Joseph Gittens

Director, Security Industry Association (SIA)

Joe Gittens is the Director of Standards for the Security Industry Association (SIA). In this capacity, he is the staff liaison in direct support of the various technical efforts underway in the SIA Standards subcommittees and working groups. Joe holds degrees in mechanical engineering and economics from the University of Virginia and has conducted technical research in various fields ranging from information technology to financial services.

News mentions

Security Industry Association to honour Tony Diodato with 2021 SIA Standards Service Award at The Advance 2021

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Tony (Anthony) Diodato as the recipient of the 2021 SIA Standards Service Award, an honour presented to an individual demonstrating continued excellen...

Security Industry Association introduces OSDP Verified program for devices to meet OSDP standard

The Security Industry Association (SIA) introduces SIA OSDP Verified, a new comprehensive testing program that validates a device’s conformance to the SIA Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP)...

SIA releases ANSI-approved ANSI/SIA CP-01-2019 standard for false alarm reduction features

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has released the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved ANSI/SIA CP-01-2019, a security systems standard for false alarm reduction features. The...

Tyco Security Products strengthens reader-to-panel communications with OSDP support

Supported on iSTAR Ultra controllers, OSDP includes secure channel encryption mode for enhanced security Tyco Security Products is announcing that its Software House C•CURE 900...

ISC West 2016: Software House’s OSDP compliant products on display at Tyco Security Products booth

Supported on iSTAR Ultra controllers & C•CURE 9000 v2.50, SIA’s OSDP specification allows enhanced network interoperability Tyco Security Products is announcing that...

Increased interconnectivity of systems and technologies allows security integrators to become technology solutions engineers

For many years, the physical security industry seemed at a standstill, maintaining the status quo. In recent years, it’s become clear that change is a constant, effectively altering the landscap...

Security Industry Association builds on historic role developing security industry standards

The best standards are often baseline, common-denominator standards that leave room for innovation The collaboration between ONVIF and SIA to develop new access control standards is...

ONVIF, SIA collaborating on new access control standards

The next generation of access control standards will be developed by the recently announced collaboration between the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) and the Security Industry Association (...