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Impact Security provides innovative forced entry and bullet-resistant solutions. Visit www.defenselite.com to locate an Authorized Dealer near you.

We design, engineer, manufacture, and install retrofit security products for schools, retail, and government buildings, ensuring safety and protection worldwide.

10/26/2026

Your Data Center May Be Cybersecure. But Is It Physically Secure?

For architects and facility teams, vulnerable glass doors, sidelites, windows, and interior access points can all be part of a broader protection strategy.

Impact Security’s Data Centers resource page highlights a range of options for both new construction and retrofit applications—from security film and forced-entry-resistant retrofit glazing to ballistic glazing, reinforced door lites, and interior protection solutions such as protective doors and wall panels. The goal is not just to harden the perimeter, but to help create layers of protection where they matter most.

The page also points to another important consideration for data centers: performance. In addition to protecting vulnerable openings, window protection solutions may also support climate control and energy efficiency by reducing solar heat gain—an important factor in facilities where temperature management is critical.

For teams evaluating how to better protect critical infrastructure without compromising operations or aesthetics, this is a useful overview of the options available.

Educational content available > https://www.defenselite.com/markets/datacenters/

10/19/2026

How secure is your retail storefront after business hours?

Security cameras, alarms, and access controls all play important roles in protecting retail businesses. But what happens when someone attempts to break through the glass?

A layered approach to physical security means looking beyond detection and response to consider how vulnerable entry points can be better protected.

For retailers, it's not just about protecting inventory. It's about safeguarding employees, customers, and business continuity.

Impact Security's white paper, Smash and Grab Crime: Security Hurdles Retailers Face, offers an opportunity to take a closer look at retail security challenges, the various solutions available on today's market, and the importance of addressing vulnerable openings.

Is your storefront glass a weak link in your security strategy?

Read the white paper:
https://ow.ly/z5tg50ZWXtk

10/13/2026

Join Impact Security at AT&T Stadium!

We’re exhibiting at the IMRON Security & Safety Summit—a full day of expert insights, live technology demonstrations, and conversations about protecting people and facilities.

📅 October 27, 2026
🕙 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
📍 AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas
🎟️ Free to attend

Hear from Chris Grollnek , M.S., active shooter prevention expert, founder of the Active Shooter Prevention Project (ASPP), and strategic alliance partner of Impact Security, on prevention, preparedness, and real-world response.

Stop by our exhibit and meet Impact Security's Mark Mineer and Brett Hanley to explore how retrofit security glazing can help delay forced entry and strengthen vulnerable windows and doors as part of a layered security strategy.

Let’s talk about strengthening security in your building.

Register: IMRON Security & Safety Summit
https://imron.com/pages/security3

10/13/2026

Architects & Specifiers: We've Got Resources for You!

When it comes to designing safer buildings, having the right information and resources makes all the difference.

At Impact Security, we want to make it easier for architects and specifiers to explore physical security and retrofit security glazing options, understand performance considerations, and find the technical information needed to make informed decisions.

Here's how we can help:

Earn AIA Continuing Education Credits through our course on AEC Daily. Learn at your own pace online, join a live webinar, or schedule an in-person presentation.

Find us on ARCAT for specification tools and product information. Look for SpecWizard.

Explore our technical resources for performance data and product details to support your next project.

Whether you're working on a school, healthcare facility, retail space, or commercial building, we're here to help you navigate your security glazing options.

Have a project in mind or questions about specifying retrofit security glazing? Let's connect!

Explore our resources at www.defenselite.com.

10/07/2026

Retail crime is down. Prevention still matters.

While some retail crime measures have improved since 2024, the problem persists in various parts of the U.S. Reported shoplifting declined in cities studied in 2025, but rose again across the cities studied in early 2026. Trends vary by location and offense.

Understanding the categories helps explain the headlines:

▪️ Theft / shoplifting: Taking merchandise without force or threats against a person.
▪️ Burglary: Unlawfully entering a building with the intent to commit a crime, usually theft.
▪️ Robbery: Taking property using force or threats against a person—a violent crime.
▪️ Vandalism: Deliberately damaging or destroying property.

Smash-and-grab describes a method, not a single crime category. Breaking into doors or windows to steal valuables may involve theft, burglary, vandalism or robbery, depending on the circumstances.

“Nonviolent” crime doesn’t mean harmless. Stolen inventory, broken glass, costly repairs and business interruptions take a toll—and can leave employees and shoppers feeling unsafe.

Impact Security encourages retailers to assess vulnerable storefronts, doors and windows as part of a layered security strategy.

10/01/2026

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺

Financial institutions must balance open, welcoming environments with the need to protect employees, customers and critical areas.

Impact Security will participate in the Bank Facilities Forum, Oct. 5-7, 2026, at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego. The forum brings bank facilities, construction and corporate real estate leaders together for peer discussions, small-group presentations, one-on-one meetings and meaningful industry connections.

Impact Security looks forward to discussing a range of physical security solutions for financial institutions, including DefenseLite® retrofit security glazing, BulletShield™ ballistic glazing, SafeSuite™ hardened executive spaces, transaction drawers and counter barriers. These solutions can help strengthen entrances, transaction areas, employee workspaces, and other vulnerable locations against forced entry and ballistic threats.

Learn more about the forum and connect with Impact Security in San Diego.

10/01/2026

Retail theft may be easing in some areas, but smash-and-grab attacks haven’t gone away.

After years of rising in-store theft, recent National Retail Federation research shows declines in shoplifting and merchandise theft among surveyed retailers. That’s encouraging—but businesses still face serious risks.

A recent WDHA report highlights 10 daytime smash-and-grab robberies targeting New Jersey jewelry retailers since January, including an incident at Bloomingdale’s in Hackensack. The reported attacks involved masked intruders using sledgehammers to breach storefronts and steal merchandise.

For business owners and facility managers, these incidents reinforce the need to evaluate vulnerable glass doors and windows as part of a comprehensive security plan.

Impact Security’s retrofit security glazing solutions can help strengthen existing glazing against forced entry, creating a physical barrier designed to delay intruders. Alongside surveillance, alarms and response planning, that added resistance can help businesses protect people, property and operations.

Is your storefront prepared? Connect with our team to explore retrofit protection for your business.

Read the article below.

09/29/2026

We’re here to help you specify with confidence.

Whether you’re researching retrofit security glazing, developing project specifications or looking to expand your knowledge, Impact Security offers tools and resources to support you every step of the way.

Explore our specification tools and technical data through ARCAT, and take advantage of our AIA-approved continuing education course—available face-to-face, through live webinars or as a self-paced online course through AEC Daily.

Visit our website to explore the resources available, or contact our team with questions. We’re always happy to help.

09/14/2026

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗙𝗫 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲?

The Church Facilities Conference begins September 14, with the Expo trade show floor open September 15–16.

Visit the Impact Security team at Booth 819 to explore retrofit security glazing solutions designed to reinforce vulnerable doors and windows, delay forced entry and help protect occupants and critical spaces within worship facilities.

Be sure to ask about SafeSuite™ solutions for creating reinforced areas of refuge within existing buildings.

📅 Conference: September 14–16
📅 Expo: September 15–16
📍 Impact Security: Booth 819

Stop by Booth 819 to meet the team and discuss practical ways to strengthen security throughout your facility.

09/14/2026

𝗚𝗦𝗫 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!

Good morning from Atlanta! As GSX 2026 gets underway, make plans to visit the Impact Security and DefenseLite® team at Booth 3458.

Explore retrofit security glazing systems designed to strengthen vulnerable openings and help protect people and critical spaces against forced entry, ballistic threats and other security risks.

Be sure to ask about SafeSuite™ solutions and learn how existing interior spaces can be reinforced to create safer areas of refuge—without the disruption of a full renovation.

📍 Georgia World Congress Center
📅 September 14–16, 2026
📌 Booth 3458

Stop by Booth 3458 and let’s talk about practical ways to strengthen your facility’s physical security.

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