The electronic security industry works intimately with the public safety sector. Police, firefighters, paramedics and EMTs offer a vital service to our communities, in our shared goal of keeping people, places and property safe. To give back to this group...

The new non-profit organization is dedicated to connecting talented, motivated individuals with opportunities in the security technology and life safety field  The Electronic Security Association (ESA) and Security Industry Association (SIA) have launched the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST), a new 501(c)(3), non-profit organization designed to...

I can only imagine what a shop owner or small manufacturer of saddles, horse whips and other transportation goods thought when they saw the first internal-combustion-powered vehicle driving down the dirt road of their town in the 1890s or early 1900s. Did they...

A few companies in the security industry have either used open-source software (OSS) as an integral part of their technology or have made their codebase open source in recent years. This might seem like a strange business decision, since open-source code can often be accessed and used by anyone, seemingly giving away the secret sauce. However, there...