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SIA names Jonathan Aguila as 2025 Insightful Practitioner Award honoree
November 13, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Jonathan Aguila as the 2025 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, an honor recognizing excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions. He will be recognized Nov. 19 during the 2025 SIA Celebrates & Honors event.
Aguila is the global services director, systems and technology at Meta. He entered the security industry as a technician about 30 years ago and...
Prevention is protection
September 24, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
When a 16-year-old student at a high school in the next town over from me was arrested for carrying a loaded pistol in his backpack, this was not just a close call - it was a wake-up call.
On Sept. 18, 2025, that student allegedly posted a threat to Instagram saying he was “boutta shoot the school up.” Within hours, law enforcement traced the post to Benjamin Cardozo High School in Bayside, N.Y., identified the student, and recovered a loaded 9mm pistol from his backpack. Thanks to...
SIA announces 2025 Board of Directors nominations
February 13, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced that its Nominations Committee has recommended nine individuals to serve as members of the SIA Board of Directors, pursuant to the SIA bylaws.
These nominations will be submitted for ratification at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership gathering during ISC West 2025 in April.
The following three individuals have been nominated for an initial two-year term starting in 2025:
Min Kyriannis,...
40 under 40: Kyle Walsh, senior manager, global security, Cruise
July 12, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Kyle Walsh, 34, is the senior manager of global security for Cruise, a manufacturer of self-driving vehicles that safely connect people with the places, things, and experiences they care about, based out of San Francisco. Find out what inspired him to pursue a career in the security industry, what being a "40 under 40" winner means to him, what appeals to him about the security industry, and more.
SSN: Describe your roles, duties, and tenure at your current job.
WALSH:...
It’s a natural musk, unfortunately
November 1, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Yesterday I did something I promised myself I wouldn’t do, which is talk about Elon Musk. I now find myself breaking that promise two days in a row to explain myself, because you might ask yourself, “What does Elon Musk have to do with security?”
It’s a good question! Tangentially a lot of things really. His Tesla model electric cars contain a full suite of modern security and monitoring features of course. I find myself yearning for a simpler time when that’s...
SIA unveils new apprenticeship program to address industry workforce challenges
September 8, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced that it is developing a new apprenticeship program to help address the security industry’s workforce challenges, diversify the talent pipeline and foster career development opportunities within the industry.
The initiative will launch in June 2023 as a one-year pilot program, for which SIA will develop the curriculum, and connect job seekers with security systems integrators for paid apprenticeships...