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SIA New Member Profile: Hochiki

Security Industry Association

In fact, Hochiki invented the addressable fire alarm technology which is in use worldwide today. In 2001, Hochiki America made the choice to expand our OEM business into what is today a full system supplier. To my knowledge, we are the last remaining sensor manufacturer in the United States.

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Breakthrough Innovation to Help Overcome Today’s Public Safety Challenges

everbridge

According to the EM-DAT Emergency Event Database, there were 432 natural hazard-related incidents in 2021, compared to an average of 357 annual catastrophes for the period 2001-2020. are too old and not equipped to use the latest technologies like 5G or satellite communications. billion in damages ( [link] ).

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SIA New Member Profile: Concentric Security

Security Industry Association

11, 2001, Concentric Security was born to expand on the need to keep people and property safe. ES : At Concentric Security, we know every customer and facility is unique, with different security needs, challenges, stakeholders and technology requirements. ES : As technology evolves, the security industry will have to adapt.

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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

The 2023 awardees, who will be honored at SIA GovSummit , SIA’s annual government security conference, are: Larisa Boyko, Director, Quality Assurance, Advanced Recognition Systems, NEC Corporation of America Larisa Boyko is a seasoned information technology professional with over 20 years of experience in the software development life cycle.

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SIA New Member Profile: ProTecht Solutions Partners

Security Industry Association

I have been in the security industry since I started in 2001 as a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, and have spent over 15 years working for security integrators. ProTecht is a security technology consulting firm. We want to make sure our clients have the right technology to go with their processes and use cases.

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SIA New Member Profile: Secure Direction Consulting

Security Industry Association

Before a client ever invests a dime in any security technology, they have to be properly and honestly guided to it. MD : As technology in our industry advances (almost daily!), MD : It goes without saying the last big boom to propel our industry forward was Sept 11, 2001. How is that done? and “how will this make us safe?”.

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Internal Controls & Fraud Prevention

Reciprocity

These consequences came to pass when the Enron scandal broke in 2001. The collapse of Enron, along with several other corporate frauds circa 2001, led to enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2022. When news broke about a massive financial misstatement fraud at Enron, its share price quickly collapsed from around $90 to less than $1.

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