragon to chief experience officer
March 6, 2024SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA Network, the world’s largest consortium of professional systems integrators, has announced the promotion of Candice Aragon to chief experience officer (CXO), effective immediately.
In her expanded role, Aragon will now head PSA customer success in addition to her current leadership of marketing, events and education.
“Candice has been a critical part of the PSA success,” said Matt Barnette, PSA CEO and president. “This promotion is...