A tax-exempt foundation supported by the Electronic Security Association (ESA), the Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation (AIREF) is the research arm of the electronic security industry. It is also an educational foundation and has supported the revamping of the ESA National Training School initiative. AIREF has also provided more than $150,000 to bring the courses online, and allowed NTS to strengthen its distance learning.

Established in 1948, ESA is the largest trade association in the United States representing the electronic security and life safety industry. From that moment forward, ESA has been the voice of the industry. ESA Member companies employ more than 500,000 industry professionals and serve more than 34 million residential and commercial clients.

The Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association, (LEVA) maintains a network of trained forensic video analysts and facility at their digital multimedia evidence processing lab at the University of Indianapolis. This facility was designed for large scale forensic video processing and analysis efforts to be able to respond to acts of terrorism in the United States post September 11, 2001.

Observint Technologies is a vertically-integrated provider of a broad range of video surveillance, audio surveillance and access control technologies.

TOTUS Solutions is the leading provider of outdoor lighting based security platforms. Unlike traditional surveillance systems, TOTUS Security Platforms™ incorporates optimised LED lighting, complete megapixel IP video surveillance, multi-day media storage, and secure wireless communications with event action processing to provide unparalleled Active Deterrence™.