Third-party certification isn’t about badges or box-ticking - it’s independent proof that people, processes and products meet recognised standards.
For ARCs it means:
• cleaner signals
• fewer false alarms
• faster response
• stronger partnerships
As AI/IoT accelerate, certification gives us the framework to innovate responsibly - raising standards, building trust and embracing new tech safely.
Here are some insights about third-party certification from our MD, Carl Meason - as published in Professional Security Installer (PSi) Magazine's October 2025 issue
Trust is everything. Third-party certification isn’t about labels or ticking boxes; it’s independent reassurance that people, processes and products meet recognised standards.
For installers, service providers and manufacturers, certification is a way to demonstrate what many already deliver every day: quality, consistency and reliability. It helps clients feel confident, makes systems easier to insure, and creates a real point of difference in a competitive market.
But here’s the important bit: the benefits grow when every link in the chain works to approved practices.
That’s when solutions perform exactly as intended and reputations are protected.
From an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) perspective, certification makes life smoother. Signals are cleaner, systems integrate seamlessly, and monitoring becomes more efficient.
The result? Fewer false alarms, faster response and stronger trust between partners.
And with new technologies arriving fast—from cloud platforms to AI-enabled CCTV and smart IoT—and often without the same level of scrutiny as traditional systems, certification provides the framework to adopt innovation responsibly.
It ensures progress doesn’t come at the expense of resilience or security.
Certification isn’t about drawing a line between approved and non-approved. It’s about giving all of us the confidence to raise standards, win trust, and embrace new technologies safely.
You can read the full PSi feature with lots of other contributions on the subject here (Oct 2025, p.30): https://lnkd.in/ens4wU-z
Or get in touch to speak to one of our experts about Monitoring.
