Blog Date:  2/16/2017
Author:  Ray Coulombe

Elliot A. Boxerbaum, MA, CPP, CSC, was the founder and president of Security Risk Management Consultants, Inc., an independent security consulting organization providing comprehensive program management and support services. Additionally, he was a graduate of the FBI National Academy, was on the SecuritySpecifiers advisory board, was past president of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants, and served on the ASIS Healthcare Security Council. He passed away from ALS in 2014, and is dearly missed by all who knew his humanitarian heart.

This year, for the first time, we are honored to remember Elliot and his significant contributions to the security and consultant industry in best way possible: The Elliot A. Boxerbaum Memorial Award will be presented to a consulting or engineering company that designed and specified a completed security design project in 2016. The award will be given to the top project that showcases collaboration, design excellence, uniqueness, creativity, and administration factors.

The award finalists and designers will also be eligible to be featured on SecurityInfoWatch and in Security Technology Executive magazine. As consultants, this is the first award of its kind—recognizing a design entity which successfully works with the overall project team to insure that the project’s security objectives are achieved.

Do you think your firm has an award-winning project?

Criteria for recognizing the winning consulting or engineering company are:

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