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How Emerging Technologies Move the Security Industry Forward

Adobe Stock image by Oranuch 5.19.25 – SSI – D. Craig MacCormack Manufacturers are continually developing emerging technologies and integrators use them to solve customers’ problems in innovative ways. The security industry — and its fellow...

Santa Clara County, Calif., to Install AI-Powered Smoke Sensors

Seth Schalet, CEO of the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council, and Rich Dean, fire prevention manager for Stanford University, show off one of the school’s new fire sensors, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Stanford, Calif.Karl Mondon/TNS/Bay Area News Group 5.23.25 –...

How to Improve Parking Garage Security

Adobe Stock image by hedgehog94 5.27.25 – SSI – James L. Grayson Visibility, lighting, access control, electronic security tech, signage and patrol techniques are basic elements of a secure parking garage. Parking garages can be a great boon to any campus. If...

Fireside Chat: Inside the 2025 Edition of NFPA 72, Part 4

5.27.25 – SSI -Shane Clary This column continues a series reviewing the 2025 edition of NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. This article is my fourth installment on the new additions to NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, 2025...

Right to Repair Laws Now Exclude Security Tech

5.29.25 – SIW – By Rodney Bosch Recent legislation in Oregon and Washington marks a win for the security industry by safeguarding sensitive system information from broad repair disclosure laws. Newly enacted laws in Oregon and Washington include key...

Water Safety Starts with Perimeter Access Control

Anna Sullivan via Unsplash 5.28.25 – Security – By Matt Welty Every summer, as the temperature rises across the U.S., families, young children, and other people looking to cool down flock to fill our 10.7 million private and public pools. Yet, what...