Entries by Bryan Ginn

TMA 2022 Achievement Highlights

The value of TMA Membership is demonstrated with an 89%+ renewal rate for 2022. Many thanks to each of you! With your support and participation, TMA has advanced the following initiatives as of September 2022: After two years, TMA’s Alarm Validation Standard (TMA-AVS-01), which uses alarm activation data to evaluate what is occurring at the […]

Fall issue of TMA Dispatch Now Available

The fall issue of TMA Dispatch is now available. TMA member Eastern Bank contributed this issue’s cover story on current industry financial trends. Read it to learn if it’s the right time to sell or invest. Other columns take on the latest in smart home systems; explore the technology behind real-time locating; and provide insights […]

Rapid Response Announces Indira Emmadi as Vice President of Information Technology

Jeffrey Atkins, President of Rapid Response Monitoring Services, Inc., announced the appointment of Indira Emmadi to Vice President of Information Technology at Rapid Response. Indira joined Rapid Response from Palo Alto Networks where she served as a Solutions Engineer managing engagements with their key strategic accounts and led a team that provided cybersecurity solutions to […]

City of Baltimore 911 ECC Implements TMA’s ASAP-to-PSAP

The City of Baltimore 9-1-1 Public Safety Emergency Communications Center (ECC) is the 115th ECC in the United States and the 2nd agency in the state of Maryland to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).  The City of Baltimore ECC went live the week of October 17th, 2022, with: Vector Security, Rapid Response Monitoring, Security Central, Stanley Security, […]

Axis Communications Announces a New Cybersecurity Feature for its Body Worn Cameras

Axis Communications announces a new cybersecurity feature for Axis body worn cameras. Available with firmware release 11.0, signed video provides an additional layer of protection for body worn solutions helping to enforce trust in video evidence. This valuable feature adds a cryptographic checksum into the video stream allowing the video to be reliably traced back […]

Immix Adds Erin Bullard as Director of Partner Relations

Immix has announced the addition of Erin Bullard to its leadership team. Bullard joined the company in September as director of partner relations. “I am very pleased and excited to add someone with the background and pedigree that Erin can offer to the Immix team,” said Immix CEO Chris Brown. “Our company’s aggressive growth plans […]

Eastern Bank Welcomes Crime Prevention Security Systems, LLC As A Commercial Customer

Eastern Bank is pleased to announce Crime Prevention Security Systems, LLC (CPSS) as a new commercial customer. Founded in 1975 by John Pastore, Founder and President, and his wife Randi Elrad, Vice President of Sales, CPSS is a family-owned business. Headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, servicing North and Central Florida, CPSS designs, installs and services security and fire alarm systems, […]

Jewelers Mutual® Group Establishes New Jewelry Industry Council

Jewelers Mutual Group announced the creation of a Jewelry Industry Council tasked with identifying challenges facing the industry and proposing solutions, including financial investments to address them. The Jewelry Industry Council is comprised of individuals from various areas of the industry throughout the U.S. and Canada who were selected based on their leadership roles and commitment […]