In the security industry, there is a constant need for the development of standards and codes. Se-curity professionals and security equipment ex-ist to save lives, so it is important that there be some regulation.
There has been some controversy of late as to who should be developing the codes and stan-dards the security industry lives by. One recent area of controversy is the discussion to create a code for the installation and maintenance of burglar alarms, similar to the NFPA fire code.