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Security Industry Association

Abbreviation	SIA
Type	501(c)(6)
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Trade
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland
Location	Silver Spring, Maryland
Region served	United States
Official language	English
Chief Executive Officer	Don Erickson
Main organ	Board of Directors
Website	www.securityindustry.org

The Security Industry Association (SIA), based in Silver Spring, Maryland, is a U.S. trade association, founded in 1969, representing global security solutions providers. The organization today represents over 1,200 firms and organizations in the security industry, and in 2017 the association expanded membership to include an academic category open to students and faculty members.

SIA protects and advances the interests of its member companies by advocating pro-industry policies and legislation at the federal and state levels, creating open industry standards that enable integration, advancing industry professionalism through learning and development, opening global market opportunities and collaborating with other like-minded organizations.

In support of those goals, SIA is the premier sponsor of the International Security Conference and Expo (ISC) trade shows, ISC West and ISC East.

Since 2010, SIA has presented Securing New Ground (SNG), an annual conference for executives in the security industry. The organization also produces the annual government security conference SIA GovSummit, which has addressed federal and state security topics, as well as national issues such a school security.

The organization is led by a volunteer board of directors and an executive committee and is supported by a staff of nearly 20. In November 2011, Don Erickson became the chief executive officer SIA; Erickson previously served as SIA's director of government relations from 2006 to 2011.

SIA's industry activities generally fall under one of the following divisions of the association: Government Relations, Industry Relations, Learning & Development and Standards & Technology.

Learning and Development

SIA's Learning and Development department creates and presents training classes at various trade shows and conferences, including ISC West and ISC East. SIA develops professional development and industry training conference programs at ISC East and West each year under the brand of SIA Education@ISC. These educational opportunities include presentations, lectures, workshops and demonstrations led by industry leaders, public officials and other key actors in the security industry.

Each spring at ISC West (held annually at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada), SIA offers over 65 seminars as part of the SIA Education@ISC West conference program. The courses are designed for security dealers, installers, integrators, end users, architects and consultants.

Each fall at ISC East (held annually at the Javits Center in New York City), SIA hosts a high-quality conference program under SIA Education@ISC for show attendees on the most current business trends, technologies and developments.

SIA's learning and development offerings also include the Security Project Management (SPM) training program, the Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) credential program and the Security Industry Cybersecurity Certification (SICC) program.

SIA's SPM seminars, which are offered both in person virtually, address the key requirements of security projects and presents learning on core security system technologies. The CSPM certification is a credential designed for security project managers, systems integrators, system designers and engineers, security managers and consultants and lead technicians that addresses the unique demands of a security project manager. The SPM class and the CSPM exam prepare project managers to develop a comprehensive project plan that includes realistic scope, schedules, budgets, reporting and processes. The course goes beyond basic principles and offers new and seasoned program managers a clear perspective on the importance of their role to stakeholders, and identifying risks that could hinder project success.

The SICC, developed by SIA with support from PSA Security Network and Security Specifiers, is the security industry's first credential focused specifically on cybersecurity for physical security systems. Becoming a designated SICC helps validate the skills required to support technical security installations according to industry best practices for electronic security and cybersecurity and aligning with clients’ organizational priorities and business objectives.

SIA offers review courses for both the CSPM and SICC programs to help prospective credential holders prepare for their certification exams.

SIA Government Relations

SIA Government Relations lobbies federal and state governments on measures that would affect the security industry while tracking and reporting on the progress of various legislative initiatives. SIA Government Relations organizes the participation of SIA Members in government affairs through five subcommittees and working groups, as well as an ad hoc planning committee and its Government Representatives Group. The five subcommittees and working groups are the Biometrics and Identity Working Group, Critical Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee, GSA Policy Working Group, PIV Working Group and State and Local Policy Subcommittee.

Through its government relations initiatives, SIA has accomplished some key legislative and administrative advances on behalf of the security industry. SIA successfully implemented the enactment of legislation creating the GSA Schedule 84 Cooperative Purchasing Program. The Local Preparedness Acquisition Act (Public Law 110-248), signed June 26, 2008, authorizes state and local governments to purchase from GSA alarm and signal systems, facility management systems, firefighting and rescue equipment, law enforcement and security equipment, marine craft and related equipment, special purpose clothing and related services, according to GSA.

SIA also supported legislation (Public Law 111-360), signed by President Barack Obama in January 2011, that exempts external power supplies for security and life safety products from federal energy efficiency standards that apply to devices in no-load mode. A SIA-led coalition that included both industry and environmental groups argued that, since security and life safety equipment must always be in active mode, an efficiency standard for no-load mode would make no sense.

The annual SIA Government Summit, a two-day event organized by SIA Government Relations, connects the security industry with officials from Congress and the White House. In 2013, the SIA Government Summit featured keynote addresses from Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, as well as insights from officials at the Department of Homeland Security, National Institute of Standards and Technology, General Services Administration and others.

SIA Government Relations publishes the State Policy Digest (SPD), a quarterly publication reporting on the progress of state legislation affecting the security industry, and the Fiscal Year Informer (FYI), a quarterly insert to Security Systems News examining federal funding and procurement issues.

SIA Standards

SIA Standards produces, maintains and advocates for technical standards that enable interoperability between security devices. SIA Standards is a standards-developing organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

SIA Standards developed and maintains the ANSI/SIA CP-01–False Alarm Reduction Standard. The standard generally specifies the design for controls of security alarm systems at the control panel. The specification focuses chiefly on the arming and disarming process, which is responsible for generating many false alarms. The standard is chiefly used by manufacturers and security system installers. SIA last revised the standard in 2019 to add some clarifications.

In 2012, SIA Standards released version 2.1.5 of the Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) specification, allowing card readers, control panels and other security management systems to work together.

In September 2013, SIA Standards kicked off its latest effort to define standards for management information bases (MIB) for networked security devices to communicate over Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

International presence

For much of its existence, SIA has operated only in the United States. But around 2010, SIA established a branch in Brazil, introducing it as SIA Brasil. SIA Brasil used to present the annual ISC Brazil conference in São Paulo, Brazil, in partnership with ISC Events.

SIA is not associated with distinct international security associations that may have similar names, such as the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), the Irish Security Industry Association or the Australian Security Industry Association.

References

1. "About SIA | Security Industry Association". Security Industry Association. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
2. "Academic Membership | Security Industry Association". Security Industry Association. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
3. Security Industry Association, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
4. About SIA, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
5. ISC East, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
6. ISC West, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
7. Security Industry Association, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
8. SIA Government Relations, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
9. GSA Schedule 84 Summary, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
10. "SIA Files Comments with DOE on Energy Efficiency Rule". May 30, 2012. Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
11. SIA Government Summit, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
12. SIA Government Relations, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
13. SIA Standards, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
14. "SIA Releases Revised False Alarm Reduction Standard". SecurityInfoWatch. June 1, 2010. Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
15. "SIA Standards Reaches Major Milestone with Release of SIA OSDP v2.1.5", Oct. 17, 2012. Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
16. "SNMP for Security Devices? Now We're Talking", July 23, 2013. Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
17. SIA Brasil, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.
18. ISC Brasil, Retrieved Sept. 3, 2013.

External links

• securityindustry.org, the association's official website

• 1969 establishments in the United States
• Organizations established in 1969
• Trade associations based in the United States
• Organizations based in Maryland
• Security organizations
• Montgomery County, Maryland
• Physical security
• 501(c)(6) nonprofit organizations