SIA Overview

SIA is the US based security manufacturer trade federation.

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  • ISC West New Product Showcase 96 Entrants List on Apr 03, 2017
    SIA / ISC posted the 96 entrants list here. Anyone you want us to cover? Many of them have already...
  • SIA Grants 11 Full Scholarships To University Of Phoenix - Good? Bad? on Mar 29, 2017
    The Security Industry Association is giving out full scholarships for employees of SIA-member companies to pursue graduate or undergraduate programs at the University of...
  • IP Cameras Lose Buy America Protection on Mar 28, 2017
    ...Cameras have lost the US government's 'Buy America' protection as the Security Industry Association (SIA) successfully lobbied the government to waive this requirement based on falsely describing IP...
  • Arecont Vision Statement On Cybersecurity on Mar 18, 2017
    ... Other executives participate in various SIA committees, while a senior executive is an active member of the SIA Board of Directors and the...
  • DMP Intrusion Tested (XR Series) on Mar 09, 2017
    DMP is a major provider of intrusion systems, but lacks the global brand recognition of some of...
  • Tyco DSC PowerSeries Neo Intrusion Tested on Jan 30, 2017
    ... DSC panels can be centrally monitored by the majority of central stations, ans they use the common SIA and  Contact ID formats.  These formats are widely supported by central station providers, with...
  • Alarm Reporting Formats / Contact ID Overview on Jan 12, 2017
    ... Other common formats are SIA FSK and its variants, proprietary formats such as Modem IIe and Modem IIIa2, DMP, and ITI, and...
  • Dahua Distributor Angered "Always Give Good News About Hikvision" on Aug 11, 2016
    ..., just in the last month: Axis Hides Exploit Danger Arecont and SIA Failing Cybersecurity Efforts Anixter Touts Selling to End Users It is certainly reasonable...
  • Arecont and SIA Failing Cybersecurity Efforts on Jul 22, 2016
    ... [premium_content] The Guide SIA issued a cybersecurity guide. It is fairly straightforward, including reasonable recommendations...
  • ISC West 2016 - After Hours / Parties on Mar 10, 2016
    ... April 5th: SIA Market Leaders Reception 5:30-8PM @ OMNIA Nightclub / Caesars Palace SIA InteropFest and...
  • Security 'Invention': Bullet-Resistant Furniture on Aug 14, 2015
    ...will be murdered? Do you fear that your sofa will be a victim of a drive by shooting? Then, a new SIA member has the solution to your problems. [premium_content] Today, SIA is...
  • Arecont Accurately Predicts Its Own Fall on Jul 24, 2015
    ... [premium_content] Still At It Arecont is still carrying on about Pixels Per Dollar, in today's SIA newsletter declaring: "For 40 years, the security industry labored with traditional...
  • SIA New Products 2015 List on Apr 12, 2015
    List of 96 new product entries for ISC West 2015. What do you think? Anything particularly...
  • New Products Spring 2015 on Apr 12, 2015
    ...'Dropcam Killer' Pelco's New VMS - VideoXpert Pelco Dragonfly Multi-Imager Cameras Samsung WiseNet Lite SIA New Products 2015 List Sony Launches 4K With 20MP Mode Even more so, 'consolidation' has...
  • Anyone Using Div 28 For Surveillance Projects? What Is The Problem? on Nov 24, 2014
    ... Now SIA has issued a call to the industry to help change things. In a blast email they have asked for...
  • How to Read Blueprints For Security Projects on Aug 20, 2014
    ...systems (video surveillance, access control, and intrusion alarm), the standard symbols usually adhere to SIA AG-01-1995.12 However, these symbols are not very current - they were last updated in 2000...
  • Should Security Integrators Be Required To Be Licensed Journeymen... on Apr 30, 2014
    ... Here's the proposed Hawaii bill, the existing electrician law in Hawaii and SIA's objection.
  • Worst and Best - ISC West 2014 on Apr 07, 2014
    ... SIA / ISC recognize the importance of new innovations in driving attendance. For example, this...
  • Ranking 95 Surveillance Manufacturers Interest on Mar 24, 2014
    ... SIA Embarrassed SIA got embarrassed. The Security Industry Association trumpets itself as 'thought...
  • Announcing News Monitoring Service on Mar 11, 2014
    ..., ASIS, ONVIF, SIA). See all 110+ companies and select your choices. Companies Here's the current...
  • SIA Security Marketing Study Released on Mar 07, 2014
    The Security Industry Association has released a marketing study that examines user, dealer and...
  • SIA Technology 'Insights' on Jun 30, 2013
    ...new 'journal' out from the Security Industry Association, aka the manufacturer's trade group, called SIA Technology Insights that describes itself as "provid[ing] original, exclusive, vendor-neutral...
  • SIA NPS New Product Showcase Judging on Apr 18, 2013
    ... If only 12 ugly babies enter, then only ugly babies are going to win," explained the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS) chair, Jennifer Martin, of their awards program. Many industry...
  • IPVM Live From ISC West 2013 on Apr 09, 2013
    ...   Tuesday While ASIS and SIA are touting a new partnership, SIA stuck ASIS with one of the very worst booths on the entire...
  • SIA Says: Buy Our Stuff, Stop School Shootings! on Jan 31, 2013
    ...Association is proudly speaking for all of us in a letter to President Obama, imploring more spending for SIA manufacturer's products and services. SIA is seeking "reasonable public policy solutions that...
  • ISC East is Back On But? on Nov 01, 2012
    ... A few years ago, SIA attempted to rebrand it as 'ISC Solutions'. Evidently, that did not solve the problem and they...
  • Best New Product Awards Investigated on Apr 03, 2012
    ... Equally troubling, SIA, the organization behind this program, chose a Pixim marketing manager to chair a committee...
  • SIA Security Privacy: Weak US Guidelines on Sep 14, 2010
    The largest US security trade association, SIA, has issued very weak security guidelines. Their so-called 12 point "Privacy Framework" is not...
  • IP Camera Standards Battle? on Sep 11, 2010
    ...manufacturers, they seem motivated to protect the interests of manufacturers with lower IP camera market share SIA standards committee: the oldest of the 3, this committe has actually published standards and...
  • International Video Surveillance Laws / Regulations on Jul 17, 2010
    ...Additionally, the UK requires security guards and surveillance operators to have government licensing (see the SIA licensing handbook for details). Obtaining a license requires a background check, 20+ hours of...
  • UK Debates the Value and Risks of CCTV on Jun 05, 2010
    The UK seems simultaneously more passionate and worried about the use of CCTV / video...
  • Conference Attendence Continue to Drop on Jan 13, 2010
    ... In October, SIA made a commitment to make ISC West commercial free (which might bolster the value of the...
  • SIA Seeks to Make ISC Education Commercial Free on Oct 19, 2009
    ... In a call with SIA, they described how they were being much more rigorous in the screening and feedback process for...
  • 2009 Best New Video Surveillance Products on Mar 22, 2009
    ... This report examines 17 new video surveillance products entered into the 2009 SIA New Product Showcase (NPS). The SIA NPS is the leading yearly competition for new video...