Paul Rothman

WASHINGTON — For most of the security industry's history, "perimeter" meant a fairly simple thing: a fence, a gate, maybe a guard shack. At the Security Industry Association's Perimeter PREVENT conference, held June 24 at the National Housing Center, that definition didn't survive the morning keynote, let alone the rest of the day.

He argues that the value proposition scales in both directions. A large enterprise with a fully-staffed GSOC can use Ambient.ai to do more with fewer people, extending proactive coverage across more sites than its human analysts could manage alone.

DALLAS – The Electronic Security Association (ESA) today during the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) has announced the launch of the ESA Industry Research Center, a new initiative designed to deliver economic intelligence to integrators and alarm dealers. At the center of the effort is a new composite scoring tool, dubbed the ESA Industry Performance Index (IPI). It is slated to debut in July 2026.