Industry News
“Kirk’s deep knowledge of our industry, paired with his operational and manufacturing background, is invaluable as we face new challenges and opportunities with technology.”
– Stan Martin
SIAC Executive Director
Harv’s Cookies
May 18, 2023
Founder & CEO of MacGuard Security Advisors to Receive Moody Award
May 11th, 2023
Carrier to Exit Fire & Security, Commercial Refrigeration Businesses
April 27th, 2022
NRG Finalizes Deal for Vivint; Security Insiders Share Their Views
March 17, 2023
Leveraging Tech to Improve Safety and Security in Schools
November 03, 2022
Identifying Future Leaders With Kirk MacDowell
July 14th, 2022
Can a Burglar Really Jam Your Wireless Security System?
February 18th, 2022
7 Success Strategies for the New Year
January 10, 2022
MacGuard Insights: Melrose Industries Divestiture of Nortek Control
ober 5, 2021
AT&T informed Digital Life subscribers their 3G controllers will not be upgraded and they have the option to sign a new service contract with Brinks Home
September 28, 2021
MacGuard Security Advisors Welcomes Bill Graham as Senior Advisor
March 5, 2021
Risk Management CLose To Home
Spring, 2021
AIREF Morphs to FAST, and Why the ‘Industry Owes a Debt of Thanks’
February 4, 2021
SIAC Board Chairman Kirk MacDowell’s Message to Industry Stakeholders
January 6, 2021
2021 Security Industry Forecast: Expectations, Challenges & Opportunities
January 6, 2021
Risk Management Close To Home
December 30, 2020
Security: Change Is Brewing
January 6, 2021
Alula Pro Dealer Roundtable: Addressing the ADT/Google Partnership, COVID-19 & Looking Ahead
September 8, 2020
Analysts Peer Into Google-ADT Transaction Crystal Ball and See …
Rodney Bosch
https://www.securitysales.com/
August 13, 2020
Did you find everything ok?
Kirk MacDowell
https://www.macguardsecurityadvisors.com
August 10, 2020
Upselling: A Way of Business Life
Kirk MacDowell
https://www.securityinfowatch.com/
August 10, 2020
“The pandemic of 2020 will have a profound and everlasting transformation on our industry. These changes will impact how we go to market and provide us a unique opportunity to demonstrate our continued relevancy in the eyes of consumers. But we have a short window in which to accomplish this mission.”
-Kirk MacDowell
May 2020
Best DIY Home Security Systems With Cameras
Daniel Wroclawski
https://www.consumerreports.org/
June 17, 2020
12 Industry Leaders Tell How COVID-19 Has Forever Changed Security
SSI Staff
securitysales.com
May 22th, 2020
Residential Security COVID Market Report
Paul Rothman
securityinfowatch.com
May 11th, 2020
RESIDENTIAL SECURITY SALES IN THE COVID-19 AGE
Kirk MacDowell
securityinfowatch.com
April 7th, 2020
SECURITY INDUSTRY SEEING MINIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION FROM COVID-19
Rodney Bosch
securitysales.com
March 25, 2020
COVID-19 PART 2: NAVIGATING THE CRISIS IN HOMES AND AT YOUR COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
Kirk MacDowell
macguardsecurityadvisors.com
March 24, 2020
VETERAN INDUSTRY LEADER KIRK MACDOWELL NEW SIAC BOARD CHAIRMAN
Kirk MacDowell
macguardsecurityadvisors.com
March 24, 2020
The Big Idea with Ron Davis
Davis Mergers & Acquisitions Group.
March 20, 2020
COVID-19 PART 1: SELLING ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEMS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Kirk MacDowell
macguardsecurityadvisors.com
March 19, 2020
Alarm Panel Recall Hoopla Presents Business Opportunity
Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III
Securityinfowatch.com
November 12, 2019
Interlogix Insider Tells How Things Went Awry
Security Sales & Integration
September 2019
Giving Customers a Heightened Sense of Security (Encryption)
Intrusion
April 2019
Launching New Products
Kirk MacDowell
March 2019
Go "Gig" or Go Home: A Closer Look at Outsourced Labor
Security Business magazine
March 2019
FBI CRIME REPORT SHOWS DECREASE IN BURGLARY, INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
SDM Magazine
November 28 2018