Security Industry Association (SIA)

🚀 Nominations Open for the 2024 "25 on the RISE Awards"! ✨This award program, presented by #SIARISE, recognizes 25 new and emerging #security leaders each year for their impact in advancing the #securityindustry. 🔗Nominations are due Aug. 30; learn more and start your nomination at the link in the comments! SIA RISE

🎖️New Article! Seeking Success on the Business Battlefield? Here's Why You Should Hire #Veterans This year, SIA launched the #VeteransInSecurity community, focused on the issues and concerns of veterans and active military members who are in, or are interested in joining, the #securityindustry. 🪖In the latest edition of the SIA Waypoints column in SDM Magazine, SIA's Geoffrey Kohl speaks with veterans Jeff Huggins, VP of government programs and national accounts at ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions - US and chair of the SIA Veterans in Security community, and John Maffey, CPP, PSP, president and founder of M3T Corporation, about the unique skills and attributes veterans bring to the table and how to hire and retain them. 🔗Read it at the link in the comments! #securityindustry

❗Applications Open: Apply for SIA's new James Rothstein Business Scholarship! 💸Now is your chance to apply for financial assistance to attend #SecuringNewGround 2024, the #securityindustry's executive conference happening Oct. 8-9 in NYC. Don't wait; applications are due Aug. 30! 🔗Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/eN5Y8urY

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🥂Aug. 22: Join the SIA National Capital Region Security Forum for a free #securityindustry networking event in the D.C. area! 🙌Meet and connect with other #security professionals over complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres at this event generously sponsored by Leidos and held at Leidos' HQ in Reston. 🔗RSVP at the link n the comments!

On Sept. 18, the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation will host its 2024 Ridge Awards gala at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. As part of this program, SIA CEO Don Erickson and Lenore Karafa of First In will receive the 2024 Patriot Award for their support of the federal law enforcement community. SIA encourages its members and the broader industry to attend and to support the mission of the FEHSF. View the FEHSF's flyer for information on sponsorship levels and options: https://lnkd.in/ey52EPjA Watch SIA member and FEHSF board member Min K.' interview with FEHSF CEO William Montanaro about his heartbreaking personal story, the FEHSF's work to aid federal law enforcement officers' families in their times of need, his relationship with the organization and how SIA members and the industry can support these important efforts: https://lnkd.in/eWDyuVda #securityindustry

👋Meet SIA member Stealth Monitoring, Inc.! 💡Dallas-based Stealth Monitoring has live monitoring capabilities covering North America to protect clients' assets no matter where their business is. In the latest SIA member profile, Stealth Monitoring President and Chief Revenue Officer Erik Mikkelsen shares perspectives on the company, the #securityindustry and working with SIA. 🔗Read it at the link in the comments!

📅Aug. 15: Join us for the next Vertical Insights symposium on #datacenter #security! 🕋 As demand for data storage, in general, and cloud services, in particular, grows rapidly, so does the need for data centers. At thousands of sites across the country, these facilities, each holding vast amounts of digital information essential to the operation of businesses and organizations, have effectively become a new component of critical infrastructure. This makes ensuring their security and resilience vital to the functioning of society. This symposium will examine physical security and cybersecurity challenges that must be addressed by data centers, as well as technology solutions and best practices that can be leveraged to protect them. 🎤Speakers: Nati Abebe, CSM, managing partner/cloud architect, CC Tech Amy Dunton, MBA, business development specialist, data centers, Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., an ASSA ABLOY Group brand Will Knehr, MS, MBA, CISSP, PMP, senior manager of information security and data privacy, i-PRO Americas Inc. John Lineweaver, Regional Security Manager, Meta David McWhorter, Ph.D., The Homeland Security Consulting Group, LLC Christopher Walcutt, CISM, CISSP, chief security officer, DirectDefense M. Shawn Wallace, director, critical infrastructure, Unlimited Technology Inc 🔗Learn more and RSVP at the link in the comments! #securityindustry

📢Just announced! SIA #Identity and #Biometrics Symposium With DHS and TSA 🪪Join us for SIA’s Identity and Biometrics Symposium on Thursday, Aug. 22 in the Washington, D.C. Metro area, presented by SIA's Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board and the SIA National Capital Region Security Forum and featuring experts from government and exploring key issues in biometrics and identity. 🎤Speakers: Arun Vemury, senior advisor, Biometric and Identity Technology Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Melissa Conley, executive director, capability management and innovation, requirements and capabilities analysis, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Caitlin Kneapler, Ph.D., technical integrator, senior biometrics technologist, Futures Identity, Office of Biometric Identity Management, DHS (invited) Alicia DePasquale Harrison, branch chief, System Business Operations, Office of Biometric Identity Management, DHS (invited) 🙏Thanks to Leidos for generously sponsoring this can't-miss event! 🔗Save your seat at the link in the comments. #securityindustry