Tag: PSA Security Network (PSA)
Northland Controls promotes Brendan McFall to GM, Americas
August 3, 2026SSN Staff
FREMONT, Calif.—Northland Controls has promoted Brendan McFall to general manager, Americas, tasking the longtime executive with leading the company’s operations and growth strategy across the region.
McFall has been with Northland Controls since 2014, joining the company as executive assistant to owner Pierre Trapanese before moving into project management and later taking on a series of leadership positions. During his tenure, he spent six months in Singapore as acting general manager,...
PSA Network appoints Deatherage, Keller to board of directors
July 15, 2026SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA Network has appointed Travis Deatherage, president of LINX Multimedia, and Pete Keller, chief financial officer of Integrated Protection Services (IPS), to its board of directors.
Deatherage and Keller will help guide the strategic direction of PSA, a consortium of systems integrators, while supporting its efforts to provide education, networking opportunities, collaboration and business resources to members. PSA also operates Edge, an audiovisual buying group.
“Travis...
FAST names Dr. Elli Reges executive director
July 2, 2026SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) has named Dr. Elli Reges as its new executive director.
FAST, which was created in 2020 through a partnership among the Electronic Security Association (ESA), Security Industry Association (SIA) and PSA, works to connect job seekers and students with career opportunities in the electronic security and life safety industry.
Reges, who serves as SIA's director of learning and development, will take on the additional...
Security LeadHER draws 500 attendees to Minneapolis event
June 26, 2026SSN Staff
MINNEAPOLIS—Security LeadHER, presented by ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA), brought approximately 500 security professionals to Minneapolis June 15–16, with attendance up about 10% compared with 2025.
The event, focused on advancing women in the security industry, drew participants from 40 states and 11 countries.
“The conversations, mentorship, sponsorship and meaningful connections fostered this week are not only...
scDataCom, SAGE Integration take top honors at Integrator of the Year Awards
April 24, 2026Cory Harris, Editor
DENVER—scDataCom claimed the Bill Bozeman Award and SAGE Integration was named Large Integrator of the Year as Security Systems News and PSA Security Network recognized the industry’s top-performing integrators during a reception at PSA TEC 2026.
The awards were presented as part of a partnership between Security Systems News (SSN) and PSA, now in its fifth year. The Bill Bozeman Award honors an integrator whose impact extends beyond its own growth to help elevate the broader security...
PSA Security Network names Loyva as Exclusive Business Solutions Partner
March 12, 2026SSN Staff
HOUSTON—Loyva, a secure and easy-to-use e-sign, contract management, document repository, and vaulting platform, announced it has officially partnered with PSA Security Network as an Exclusive Business Solutions Partner.
The milestone marks Loyva as one of only 10 approved software solutions within PSA’s partner ecosystem, the largest security integrator network in North America.
The partnership makes Loyva’s platform directly available to PSA’s network of security integrators...
PSA Network announces 2026 P3 Partners
January 5, 2026SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—The PSA Network (PSA), the world’s largest consortium of professional systems integrators, has announced the 28 partners of the PSA Partner Program (P3) for 2026.
The P3 program is a performance-driven initiative tailored for technology partners, evaluating and categorizing them based on criteria reflecting their impact and achievements within the network.
Partners meeting the annual sales threshold are assessed using a weighted scale. Their cumulative...
Smarter security: Why automation needs AI - and humans
December 11, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK— As cyber and physical threats converge, security automation is no longer optional, it’s essential, according to industry experts.
That was the focus of a session at ISC East 2025 titled, “Security Automation for Cyber-Hardened Facilities,” that explored how automation, AI and human oversight intersect to create resilient operations. Moderated by Brittany Board, director of technology partners at PSA Security Network, the panel featured:
Min Kyriannis,...
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,...