Tag: security providers
Event security tested by evolving cyber-physical threats
April 23, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — The evolving social and political landscape is changing the way the world approaches security for public events, and security providers must reshape their strategies to meet the challenge.
On April 26, 2025, the late Pope Francis will be interred in Vatican City; in that time thousands of mourners and tourists will pour into Rome ahead of the funeral. The 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II saw roughly 300,000 in attendance and required 8,000 security staff which included...
Brinks Home shares fall safety, security tips
September 4, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — The approaching fall season is a good time for security providers to check in with their residential customers to review fire safety tips, confirm their devices are working properly and make sure they’re stocked up on emergency supplies, according to Brinks Home.
"It's easy to get swept up in the excitement of the changing season—from back-to-school activities and setting up the best Halloween decorations to the countdown to Thanksgiving,”...
NAPCO a partner in PASS K-12 Partner Alliance for Safer Schools
December 9, 2022SSN Staff
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. – NAPCO Security Technologies announced that it has become a PASS (Partner Alliance for Safer Schools) K-12 Partner to further its commitment to help provide more school and campus solutions.
Discussing the rising violence and tragedies occurring across the nation, NAPCO called PASS K-12 a well-respected program that offers comprehensive information and objective guidelines for securing school facilities, created by a multidisciplinary team spanning security, education,...
Month-to-month contracts: Boon or bane for alarm industry?
April 17, 2013Rich Miller
YARMOUTH, Maine—It's a model that was discarded by big players in the alarm industry long ago: Pay-as-you-go monitoring, with customers covering the cost of equipment and installation upfront. But in a world where flexibility is increasingly driving purchasing decisions, is it time to turn back the clock? Have consumers had enough of long-term contracts?SecureWatch 24, a New York-based company specializing in property surveillance and facilities management, is betting on it. SW 24 entered the...