October 9 - 12, 2026
Westin Crown Center, Kansas City

AWARDS FOR DESIGNERS AND CONSULTANTS

Co-Sponsored by

Security Magazine

THE ELLIOT A. BOXERBAUM AWARD

Security Design Project of the Year

Elliot Boxerbaum
This award is named for the late Elliot A. Boxerbaum, MA, CPP, CSC, founder and president of Security Risk Management Consultants, Inc. He was also one of the original Board members of SecuritySpecifiers. Elliot passed away in June 2014, from ALS.

This Award is the security industry's only award for the consulting community specifically for companies engaged in security engineering and design. Recognizing excellence in security system design, the award acknowledges collaboration, design excellence, uniqueness, creativity, and administration factors which contributed to a highly successful security project. Security-specific design companies, low-voltage system design companies, Architectural and Engineering, and MEP firms all qualify.

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The Ed Chandler Security Innovation Award

Ed Chandler
Ed passed away in April, 2025. He and Security By Design co-founder Lorna L. Chandler, CPP, navigated the changing landscape of physical security from implementing the first international access control system in the 1980's to today's world of networked multifaceted systems. He was an expert in door hardware and was constantly pushing the envelope of what was possible in this realm.

The Ed Chandler Security Innovation Award will be given annually in recognition of an innovation emanating from the security consulting community. It may be a process, service offering, or unique application of technology or product. This about introducing novel ideas, methods, or devices, and may be incremental improvement or radical breakthrough. Ultimately, innovation drives progress and change by addressing needs, solving problems, and creating new opportunities.

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