Tag: Christine Lanning

I just want to celebrate! Yes, that may be a song by the group Rare Earth from 1970, but that’s also how I and my fellow Security Systems News colleagues feel after what was a fantastic and memorable SecurityNext conference in Nashville. We were so thrilled that we could host an in-person event for the first time since COVID-19 entered our lives in 2020. The enthusiasm of the attendees who ascended upon Music City for our conference last week was infectious, from the cocktail reception...

In preparing to announce this year’s recipients of our third annual Security Legend Award to probably the most well-known and liked couple in security, Christine and Andrew Lanning, I started to think back on all of the ways each of them has not only inspired and influenced me as an editor and person, but also the industry itself, as they are the epitome of selfless. They are givers, that much I am sure of, and the industry is so much better because of their tireless efforts. Over the past...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News is excited to announce the winners of the third annual Security Legend Award, which recognizes security industry professionals who have been leaders throughout their careers, and who continue to selflessly give back to help push the industry forward. SSN is super proud to honor Christine and Andrew Lanning – the ultimate security power couple – for their incredible accomplishments within the industry, providing leadership not only for their...

LONDON—IFSEC Global, a provider of news, features, videos and whitepapers related to the security and fire safety industries, has announced its top influencers in security and fire 2021. The winners in each of the seven categories (six for security, one from fire), were chosen based on nominations by a panel of judges including lead judge Grant Lecky MSc. CSyP, F.ISRM, AARPI, CBCP, co-founder of the Security Partners Forum (SPF); Don Erickson, CEO, Security Industry Association (SIA); Merlin...

As one of the last in-person shows to take place back in February, the first annual SecurityNext conference is the last memory I have of feeling the excitement and intimacy of being right there and rubbing elbows with so many industry leaders and peers, an experience that I am sure all of us miss since COVID-19 disrupted so much of what was essential to our industry. I feel fortunate that I was able to connect on that level and look forward to a time when we can get back to some level of normalcy...

HAWAII—Christine Lanning, president and co-founder of Integrated Security Technologies (IST) Inc., a commercial integrator based here, has been named Hawaii Small Business Association (SBA) Small Business Person of the Year for 2020.Lanning, who is an established leader within the security industry, has also demonstrated those same leadership qualities within the community where she lives, as both an individual and small business owner who provides critically important security systems, services...

WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA, one of the world's largest electronic security cooperatives, recently announced changes to its Board of Directors.The following PSA owners were elected to positions on the board:Central regional director: Carey Boethel, president and CEO, Securadyne SystemsMidwest regional director: Skip Sampson, president, KST SecurityNortheast regional director: Terry Rivet, president and CEO, SecuritronicsIncumbents remaining on the board are:Chairman: Paul Thomas, president and COO,...

WAIPIO, Hawaii—Christine Lanning is president of Hawaii-based Integrated Security Technologies Inc., a woman-owned systems integrator recognized as a Hawaii Business Magazine Best Places to Work six out of the last seven years.In addition to running a successful and growing business with her husband Andrew Lanning, she gives back a lot of her time to the industry as part of organizations and locally in her own community. Lanning was awarded ASIS Women of the Year in 2014, and became the first...

WESTMINSTER, Colo.—The subtitle for this year's “State of the Integrator” panel discussion at PSA-TEC was “Adapt or Die.” Despite the foreboding subtitle, the panelists' outlook was decidedly optimistic ... for some integrators anyway. Panelists agreed that independent integrators who do not embrace changing technology and update to service-centric business models will not survive, but Jorge Lozano, president of systems integration firm Condortech, pointed out why independent...

YARMOUTH, Maine—The recent security crisis at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield reaffirms that the constant threat of cyber hacks is the new normal. Business as usual in the security industry doesn't exist anymore. So what kinds of proactive steps are integrators and central stations taking to prevent cyberattacks?Nothing esoteric or revolutionary, actually. But they may be doing things more important than that—reinforcing the fundamentals of cyberhygiene, working harder to improve communication...