Tag: Securitas
Industry luminary Jim Henry passes away, colleagues reflect
April 17, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Legend. Great friend. Terrific presence. Mentor.
These are just some of the heartfelt tributes and reflections from colleagues and friends of industry luminary Jim Henry, one of the inaugural winners of the Security Systems News (SSN) Security Legend award, who passed away on April 13, 2024, after a lengthy illness. He was 70.
Henry spent more than 50 years in the security industry, from the early days of running a business with his family to later working for behemoths...
Securitas training 10,000 data center professionals
February 21, 2024SSN Staff
STOCKHOLM – Securitas has revealed that it aims to certify 10,000 officers as data center security and safety professionals following the establishment of the Global Clients Data Center Group in 2023.
Securitas said it’s now taking an important next step by strengthening the skills of its security officers by introducing a certification for managing data centers’ diverse security challenges with efficiency and expertise. Calling data centers the unseen backbone that enables everything...
Renowned security PR professional Lynda Murphy passes away
November 27, 2023SSN Staff
CHICAGO—Lynda Murphy, the founder of Murphy Knott Public relations who represented numerous security companies along with other major local, national, and international clients, passed away on Nov. 20. She was 69.
Murphy founded Murphy Knott Public Relations in 1984 and led the company for nearly four decades until her death, helping to craft the corporate messaging of major brands such as Miller Brewing Company, IBM, Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, Vienna Beef, Ferrara Candy Company,...
AMAG Technology’s Kyle Gordon – ‘It’s a noisy and chaotic industry right now, and it’s really exciting’
October 24, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – A star of the access control sector of the security industry, AMAG Technology is changing and evolving to address the demands of the future. One of those changes has been naming Kyle Gordon the EVP of global sales, marketing, and commercial excellence.
Gordon accepted his new role in August of this year, and Security Systems News (SSN) was able to speak with him about his winding path through the industry and about what comes next for security.
SSN: Mr. Gordon, could...
Securitas appoints Toskos as chief human resources officer
September 26, 2023SSN Staff
PARSIPPANY, N.J. —Securitas North America has appointed Chrissy Toskos as its new chief human resources officer.
Securitas wrote that Toskos will have a key role in the division leadership team where she will help to accelerate the organization’s transformation “…augmenting physical security with technology, transforming the client experience, and developing the workforce of the future,” the company said.
"I’m thrilled to be joining a purpose-driven...
Sunny Disposition
August 9, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I woke up to some awfully big news today in the security world as ADT announced the divestiture of its commercial business.
If one of you, dear readers, had an inkling about this occurring before it did, I’d like to know your sources, or at least have you pick some lottery numbers for me. When I read about divestiture it normally tracks pretty easily for me. For example, when Securitas dropped its Argentinean holdings, I wasn’t shocked. They had been facing a tough economic situation...
Fourth Maryland ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
August 3, 2023SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Queen Anne’s County, Md., Emergency Services is the 131st Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States to implement TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers to Emergency Communication Centers. ...
ISS names Charles Vancheri as NA associate director of distribution partnerships
February 2, 2023SSN Staff
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.—ISS (Intelligent Security Systems), a global provider of video intelligence and data awareness solutions, announced that is has appointed Charles Vancheri as associate director of distribution partnerships for North America.
As an industry veteran with more than a decade of experience, Vancheri will be responsible for setting the company’s strategy relative to building a robust network of distribution partners across the region and thus make the ISS portfolio of high-trust...
California DOJ approves pilot of TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
January 19, 2023SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) welcomed its 119th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States and its first agency in the state of California to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
The state of California became the 22nd state in the United States to participate in the ASAP program. Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of...
SIA announces 2022 SIA Women in Security Forum Scholarship winners
August 30, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named seven recipients for the 2022 SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Scholarship – a program developed by the SIA WISF to further educational opportunities and promote advancement for the widest spectrum of people possible in the security industry.
In the 2022 scholarship program – open to employees of SIA member companies and SIA student members – each honoree will be awarded $10,000 to...