Entries by Leigh McGuire

Public Comment Period for the ANSI/TMA-AVS-01 Standard is Now Open, Closes June 9, 2024

The Monitoring Association’s (TMA) AVS-01 Standard Committee has completed revisions to the ANSI/TMA AVS-01-2023 Alarm Validation Scoring (AVS) Standard and the draft is available for comment. In accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) directives, a 30-day public review period opened May 10, 2024, and will close June 9, 2024. TMA is a Standards […]

SSN Interview: Pioneering Standards: Rapid Response Leads with TMA AVS-O1 Validation

Security Systems News (SSN) Editor in Chief Cory Harris interviewed TMA President Steve Butkovich and TMA Immediate Past President and Standards Committee Chair Morgan Hertel, Rapid Response Monitoring, at ISC West in Las Vegas on the topic of TMA’s standards development initiatives. View the full interview at Pioneering Standards: Rapid Response Leads with TMA AVS-O1 Validation

Rapid Response Monitoring Announces New Manager of Project Management Office

Rapid Response Monitoring has announced Brian Sheehan as Project Management Office Manager. In this role, Brian will oversee all aspects of the project lifecycle and play a pivotal role in leading the dedicated Project Managers and Project Management Office to success. Brian has over 15 years of professional experience in operations, analytics, and management. “I’m […]

Axis Communications Holds Ribbon Cutting for New Dallas Area Experience Center

Axis Communications recently celebrated the grand opening of its latest Axis Experience Center (AEC) in Frisco, Texas. The new Dallas-area facility replaces the original Irving AEC location with a larger, state-of-the-art facility built to accommodate the need for a greater Axis presence in North Texas. The new facility is intended to better serve customers as […]

Doyle Security Systems Acquires Security Division of DFT Communications

Doyle Security Systems has the acquired the security division of DFT Communications (Dunkirk & Fredonia Telephone Co.), a family-owned company founded in Fredonia, N.Y., in the 1890s. DFT’s 2,100 security accounts (55 percent of which are commercial, 45 percent residential) will now be monitored by Doyle Security’s emergency response center, while service and installation work […]

NAPCO StarLink Operations Center (NOC) Receives SOC 2 Rating

NAPCO Security Technologies announces its StarLink Network Operations Center (NOC) is now SOC 2 Rated. In addition to its UL Listed Certifications, Napco’s StarLink NOC has undergone rigorous criteria to implement and meet SOC Policies & Trust Services Criteria for cybersecurity and data privacy protection, i.e., providing added security for all Napco’s Dealers’ Accounts. The […]

TMA/AICC Meet with Congressional Committee on Privacy Act

AICC attorney John Prendergast, Managing Partner, Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens & Prendergast, LLP, and lobbyist Bill Signer, Carmen Group, Inc., met this morning with House Energy and Commerce Democratic staff to discuss the American Privacy Rights Act. Several issues were raised  – two which are specific to the alarm industry and three which are generic to the bill […]