Tag: Stephen Carney
With apologies to Carnac the Magnificent
January 3, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
It’s finally 2024, and that means that I’ll be making good on my threats to discuss predictions and upcoming trends in the security industry this year.
Not my predictions mind you, I will be putting other people’s predictions on blast anonymously, but I promise it will be just as entertaining. First up, a rapid surge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption by various businesses in 2024? That’s an easy one to predict of course, It’s surging right now! And was...
Shooter Detection Systems to empower communities with #TakeAction campaign
December 20, 2023SSN Staff
ROWLEY, Mass. – Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company, introduced a campaign at CES 2024 to empower individuals to make their schools, workplaces, and communities safer by employing gunshot detection technology.
SDS said that in an active shooter situation, gunshot detection is highly effective at mitigating injury and loss of life, however they also said its often overlooked by federal funding sources that have traditionally supported a wide range of preventative gun...
Shooter Detection Systems welcomes new president, chief technology officer
July 6, 2023SSN Staff
ROWLEY, Mass.—Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global provider of gunshot detection solutions, has announced the appointment of Stephen Carney as the company's new president.
Additionally, Rich Onofrio, former managing director of SDS, has assumed the role of chief technology officer, leading the engineering team following the retirement of Ronald Fowler, the company's original CTO.
Carney previously served as vice president of global product...
HID Global unveils HID Aero
July 9, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—HID Global extended its open-architecture controller line with the introduction of HID Aero. Building on the proven success of its Mercury intelligent controller platform delivering total security beyond the door, HID Aero extends flexibility and access control choices to a wide range of businesses while future-proofing an organization’s investment as requirements change.
“HID Aero is providing features to a broader market that were generally available only in solutions...
State of the access control market, part I
August 20, 2019Ginger Hill
YARMOUTH, Maine—The concept of access control is simple — to allow or restrict people, animals or things from gaining access to a particular space. At its core is some type of lock, mechanical or electronic, that must be breached legitimately, accidentally or forcefully to gain access. Once access is gained, the results can be advantageous, detrimental or even a combination of both.
Although simple to define, the complexity lies in formulating the best access control plan using the...