Tag: SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF)
SIA announces 2024 Women in Security Forum Scholarship opportunity
June 30, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) is now accepting applications for the 2024 SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Scholarship, an initiative led by the SIA Women in Security Forum.
The 2024 program will offer multiple scholarships worth $7,500 each that SIA members and students can use toward professional development and education.
SIA’s Women in Security Forum is a community for both women and men that works to promote, recruit and...
Security LeadHER concludes engaging, enriching, connecting conference
June 28, 2024SSN Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va., and SILVER SPRING, Md.—ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) closed out a successful second annual Security LeadHER conference, a unique event dedicated to advancing, connecting and empowering women in the security profession.
The sold-out event took place June 24-25, 2024, in Phoenix, bringing together more than 400 security professionals from seven countries.
Security LeadHER 2024 built on the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural...
Women in Security Profile: ‘Security industry needs to demonstrate genuine commitment to diversity,’ says Beth Anderson
June 26, 2024Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Allegion’s Beth Anderson is happy to work for a company that values diversity – something she has had to overcome throughout her career in the security industry.
“Throughout my career, I have worked in several male-dominated industries, such as hardware, lumber and beer,” said Anderson, Allegion’s senior channel marketing manager, project sales. “The security industry, like many others, faces similar challenges in terms of diversity....
Women in Security Profile: ‘Diversity is needed to advance our industry,’ says Yazmina Rawji
June 5, 2024Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Yazmina Rawji is extremely passionate about the importance of creating a more diverse security industry.
“Diversity is needed to advance our industry and attract/retain the best talent,” said Rawji, the relationship manager for dormakaba Americas’ Access Automation Solutions division. “This in turn will increase engagement and trust amongst employees. Increased engagement can lead to better performance and stronger business results and profits. Diversity...
Women in Security Profile: ‘We are far from solving the diversity problem in this industry,’ says Shawn Ruddo
May 8, 2024Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Shawn Ruddo challenges other women in the security industry to get involved with an initiative that helps support women’s growth.
“By supporting women in security, we create a wave of empowerment and opportunity,” said Ruddo, chief solutions officer for Unlimited Technology (UT), a systems integrator that provides end-to-end technology solutions with a focus on complex IT, electronic, physical and cybersecurity. “Let’s be that change.”
As...
ISC West hits the jackpot
April 17, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
Safe to say that ISC West 2024 came up all 7s.
Sorry, had to use some slot machine terminology as Las Vegas was the center of the security universe for the largest industry show of the year.
It’s a good thing I’m not claustrophobic, and I’m sure my quartet of Security Systems News colleagues who joined me in Vegas – Ken Showers, Brad Durost, Acasia Gardner and Christina Throndson – would echo that sentiment. Boy, was that show floor packed to the gills or what?
We...
Women in Security Profile: Sheryl Pinckney-Maas – ‘I'm working to build partnerships and find customers’
March 27, 2024Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Sheryl Pinckney-Maas is a straight shooter.
That trait helped her get to where she is today in the security industry, a successful entrepreneur, CEO and founder of Guardian Zone, LLC, the first company to produce a crowd and public safety mobile software solution for businesses, schools and venues allowing any smartphone user to automatically connect with on-site security officials. Pinckney-Maas considers it her job to be a visionary for her company.
Before Pinckney-Maas...
SIA unveils 2024 Women in Security Forum Power 100
March 8, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has revealed the 2024 honoree list for the SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Power 100.
This initiative, presented by the SIA Women in Security Forum, honors 100 women in the security industry each year whose outstanding accomplishments and success stories are breaking barriers, redefining the faces of leadership and showcasing the innovative contributions women bring to the industry.
The 2024 WISF Power 100 honorees...
SIA welcomes new chair, vice chair of SIA RISE Community
March 6, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named a new chair and vice chair to lead SIA RISE, a community that fosters the careers of young professionals and emerging leaders in the security industry.
Dakota Bierly of Northland Controls, a former SIA RISE vice chair, has assumed the role of chair of the RISE Steering Committee, with Esteban Pastor of ZKTeco USA now serving as vice chair.
In these new roles, Bierly and Pastor will deliver educational...
WISF feature : ‘This industry is exciting and very special,' says Tracy Larson
February 21, 2024Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—To say that Tracy Larson has made her mark in the security industry is an understatement.
Larson serves as president and founding partner of WeSuite, a provider of industry-specific sales software for security, IT and AV integrators, based out of White Plains, N.Y.
“We enable security systems integrators, alarm, fire, and technology companies to record and track prospects, accurately and profitably estimate material, labor, chargeable items and recurring services,...