Women in Security
NASCAR's Julia Landauer to keynote Women in Security Forum Event at ISC West
June 1, 2021SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) – as part of its Women in Security Forum initiative – will host a complimentary keynote event during ISC West featuring remarks from two-time racing champion Julia Landauer on risk analysis and working with fear, the importance of STEM education, women’s empowerment and leadership.
ISC West 2021 will take place July 19-21 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, and the SIA Women in Security Forum Keynote...
Women in Security Feature: Diana Hanna, PSA Security
May 26, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine--As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum’s (WISF’s) continuing series highlighting the contributions of women in security, this month’s feature is on PSA Security National Director of Business Development and Strategic Accounts Diana Hanna, who focuses on recruiting new companies to join PSA while working closely with companies that are already equity owners of PSA.
PSA is a global systems integrator...
Women in Security Feature: Katie Greatti, Security Industry Association (SIA)
April 7, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum’s (WISF’s) continuing series highlighting the contributions of women in security, this month’s feature is on Katie Greatti, SIA's associate director of certification.
For SIA, Greatti manages the Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) credential as well as sales for the Education and Training Department. SIA not only offers the CSPM credential...
Women in Security Feature: Nada Ebeid, Genetec
March 3, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum’s (WISF’s) continuing series highlighting the contributions of women in security, this month’s feature is on Nada Ebeid, Business Development Manager, Canada, Genetec Inc.
As a Business Development Manager for Genetec, Nada Ebeid oversees the market growth for the Financial and Banking sector, as well as the Buildings and Industrial sectors in Canada....
Women in Security Feature: Brigitte F. Daniel, Wilco Electronic Systems
February 15, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum’s (WISF’s) partnership to highlight the contributions of women in security, this month’s feature is on Brigitte F. Daniel, Esq., executive vice president, Wilco Electronic Systems, Inc., which has been dedicated to providing cable television, telecom, broadband and technology services to underserved communities and various class levels of multifamily...
Women in Security Feature: Rose “Liz” Bacus, IST
January 13, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
HAWAII—Having worked close to a decade on engineering systems aboard U.S. Navy ships (half as active duty U.S. Navy and half as a civilian), Rose “Liz” Bacus said she was looking for something new and exciting to learn about and work on.
“However, I also wanted to remain in a high-paced, high-volume throughput-type industry with an opportunity to continue serving those who serve us – the military,” she explained. “The electronic security systems industry...
SSN and SIA partner for diversity, inclusion
December 2, 2020Paul Ragusa, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News is excited to be partnering again this year with the Security Industry Association's (SIA’s) Women in Security Forum (WISF), who helped select 12 women (see list below) to be highlighted in special features throughout 2021.
Expanding the partnership and coverage beyond one issue is a natural next step, and one that we here at SSN and SIA are both excited about.
BCD International’s Director of Strategic Alliances, Maureen Carlo, who...
SSN, SIA celebrate women in security
December 10, 2019SSN Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News' 11th annual Women in Security December issue is even more special this year, as it was done in partnership with the Security Industry Association's (SIA) Women in Security Forum (WISF), with input from members of the WISF committee on who we should highlight and celebrate.This issue has grown in status and in the number of women being highlighted over the past few years, culminating in a record 14 women being profiled in this year's WIS December issue.The...
Women in Security: Joey Rao-Russell
December 9, 2019Ginger Hill, Managing Editor
Coming from a family with many members involved in law enforcement, Joey Rao-Russell, president and CEO, Kimberlite Corporation Sonitrol got into the security industry by accident. She was working as a probation officer when she was recruited by Kimberlite to revamp their credit and collections policy.“I had no idea what Kimberlite was,” Rao-Russell admitted, “but after two interviews and a tour of the main building, I remember finding out it was a security company. This was 18...
Women in Security: Shanna Gray
December 9, 2019Ginger Hill, Managing Editor
Sometimes professionals don't pick the security industry, it chooses them. As is the case with Shanna Gray, president of Gate Logic Security, who never aspired to work in the security industry to begin with.“Circumstances in my personal life brought me to a cross-roads, of sorts, at which I was presented with an employment opportunity in the industry,” she told Security Systems News. “The experience proved life-changing for me and inspired to pursue a career, and ultimately, start...