The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) recently held its first annual National Security Technician Day and recently announced the introduction of the Security Technician of the Year Award. For this month’s Workforce Strategies column, the Security Industry Association (SIA) focused on the realities of finding, hiring, training and retaining (and growing) security technicians — a role we all agree is essential to the success of a business and the security of our customers.

We spoke with Ken Kocher, founder and president of Force Security Solutions and a member of the FAST Board of Directors, to get his insights on hiring technicians today.