CATEGORIES

Projects Involving the Following Categories

• Access Control
• Fire/Life Safety
• Home Controls
• Intrusion Detection
• Video Surveillance
• Security Monitoring
• Miscellaneous Security Products 
• Security Apps
• Special Category: Unique Use Case Projects

Projects Involving Access Control

• Access Control Management Programs & Software (Including Managed/Hosted Access Control)
• Biometrics (e.g. Hand, Finger, Iris, Facial, etc.)
• Access Cards, IDs & Credentialing
• Access Control Panels, Keypads & Readers
• Electronic and Mechanical Locks
• Intercoms & Telephone Entry (Audio and Video)
• Smart Locks
• Wireless Access Control Devices
• Misc. Access Products (e.g. Turnstiles, Gates, Bollards, Key Management, Fencing)

Projects Involving Fire/Life Safety

• Keypads & Control Panels (Includes Junction Boxes, Head-End Equipment, Addressable Systems, Communicators and User Interfaces)
• Smoke, Heat & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors
• Mass Notification, Emergency Communications & Call Boxes (Includes Textual, Audio, Video, and Visual)
• Wireless Fire Devices
• Misc. Fire Products (e.g. Sprinkling, Gas Detection, Flood Detection, Horns, Strobes, etc.)  

Projects Involving Home Controls

• Touchscreens, Keypads, Controls, Remotes, Tablets & IR Extenders
• HVAC Integration System/Connected Thermostats 
• Lighting Controls/Motorized Shade Controls & Accessories
• Smart Locks
• Video Doorbells
• Whole-House Control

 
Projects Involving Intrusion Detection

• Control Panels, Keypads & User Interfaces
• Motion & Other Detectors, Switches & Contacts, and Bells & Sirens
• Signal Transmission (Includes Radio, Cellular, Telephone and IP Devices)
• Takeover Systems/Modules
• Wireless Intrusion Devices

Projects Involving Video Surveillance

• Fixed & PTZ Analog Cameras
• Fixed & PTZ IP/Network Cameras
• Megapixel, 4K Ultra & Other HD Cameras
• Thermal, IR & Other Specialized Cameras
• Video Management Systems (VMS) 
• Video Analytics
• Encoders
• DVRs/NVRs, Recording & Data Storage
• Wireless Video Devices
• Misc. Video Products (e.g. Housings & Mounts, Lenses, Displays, Drones, Switches)

Projects Involving Security Monitoring

• Monitoring Software Platforms, Including Video Monitoring
• Alarm Signal Transmission & Communications (e.g. Transceivers, Receivers, Routing Devices)
• Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) (e.g. Pendants, Alerting Devices, Software, etc.)
• Misc. Monitoring & Command Center Products (e.g. Furniture & Equipment, Video Walls, etc.)

Projects Involving Miscellaneous Security Products 

• Physical Security Information Management (PSIM)
• Power Supplies
• Metal & Chemical Detectors
• Loss Prevention & Asset Tracking
• UPS & Surge Protection
• Wire, Cable & Infrastructure  

Projects Involving Security Apps

• Access Control App
• Fire/Life-Safety App
• Home Controls App
• Intrusion Detection App
• System Design App
• Project Management App
• Video Surveillance App

Special Category: Unique Use Case Projects

Use of a security product or technology for a highly specialized or promotional purpose (e.g. Wildlife Conservation, Reality TV Show, Environmental Monitoring, etc.)

Note: Solutions involving multiple products or technologies may be cross-entered in more than one applicable category. SSI reserves the right to re-categorize entries as it deems appropriate.