Online Retail Credit Card Fraud Jumps 20% During Holiday Shopping Weekend

Fraudulent transactions where a credit card is not physically presented to a merchant-increased significantly from Black Friday to Cyber Monday 2016 when compared to the same period in past years.

Vector Security Secures $300 Million Credit Facility

Vector Security, a provider of intelligent security solutions to both residential and business customers and ranked No. 5 on the SDM 100, has entered into a $300 million credit agreement.

Nortek Security & Control Expands Manufacturing Capacity

Nortek Security & Control, a provider in the security, smart home and wellness technology markets, will be expanding its manufacturing capacity by 25 percent.

PSA Founding Member Dies at 103

PSA announced November 22 that Paul Marcus, founding member of PSA Security Network and considered to be one of the founding fathers in the physical security system integration industry, died at 103 years old.

3 Ways Entrances Can Make Money for Your Enterprise

We've all used different types of entrances as we move about in the world:  swing doors, sliding doors, revolving doors, gates and turnstiles. Aside from providing access into buildings, how many people consider that certain types of entrances can reduce costs and sometimes create opportunities to make money? 

Industry Mourns Loss of Joseph Comunale

The security industry is in shock and mourning over the tragic death this week of Joseph Comunale, a sales associate at Tri-Ed Distribution Inc., with corporate headquarters in Woodbury, N.Y. Comunale, the 26-year-old son of Tri-Ed's president, Pat Comunale, was apparently the victim of homicide, according to news reports.

NCS4 Achieves ANSI Accreditation

The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS⁴) at The University of Southern Mississippi has earned accreditation from the American National Standards Institute Personnel Certification Accreditation Program (ANSI).

Key Tracer Reveals Rebranding at ISC East 2016

Key Tracer, a provider of key control and management systems in North America, announced that it will be exhibiting at ISC East, showing latest products from Real Time Networks - its new corporate entity recently revealed at ASIS 2016. The Key Tracer brand remains a wholly owned division of the new corporate entity.

Bosch Security Systems and Sony Establish Partnership for Video Security Business

Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation signed a contract to establish a business partnership to collaborate in the development of innovative products and solutions in the field of video security applications. Effective from the beginning of 2017, the two companies aim to combine their technological expertise to set new standards in high-resolution and low light video imaging. As part of the agreed partnership, Sony's video security customers in all markets except Japan will be served and supported by the sales and marketing organization of Bosch Security Systems. The partnership is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.

UCC President Teresa Gonzalez Receives Stanley C. Lott Award at 2016 CSAA Annual Meeting

Teresa Gonzalez, president of United Central Control, was awarded the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA)'s highest honor, the Stanley C. Lott Memorial Award for Exemplary Service, at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Marco Island, Fla., on October 26. 

 

ONVIF Hosts 2016 Annual Member Webinar

ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its annual membership meeting on October 25, updating members on ONVIF's accomplishments of 2016 and its outlook for the year ahead. ONVIF member companies heard presentations on the final release of Profile Q in 2016 and the ongoing development of Profile T for video, in addition to learning about the growing prevalence of ONVIF's more than 7,000 conformant models of products in bid and specification processes in projects around the world.

IoT Creates New Opportunities for Insurance in the Smart Home

Insurers are racing to gain access to data in order to quantify risk on a more granular level. Today, most insurance discount programs for smart products are cross-marketing programs focused on lifting sales and collecting data that can, over time, be analyzed to more precisely quantify risk.

The Call for Presentations Is Open for CEDIA 2017

CEDIA is looking for presentations focusing on current and/or emerging technologies or business practices relevant to the residential systems industry.

Creating Operational Efficiencies with Key Management Access Control Systems

Today, businesses of all sizes and types rely on research, obtained through data mining, to help them see the big picture and identify trends and patterns that can help create operational efficiencies. With the concept of "Big Data," every piece of data (from digital to conventional) is a potential piece of information that can be tracked, collected, sorted and analyzed. 

The 10 Easiest Passwords to Hack

A new research paper has listed the top-ten least-secure passwords currently in use online.

LRG's Diana Wolff Named to Forbes Agency Council

Forbes Magazine recently named LRG Marketing Communications President Diana Wolff to the newly established Forbes Agency Council. 

The Most Stolen Items in the U.S. this Holiday Season

Apparel, children's toys, electronics and electronic accessories are expected to be the most stolen items this holiday season in the U.S.

SecurAlarm Names New President Brent Van Haren

Brent Van Haren has been named as the new president of SecurAlarm Systems Inc. when Pat Van Haren stepped down after 23 years as president.