Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) Blog

At the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance, we think security system and device integration should be as simple as the “plug and play” interoperability we take for granted with our computers, laptops, smartphones, televisions, stereo systems and more. That is our goal at the PSIA. Here, the leading international manufacturers in every IP-enabled security device and system category combine efforts with consultants, integrators and end users to develop interoperability specifications.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The PSIA Profiles are coming!

The PSIA Profiles Working Group is finishing up the details and preparing to make its Access Control Profile and Intrusion Detection Profile available. The Profiles Working Group consists of HID Global, Honeywell, Inovonics, Kastle Systems, Mercury Security, ObjectVideo, Proximex and UTC. The Profiles are extremely detailed subsets drawn from the PSIA’s broad Area Control Specification. PSIA Profiles will make it easy for manufacturers to comply with PSIA specifications and guarantee plug-and-play interoperability between their products and all other PSIA-compliant products, from video cameras to card readers.

Intrigued? Read more about the PSIA Profiles development effort here.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Welcome to the PSIA’s new blog page!

Here you’ll find snapshots of the PSIA’s latest news and developments as well as items from our members and around the Web that we hope you’ll find helpful.

If you haven’t already, do see this article from SDM magazine examining VMS trends. Dave Bunzel, our executive director, contributes his thoughts about how de facto standards like those from the PSIA are influencing the VMS world.

Be sure to subscribe to our blog to keep with our news—it’s going to be a busy, exciting year!