The Security Industry Association (SIA) salutes Ken Mills, General Manager, Surveillance and Security, Dell EMC, with the 2016 SIA Chairman?s Award for his leading work on cybersecurity initiatives in the security industry.

With his service on the SIA Board of Directors and the SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board, Mills has been a highly visible proponent of cybersecurity measures for physical security devices on networks as well as the rapidly developing Internet of Things. SIA Chairman Denis Hebert will present the SIA Chairman’s Award to Mr. Mills at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, scheduled to occur on Tuesday, April 4, 2016, during ISC West.

?Cybersecurity challenges pose significant risks to security companies that long underrated the vulnerabilities of their own equipment, ironically designed to protect lives and property,? Mills said. ?Faced with the added rush to connect even more devices through the Internet of Things, security companies are catching up fast by hardening their devices where appropriate. I?m pleased to contribute what I can to these efforts through my service to SIA, and I?m humbled to receive the SIA Chairman?s Award.?

?I work regularly with Ken Mills on the SIA Board of Directors, and with every conversation, I am struck by Ken?s articulate, thoughtful vision of the trajectory of the security industry,? said H