Tag: Allied Universal

I survived my trip back from GSX mostly unscathed, but unfortunately, now I will be neck deep in transcription with all the wonderful interviews I conducted while there. One pleasant surprise I had waiting for me when I returned was probably the best response to our news poll we’ve had since I started here at Security Systems News (SSN). It may be that it was just a topic ripe for discussion or a controversial enough decision by ADT, but reader response and comments were phenomenal and that...

For me, there’s a few more meetings to go yet at GSX this year, but odds are by the time you’re reading this we’ll be wrapped and headed home. It’s been a good show this year, although I think a lot of attendees made the comment that the first day felt slow. That momentum certainly picked up on the second day, so I was thankful for all the exhibitors that were good enough to leave coffee stations all over the show floor. There were several large pieces of news, and product...

IRVINE, Calif.—Large, global companies lost a combined $1 trillion in revenue in 2022 due to physical security incidents, according to the first-ever World Security Report. Economic unrest is expected to be the greatest security-impacting hazard in the next 12 months, a significant increase on the prior year, the report stated. Commissioned by Allied Universal and its international business, G4S, the World Security Report documents opinions of 1,775 chief security...

IRVINE, Calif.—Allied Universal announced it has launched a GoFundMe page for families of victims of the Maui wildfires, the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history. The company has raised more than $95,000 thus far on its GoFundMe page, with a goal of raising $150,000. As Security Systems News reported, one Allied Universal security professional is among the confirmed victims of the Maui wildfires, which have killed more than 100 people as of press time. The company noted...

IRVINE, Calif. – Wildfires which started on Maui in early August have spread to become a federally declared major disaster as the deadliest U.S. wildfire in the past century, and Allied Universal CEO Steve Jones has issued a statement in response. Among the 93 dead (as of reporting) was a member of Allied Universal’s team of security professionals, prompting the company to issue the following statement:  “Like people around the world, I watched in shock as the deadliest...

YARMOUTH, Maine – Allied Universal company AMAG Technology announced that Kyle Gordon has joined their leadership team. As the new executive vice president of global sales, marketing and commercial excellence, Gordon will lead the sales, marketing and commercial excellence teams globally to optimize sales, drive company growth and exceed customer expectations according to AMAG. In addition, Gordon will work closely with product management and marketing to establish sales and...

IRVINE, Calif.—Allied Universal has announced that, at its annual fundraising event held over the weekend, CEO Steve Jones and wife Stacy Jones raised more than $1.9 million for Vera’s Sanctuary, the nation’s only shelter that serves the world’s more than 40 million human trafficking victims. In the last four years, the generous guests, donors, and sponsors of Hot August Nights have raised more than $5.5 million for Vera’s Sanctuary. This year’s event took place...

IRVINE, Calif. – Allied Universal’s Ohio branch has partnered with the Near Northside Emergency Material Assistance Program (NNEMAP) food pantry as part of its THERE volunteer program. Allied employees assisted NNEMAP in its first “A Taste of German Village and the Brewery District” function held on July 14, 2023. “This was a great opportunity for Allied Universal professionals to have a direct impact on the well-being of their neighbors and community overall,”...

It’s hot here guys, like, really hot, and all the adverse effects of the heat dome are seeping into my thinking as we tackle this week’s security topics. Like HEAT for example, you know, Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT)? Poking fun at an evergreen topic since cybersecurity and its fallout is a revolving door these days. I’m reading about emergency patches from both Apple and Microsoft in my inbox this morning, and later today I’ll be tackling a story about an incident...

IRVINE, Calif. – Security and facility services provider Allied Universal is the world’s seventh largest private employer, and its Global Chairman and CEO Steve Jones has provided an update on the state of the labor market and private security sector. According to numbers released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate has increased to 3.7 percent and the number of unemployed has risen by 440,000 to a total of 6.1 million. In his update Jones discussed the...