The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) held its first National Security Technician Day in January and announced another new initiative — the Security Technician of the Year Award — at ISC West 2023. 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 which we all agree is essential to the success of a business and the security of our customers.

Security technicians are a vital part of the security industry, helping to design, install and maintain critical technologies and systems in our communities every day. Following up on last month’s discussion with FAST board of directors member Ken Kocher, for this month’s column we spoke with John Nemerofsky, chief operating officer at SAGE Integration and a member of the FAST board of directors, to get his insights on hiring technicians today.