March 2025

Dynamark Monitoring, headquartered in Hagerstown, Maryland, has expanded from a regional entity into a comprehensive coast-to-coast operation. 2024 marked a pivotal year with the integration of a second monitoring center in Corona, California, previously TriStar Monitoring. This strategic expansion not only extends Dynamark’s geographical coverage across the United States but also enhances service reliability.

Security Central recently announced the addition of Mark Matlock as Vice President of their Sales division. With four decades of experience in the alarm industry and a proven track record of sales leadership, Mark will be instrumental in driving Security Central’s growth and expanding its presence in the monitoring segment of the security industry.

Two of the leading physical security veterans, Ed Chandler and Jason Ouellette, have drafted a document, “What is PKOC,” to provide detailed understanding of the Public Key Open Credential specification developed by the Physical Security interoperability Alliance (PSIA).

Genetec, the global leader in enterprise physical security software, announced the addition of intrusion management to Security Center SaaS, the company’s unified physical security solution that can be deployed in the cloud or as a hybrid solution. By unifying intrusion detection with video surveillance, access control, identity, and visitor management, Security Center SaaS now delivers a fully unified, open, cloud-managed platform supported by the Genetec Cloudlink line of appliances. Security Center SaaS will support a wide range of intrusion devices from multiple vendors, starting with Bosch intrusion panels.

Teledyne FLIR OEM, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), today announced the availability of radiometric models of its high-performance Boson®+ thermal and Hadron™ 640R+ dual thermal-visible camera modules. Built for defense and industrial applications with size, weight, and power (SWaP) optimization, the NDAA compliant and ITAR-free radiometric Boson+ and Hadron models provide real-time temperature measurement of every pixel within a scene.   

Iris ID recently debuted the all new IrisAccess® iA1000 concurrent iris and face recognition access control reader. Piggybacking off of key core technology and the IrisAccess iCAM 7S Series, the iA1000 is the access control solution of the future. The iA1000 with two configurations, is equipped with capabilities to suit varied budgets as well as diverse access control needs.

SAFR™ SCAN, the AI-powered face authentication solution designed for mainstream commercial applications, has achieved a flawless 0% success rate against presentation attacks in independent testing conducted by iBeta, the industry standard for anti-spoofing testing.

Security Central announced the appointment of Dan Turner as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With over twenty five years of experience in the security industry, including a distinguished tenure as Chief Information Officer at Per Mar Security Services, Dan brings a wealth of expertise in information technology, cybersecurity, and business transformation to Security Central. “Dan’s track record of innovation and his deep industry knowledge make him the perfect addition to our leadership team,” said Caroline Brown, CEO of Security Central. “As we continue expanding our monitoring solutions, Dan’s expertise will be instrumental in enhancing our technology platforms, strengthening cybersecurity, and driving the future of intelligent security monitoring.”

The 30th annual ADI Expo will begin March 13th in Anaheim, California under the banner “Even Better Together,” to debut its combined business offerings as the industry’s longest running one-day networking, sales, and training program bringing together more suppliers and customers than ever before. From Anaheim, the Expo will travel to Toronto on March 18th and then to 26 other North American cities before concluding in November.

Telguard announced their latest addition to its multi-carrier family of products. The new TG-7FEM multi-carrier 5G LTE-M and Internet commercial fire communicator offers the best in alarm communications.