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SIA subcommittee applauds inclusion of key counter-UAS legislation in 2026 NDAA

December 16, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced its strong support for lawmakers taking crucial and long-overdue steps needed to address growing threats posed by the weaponization or misuse of drones. In particular, these steps are needed to protect fans attending venues and events as part of the 2026 World Cup, 2028 Olympic Games and America 250 celebrations set to be held in the United States. Key provisions included in the 2026 National Defense Authorization...

2026, Brett Feddersen, D-Fend Solutions, Domestic Counter-UAS National Action Plan, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Security Industry Association (SIA), SIA Drone Security Subcommittee, United States Department of Defense (DoD)


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Johnson Controls included in Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Veterans

November 10, 2025SSN Staff

MILWAUKEE—Johnson Controls, a global provider for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has been named to Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2025 list for the second consecutive year. America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2025 were identified through an independent survey of more than 17,000 U.S. veterans, evaluating companies on multiple workplace criteria, including career development, compensation, diversity and veteran relations.  Johnson Controls...

2025, Cody Lueck, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Veterans, Hiring Our Heroes, Johnson Controls (JCI), Johnson Controls Veterans Business Resource Group, Johnson Controls Veterans Engagement Team (VET), United States Department of Defense (DoD), Working with the Veterans Skillbridge


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Parker Group secures VuWall 2025 Top Performance Award for AVoIP deployment

June 26, 2025SSN Staff

ORLANDO, Fla.—Parker Group, a provider of integrated engineering services and technologies, received VuWall’s 2025 Top Performance Award during InfoComm 2025 for leading VuWall’s largest TRx/PAK deployment. Parker Group received this award for demonstrating its technical expertise, operational discipline, and ability at scale during the projects done for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security. Parker Group transitioned a major DoD research,...

2025, Audio-Visual over Internet Protocol (AVoIP), InfoComm, Ray May, The Parker Group, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Department of Defense (DoD), VuWall


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Julaine Simmons

Women in Security

Women in Security Profile: ‘A broader spectrum of diversity’ is needed, says Julaine Simmons

May 6, 2025Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine—Julaine Simmons believes the security industry needs to take a more holistic approach to diversity, not only expanding the roles of women in the field but also adding experienced professionals in various areas, especially technology.   “While it's crucial to have women in leadership and engineering roles, true diversity goes beyond that,” said Simmons, senior vice president, M.C. Dean. “It means having women in the field actively implementing...

Bell Labs, Julaine Simmons, M.C. Dean, Security Systems News (SSN), SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF), United States Department of Defense (DoD)


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AeroDefense launches drone detection solution AirWarden Essentials

January 9, 2025SSN Staff

OCEANPORT, N.J.—AeroDefense, an American drone and pilot detection hardware and software manufacturer, has announced the launch of AirWarden Essentials – a drone detection solution to monitor traffic through networked drone Remote ID broadcasts for local and wide area views. Annual single and multi-user subscription plans can be purchased directly from AeroDefense’s website. Effective drone traffic monitoring relies on hardware which AeroDefense provides as part of the subscription...

AeroDefense, AirWarden Essentials, Collaborative Drone Detection Network (CoDDN), Craig Wilmoth, The University of Mississippi, United States Department of Defense (DoD)


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Don Erickson

General News

SIA welcomes new leadership of Perimeter Security Subcommittee

January 6, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named two industry leaders – Christa Decker, vice president of the Protective Design Group at Whitman, Requardt & Associates (WRA), and Amy Dunton, business development specialist at Ameristar – to serve as co-chairs of the SIA Perimeter Security Subcommittee. Decker leads WRA’s Protective Design Group and has been providing protective design services for government studies, design projects and...

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Drone, drone, everywhere a drone

December 18, 2024Cory Harris, Editor

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and over our house, four drones were stirring, with suspicions aroused. Like many of you who live in the northeast, these mysterious drones that continue to invade our skies are leaving me in an unsettled state of mind during the holiday season. And why federal authorities took so long to investigate the source of these drones really does not have me feeling festive heading into what is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. This modern-day...

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Mike Lahiff

Monitoring

ZeroEyes closes out 2023 with 300% YoY revenue growth

January 23, 2024SSN Staff

PHILADELPHIA—ZeroEyes, the creator of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, has announced 2023 YoY revenue growth of 300%, as well as rapid expansion across multiple verticals.  The company also highlighted an 18% increase in employee headcount in 2023, as well as multiple milestones achieved during the past year, including: Government/Legislative success ZeroEyes’s weapons...

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Camelot Secure introduces CMMC process

November 30, 2023SSN Staff

COLUMBIA, Md. – Cybersecurity company Camelot Secure has revealed its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process, which it called "revolutionary." The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has established CMMC as a requirement for government contracts; organizations must prioritize securing their information on Defense Industrial Base (DIB) systems. Camelot said that its comprehensive readiness process brings expediency and thoroughness to achieving CMMC compliance. According...

Camelot Secure, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), John Sherman, Stanford Oliver, United States Department of Defense (DoD)


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Alicia Dawson

Women in Security

Women in Security Feature: Alicia Dawson – ‘My journey has been one of challenges, small victories, and life-changing moments’

October 11, 2023Cory Harris, Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine—Alicia Dawson calls her inspiration to work within the security industry “an act of destiny.” Dawson is the lead cybersecurity engineer at The MITRE Corp., a private, non-for-profit corporation that operates federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), based out of Bedford, Mass., and McLean, Va. She told Security Systems News how she began her career in the security industry 20 years ago at the company she still works for to this day. “After...

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