Ken Kocher of Force Security Solutions Appointed To Join FAST Board Of Directors

Ken Kocher of Force Security Solutions Appointed To Join FAST Board Of Directors

Ken Kocher of Force Security Solutions has been selected by The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) to join the nine-member board of directors drawn from the membership of the Electronic Security Association (ESA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA)...
Uncompromising Storage with a WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive

Uncompromising Storage with a WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive

WD Purple drives are engineered specifically for surveillance to help withstand the elevated heat fluctuations and equipment vibrations within NVR environments. An average desktop drive is built to run for only short intervals, not the harsh 24/7 always-on environment of a...
Eric Garner on Climbing a Mountain Called Success

Eric Garner on Climbing a Mountain Called Success

The schooling of Eric Garner on his family’s business — Ogden, Utah-based Mountain Alarm, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year — began as a pre-teen in the late 1990s. While on a summer road trip he recalls among...
Join the ESA Fantasy Football League

Join the ESA Fantasy Football League

The 2022 NFL Football Season is Upon Us! Get in on the competition by joining ESA's Members-Only Fantasy Football League!   This icebreaker to enhance peer-to-peer friendships within the electronic security and life safety industry will allow you the ability...
Smart Money Is On Smart Apartments

Smart Money Is On Smart Apartments

By Jake Voll, President of SS&Si Dealer Network  Between 1985 and 1998, Network Multifamily Security Corporation amassed approximately 200,000 alarm monitoring subscribers. Then in 1998, Protection One acquired Network Multifamily for $180 million.  How did Network Multifamily add so many...
Meet Incoming ESA Chairman John Loud

Meet Incoming ESA Chairman John Loud

John Loud, president of LOUD Security Systems in Georgia, did not begin his career anywhere close to the electronic security industry. His journey began with a degree in political science, after which he was a flight attendant in training to...
Planting Seeds for Improved Legislative Engagement in 2023

Planting Seeds for Improved Legislative Engagement in 2023

For several years now ESA has collaborated on a number of key legislative issues with a consortium of connected technology associations and companies. This collaboration included issues we previously highlighted such as the proposed ordinance in Houston that would have...
Legislative Report July 2022

Legislative Report July 2022

Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry from July.   Federal Legislative Report – July 2022 The centerpiece legislation passed by Congress in July may have future impact on emerging technology...
ESA’s Executive Management Professionals (EMP) Group is Accepting New Members

ESA’s Executive Management Professionals (EMP) Group is Accepting New Members

ESA’s Executive Management Professionals (EMP) Group is accepting applications for new members. It is the leading community for individuals charged with the strategic and financial leadership of electronic security integration and monitoring companies. What is the Executive Management Professionals (EMP)...
How Quality Values Led To Award Winning Quality Services: An EPS Journey

How Quality Values Led To Award Winning Quality Services: An EPS Journey

The word “family” is one of the most loosely defined words in the English language because it means something different to everyone. Family is your parents, siblings, cousins, people of blood relation. For others, it is strong, bonded friendships you’ve...