Tag: Vector Security

PITTSBURGH—Cumberland County, Pa., joins a growing number of municipalities across the nation to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) at its Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). ASAP automates communication from alarm monitoring central stations to PSAPs and 911 centers resulting in faster, more accurate emergency response by delivering alarm notification information directly from the alarm monitoring centers to PSAPs via computer rather than by phone. All pertinent data...

PITTSBURGH—Vector Security Networks’ completely redesigned websiteoffers visitors an easy-to-navigate user experience showcasing the company’s business-transforming capabilities, along with their features and benefits in the physical security and managed network services space.  “While we are the one-source solution for both physical security and managed network services and solutions, we understand that some customers and prospects may want to access information specific to just one...

PITTSBURGH—As multi-site businesses begin re-entry into a “new normal,” stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses will need to ensure the safety, security and wellness of employees, customers and workspaces while adhering to government regulations and new requirements. Vector Security Networks, a division of Vector Security, Inc., provides solutions to help. “The COVID-19 pandemic will drive short- and long-term disruption in our lives and in our organizations even after the initial...

PITTSBURGH—Users of monitored home and business security alarms in Montgomery, Ala. will benefit from faster, more accurate emergency response as the city becomes the latest municipality to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a technology designed to automate communication between alarm monitoring central stations and public safety dispatch/911 centers. Vector Security, a full service security provider based here, assisted the city by helping to perform extensive testing prior...

PITTSBURGH—Vector Security, a provider of security and smart automation services to homes and businesses based here, recently announced multiyear partnerships with three National Hockey League teams—the company will be the “official security partner” of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes.As part of the three-year sponsorship agreement with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vector Security will receive in-arena sponsorship exclusivity in the home...

PITTSBURGH—Vector Security Inc., a provider of intelligent mobile security and home automation solutions based here, recently debuted its new storefront concept in Canfield, Ohio, home to the company's largest installed customer base in that state.Art Miller, vice president of marketing for Vector Security, told Security Systems News that the company hopes to add two more storefront locations, one in Kentucky and one in Maryland, by year's end.The 2,300-square-foot storefront in Canfield offers...

PITTSBURGH—Vector Security Networks, a single source provider of managed network services and physical security solutions to multi-site businesses across North America, announced this week it is offering VeloCloud SD-WAN to its customers. Vector Security Networks is a division of Vector Security Inc., an integrator of physical security solutions and managed services for North American retailers and multi-site businesses.“Customers deploying SD-WAN have gained greater control with centralized...

Rick Simpson, vice president technical services of Vector Security, has been with the company for 33 years. He “started as a service technician, then moved up through the ranks.” Simpson is a past chair of the ESA Standards Fire/Life Safety Committee. Security Systems News talked with Simpson in August about the security system he uses at home.What kind of system do you have?I currently have a Concord 4 [from Interlogix], and we have a full perimeter system. So, all of the doors are protected...

PITTSBURGH—Vector Security Inc., a home and business automation solutions provider based here, gained nearly 10,000 accounts when it acquired Security Associates LLC, a local security provider based in Baltimore.Security Associates was “regionally based in the Baltimore area, and they were more of a local 'hometown-type' company, that was their approach to the market place,” Art Miller, Vector's vice president of marketing, told Security Systems News.Security Associates' customer...

PITTSBURGH—Vector Security announced in early August that Newport News, Va., is now live with Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). Newport News joins other municipalities in the state of Virginia using ASAP, such as the City of Richmond, James City County, York County, and Henrico County. The ASAP to PSAP program, created by The Monitoring Association—formerly CSAA—and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials automates communication between alarm monitoring central...